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Summary:

Review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma takes on the work of composer Antonio Vivaldi. To play these pieces, Yo-Yo Ma performs on the baroque cello, a period instrument.

Table of Contents:

• Concerto in G minor for two cellos, strings, and basso continuo, RV 531 (with Jonathan Manson, baroque cello) (9:00)
• The four seasons. Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo : "Winter" : op. 8, no. 4, RV 297. II., Largo (violin solo performed on cello) (1:45)
• Concerto in B-flat major for cello, strings, and basso continuo, RV 423 (10:00)
• "Cosi sugl' occhi miei" : from La fida ninfa : RV 714 / arranged for cello, violin, oboe, bassoon, strings, and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (2:53)
• Concerto for viola d'amore, lute, and orchestra, RV 540 / arranged for cello, organ, strings, and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (11:00)
• "La gloria del mio sangue" : from Giustino : RV 717 / arranged for cello, 2 oboes, strings, and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (2:49)
• Concerto in C minor for cello, strings, and basso continuo, RV 401 (11:00)
• "Noli, ò cara, te adorantis" : from Juditha triumphans : RV 644 / arranged for cello, oboe, organ, and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (5:00)
• "Laudamus te" : from Gloria, RV 589 / arranged for 2 cellos, strings, and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (2:26)
• "Quanto magis generosa" : from Juditha triumphans : RV 644 / arranged for cello, viola d'amore, and strings by Ton Koopman (10:14)
• "Dite oihmè" [that is, "Dite ohimè"] : from La fida ninfa : RV 714 / arranged for cello and basso continuo by Ton Koopman (2:23).

Author/Creator:

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 , composer

Contributors:

Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- , instrumentalist

Koopman, Ton, 1944- , conductor, instrumentalist, arranger of music

Manson, Jonathan , instrumentalist

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Accompanying materials: English

Main Work:

Vivaldi's cello [by Vivaldi, A.]

Included Works:

Concertos, cellos (2), string orchestra [by Vivaldi, A.] > RV 531, G minor

Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione [by Vivaldi, A.] > N. 4 > Largo (arranged)

Concertos, cello, string orchestra [by Vivaldi, A.] > RV 423, B♭ major

Fida ninfa [by Vivaldi, A.] > Così sù gl'occhi miei (arranged)

Concertos, lute, viola d'amore, string orchestra [by Vivaldi, A.] > RV 540, D minor (arranged)

Giustino [by Vivaldi, A.] > Gloria del mio sangue (arranged)

Concertos, cello, string orchestra [by Vivaldi, A.] > RV 401, C minor

Juditha triumphans [by Vivaldi, A.] > Noli, ò cara, te adorantis (arranged)

Gloria, RV 589, D major [by Vivaldi, A.] > Laudamus te (arranged)

Juditha triumphans [by Vivaldi, A.] > Quanto magis generosa (arranged)

Fida ninfa [by Vivaldi, A.] > Dite, ohimè (arranged)

Subjects:

Concertos (Cellos (2) with string orchestra)

Concertos (Cello with string orchestra) — Excerpts, Arranged

Concertos (Cello with string orchestra)

Bassoon, oboe, violin, cello with string orchestra, Arranged

Concertos (Cello and organ with string orchestra), Arranged

Oboes (2), cello with string orchestra, Arranged

Quartets (Organ, oboe, cello, continuo), Arranged

Cellos (2) with string orchestra, Arranged

Viola d'amore and cello with string orchestra, Arranged

Cello and continuo music, Arranged

Operas — Excerpts, Arranged

Oratorios — Excerpts, Arranged

Cello with string orchestra, Arranged

Operas

Oratorios

Genres:

Concertos

Arrangements (Music)

Excerpts, Arranged

Oratorios

Operas

Performers:

Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra ; Ton Koopman, organ, harpsichord, conductor.

Production Credits:

Producer, Tini Mathot.

Performance Medium:

2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo cello (2); string orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo cello; string orchestra
4 performers and 1 ensemble: solo oboe; solo bassoon; solo violin; solo cello; string orchestra
2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo cello; solo organ; string orchestra
3 performers and 1 ensemble: solo oboe (2); solo cello; string orchestra
Oboe; cello; organ; continuo
2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo viola d'amore; solo cello; string orchestra
Cello; continuo

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded 2003 November 17-20, De Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Program notes by David Mermelstein (12 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
From the collection of Joe Morris.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
RV 531
RV 423
RV 540
RV 401
RV 589

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 827969091623
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: SK 90916

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2004586121

OCLC Numbers:

54848233