Twelve Concertos for Violin and Strings, op. 8 (Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione)

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Louis Kaufman & Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra & Henry Swoboda & Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur & Clemens Dahinden

Twelve Concertos for Violin and Strings, op. 8 (Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione) is a collection of twelve violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The set exemplifies Baroque concerto practice with virtuosic solo violin writing, energetic ritornello form and pronounced contrasts between soloist and ensemble, and it represents a mature phase of Vivaldi's output that influenced the development of the solo concerto across Europe.

Twelve Concertos for Violin and Strings, op. 8 (Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione) by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 2005

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Disc 1

1.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, “La primavera”, RV 269: I. Allegro
3:05
2.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, “La primavera”, RV 269: II. Largo
2:57
3.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, “La primavera”, RV 269: III. Allegro
3:27
4.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, “L’estate”, RV 315: I. Allegro non molto
3:17
5.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, “L’estate”, RV 315: II. Adagio – Presto
3:46
6.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, “L’estate”, RV 315: III. Presto
2:54
7.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, “L’autunno”, RV 293: I. Allegro
4:14
8.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, “L’autunno”, RV 293: II. Adagio
2:40
9.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, “L’autunno”, RV 293: III. Allegro
3:09
10.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, “L’inverno”, RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
3:23
11.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, “L’inverno”, RV 297: II. Largo
2:13
12.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, “L’inverno”, RV 297: III. Presto
2:31
13.
Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, “La tempesta di mare”, RV 253: I. Presto
3:21
14.
Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, “La tempesta di mare”, RV 253: II. Largo
2:21
15.
Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, “La tempesta di mare”, RV 253: III. Presto
3:40
16.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, “Il piacere”, RV 180: I. Allegro
3:11
17.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, “Il piacere”, RV 180: II. Largo e cantabile
2:17
18.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, “Il piacere”, RV 180: III. Allegro
2:54
19.
Concerto no. 7 in D minor, RV 242: I. Allegro
2:51
20.
Concerto no. 7 in D minor, RV 242: II. Largo
2:00
21.
Concerto no. 7 in D minor, RV 242: III. Allegro
3:05