Six Sonatas For Cello And Basso Continuo
Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Jean‐Guihen Queyras & Michael Behringer & Lee Santana & Christoph Dangel
Six Sonatas for Cello and Basso Continuo is a set of six sonatas by the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, published c. 1720s. The music showcases Baroque chamber writing for solo cello with basso continuo, featuring contrasting slow and fast movements, idiomatic cello figurations and clear contrapuntal textures, and it represents Vivaldi's contribution to the solo instrumental repertoire beyond his concertos.
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- 1.Sonata no. 5 in E minor, RV 40: I. Largo3:09
- 2.Sonata no. 5 in E minor, RV 40: II. Allegro2:49
- 3.Sonata no. 5 in E minor, RV 40: III. Largo2:34
- 4.Sonata no. 5 in E minor, RV 40: IV. Allegro2:23
- 5.Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major, RV 47: I. Largo3:50
- 6.Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major, RV 47: II Allegro3:31
- 7.Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major, RV 47: III Largo2:38
- 8.Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major, RV 47: IV Allegro2:09
- 9.Sonata no. 3 in A minor, RV 43: I. Largo3:38
- 10.Sonata no. 3 in A minor, RV 43: II. Allegro3:26
- 11.Sonata no. 3 in A minor, RV 43: III. Largo3:44
- 12.Sonata no. 3 in A minor, RV 43: IV. Allegro3:08
- 13.Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major, RV 45: I. Largo3:24
- 14.Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major, RV 45: II. Allegro1:57
- 15.Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major, RV 45: III. Largo4:44
- 16.Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major, RV 45: IV. Allegro2:05
- 17.Sonata no. 2 in F major, RV 41: I. Largo2:08
- 18.Sonata no. 2 in F major, RV 41: II. Allegro2:44
- 19.Sonata no. 2 in F major, RV 41: III. Largo3:35
- 20.Sonata no. 2 in F major, RV 41: IV. Allegro2:47
- 21.Sonata no. 6 in B-flat major, RV 46: I. Largo2:08
- 22.Sonata no. 6 in B-flat major, RV 46: II. Allegro2:44
- 23.Sonata no. 6 in B-flat major, RV 46: III. Largo2:11
- 24.Sonata no. 6 in B-flat major, RV 46: IV. Allegro2:49







