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Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Le Consort

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These "concerti per una vita" ("concertos for a life") do indeed span the career of Vivaldi, from his early years as a student of (probably) Legrenzi to his late experiments in Vienna, but that is not really the main point. Violinist and Le Consort director Théotime Langlois de Swarte seeks out Vivaldi oddities and extremes. There are several world premieres here, and de Swarte claims that they round out the known corpus of Vivaldi's works. Of course, new music by Vivaldi is being discovered from time to time, so this may not hold for long. The biggest news is the presence of the original version of the "Summer" concerto from The Four Seasons, RV 315, held in a library in Genoa and apparently preceding the whole set. It has no attached sonnet (those were added later), and there are small but significant differences from the version most people know. More generally, de Swarte, taking strenuous issue with the idea that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times, seems to have sought out works that are strange in one way or another, excerpting pieces and including unfinished works as they support his idea. Sample the six-movement Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 813, a fascinating work in which the young Vivaldi decisively stepped out from Corellian models. De Swarte's Le Consort is bulked up here to 16 violins, offering a welcome way of hearing Vivaldi's music in an epoch of underpowered performances, and his solo playing has a good deal of flash and flair. This album is a must for serious Vivaldi fans, and it contains a good deal of exciting music for anyone.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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Théotime Langlois de Swarte

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1
La divisione del Mondo: Aria "Occhi miei si dormire"
00:02:02

Giovanni Legrenzi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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2
Sinfonia in B Minor, RV 168 (extract)
00:00:32

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in D Minor, RV 813 (Antonio Vivaldi)

3
I. Allegro
00:01:02

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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4
II. Adagio
00:00:41

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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5
III. Allegro
00:02:21

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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6
IV. Andante
00:01:07

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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7
V. Largo
00:00:45

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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8
VI. Allegro Vivace
00:02:34

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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9
Violin Concerto in A Major, RV 768: Adagio
00:03:08

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in A Minor, RV 356 (Antonio Vivaldi)

10
I. Allegro
00:02:30

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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11
II. Largo
00:01:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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12
III. Allegro
00:02:09

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 256 "Il ritiro" (Antonio Vivaldi)

13
I. Allegro assai
00:03:18

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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14
II. Andante
00:04:01

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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15
III. Presto
00:03:57

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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16
Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 370: Ciaconna (Reconstruction by Olivier Fourés)
00:02:57

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Olivier Fourès, Arranger - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate" (Versione di Genova) (Antonio Vivaldi)

17
I. Allegro non molto
00:05:04

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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18
II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
00:02:42

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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19
III. Presto
00:02:28

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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20
Violin Concerto in A Major, RV 349: Fantasia "per Anna Maria"
00:01:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in E Major RV 267a "per Anna Maria" (Antonio Vivaldi)

21
I. Allegro - Adagio - Largo - Allegro - Adagio
00:03:13

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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22
II. Andante
00:03:28

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

23
III. Allegro
00:02:48

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

24
Bassoon Concerto in C Major, RV 478: Diminutions on the Forlana (Arr. by Olivier Fourés)
00:02:01

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Olivier Fourès, Arranger - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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Violin Concerto in C Major, RV 171 "per S.M.C.C." (Antonio Vivaldi)

25
I. Allegro
00:03:35

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

26
II. Largo
00:02:50

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

27
III. Allegro ma non molto
00:03:23

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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28
Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 212: Recitativo
00:03:19

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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DISC 2

Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 278 (Antonio Vivaldi)

1
I. Allegro
00:05:40

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

2
II. Largo
00:03:50

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

3
III. Allegro
00:03:54

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

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4
La divisione del Mondo: Aria "Lumi potete piangere"
00:02:13

Giovanni Legrenzi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

5
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 37a: I. Largo
00:02:42

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

6
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 37a: II. Allegro
00:02:35

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

7
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 37 (arr. by Olivier Fourés): III. Largo
00:02:06

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Olivier Fourès, Arranger - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

8
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 37 (arr. by Olivier Fourés): IV. Allegro
00:02:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Olivier Fourès, Arranger - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

9
Violin Concerto in B Minor, RV 37a: V. Allegro
00:01:37

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

10
Concerto for Two Horns in F Major, RV 539: Fanfara (Arr. by Olivier Fourés)
00:00:39

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Olivier Fourès, Arranger - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

11
La fida ninfa, RV 714: Tempesta di mare
00:01:00

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

12
Dorilla in tempe, RV 709: Sinfonia al ballo
00:01:20

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 250 (Antonio Vivaldi)

13
I. Allegro molto
00:02:01

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

14
II. Adagio
00:02:23

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

15
III. Allegro
00:02:08

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

16
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor: Imitatione delle campane
00:03:09

Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist - Johann Paul von von Westhoff, Composer

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

Violin Concerto in D Minor, RV 237 "per Pisendel" (Antonio Vivaldi)

17
I. Allegro
00:04:26

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

18
II. Adagio
00:01:47

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

19
III. Allegro
00:02:18

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 252 (Antonio Vivaldi)

20
I. Allegro
00:03:42

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

21
II. Largo
00:01:41

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

22
III. Allegro
00:03:02

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Le Consort, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Conductor, MainArtist

2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi

Album review

These "concerti per una vita" ("concertos for a life") do indeed span the career of Vivaldi, from his early years as a student of (probably) Legrenzi to his late experiments in Vienna, but that is not really the main point. Violinist and Le Consort director Théotime Langlois de Swarte seeks out Vivaldi oddities and extremes. There are several world premieres here, and de Swarte claims that they round out the known corpus of Vivaldi's works. Of course, new music by Vivaldi is being discovered from time to time, so this may not hold for long. The biggest news is the presence of the original version of the "Summer" concerto from The Four Seasons, RV 315, held in a library in Genoa and apparently preceding the whole set. It has no attached sonnet (those were added later), and there are small but significant differences from the version most people know. More generally, de Swarte, taking strenuous issue with the idea that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times, seems to have sought out works that are strange in one way or another, excerpting pieces and including unfinished works as they support his idea. Sample the six-movement Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 813, a fascinating work in which the young Vivaldi decisively stepped out from Corellian models. De Swarte's Le Consort is bulked up here to 16 violins, offering a welcome way of hearing Vivaldi's music in an epoch of underpowered performances, and his solo playing has a good deal of flash and flair. This album is a must for serious Vivaldi fans, and it contains a good deal of exciting music for anyone.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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