THE LIFE OF A COMPOSER
Antonio Vivaldi
Prepared and presented by David Brett

Vivaldi, A. Trio sonata in D minor, RV64.    Purcell Quartet.
Chandos CHAN 0511 [08:37]

Vivaldi, A. Stabat Mater, RV621.    Andreas Scholl, ct; Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini.
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908250.79 [18:46]

Vivaldi, A. Concerto no 4 in E minor, RV550, from L’estro armonico (pub. 1711).    Federico Guglielmo, vn; Enrico Casazza, vn; Carlo Lazari, vn; Stefano Zanchetta, vn.
Chandos CHAN 0689(2) [06:58]

Vivaldi, A. Flute concerto in D, RV428, Il gardellino.    Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.
EMI 3 47212 2 [09:13]

Vivaldi, A. Bassoon concerto in G for Marchese de’ Morzin, RV496.    Peter Whelan, bn; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler.
Avie AV2344 [09:50]

Vivaldi, A. Agitata da due venti, from Griselda (1735).    Emma Kirkby, sop; Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman.
Hyperion CDA66745 [05:43]

Vivaldi, A. Gloria in D, RV589 (1715).    Elizabeth Vaughan, sop; Janet Baker, cont; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Roger Lord, ob; Kenneth Heath, vc; Andrew Davis, hpd; John Langdon, org; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/David Willcocks.
Decca 458 623-1 [28:49]

Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in F, RV293, Spring, op 8 no 1; Autumn, op 8 no 3, from The four seasons (pub. 1725).    Gil Shaham, vn; Orpheus CO.
DG 439 933-2 [20:02]