3 Vivaldi, Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in D, RV425 Allegro , Largo , Allegro

Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in D, RV425 Allegro / Largo / Allegro Part of &4 - A Baroque Concert The Milan Baroque Soloists. Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Torelli, Handel.' Info: Arcangelo Corelli exercised a wide influence on his contemporaries and on the succeeding generation of composers including Vivaldi, Geminiani and Handel represented on this disc. He was one of the "Founding Fathers" of baroque music, having been called the "Founder of Modern Violin Technique", the "World&First Great Violinist", and the "Father of the Concerto Grosso". A brilliant violinist, he organized the basic elements of violin technique, and made concert tours throughout Europe. Equally famous as a composer, his music was likewise known and performed in all the major European musical centers. His influence both on his students and on the baroque music repertoire is illustrated by the fact that one of his students, Geminiani, re-arranged his Opus 5 Sonatas as Concerti Grossi – one of which appears on this CD. The Opus 6 Concertos, of which we offer number 6, seem to have been among the composer&favorite compositions for they were frequently re-worked over a long period, and achieved a wide acclaim during his lifetime. The three works of Vivaldi here included have been selected to show both the variety, and the influence of Vivaldi&compositions. First, we have a Concerto from the Opus 3, of which no less than six of the twelve were to be adapted by Bach – No.8 which can be...