If I Could Choose Only One Work By...VIVALDI
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2023
- It Would Have To Be...L'Estro Armonico
These twelve violin concertos (for anywhere from one to four soloists) offer a clinic in the newest version of the baroque concerto--three shapely movements, plenty of energy in the quick bits, with generously songful slow interludes between them.
The List So Far:
1. Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Ballet)
2. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
3. Schubert: String Quintet in C major
4. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
5. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
6. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
7. Debussy: Preludes for Piano (Books 1 & 2)
8: Handel: Saul
9. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
10. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major
11. Vaughan Williams: Job
12. Bach: Goldberg Variations
13. R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
14. Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
15. Haydn: “Paris” Symphonies (Nos. 82-87)
16. Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
17. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor
18. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
19. Chopin: Preludes
20. Verdi: Rigoletto
21. Roussel: Symphony No. 2
22. Copland: Appalachian Spring (complete original ballet)
23. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2
24. Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
25. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
26. Rimsky-Korsakov: Opera Suites (Scottish National Orchestra/Järvi) Chandos
27. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
28. Smetana: Ma Vlást
29. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
30. Bizet: Carmen
31. Elgar: In the South
32. Sullivan: The Mikado
33. Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Cello Concerto (Piatigorsky/Munch/Boston Symphony) RCA
34. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies
35. Monteverdi: Orfeo
36. Scarlatti: Sonatas
37. Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op. 17
38. Berg: Wozzeck
39. Hermann: Psycho (film score)
40. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini
41. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
42. Holst: Suites for Military Band
43. Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
44. Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures
45. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Pohjola’s Daughter (Bernstein, New York Philharmonic) Sony
46. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
47. Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
48. Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
49. Korngold: Violin Concerto
50. Tallis: Spem in Alium
51. Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
52. Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
53. Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat
54. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
55. Franck: Violin Sonata
56. Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
57. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
58. Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
59. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
60. Albeniz: Iberia
61. Bernstein: Mass
62. Schreker: Chamber Symphony
63. Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
64. Dukas: Piano Sonata
65. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
66. Tippett: Piano Concerto
67. Poulenc: Songs (ATMA, 5 discs)
68. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
69. Gluck: Alceste - Hudba
Good choice. I first got to know "L'estro" in the Fabio Biondi (Virgin Classics) recording 30 years ago. Vivaldi's life intrigues me, partly because there's quite a bit of mystery about it. I created my own little tour of the sites in Venice where he is known to have lived/worked. For a recent significant birthday I treated myself to the purchase of the magisterial second edition of Ryom-Verzeichnis, the catalogue of the music of Vivaldi created by Danish musicologist Peter Ryom.
Top choice, David - and Rachel's performances are absolutely dellghtful
I would put all Vivaldi Oboe & Viola d‘amore concertos on one CD. I think they might all fit. A priceless gem indeed.
Rachel Podger's rendition of "La Stravaganza" is my personal favorite selection of Vivaldi's catalogue. In fact, it's among my favorite recordings of anything.
great choice , glad its in my collection too
Dear David - thank you for being the most astute and knowledgeable commentator on classical music. In the whole wide world! 🌎 My finger was poised, ready to comment that L' estro armonico was indeed the opus that established Vivaldi's genius but with your unerring judgement, you chose it. In my humble opinion, I cannot think of a finer concerto than his Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins, and yes, it has to be Vivaldi's original. I grew up with a wonderful 1968 recording by the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra under Louis Auriacombe on Classics for Pleasure. The recording's original name was 'Viva Vivaldi'. You can't argue with that!
Excellent choice.
At last, and of course a great choice and excellent talk, many thanks!
This is such delightful music, and I'd never heard it until today! Also: to my ears, the recording you've recommended sounds warm and clear and lovely, and the performances are beautiful. Thank you truly, I am grateful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I adore this recording. My other fave with Rachel Podger doing Vivaldi is "La Stravaganza" with a wonderful Polish orchestra. It is superb and recorded so well with lots of plucked stringy things... lush ee uss.
by vivaldi.....the concerto rv 212'' la lingua di san antonio'' what melodic richness we find in this concerto, for me one of the most beautiful if not one of the best of prete rosso....also all his music religious .... what an invention in the orchestration that I listen to long before the singer or singers ..... one of the most beautiful airs of vivaldi .... '' cum dederit '' from nisi dominus
Haha! Perky! Best one-word description ever!!!
According to British musicologist Michael Talbot, the publication of Vivaldi's Op 3 made Vivaldi famous across Europe. I, therefore, strongly agree regarding the choice made per this video.
Fantastic video,and I LOVE the fact that you quoted the Affektenlehre and explained it to your audience!
"L'Estro Armonico" is a great collection of concertos,and for me it's sort of ex-aequo with "Il Cimento",which I also adore.
I remember buying "Il Cimento" conducted by Harnoncourt when I was 12, and then being in a state of extatic shock for weeks,to the point of dreaming (I mean it LITERARLY,during sleep)that Harnoncourt had released "L'Estro Armonico",too,and in my dream I put on the record,and it was the most beautiful thing ever heard in my life!!
I have been hoping that my dream could become true one day, for years,but sadIy it wasn't going to happen. In the end I bought Hogwood's version,which is very good and fantasticaIIy recorded,while(more or less in the same period) my father bought the one by "I Musici",a pre-HIP recording,but nonetheless very beautifully played.
The Cd you are keeping in your hands seems to be the one by Rachel Podger,isn't it?
I never heard that record,would you advice me to buy it,now that you know about my past wild dreams about Harnoncourt's version?😂
Many greetings from Genova/Italy,and congratulations for your great videos!!
Sergio
Yes, as I said, it's Podger and it's excellent. Sure you should buy it, but I have no comment about your wild dreams!
😅😂
The Rachel Podger recordings of Vivaldi's opp. 3, 4 and 9 plus le quattro stagioni are coming soon as a 7CD box.
Thank you! I was searching for the CD in this video and naturally it was the price of the entire 7cd set you recommended. Marvellous.
I'd have picked "La Follie" - the world's first rock jam. However, one of the reasons I come to this channel is to find out about things I haven't heard/heard of before (thanks for the introductions to Tubin, Petterson, Lajtha, and Holmboe!), so mission accomplished once again!
Agree! The I Musici version (in the new box) for me.
I'm looking forward to Telemann! :-)
I'm old fashioned, so I'll have to go with I Musici's 1983 recording (their second recording of the work). No hip performances for me. Vivaldi's music deserves to be played on the best instruments by the best musicians.
I strongly agree 👍👍
These are great recordings as are all of Podger's Vivaldi - The Welshman in me, however compels me to say its a hard 'c' in Brecon - it's a town in Wales, where, I believe Ms Podger resides.
I know. I just don't like it that way.
@@DavesClassicalGuide Fair enough!
My radio nickname for the Bach four keyboard concerto was "the harpsichord tuner's nightmare."
I am partial to his Gloria, but, as he is primarily an instrumental composer, I like your choice
To mention only one work, it would be the mandolin Concerto in d major, the piece that makes me like Vivaldi.
David, would you consider doing a video on how the Baroque ritornello/continuo, etc, evolved into Sonata Form (Expo/Development/Recap)? I've always wondered about the relationship.
PS: Many of your wonderful recommendations are out-of-print. As a CD collector myself that pains me. Might you use you apply some pressure on the labels to re-issue them? :D
I have no clout with the labels. As to the form thing, please see the Music Chat playlist. There's a good bit of stuff there already.
Perfect choice (if I do say so myself). I only started REALLY listening to Vivaldi just over a decade ago after purchasing I Musici's complete recording of the concertos with opus numbers. Realizing that this was a composer of, at times, even startling originality, I went on to discover endless delights of diverse concertos for strings, winds, brass, even mandolins. How many composers can be redited with at lest two dozen bassoon concerti, all unique and all drawing forth amazing timbral possibilities from that supposed "clown of the orchestra"? Enough said. Now on to a suggestion for the omnivorous Cancrizans. Praetorius was one of the towering figures of the early baroque, and it just so happens that an album came out a number of years back that immediately became my favorite recording for the Christmas season. I am referring to Paul McCreesh's liturgical recostruction of a Praetorius "Mass for Christmas Morning." Glorious music; stunning playing and singing; and perfect recording venue (Rothskilde Cathedral in Copenhagen, Denmark). When those stadpfiefers enter to add further sonic splendor to the venetian polychoral sensembles already playing a full stretch, it's one of the most goosebump-laden moments in all of recorded music. I kid you not. So I nominate this album (which contains one or two pieces not by Praetorius) as my choice for placating Cancrizans' evil designs on Lutheran liturgical music of the early Baroque. Viewers who may be reading this: if you love music of this period, please do not miss this amazing album. It will become a Christmas favorite in your home as well.
Unless of course we don't do Christmas, in which case we'll just have to listen to it in July.
@@DavesClassicalGuide Of course. I was thinking of Christmas as a cultural holiday, for which many who do not observe it as a religious holiday still enjoy "seasonal" music. By the way, like you, I never listen to Handel's Messiah during the "Christmas season." July is as good a time as any for that work--and for Michael Praetorius's Christmas music.
Apart from Rogers' recording, which I have, I'm interested in Warner Biondi box. Please, how do you rate it?
Thanks for your videos and insight. It is much appreciated. Do you have or plan to do any videos on Dvorak ?
Have a look at my channel home page, and check out the composer playlists. There are 93 Dvorak videos so far: czcams.com/play/PLAjIX596BriF9X5-ZyC8Vvr1UbzNRJQd5.html
@@DavesClassicalGuide terrific, thanks !
Thanks, Dave ! So, I have to come back on your channel before May 2475 ! Your choice is very relevant. Other choices of the same level might have been his cello concertos or his sacred music. What looked strange to me is that you seem to appreciate very much Haendel (47 videos) and not so Vivaldi (few videos so far), while there are many more similarities than differences between them. And a similar genius.
There are 15 Vivaldi videos so far, which is not "few." In any case, this is a not a zero-sum game. Comparisons of this sort are meaningless.
" Comparisons of this sort are meaningless." Hear hear ! That sort of thing reminds me of the ghastly UK Radio Station 'Classic FM' which has a rolling Top Ten.
The only reason I go to the awful UK blog SlippedDisc by Norma Lebrecht is to see if Classic FM has shut down (the sort of news which the Disc excels at )
Wasn't it Stravinsky who said Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times?
Does it matter?
I think it was some Italian "expert" whom I forgot his name that said this. He doesn't even deserve to be called an expert.
This is essentially what I've read, though it was more along the lines of Stravinsky accusing Vivaldi of writing the same interminable concerto over and over again.
Take your time, but please don't forget
J.P. Sousa & Don Gillis or Morton Gould 👍
So walk me through this please; how does this work? You mean, you've listened to all RV numbers (at least 740!) which takes many days or even months and then you decide for only one work? Quite impressive, listening to 740 works and then posting this.
Yes, I know. I'm an impressive guy, but it's really not that hard given the competition.
I say juditha triumpans sir
No way.
If you ever do composer X will it Xenakis. Also Brecon baroque is not pronounced Breecon Brecon is in Wales not France or Spain
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