Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. These were composed around 1718–1723, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. They were ...

(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Movements: No. 1 in E, 'Spring', RV269 Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor, Director, Violin Antonio Vivaldi, ...

Vivaldi’s approach to double-concerto writing was mostly to provide equal music for both soloists, who either play in euphonious parallel or alternate melody and accompaniment in short snatches. For ...

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Violin Sergei Nikonov returns to the Star with another seasonal instalment of Vivaldi’s perennially popular “The Four Seasons.” This week, with the iconic first movement of ...

The violinist Giuliano Carmignola is pictured on his motorbike on the cover of this collection of six concertos played "con moto", and the sound is indeed hard-driven and exciting, full of those ...

In the 18th century, travelers came from all over Europe to hear Anna Maria and Chiara perform in Venice. Neither attained the wealth or the immortal fame of someone like Paganini, but composers ...