Vivaldi: Concerti Per Una Vita - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Le Consort (2 CDs)

Vivaldi and the violin concerto? Vivaldi is the violin concerto! One must get past the cliché (‘Vivaldi composed the same concerto 500 times’) to understand the extent to which composer, instrument and genre form an indissoluble whole; and that is what Théotime Langlois de Swarte and the musicians of Le Consort have set out to do. From his early youth in Venice to his last days in Vienna, the ‘red-haired priest’ pushed back technical and academic boundaries, constantly creating new narrative forms: the journey of a lifetime.

CD1Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 - 1690)
· Aria 'Occhi miei si dormire' from the opera La divisione del mondo - world premiere recording (2'04)
B minor / si mineur / h-MollAntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
·  Sinfonia in B minor RV 168 (extract) si mineur / h-Moll (0'32)
·  Violin concerto in D minor RV 813 ré mineur / d-Moll
· I. Allegro (1'02)
· II. Adagio (0'41)
· III. Allegro (2'21)
· IV. Andante (1'07)
· V. Largo (0'45)
· VI. Allegro Vivace (2'34)
· Adagio from Violin concerto RV 768 - world premiere recording E major / mi majeur / E-Dur (3'08)
· Violin concerto in A minor RV 356 la mineur / a-Moll
·  I. Allegro (2'30)
· II. Largo (1'49)
· III. Allegro (2'09)
· Violin concerto in E flat major RV 256 “Il ritiro” mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur
·  I. Allegro assai (3'18)
· II. Andante (4'01)
· III. Presto (3'57)
· Ciaconna in B flat major from Violin concerto RV 370 - world premiere recording, reconstruction by O. Fourés
si bémol majeur / B-Dur (2'57)
· Violin concerto in G minor RV 315 'L'estate' ('Summer)  Versione di Genova, world premiere recording
sol mineur / g-Moll
·  I. Allegro non molto (5'04)
· II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte (2'42)
· III. Presto (2'28)
· Fantasia 'per Anna Maria' from Violin concerto in A major RV 349  la majeur / A-Dur (1'49)
· Violin concerto in E major RV 267a 'per Anna Maria'
mi majeur / E-Dur
·  I. Allegro - Adagio - Largo - Allegro - Adagio (3'13)
· II. Andante - world premiere recording on historical instruments (3'28)
· III. Allegro (2'48)
· Diminutions on the Forlana of Bassoon concerto RV 478  (diminutions by O.Fourés) E Minor / mi mineur / e-Moll (2'01)
· Violin concerto in C major RV 171 'per S.M.C.C.' (Charles VI)  ut majeur / C-Dur
·  I. Allegro (3'35)
· II. Largo (2'50)
· III. Allegro ma non molto (3'23)
· Recitativo from violin concerto in D major RV 212 - world premiere recording ré majeur / D-Dur (3'19)

CD2Antonio Vivaldi
Violin concerto in E minor RV 278 mi mineur / e-Moll
· I. Allegro (5'40)
· II. Largo (3'50)
· III. Allegro (3'54)
Giovanni Legrenzi
· Aria 'Lumi potete piangere' from the opera La divisione del Mondo B minor / si mineur / h-Moll  (2'13)
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin concerto in B minor RV 37a - rediscovered in 2022, world premiere recording si mineur / h-Moll
· I. Largo (2'42)
· II. Allegro (2'35)
· III. Largo (RV 37) - reconstruction of the bass part by O. Fourés (2'06)
· IV. Allegro (RV 37) - reconstruction of the bass part by O. Fourés (2'49)
· V. Allegro (RV 37a) (1'49)
· Fanfara from Concerto for two horns RV 539 - arr. O. Fourés F major / fa majeur / F-Dur (0'39)
· Tempesta di mare from the opera La fida ninfa RV 714 F major / fa major / F-Dur (1'00)
· Sinfonia al ballo from the opera Dorilla in tempe RV 709 F major / fa major / F-Dur (1'20)
· Violin concerto in E flat major RV 250 - world premiere recording mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur
· I. Allegro molto (2'01)
· II. Adagio (2'23)
· III. Allegro (2'08)
Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656 - 1705)
· Imitatione delle campane from Violin sonata No. 3 in D minor ré mineur / d-Moll (3'09)
Antonio Vivaldi
· Violin concerto in D minor RV 237 'per Pisendel' ré mineur / d-Moll
·  I. Allegro (4'26)
· II. Adagio (1'47)
· III. Allegro (2'18)
· Violin concerto in E flat major RV 252 - world premiere recording mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur
· I. Allegro (3'42)
· II. Largo (1'41)
· III. Allegro (3'02)
· Fanfare after Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) F major / fa majeur / F-Dur (0'40)
Antonio Vivaldi
· Violin concerto in F major RV 569 fa majeur / F-Dur
· I. Allegro (4'37)
· II. Grave (2'40)
· III. Allegro (4'28)
· Aria "Ardi, svena" from cantata Sorge vermiglia in ciel RV 667 A minor / la mineur / a-Moll (2'34)
· Ciaconna in B flat major from Violin concerto RV 583 in due cori con violino discordato
si bémol majeur / B-Dur (4'18)