This album was recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley, and Conway Hall, London, in April, May, and September 1994.
Performer Biography
Nicholas Kraemer, the director and harpsichordist, began his career as a harpsichordist with groups like the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the English Baroque Soloists, later extending to conducting.
Composition History
Vivaldi left 27 concertos for cello, string orchestra, and basso continuo, with some preserved in the library of amateur cellist Count Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn at Wiesentheid.
Performer Biography
Raphael Wallfisch, the cellist on this recording, won the Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition in Florence at age 24 and has performed worldwide.
Composer Biography
Vivaldi was intermittently associated with the Ospedale della Pietà, one of Venice's four famous foundations for the education of orphaned or indigent girls, some of whom were trained as musicians.
Composer Biography
Vivaldi died in Vienna in 1741 from stomach inflammation, just a month after his arrival, and was buried with minimal expense despite once being worth 50,000 ducats a year.
Composer Biography
Antonio Vivaldi, known as il prete rosso (the red priest) due to his hair color, was ordained in 1703 and also established himself as a violinist of remarkable ability.
