Julian Lloyd Webber plays the 'Barjansky' Stradivarius cello, an instrument made around 1690.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vivaldi, the composer, often rearranged his concertos for different solo instruments, sometimes without altering the musical text at all.
Compositional Technique
Vivaldi was pragmatic in his approach to instrumentation, making modifications only when necessary for a new instrument, otherwise retaining the original text.
Recording & Production
This recording includes six world premiere recordings of Vivaldi concertos arranged for two cellos by Julian Lloyd Webber.
Composer Biography
Vivaldi composed an unexpectedly large quantity of music for the cello and bassoon, showing his empathy for these 'low' instruments.
Compositional Technique
Vivaldi pioneered the idea of stripping away the orchestra from the slow movement of a concerto, leaving the soloists to play in an intimate, chamber-music style.
Composer Biography
Many of Vivaldi's solo cello parts were written for the girls and women of the Pietà, a celebrated Venetian home for foundlings with an all-female orchestra.
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