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Vivaldi: La Stravaganza, Op. 4, Transcriptions for Organ

3/1/2023, 20 Tracks, 1:04:21

Featuring

  • Luca Scandali
  • Antonio Vivaldi

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Composer Biography

Antonio Vivaldi, though not inventing the concerto, significantly boosted the genre, making it the dominant instrumental form in the early 18th century.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Vivaldi's concertos spread across Europe via Amsterdam, a city known as the 'Venice of the north', due to publishers like Estienne Roger.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Vivaldi's 'extravagant' musical style included frequent asymmetry, inventive harmonic progression, rhythmic repetition, sudden theatrical breaks, and highly virtuosic solo parts.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Vivaldi's Op. 4 collection, La Stravaganza, was published by Estienne Roger in Amsterdam around 1714 and is dedicated to Vettor Dolfin, a Venetian aristocrat and Vivaldi's pupil.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Ten of the twelve concertos transcribed for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, a German composer, came from Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico Op.3.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The title 'La Stravaganza' (meaning 'extravagance' or 'eccentricity') refers to the early Italian baroque style, which used eccentric features, trickery, and virtuosity to move audiences.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The recording features a Gaetano Callido organ, Op.96, built in 1774 for the Church of San Venanzo in Albacina, Italy, and restored in 2014.

Source: Booklet

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