For RV.443 and RV.444, the treble recorder is a good choice on this recording because its mellower tone blends well with the small string ensemble playing one to a part.
Performer Biography
Dan Laurin, the recorder soloist, was so inspired by a recording of Frans Brüggen playing a Vivaldi recorder concerto that it changed the course of his life.
Compositional Technique
Vivaldi did not use a specific 'recorder language' in his recorder concertos, instead employing melodic formulas suited to 18th-century violin technique.
Compositional Technique
Vivaldi's orchestration is highly skillful, using novel techniques to differentiate textures, such as varying string accompaniment based on the solo part's character.
Composer Biography
Vivaldi taught music at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, an orphanage that boasted one of the leading orchestras of its day.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vivaldi, primarily an opera composer, excelled at creating musical parallels to dramatic action, making these concertos like 'operas without words'.
Historical Context
In Vivaldi's time, music was considered an important moral and educational influence on young minds.
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