LA STRAVAGANZA OP. 4
TWELVE CONCERTOS FOR VIOLIN, STRINGS AND BASSO CONTINUO
VOLUME II: CONCERTOS VII-XII
COMPOSER / AUTHOR:VIVALDI, ANTONIO

DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN SOLO, STRINGS, BASSO CONTINUO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
ARRANGER: KÖHS, ANDREAS
EDITOR: SCHWEMER, BETTINA
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: SCHWEMER, BETTINA
PRODUCT FORMAT: PIANO REDUCTION, PART, URTEXT EDITION, ANTHOLOGY
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN SOLO, PIANO
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: GERMAN, ENGLISH
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2019

DESCRIPTION:
-ANTONIO VIVALDI’S TWELVE CONCERTOS OP. 4 KNOWN BY THE NAME OF “LA STRAVAGANZA” WERE FIRST MENTIONED AS A COLLECTION OF “CONCERTI A 4” IN THE 1711 FOREWORD OF “L’ESTRO ARMONICO” OP. 3. THEIR PUBLICATION HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 1716, WHEN ESTIENNE ROGER ISSUED THEM IN TWO VOLUMES OF SIX CONCERTOS EACH. HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, “LA STRAVAGANZA” IS MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF CONCERTOS FOR SOLO VIOLIN WITH STRING ACCOMPANIMENT: IN FIVE OF THE CONCERTOS THE SOLOIST IS JOINED BY A SECOND SOLO VIOLIN OR EVEN BY A SOLO VIOLONCELLO (CONCERTO NO. 7).

-THE MANY REPRINTS OF “LA STRAVAGANZA” BEAR WITNESS TO ITS POPULARITY AND WIDESPREAD DISSEMINATION WELL INTO THE 1730S. BESIDES THE SURVIVING PRINTS, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF HANDWRITTEN SOURCES CONTAINING ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS FOR SEVEN OF THE CONCERTOS. SOME OF THESE MANUSCRIPTS STEM FROM THE MUSIC LIBRARY OF JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL.

-THIS EDITION OF “LA STRAVAGANZA” IS NOT ONLY THE FIRST SCHOLARLY-CRITICAL EDITION, IT IS ALSO THE ONLY COMPLETE EDITION AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE TWELVE CONCERTOS HANDED DOWN IN THE ROGER EDITION, BÄRENREITER OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL CONCERTO IN FULL SCORE, PIANO REDUCTION AND PARTS CONTAINED IN THE 1728 PRINT ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH PUBLISHERS WALSH & HARE, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS (WITHOUT VIOLA) FOUND IN HANDWRITTEN SOURCES FOR CONCERTOS NO. 6 (VOLUME 1) AND NO. 11 (VOLUME 2).

CONTENTS:
· VORWORT
· PREFACE
· FACSIMILES
· PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE PIANO REDUCTION
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO VII RV 185:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· LARGO
· ALLEGRO
· LARGO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO VIII RV 249:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· ALLEGRO, ADAGIO, PRESTO, ADAGIO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR:
VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO IX RV 284:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· ALLEGRO
· LARGO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO X RV 196:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· SPIRITOSO
· ADAGIO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO X RV 196 (ALTERNATIVE VERSION):
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN SOLO, 1. VIOLIN, 2. VIOLIN, VIOLA, BASSO
· SPIRITOSO
· ADAGIO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO XI RV 204:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· ALLEGRO
· LARGO ASSAI
· ALLEGRO ASSAI
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO XI RV 204 (ALTERNATIVE VERSION):
INSTRUMENTATION: 1. VIOLIN, 2. VIOLIN, VIOLONCELLO, HARPSICHORD OR DOUBLE BASS
· ALLEGRO
· LARGO ASSAI
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO XII RV 298:
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLINE SOLO, 1. VIOLINE, 2. VIOLINE, VIOLA, ORGEL, CELLO
· SPIRITOSO E NON PRESTO
· LARGO
· ALLEGRO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
CONCERTO XII RV 298 (ALTERNATIVE VERSION):
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN SOLO, 1. VIOLIN, 2. VIOLIN, VIOLA, ORGAN, VIOLONCELLO
· ALLEGRO
· ANDANTE
· ALLEGRO