TITLE: CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLONCELLOS, STRINGS AND BASSO CONTINUO IN G MINOR RV 531
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO

INSTRUMENTATION IN DETAIL: VIOLONCELLO (2), VIOLIN (2), VIOLA, BASSO CONTINUO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: SCHWEMER, BETTINA
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: SCHWEMER, BETTINA
ARRANGER: SCHELHAAS, MARTIN
PRODUCT FORMAT: PIANO REDUCTION, PART (2), URTEXT EDITION
SCORING: VIOLONCELLO (2), PIANO
REMARK: WITH FOLD-OUT-PAGES
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING:STAPLED
PRINT RUN:2ND PRINTING 2024
LANGUAGES OF THE TEXT: GERMAN, ENGLISH

DESCRIPTION:
-THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, ANTONIO VIVALDI WROTE ALMOST THIRTY INSTRUMENTAL WORKS THAT USE THE CELLO AS A SOLO INSTRUMENT. VIVALDI KNEW HOW TO TAILOR HIS MUSIC TO THE CELLO AND IN DOING SO, HELPED TO ESTABLISH THIS STILL YOUNG INSTRUMENT IN THE MUSIC OF THAT TIME.

-THE CONCERTO RV 531 IS THE ONLY DOUBLE CONCERTO IN VIVALDI’S ŒUVRE FOR TWO SOLO VIOLONCELLOS. THE TWO SOLO PARTS TAKE CENTRE STAGE WITH VIRTUOSIC PASSAGES BUT LIE ON THE INSTRUMENT SO WELL THAT THEY CAN BE COMFORTABLY MASTERED BY ADVANCED STUDENTS.

-THE EDITION IS BASED ON THE CAREFUL EVALUATION OF VIVALDI’S AUTOGRAPH SCORE WHICH IS THE MAIN SOURCE AND SEVERAL INCONSISTENCIES FOUND IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS HAVE BEEN CLARIFIED. AT THE SAME TIME THE EDITION ALLOWS FOR A FLEXIBLE REALISATION OF THIS CONCERTO: IT CAN BE PERFORMED BY A FULL TUTTI ORCHESTRA OR BY ONE PERFORMER PER PART. THE CELLO PART IN THE BASSO CONTINUO GROUP CAN BE PLAYED BY ORCHESTRAL CELLISTS OR BY THE SOLOISTS.

CONTENTS:
TITLE: VORWORT
TITLE: PREFACE

COMPOSER / AUTHOR: VIVALDI, ANTONIO
TITLE: CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLONCELLOS, STRINGS AND BASSO CONTINUO IN G MINOR RV 531:
CAST: VIOLONCELLO (2), VIOLIN (2), VIOLA, BASSO

TITLE: I. ALLEGRO
TITLE: II. LARGO
TITLE: III. ALLEGRO