harmonia mundi (en)

Alongside the famous Quattro Stagioni, la notte, and so on, Vivaldi wrote no fewer than 27 concertos for the cello - an instrument wich at the time was generally limited to playing basso continuo. with the genuine virtuose he had available to him at the Ospedale della Pieta, the Prete Rosso played a key in the emancipation of the cello, which so readily stimulated him to invent varied figuration. The musicians of the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin have chosen to add highly expressive pieces by Caldara to punctuate the sumptuous feast of sound offered by maestro Queyras