2 cellos, string orchestra and basso continuo (3 Violine I - 3 Violine II - 2 Viola - 3 Violoncello/Kontrabass - 1 Basso continuo) - intermediate
SKU: HL.49019633
Urtext. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Softcover. 28 pages. Schott Music #CON267. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019633).
ISBN 9790001191289. UPC: 841886019614. 9.25x12.0x0.13 inches.
The genre of the violoncello concerto was born in 17th-century Italy. Thanks to the Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), there exists today not only a wealth of magnificent violin concertos but also quite a number of cello concertos to whose development he contributed considerably. More than two dozens of his concertos are dedicated to the violoncello, including the probably most famous double concerto: the 'Concerto for Two Violoncellos, String Orchestra and Basso continuo in G minor (RV 531)' written after 1770. The sonorous work with its playful outer movements and expressive largo is published in this critical new edition on the basis of the sources.