Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection was published without the composer’s assistance and perhaps even his agreement - these six compositions mark a decisive step towards the definition of the classic Vivaldi Concerto, a change evident both from the systematic adoption of the three-movement plan and from the absence of any supplementary solo parts beyond the principalviolin. This critical edition is based on the first edition of Opus VI and its reprints, but takes also into consideration all the sources of single concertos printed into anthologies or transmitted in manuscript form (Wiesentheid and Dresden). The information gathered through the comparative analysis of the manuscript and the printed traditions of Vivaldi’s Opus 6 has permitted us to reconstruct the links among the sources, to clarify some problematic editorial decisions and formulate new hypotheses on the genesis and the intrinsic nature of the collection as a whole. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Date parution : 1905-07-09/ Répertoire / Violon, Ensembles de Cordes et B.C.

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Mnaïdra est un temple de l'âge du cuivre situé dans le sud de l'île de Malte. Mnaïdra est une pièce lyrique, robuste. Le soliste déclame sur quatre cordes, discours ponctué par des pizzicati prémonitoires. Le Si bémol aigu entame chaque période. C'est sur cette note qu'on reviendra sans cesse dans toute la première partie de l'oeuvre. Puis elle chancelle, s'appuie sur le Si naturel. Le lyrisme disparaît, de longues tenues s'installent. C'est d'un seul coup le La qui domine, qui éclaire la scène. C'est en brodant cette note, La, que va s'achever cette pièce en une longue mélodie plane sur quatre notes étirées (La bémol, La, Si bémol, Si), mélodie ponctuée de pizzicati de cordes à vide. Le Si bémol aigu reviendra, cinq fois, comme une réminiscence, puis se fondra dans une harmonique de La et la pièce se perdra, Fa dièse aigu perdendosi...C'est un monde qui est passé, une présence qui a disparu, une voix qui s'est tue mais dont l'écho demeure, une mémoire. / Violoncelle