It can stand on its own without any accompaniment. In this standalone arrangement for solo guitar, I added bass notes from Vivaldi's bass part plus filled in the harmony from the continuo accompaniment and violin parts. However, the guitar part on its own without orchestral accompaniment, even with the added bass notes, sounds too thin. When played on the guitar, some players add bass notes when they play the piece with an orchestra, which is fine. However, the original lute part consists only of single notes. In the original version, the lute carries a melodic line of noble but peaceful simplicity, while the violins, bass, and continuo provide harmonic support. The Largo, without a doubt, is a piece of touching beauty. Largo from Concerto in D Major-Douglas Niedt, guitaristĭownload the Douglas Niedt recording of the arrangement for solo guitar (wav file). In 2009, Erik was awarded the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust award.Listen to me play the arrangement for SOLO guitar. In 2007, Frans Bruggen invited him to perform Bach’s Actus Tragicus at the Concertgebouw. Erik Bosgraaf has led a colourful musical career – from rock musician, to oboist, then virtuoso recorder-player. Includes Booklet notes with fascinating contemporary accounts of Vivaldi, including extracts from his letters. Two of his greatest concertos ‘Tempesta di mare’ (Storm at Sea) and ‘La notte’ (Night) feature on the programme. This release is devoted to concertos for sopranino and alto recorders. His concertos are remarkable not only for the wealth of invention and the outstanding quality of the music, but also for the amazing range of instruments he wrote for. There are some superb concertos in his large output, and some of them were sufficiently striking enough to attract the attention of J.S. He is a composer who repays closer attention. For many people though, Vivaldi is the composer of The Four Seasons (the first four of the twelve concertos Op.8), and maybe the famous Gloria.
Stravinsky famously quipped that Vivaldi didn’t write 400 concertos, rather he wrote one concerto 400 times.
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