VIVALDI | Concerto RV 257 in E♭ major | Original manuscript

For solo violin, strings and basso continuo

I. Andante molto e quasi allegro (0:00)
II. — (4:41)
III. Allegro (7:23)

Composed: after 1720/1724, presumably 1730s or later
Turin source: Giordano 30

The second-to-last page of the manuscript is an inserted folio that gives an ornamented version of the last solo (starting from the marking ‘O’). This sheet also bears a few Vivaldi doodles (seen at the beginning of the video).

The Ryom catalogue and the present recording both list the third movement as a Presto but it is most definitely ‘Allegro’ in the manuscript.

Accademia Bizantina, ‘Concerti per violino VII 'Per il castello'’
Alessandro Tampieri, violino solo
Ottavio Dantone, direzione
Naïve OP7078

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