Vivaldi
Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest for 1 1/2 years and was employed there from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died, in poverty, less than a year later.
Vivaldi
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
FALLA El Sombrero des Tres Picos, Suite No. 2
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
PISTON Toccata
COPLAND El Salón México
Recorded in 1955
Total duration: 2hr 26:56
Walter Gieseking, piano
Rudolf Firkušný, piano
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
CRESTON Dance Overture
Recorded in 1956
Total duration: 2hr 23:36
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
music by Vivaldi, Bach, Schubert & Debussy
Studio recordings, 1937-38
Total duration: 2hr 32:06
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
conducted by Willem Mengelberg
Music by BACH, VIVALDI, CESTI, LULLY, FRESCOBALDI, PALESTRINA, GABRIELI
Studio recordings, 1950/52
Total duration: 75:40
Leopold Stokowski and
His Symphony Orchestra
Brass Choir
A Capella Chorus
Charles Courboin, organ
VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins
RACHMANINOV Three Preludes
CAILLIET The Birthday Fantasy
Works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Debussy and Tchaikovsky
Studio and live recordings, 1935-52
Total duration: 69:12
Werner Janssen ∙ Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles
Charles O’Connell ∙ Victor Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy ∙ Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy ∙ The Philadelphia Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler ∙ Boston “Pops” Orchestra
VIVALDI Concerto Grosso in D minor
MOZART Symphony No. 40
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Recorded 1937
Total duration: 1hr 34:09
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
VIVALDI Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
PAGANINI Caprice in A minor
Studio recordings, 1931-51
Total duration: 75:31
Mischa Elman, violin
New Symphony Orchestra
Lawrance Collingwood, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Desiré Defauw, conductor
Wolfgang Rosé, piano
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