Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484

00:00 - I. Allegro poco 04:30 - II. Andante 07:47 - III. Allegro _____ Bassoon: Bram van Sambeek Conductor: Conrad van Alphen Ensemble: Sinfonia Rotterdam Year of Recording: 2009 _____ “Lacking among the girls in the Ospedale were bassoonists. There is no mention of bassoon solos or instruments among the records, and it is unclear for whom Vivaldi composed his 38 bassoon concertos – more than for any other instrument except the violin. None of them was published during his lifetime, but the manuscripts were preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Turin. From their technical demands, it is clear that he composed them for a virtuoso. It should be noted that the Baroque bassoon was not the versatile instrument we know today; there were only a couple of keys, and makers were experimenting constantly to create more responsive and accurate double-reed instruments. In the first movement of this concerto Vivaldi puts the bassoon through its paces; each episode features a differ