The Real Red Priest
A look beyond the Red Priest cliches to discover who Antonio Vivaldi really was. Violinist Hugo Ticciati tells Tom that Vivaldi and Metallica have more in common that it seems.
Can we get beyond The Four Seasons? Was he really a priest? Did he write the same concerto several hundred times? Antonio Vivaldi wrote arguably the most famous piece of classical music of all time but his reputation has suffered as a result. Some accuse him of churning out the same concerto multiple times at the Ospedale della Piet脿 in Venice where he taught music and performed alongside orchestras and choirs of female musicians, much to the titillation of travelling tourists of the day.
With the help of violinist Hugo Ticciati (who performs Vivaldi's works alongside those of rock band Metallica), and Vivaldi expert Susan Orlando Tom explores the joyfully physical realm of The Red Priest's music, how Vivaldi's music can teach us to listen in a whole new way and why Vivaldi's operas will soon be making a comeback.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV.315, Op.8`2 (L'Estate) for violin and orchestra
Conductor: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- DECCA.
- 4764342.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Trio sonata in D minor RV.63, Op.1`12 (La Follia) for 2 violins and continuo
Performer: Hesp猫rion XXI.- Alia Vox.
- AV9844.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major RV.428, Op.10`3 (Il Gardellino [The Goldfinch]) for flute and orchestra
Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: The English Concert.- ARCHIV.
- 4237022.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major RV.425 for mandolin and orchestra
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- DG.
- 479 4017.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in E major RV.269, Op.8`1 (La Primavera) for violin and orchestra
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- EMI.
- 72435 57666 0 1.
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Close To The Edge
- ATLANTIC.
- K2500-12.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Lauda Jerusalem - motet RV.609 for soloists, 2 choirs and orchestra
Performer: Rub茅n Dubrovsky. Performer: Bach Consort. Performer: Salzburger Bachchor.- GRAMOLA.
- 99165.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Orlando furioso - opera RV Anh.84
Performer: Diego Fasolis. Performer: I Barocchisti.- dynamic.
- CDS7803.03.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Trio sonata in D minor RV.63, Op.1`12 (La Follia) for 2 violins and continuo
Performer: Hesp猫rion XXI.- Alia Vox.
- AV9844.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F major RV.293, Op.8`3 (L'Autunno) for violin and orchestra
Performer: Andrea Marcon. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- sony.
- sk51352.
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Antonio Vivaldi
L' Estro armonico = Op.3 [title for information only]
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Brecon Baroque.- Channel Classics.
- CCSSA-36515.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV.578, Op.3`2 for 2 violins, cello and orchestra
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Brecon Baroque.- Channel Classics.
- CCS SA 36515.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor BWV.593 for organ, arr. from Vivaldi's Op.3`8 (RV.522) [orig. 2 vn & orch]
Performer: Ton Koopman.- NOVALIS.
- 150 0202.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor RV.580, Op.3`10 for 4 violins, cello and orchestra
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Brecon Baroque.- Channel Classics.
- CCSSA-36515.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor BWV.1065 for 4 keyboards and string orchestra
Performer: Kenneth Gilbert. Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Performer: Nicholas Kraemer. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: The English Concert.- ARCHIV.
- 471-754-2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major RV.589 for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Katharine Gowers. Performer: Lucy Ballard. Performer: English Baroque Soloists.- Philips.
- 462597 2.
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Metallica
CREEPING DEATH
- Elektra Asylum.
- 60396-2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major RV.234 (L'Inquietudine) for violin and orchestra
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Europa Galante.- Virgin Veritas.
- 72443.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major RV.589 for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Concert Choir. Performer: The English Concert.- ARCHIV.
- 4233862.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Lauda Jerusalem - motet RV.609 for soloists, 2 choirs and orchestra
Performer: Rub茅n Dubrovsky. Performer: Bach Consort. Performer: Salzburger Bachchor.- Gramola.
- 99165.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nisi Dominus [Psalm 127] RV.608 for voice and orchestra
Performer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Paul Dyer. Performer: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.- dg.
- 4669642.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax RV.630 for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- HELIODOR.
- 4765970.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Laudate pueri in G major RV.601 for soprano and orchestra
Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Performer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Accademia Bizantina.- naive.
- 30416.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Orlando [furioso] - opera RV.728
Conductor: Jean鈥怌hristophe Spinosi. Performer: Marie鈥怤icole Lemieux. Performer: Ensemble Matheus.- Naive.
- OP30393.
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Antonio Vivaldi
La Fida ninfa - opera RV.714
Conductor: Jean鈥怌hristophe Spinosi. Performer: Topi Lehtipuu. Performer: Ensemble Matheus.- NAIVE.
- OP 30410.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in E flat major RV.253, Op.8`5 (La Tempesta di mare) for violin and orchestra
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Europa Galante.- Virgin.
- 5619802.
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Antonio Vivaldi
In furore giustissimae irae - motet RV.626 for soprano and orchestra
Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Performer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Accademia Bizantina.- naive.
- 30416.
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- Sun 3 Nov 2019 17:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Fri 8 Nov 2019 16:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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