Vivaldi - Cello Concerto in E-flat major, RV 408 (Urtext Edition, Piano)

Vivaldi's RV 408 is the only one of his cello concertos in E-flat major. The outer movements of this work are full of joy. The syncopated bass line of the first movement makes it even more exciting. The solo part stays mainly in the first four positions, and very occasionally goes to the fifth. The solemn slow movement is accompanied only by the

Vivaldi's RV 408 is the only one of his cello concertos in E-flat major. The outer movements of this work are full of joy. The syncopated bass line of the first movement makes it even more exciting. The solo part stays mainly in the first four positions, and very occasionally goes to the fifth. The solemn slow movement is accompanied only by the basso continuo, making it sound like a sonata. This movement is in C minor but briefly moves to B-flat minor in its more chromatic passage. The finale is a springy minuet with a few challenging shifts in mm. 26-34.

The key signature has only 2 flats, one of the ways of notating the E-flat-major key signature in the baroque period.

Our edition is based on the autograph score held at Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, Turin (I-Tn): Foà 29, f.77-82. Our set includes a piano reduction and 2 solo parts (Urtext and with fingerings/bowings)