Concerto for cello and bassoon in E minor, RV 409.

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I. Adagio - Allegro molto.
II. Allegro - Adagio.
III. Allegro.

Il Giardino Armonico

Christophe Coin (Cello).

Dir. Giovanni Antonini.

After the violin and bassoon, Vivaldi apparently like the cello best as a solo instrument. Because while the Italian Baroque master wrote somewhere over 200 violin concertos and 39 bassoon concertos, he also wrote 28 cello concertos. Part of his special affection may come from the fact that Vivaldi himself seems to have invented the genre. Although there had been passages for solo cello in earlier composers' works, Vivaldi apparently wrote the first actual concertos featuring the cello throughout.