World premiere recording of the newly discovered Violin Sonata RV 829 by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi.
In the summer of 2023 Dr. Javier Lupiáñez, musicologist, violinist, and artistic director of Scaramuccia, managed to identify a new sonata by Vivaldi, previously cataloged under the name of another composer. After the discovery, he contacted his colleague, also a Vivaldi specialist, Dr. Fabrizio Ammetto, and together they prepared an article that will be published in the next issue of the journal Studi Vivaldiani. After evaluating the research of the two scholars, the scientific committee of the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi confirmed Vivaldi’s authorship and included the composition in the official catalog with the new number rv 829.
This is Vivaldi’s most explicit example of a Sonate auf Concertenart, which is a type of sonata that Vivaldi used as a “business card” to show his great skills as a virtuous. These sonatas are quite unusual in the Italian repertoire before Tartini, which makes this composition very special since it is dated to the second decade of the 18th century. Scaramuccia has recorded the new sonata as a world premiere for the recording label Snakewood Editions.
Find out more information about this exciting discovery in the booklet!
Find this recording also here:
www.snakewoodeditions.com/product/vivaldi_rv_829/
Check out the video clip here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubcUYtBwZDI&ab_channel=SnakewoodEditions
released February 26, 2024
Scaramuccia:
Javier Lupiañez, violin and direction
Inés Salinas, violoncello
Fernando Aguado, harpsichord
Earl Christy, theorbo
Recorded at Protestantse Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-kerk Uitwijk
(The Netherlands) 30 October 2023
Recording and mastering: Erik de Goederen
Recording producer: Giorgos Samoils
Editing: Javier Lupiáñez