Op. 1, twelve sonatas for two violins and basso continuo (1705) Op. 2, twelve sonatas for violin and basso continuo (1709) Op. 3, L'estro armonico (Harmonic inspiration), twelve concerti for various combinations. Best known concerti are No. 6 in A minor for violin, No. 8 in A minor for two violins and No. 10 in B minor for four violins (1711) Op. 4, La stravaganza (The extraordinary), twelve violin concerti (c1714) Opus 5, (second part of Opus 2), four sonatas for violin and two sonatas for two violins and basso continuo (1716) Op. 6, six violin concerti (1716–21) Op. 7, two oboe concerti and 10 violin concerti (1716–1717) Op. 8, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention), twelve violin concerti including the celebrated work, Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), consisting of the first four concerti in opus 8 (1723) Op. 9, La cetra (The lyre), twelve violin concerti and one for two violins (1727) Op. 10, six flute concertos (c. 1728) Opus 11, five violin concerti, one oboe concerto, the second in E minor, RV 277, being known as 'Il favorito' (1729) Op. 12, five violin concerti and one without solo (1729) Op. 13, Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd), six sonatas for musette, viela, recorder, flute, oboe or violin, and basso continuo (1737, spurious works by Nicolas Chédeville). |
1713: Ottone in villa, RV 729, Libretto: Domenico Lalli (Vicenza, Teatro di Piazza) 1714: Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727, Libretto: Grazio Braccioli (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1715: Nerone fatto Cesare, RV 724, Libretto: Matteo Noris (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) [pasticcio (Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Vivaldi)] 1716: La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii, RV 706, Libretto: Antonio Marchi (Venice, Teatro San Moisè) [reworked as Artabano, re dei Parti (RV 701) in 1718, then as Doriclea (RV 708) in 1732] 1716: Arsilda, regina di Ponto, RV 700, Libretto: Domenico Lalli (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1717: L'incoronazione di Dario, RV 719, Libretto: Adriano Morselli (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1717: Tieteberga, RV 737, Libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini (Venice, Teatro San Moisè) 1717: Il vinto trionfante del vincitore, RV Anh 58, Libretto: Antonio Marchi (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) [pasticcio, possibly with some music by Vivaldi] 1718: Artabano, re dei Parti, RV 701, Libretto: Antonio Marchi (Venice, Teatro San Moisè) [reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)] 1718: Armida al campo d'Egitto, RV 699, Libretto: Giovanni Palazzi (Venice, Teatro San Moisè. Further performances in Venice on December 26, 1730 and February 12, 1738.) [reworked as Gl’inganni per vendetta (RV 720) in 1720] 1718: Scanderbeg, RV 732, Libretto: Antonio Salvi (Florence, Teatro della Pergola) 1718: Teuzzone, RV 736, Libretto: Apostolo Zeno (Mantua, Teatro Arciducale) 1719: Tito Manlio, RV 738, Libretto: Matteo Noris (Mantua, Teatro Arciducale) 1720: La Candace, o siano Li veri amici, RV 704, Libretto: Francesco Silvani & Domenico Lalli (Mantua, Teatro Arciducale) 1718: Gl’inganni per vendetta, RV 720, Libretto: Giovanni Palazzi (Venice, Teatro San Moisè) [reworking of Armida al campo d’Egitto (RV 699)] 1720: La verità in cimento, RV 739, Libretto: Giovanni Palazzi (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1720: Filippo re di Macedonia, RV 715, Libretto: Domenico Lalli (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) [pasticcio] 1721: La Silvia, RV 734, Libretto: Enrico Bissari (Milan, Reggio Ducale) 1723: Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710, Libretto: Giacomo Francesco Bussani (Rome, Teatro Capranica) 1724: Giustino, RV 717, Libretto: Nicolò Beregan/Pietro Pariati (Rome, Teatro Capranica) 1724: La virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il Tigrane, RV 740, Libretto: Francesco Silvani (Rome, Teatro Capranica) [pasticcio (only Act II by Vivaldi)] 1725: L’inganno trionfante in amore, RV 721, Libretto: Matteo Noris (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1726: Cunegonda, RV 707, Libretto: Agostino Piovene (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1726: La fede tradita e vendicata, RV 712, Libretto: Francesco Silvani (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1726: La tirannia castigata, RV Anh 55, Libretto: Francesco Silvani (Prague, Sporck Theater) 1726: Dorilla in Tempe, RV 709, Libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo [pasticcio] 1727: Ipermestra, RV 722, Libretto: Antonio Salvi (Florence, Teatro della Pergola) 1727: Farnace, RV 711, Libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1727: Siroe, re di Persia, RV 735, Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (Reggio, Teatro Pubblico) 1727: Orlando furioso, RV 728, Libretto: Grazio Braccioli (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1728: Rosilena ed Oronta, RV 730, Libretto: Giovanni Palazzi (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1728: L'Atenaide, RV 702, Libretto: Apostolo Zeno (Florence, Teatro della Pergola, December 29) 1730: Argippo, RV 697, Libretto: Domenico Lalli (Prague, Sporck Theater) [seven arias were rediscovered in Regensburg by Ondřej Macek.] 1731: Alvilda regina de' Goti, RV 696, Libretto: Giulio Cesare Corradi (Prague, Sporck Theater) [only some arias by Vivaldi, probably from other operas] 1731: Semiramide, RV 733, Libretto: Francesco Silvani & Domenico Lalli (Mantua, Teatro Arciducale) 1732: La fida ninfa, RV 714, Libretto: Francesco Scipione (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico) 1732: Doriclea, RV 708, Libretto: Antonio Marchi (Prague, Sporck Theater) [reworking of La costanzatrionfante (RV 706)] 1733: Motezuma, RV 723, Libretto: Girolamo Alvise Giusti (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1734: L'Olimpiade, RV 725, Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1735: L’Adelaide, RV 695, Libretto: Antonio Salvi (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico) 1735: Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet), RV 703, Libretto: Agostino Piovene (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico) [pasticcio] 1735: Griselda, RV 718, Libretto: Apostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni (Venice, Teatro San Samuele, May 18) 1735: Aristide, RV 698, Libretto: Carlo Goldoni (Venice, Teatro San Samuele) 1736: Ginevra principessa di Scozia, RV 716, Libretto: Antonio Salvi (Florence, Teatro della Pergola) 1737: Catone in Utica, RV 705, Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico, May 26) 1737: L’oracolo in Messenia, RV 726, Libretto: Apostolo Zeno (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) 1738: Rosmira (Rosmira fedele), RV 731, Libretto:Silvio Stampiglia (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo, January 27) [pasticcio arranged by Vivaldi of music by Johann Adolf Hasse, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Georg Frideric Handel, etc.] 1739: Ferasp, RV 713, Libretto: Francesco Silvani (Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo) |
Vivaldi wrote hundreds of concerti for various instruments. Below is a list of notable concerti: Cello: Cello concerto in Cm, RV 401 Cello concerto in Em, RV 409 Cello concerto in F, RV 411 Cello concerto in F, RV 412 Cello concerto in G, RV 413 Cello concerto in G, RV 415 Cello concerto in Gm, RV 417 Cello concerto in Am, RV 418 Cello concerto in Am, RV 420 Cello concerto in Bm, RV 424
Mandolin: Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 Concerto for two Mandolins in G major, RV 532 Mandolin (lute) and orchestra: Concerto in D major, RV 93
Recorder and flute: Concerto in D major, RV 95, 'La pastorella' Concerto in C minor for Treble Recorder, RV 441 Concerto in F major for Treble Recorder, RV 442 Concerto in C major for Sopranino Recorder, RV 443 Concerto in C major for Sopranino Recorder, RV 444 Concerto in A minor for Sopranino Recorder, RV 445 Concerto in F major for Flute ('La Tempesta di Mare'), RV 433 (Op. 10, No. 1), RV 98 and RV 570 Concerto in G minor for Flute ('La Notte'), RV 439 (Op. 10, No. 2) Concerto in D major for Flute ('Il Gardellino'), RV 428 (Op. 10 No. 3) Concerto in G major for Flute, RV 435 (Op. 10, No. 4) Concerto in F major for F, RV 434 (Op. 10, No. 5) Concerto in G major for Flute, RV 437 (Op. 10, No. 6) Concerto in C major for 2 Flutes, RV 533
Violin: The Contest Between Harmony and Invention: The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 1 in E major, 'La Primavera' (Spring), RV 269 Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 'L'estate' (Summer), RV 315 Concerto No. 3 in F major, 'L'autunno' (Autumn), RV 293 Concerto No. 4 in F minor, 'L'inverno' (Winter), RV 297 Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, 'La tempesta di mare', RV 253 Concerto No. 6 in C major, 'Il piacere', RV 180 Concerto No. 7 in D minor, RV 242 Concerto No. 8 in G minor, RV 332 Concerto No. 9 in D minor, RV 236 Concerto No. 10 in B-flat major, 'La caccia', RV 362 Concerto No. 11 in D major, RV 210 Concerto No. 12 in C major, RV 178
Brass and woodwind: Concerto in C major for Two Trumpets, RV 537 Concerto in D major for two Oboes, Bassoon, two French Horns, and Solo Violin, RV 562 Concerto in D minor for two Recorders, two Oboes, and Bassoon, RV 566 Concerto in F major for Oboe, Bassoon, two French Horns, and Solo Violin, RV 571 Concerto in B-flat major for Oboe, Chalumeau, and Solo Violin, RV 579 |
Missa Sacrum, RV 586 (disputed) Kyrie, RV 587 Gloria, RV 588 Gloria, RV 589 Gloria, RV 590 (lost) Credo, RV 591 Credo, RV 592 (disputed) Domine ad adiuvandum me, RV 593 Dixit Dominus, RV 594 Dixit Dominus, RV 595 ('di Praga') Confetibor, tibi Domine, RV 596 Beatus vir, RV 597 Beatus vir, RV 598 Beatus vir, RV 599 (lost) Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600 Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 601 Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 602 Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 603 In exitu Israel, RV 604 Credidi propter quod, RV 605 (now RV Anh. 35b) Laudate Dominum, RV 606 Laetatus sum, RV 607 Nisi Dominus, RV 608 Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609 Magnificat, RV 610/610a/610b/611 Deus Tuorum Militum, RV 612 Gaude Mater Ecclesia, RV 613 Laudate Dominum, RV 614 (disputed) Regina coeli, RV 615 (incomplete) Salve Regina, RV 616 Salve Regina, RV 617 Salve Regina, RV 618 Salve Regina, RV 619 (lost) Sanctorum Meritis, RV 620 Stabat Mater, RV 621 Te Deum, RV 622 (lost) Canta in Prato, Ride in Monte, RV 623 — not to be confused with RV 636, which is 'Canta in Prato, Ride in Fonte' Carae Rosae Respirate, RV 624 - incomplete without reconstruction of lost second violin and viola parts Clarae, Stellae, RV 625 In Furore Iustissimae Irae, RV 626 In Turbate Mare, RV 627 Invicti Bellate, RV 628 (incomplete, yet reconstructed and recorded by Academia Montis Regalis) Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores, RV 629 - not to be confused with RV 640, which is a similar motet on the same text but intended for different purposes Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera, RV 630 O Qui Coeli Terraque Serenitas, RV 631 Sum in Medio Tempestatum, RV 632 Vestro Principi Divino, RV 633 Vos Aurae per Montes, RV 634 Introduzione al Dixit (RV 595) 'Ascende Laeta,' RV 635 Introduzione al Dixit (RV 594?) 'Canta in Prato, Ride in Fonte,' RV 636 -not to be confused with RV 623, which is 'Canta in Prato, Ride in Monte' Introduzione al Gloria 'Cur sagittas,' RV 637 - the preceding work that was to follow this introductory motet, most likely a lost setting of a Gloria in B♭, is now presumably lost Introduzione al Miserere 'Filiae Maestae Jerusalem,' RV 638 Introduzione al Gloria (RV 588) 'Jubilate o amoeni chori,' RV 639 - Introductory motet has third movement interwoven with Gloria (RV 588). Introduzione al Gloria (RV 589) 'Longe Mala, Umbrae, Terrores,' RV 640 - not to be confused with RV 629, which is a similar motet on the same text but intended for different purposes Introduzione al Miserere 'Non in pratis,' RV 641 Introduzione al Gloria (RV 589) 'Ostro Picta,' RV 642 Oratorio Moyses Deus Pharaonis, RV 643 (lost) Oratorio Juditha triumphans, RV 644 Oratorio L'adorazione delli tre re magi al bambino Gesu, RV 645 (lost) Oratorio La vittoria navale predetta dal S Pontefice Pio V Ghisilieri, RV 782 (lost) Confetibor, tibi domine, RV 789 - manuscript found in damaged condition Beatus Vir, RV 795 Magnificat, RV 797 (lost) - possibly related to the extant settings of RV 610/610a/610b/611 Nisi Dominus, RV 803 Salve Regina, RV 804 (lost) Dixit Dominus, RV 807 A possible setting, or even settings (considering the many settings of other liturgical text Vivaldi composed) of the Miserere may have existed, as hinted by the two introductory sets of movements intended for the piece(s), but such composition(s) have been lost. |