Baltic Baroque & Grigori Maltizov - Vivaldi: Opera Quinta (2014)

Vivaldi’s sonatas op.5 appeared in 1716 and have some special features: The opus is declared as the second part of his op.2 and contains four solo sonatas and two trio sonatas, which was rather unusual at that time. In order to present their works to the audience, the 18th century composers tried to supply the title pages of the scores with as precise and detailed description of the contents. The majority of the sonatas of op.5 are dances. This is actually the first recording on period instruments. This release is the fourth in the Vivaldi Series on Estonian record productions.