Description
Vivaldi’s Cello gives listeners a chance to hear a different kind of Vivaldi. Some of the music on this vinyl set was written by the composer to feature the cello of his day, but that’s only half the story. Vivaldi’s Cello couples those scores with music that Vivaldi originally intended for the violin, the viola d’amore or the human voice. Music that’s now been transcribed for the cello.
On this album, Yo-Yo Ma plays the 1712 Stradivarius cello that he had already appropriately altered for the two Simply Baroque recordings he made with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Ma also uses a Baroque bow, and he adopted the relative tuning (in which instruments are tuned only in relation to each other) employed by the orchestra. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra performs on period instruments and uses Baroque performance practices.
Vivaldi’s Cello is available as a limited edition of 750 copies on crystal clear vinyl and includes an insert.











































































