Vivaldi: Complete Violin Sonatas, RV 1-5

Antonio Vivaldi:

1. Track 1 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 1: I. Preludio. Andante – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
2. Track 2 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 1: II. Alemanda. Presto – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
3. Track 3 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 1: III. Giga. Allegro – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
4. Track 4 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2: I. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
5. Track 5 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2: II. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
6. Track 6 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2: III. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
7. Track 7 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2: IV. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
8. Track 8 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 2: V. Sarabanda. Allegro – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
9. Track 9 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 3: I. Preludio. Largo – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
10. Track 10 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 3: II. Corrente. Allegro – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
11. Track 11 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 3: III. Largo – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
12. Track 12 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 3: IV. – Nazar Kozhukhar (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
13. Track 13 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 4: I. Largo (Reconstruction by Grigori Maltizov) – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
14. Track 14 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 4: II. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
15. Track 15 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 4: III. Largo (Reconstruction by Grigori Maltizov) – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
16. Track 16 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 4: IV. – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
17. Track 17 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 5: I. Grave – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
18. Track 18 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 5: II. Allegro – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
19. Track 19 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 5: III. Largo – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)
20. Track 20 Violin Sonata in C Major, RV 5: IV. Allegro – Andrei Reshetin (baroque violin), Sofia Maltizova (baroque cello), Imbi Tarum (harpsichord)

Directed by Grigori Maltizov

• Andrei Reshetin — baroque violin by Marcin Groblicz, 17th century, Poland (tracks 4–8 and 13–20).
• Nazar Kozhukhar — baroque violin by Johann Gottfried Hamm, 1750, Germany (tracks 1–3 and 9–12).
• Sofia Maltizova — baroque cello after Antonio Stradivari, 1712, Italy (tracks 1–20).
• Imbi Tarum — double-manual German harpsichord made by Henk van Schevikhoven, 1999 (tracks 1–20).

• Recording producer: Grigori Maltizov.
• Recording engineer: Tanel Klesment (tracks 4–20).
• Recording engineer: Margo Kõlar (tracks 1–3).
• Recording location: Swedish St Michael’s Church, Tallinn, Estonia.
• Recording year: 2010.

Special thanks to Diözesanarchiv (Graz, Austria) and Alois Ruhri personally, for providing copies of Vivaldi’s sonatas RV 2, RV 4 and RV 5.
Ülle Reimets and the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum.