Vivaldi - Trio Sonata in D Minor "La Folia" RV63

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo (Variations on "La Folia") Op. 1 No. 12 RV63

"La Folia" is one of the oldest European musical themes. This chord progression has been put to music many times by composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, C.P.E. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Allesandro Scarlatti, and Marin Marais.

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Performed by the Purcell Quartet

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• handel
• mozart
• beethoven
• concerto
• harpsichord
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• corelli
• classical
• canon

[RaindropCantabile]

I've noticed that a lot of your songs use Baroque tuning, it's throwing me off a lot because I see D minor and I think "okay let's hear a D" and then I hear a C# (I think) and now I'm all confused :S

[HARMONICO101]

That's why I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch! :)

[bubbafet2200]

I think I can guess what you mean by that. Bach is my favorite composer too, and I'd use all manner of superlatives to compare his music with anyone else's. My point, though, was that Vivaldi's influence is so apparent in most of Bach's mature works, especially chamber music, that I would probably not hold Bach to such esteem if it weren't for Vivaldi. So literally, to me, Bach without Vivaldi is not Bach. =]

[RaindropCantabile]

@SynthWoof Sure, but with respect to my "modern-day" perfect pitch, this is confusing : )

[SynthWoof]

@RaindropCantabile Unless you lived in the Baroque era! then your perfect pitch would be attuned to that time period's standard

[RaindropCantabile]

@SynthWoof Oh I don't mean confused about the concept, the tuning actually screws me up because I have perfect pitch.

[SynthWoof]

@RaindropCantabile There's not much to be confused about, in the baroque era, they did not use today's "standard", it was a half step (approximately) down. So if someone says D , in baroque tuning, it's about a C# by our modern standards.

[takror]

Шедевр!

[itsmedude1020]

No number of likes could possibly do this piece justice.

[morgmagg]

Thank you for uploading. My cassette is hammered, and I don't have money to replace it with a CD. This tune is transcendental, holy, sacred, any word you could use to describe something beyond JUST great.

[erickluna123]

bravo con Vivaldi...esta es su mejor composición

[chlorr]

@RaindropCantabile

Totally understand! It makes my brain hurt. ;) For real.

[chlorr]

@HARMONICO101

LOL! Yeah, sometimes it's more curse than blessing! :) :)