Catalogues: P Ryom: Verzeichnis der Werke Antonio Vivaldis: kleine Ausgabe (Leipzig, 1974, 2/1979) [RV]
M. Pincherk: Inventaire thématique (Paris, 1948) [vol.ii of Antonio Vivaldi et la musique instrumentale] [P page/no.]
Editions: Le opere di Antonio Vivaldi, ed. G. F. Malipiero and others (Rome, 1947-72) [M] [italic nos. indicate vol. containing notably spurious versions or incorrect reproductions of musical texts]
Principal MS sources l-Tn Foà and Giordano, D-Dlb and GB-Mp; for details see RV, P and M.
SOLO SONATAS
(with bc; for vn unless otherwise stated )
Sources: Sonate, vn, hpd (Venice, 1709); as op 2 (Amsterdam, 1712-13)
Vl sonate, vn/2 vn, bc, op.5 [numbered consecutively with op.2] (Amsterdam, 1716) [printed nos given]
Vl sonates, vc, bc (Paris, 1740)
1 C 2/6 399 op.2 no.6
2 C 5/2 369 2nd, 4th movts in RV4
3 C 6/2 366
4 C — — 2nd 4th movts in RV2, inc.
5 c 5/9 368
6 c 5/5 372
8 c 2/7 400 op.2 no.7
9 D 3/1 404 op.2 no.11
11 D 6/8 — inc.; also Breitkopf catalogue, see Brook
12 d 6/1 365
13 d — — doubtful
14 d 2/3 396 op.2 no.3
16 e 2/9 402 op.2 no.9
17 e — — inc.
17a e — — complete version, different 3rd movt.
18 F 3/3 430 op.5 no.13
19 F 6 /11 491
20 F 2/4 397 op.2 no.4
21 f 2/l0 403 op.2 no.10
22 G — —
23 G 2/8 401 op.2 no 8
24 G — 529 doubtful
25 G 5/4 371
26 g 5/6 373
27 g 2/1 394 op.2 no.1
28 g 6/4 356
29 A 5/3 370
31 A 2/2 395 op.2 no 2
33 B flat 3/5 432 op.5 no.15
34 B flat 5/7 374
36 b 2/5 398 op.2 no 5
37 b — — inc.
754 C — —
755 D — —
756 E flat — —
758 A — — formerly RV746 (withdrawn)
759 B flat — —
760 b — —
776 G — — probably unauthentic pastiche
38 d 5/1 — vc, lost; Breitkopf catalogue, see Brook
39 E flat 6/9 504 vc
40 e 4/9 477 vc, Vl sonates, no.5
41 F 4/6 474 vc, Vl sonates, no.2
42 g 530 vc
43 a 4/7 475 vc, Vl sonates, no.3
44 a 6/10 503 vc
45 B flat 4/8 476 vc, Vl sonates, no 4
46 B flat 4/10 478 vc, Vl sonates, no 6
47 g flat 4/5 473 vc, Vl sonates, no 1
48 C 490 fl
49 d 7/9 517 fl
50 e — — fl, doubtful
51 g — — fl
52 F 7/10 501 rec
53 c 6/3 375 ob
OTHER SONATAS
Source: Il pastor fido sonates, musette, vielle, fl, ob, vn, bc, 'op. 13' (Paris 1737), doubtful
54 C 3/9 467 op.13 no.1
55 C 4/3 471 op.13 no 5
56 C 3/10 468 op.13 no.2
57 G 4/1 469 op.13 no.3
58 g 4/4 472 op.13 no 6
59 A 4/2 470 op.13 no.4
779 C — — vn, ob, org (obbl), salmoe (opt.)
TRIO SONATAS
(with bc for 2 vn unless otherwise stated )
Sources: Sonate da camera a 3, 2 vn, vle/hpd, op.1 (Venice, 1705)
717 Giustino (N. Berengani), Rome, Capranica, carn. 1724; sinfonia also in RV111 and 111a
740 La virtu trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo 11 Tigrane (Silvani),Rome,Capranica,carn 1724,collab.B.Micheli and N. Romaldi [also called Mitridate]
721 L'inganno trionfante in amore (Nons and G. M. Ruggien), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1725, lost
707 Cunegonda (A. Piovene), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1726 lost
712 La Fede tradita e vendicata(Silvani), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1726 lost, rev. as Ernelinda (pasticcio, Silvani), Venice, S Cassiano, cl750, other music by F. Gaspanni and B. Galuppi
709 Dorilla in Tempe (Lucchini), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1726; sinfonia also in RV711
722 Ipermestra (Salvi), Florence della Pergola, carn. 1727, lost
735 Siroe, Re di Persia (Metastasio), Reggio, Pubblico, May l727, lost
711 Farnace (Lucchini), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1727; sinfonia also in RV709
728 Orlando [furioso] (Braccioli), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1727
730 Rosilena ed Oronta (Palazzi), Venice, S Angelo, 17 Jan 1728, lost
702 L'Atenaide o sia Gli affetti generosi (Zeno), Florence, della Pergola, 29 Dec 1728
697 Argippo (Lalli), Prague, Sporck, aut. 1730 lost
696 Alvilda, Regina de' Goti, Prague, Sporck spr. 1731, lost; recits and arie bernesche not by Vivaldi
714 La fida ninfa (S. Maffei), Verona, Filarmonico, 6 Jan 1732, ed. R. Monterosso (Cremona, 1965); rev. as 11 giorno felice, RV777
733 Semiramide (Zeno), Mantua, Arciducale, carn. 1732, lost
723 Motezuma (G. Giusti), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1733, lost
725 L'Olimpiade (Metastasio), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1734
695 L'Adelaide (?Salvi) Verona, Filarmonico, carn. 1735 [version of L’Atenaide], lost
724 Nerone fatto Cesare (M. Noris), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1715 [only 12 arias by Vivaldi], lost
706 La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii (A. Marchi), Venice S Moise, carn. 1716, lost; as Artabano, Re de' Parti, Venice S Moise, carn. 1718, lost; as L'Artabano, Mantua, carn. 1725; parts of music used in Die uber Hass und Liebesiegende Beständigkeit, Hamburg, 1719, RV Anh.57; parts of music used in La Tirannia gastigata, Prague, Sporck 1726, RV Anh.55, arr. A. Galeozzi as L'odio vinto dalla costanza (Marchi and B. Vittun), Venice, S Angelo, carn, 1731, lost RV Anh.51; as Doriclea, Prague, Sporck, carn. 1732, lost
700 Arsilda Regina di Ponto (Lalli), Venice, S. Angelo, aut. 1716; sinfonia also in RV736
719 L'incoronazione di Dano (A. Morselli), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1717
737 Tieteberga (A. M. Lucchini), Venice S Moise, aut. 1717, lost; rev. with 9 new arias, Venice, aut. 1717
732 Scanderbeg (A. Salvi), Florence, della Pergola, 22 June 1718, lost
699 Armida al campo d'Egitto (G. Palazzi), Venice, S Moise, carn. 1718, Acts 1 and 3 only extant; sinfonia also in RV710; as Gl’inganni per vendetta, Vicenza, delle Grazle, 1720, lost
736 Teuzzone (Zeno), Mantua, Arciducale, carn. 1719; sinfonia also in RV700
704 La Candace o siano Li veri amici (F. Silvani and Lalli), Mantua Arciducale carn. 1720, lost
739 La verita in cimento (Palazzi and Lalli), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1720
778 Tito Manlio (pasticcio), Rome, della Pace, 1720, collab. G. Boni and C. Giorgio
715 Filippo Re di Macedonia (Lalli), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1721, collab. G. Boneveni, lost
734 La Silvia (dramma pastorale, E. Bissaro), Milan, Ducale, 26 Aug 1721, lost
710 Ercolesu'l Termodonte (G.F.Bussani), Rome, Capranica,23 Jan 1723, lost; sinfonia also in RV699
718 Griselda (Zeno, adapted by C. Goldoni), Venice, S Samuele, May 1735
698 Anstide ('drama eroi-comico', Goldoni). Venice, S Samuele, May 1735 [music by 'Lotavio Vandini', anagram of Antonio Vivaldi], lost
703 Bajazet (Piovene), Verona, Filarmonico, carn. 1735; music compiled by Vivaldi from several composers [also called Tamerlano]
716 Ginevra, Principessa di Scozia (Salvi), Florence, della Pergoia, Jan 1736, lost
Anh.67 Didone, London, Apnl 1737, with anas by Vivaldi, lost
705 Catone in Utica (Metastasio), Verona, Filarmonica, May 1737, Acts 2 and 3 only extant
777 Il giorno felice, Vienna, 1737, lost; rev. of RV714
731 Rosmira [fedele] (S. Stampiglia), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1738,music compiled by Vivaldi from several composers
726 L'oracolo in Messenia (Zeno), Venice, S Angelo, carn. 1738, lost
713 Feraspe (Silvani), Venice, S Angelo, aut. 1739, lost
749 Miscellaneous arias not belonging to known operas
SERENATAS
688 Le gare del dovere, 5vv, Rovigo, 1708, music lost
687 Dall'eccelsa mia Reggia (Glona e Himeneo), 1725
692 Questa, Eurilla genbl, 4vv, Mantua, 31 July 1726, music lost
694 L'unione della Pace e di Marte (A. Grossatesta), 3vv, Venice, 1727, music lost
693 La Sena festeggiante (Lalli), 3vv, ?Venice, 1726; Ist sinfonia, RV117 with different 2nd movt
691 Il Mopso (egloga pescatoria, E. Nonnanuci [G. Cendonil]) Venice, Pietà, c1738, music and text lost
689 Le gare della Giustizia e della Pace (G. B. Catena), Venice, music and text lost
690 Mio cor povero cor, 3vv
WORKS INCORRECTLY ATTRIUTED TO VIVALDI
Conc., C, RV Anh.2, p446, by P. Locatelli or A. W. Solnitz; conc., d, RV Anh.3, p445, anon.; conc., A, RV Anh.5, p447, by G. Sammartini; vn conc. D, RV Anh.9, Fanna I, no.237, by F. Veracini conc. RV Anh.10 = BMV979, by G. Torelli; conc., e, RV Anh.11 p116 by Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar; conc., G, RV Anh. 12, p115, probably by Johann Ernst of Saxe-Wamar conc., A, RV Anh.14, p218, by Veracini; conc.,a,RV Anh.15,p13 anon.,vn conc.,B flat, RV Anh.16 = BWV974,by A. Marcello; conc.,c,RV Anh.17, Fanna Xll, no.53, by G. P. Telemann; conc., C, RV Anh.62, transcr. for vn, pf, by F. Kreisler; conc., e, RV Anh.64, formerly RV272 (withdrawn), by J. Hasse; conc., e, solo vn, 2 vn, bc, RV Anh.64a, attnb. A. M. Scaccia, different 2nd movt from RV Anh.64, GB-Mp; conc., RV Anh.65, formerly RV338 (withdrawn), by J. Meck; conc., C, ob, fl, bn, hpd, RV Anh.66, by Vivaldi or Handel sinfonia, G, RV Anh.4 pS1, by Hasse sinfonia, RV Anh.68, formerly RV 148 (withdrawn), by D. Gallo, GB Mp; sinfonia,RV Anh.70, formerly RV144 (withdrawn), by G. Tartini Gloria, D, for 2 choirs, 9 Sept 1708, RV Anh.23, by G. M. Ruggieri, last movt used in RV588 and 589; Lauda Jerusalem, C, RV Anh.35, anon., music used in RV605; Te Deum, g. RV Anh.38, anon., inc.; Alessandro nell'lndie RV Anh.40, not by Vivaldi; Demetrio, RV Anh.44, not by Vivaldi; L'odio vinto dalla costanza, RV Anh.51, see RV706; La Tirannia gastigata, RV Anh.55, see RV706; Die über Hass und Liebe siegende Beständigkeit oder Tigrane, RV Anh.57, see RV706; Il vinto trionfante del vincitore, Venice, 1717, RV Anh.58, doubtful contribution by Vivaldi; 7 cantatas, RV Anh.61, ?formerly F-Pn, lost.