ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678-1741
Concerti per oboe
1-3 Concerto RV 447 in do maggiore
4-6 Concerto RV 455 in fa maggiore
7-9 Concerto RV 451 in do maggiore
10-12 Concerto RV 463 in la minore
13-15 Concerto RV 457 in fa maggiore
16-18 Concerto RV 453 in re maggiore
19-21 Concerto RV 450 in do maggiore
Alfredo Bernardini OBOE E DIRETTORE
Zefiro
In Greek mythology, Zephyrus – Zefiro in Italian – was the gentle, kind god of the West Wind. In 1989 oboists Alfredo Bernardini and Paolo Grazzi and bassoonist Alberto Grazzi, members of some of the leading Baroque orchestras, founded Zefiro, a versatile ensemble specialising in eighteenth-century repertoire that gives particular prominence to wind instruments.
Since then, Zefiro has performed at many major European festivals, including those of Amsterdam, Aranjuez, Barcelona, Bonn, Geneva, Graz, Helsinki, Innsbruck, London, Liège, Lyon, London, Malmö, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Potsdam, Prague, Ravenna, Regensburg, Rome, Salzburg, Stuttgart, Stresa, Utrecht, and Vienna. They have also played in Israel, Egypt, Japan, Korea, the USA, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil, and have always met with an enthusiastic response from both press and public.
In 1999 Zefiro made a documentary on Antonio Vivaldi for the Belgian broadcasting company RTBF. Zefiro’s recordings include the six sonatas for two oboes and bassoon by Zelenka, Mozart’s complete works for wind ensemble and their own arrangements for twelve wind instruments and double bass of excerpts from the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas, and concertos for oboe, bassoon and strings and Concerti per vari strumenti by Vivaldi as part of the Opus 111/Naïve project to record the complete manuscripts of this composer held by the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria in Turin.
The ensemble has also rehabilitated two remarkable composers of the late eighteenth century, Druschetzky and Gatti, and its recording of Handel’s Water Music and Telemann’s Wassermusik, released on Ambroisie/Naïve, has also established its reputation as a Baroque orchestra. More recent recordings include wind music by Beethoven, Mozart’s divertimenti for wind and strings, Handel’s Musick for the Royal Fireworks, and ‘Concerti & Ouverture’ by Fasch.
All these CDs have received international awards, including the coveted Grand Prix du Disque, the Premio Nazionale Classic Voice, and the Choc du Monde de la Musique for the year 2007. Zefiro is now regarded worldwide as a benchmark ensemble, famed for its virtuoso performances of the wind repertoire on period instruments.
Zefiro’s activity is split between three formations, chamber ensemble, wind band (Harmonie) and Baroque orchestra, which enables it to cover a very extensive range of Baroque repertoire, from Vivaldi concertos to Handel operas, from Bach cantatas and Haydn masses to wind music by Mozart, Rossini and Beethoven.
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