Considering today’s popularity of the baroque double concerto genre, it is strange to think that Vivaldi and Telemann were largely alone in composing such works. Vivaldi has left a legacy of around 50 examples which include works for violins, oboes, flutes, trumpets, horns, mandolins, cellos and organs as well as a handful of works written for 2 different instruments. Presented here are concertos for pairs of violins, cellos, flutes and oboes, as well as a zany ensemble concerto that takes the shape-shifting river god Proteus as its inspiration.

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