Antonio Vivaldi (arranged by George Speed): Sonatas 1-6 for double bass & piano (Orchestral Tuning)

About the Sonatas Vivaldi’s Six Sonatas, originally for cello and first published in the 1740s, are at the very heart of the double bass recital and teaching repertoire today.  A number of editions already exist, but George Speed has expertly transposed them into higher and more soloistic keys, adding vibrant, tasteful and idiomatic new accompaniments, creating a new double bass edition for the 21st-century.  Fingering and bowing suggestions have been added and the Six Sonatas are available with accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tuning.  About the Composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers alongside his work as a virtuoso violinist, teacher and impresario. He composed almost 500 concertos, choral works and more than 50 operas, and is best known today for The Four Seasons, a series of four violin concertos which were composed c.1718-20. In 1703 Vivaldi was appointed violin master at the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for foundlings.