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Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 "Il gardellino": II. Cantabile by Claudio Scimone album cover

Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 "Il gardellino": II. Cantabile

by Claudio Scimone

About This Song

About "Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 "Il gardellino": II. Cantabile" by Claudio Scimone

Vivaldi's goldfinch concerto, second movement: the flute becomes a bird at rest, not in flight. Scimone draws a cantabile of poised stillness, each note a feather settling. The calm is almost suspicious—beauty so pure it feels like a held breath before the flock scatters.