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Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6 (Corelli)

Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti written by Arcangelo Corelli probably in the 1680s but not prepared for publication until 1714. They are among the finest and first examples of concerti grossi: concertos for a concertino group (here a 1st violin, a 2nd violin and a cello) and a ripieno group of strings with continuo. Their publication – decades after their composition and after Italian composers had moved to favor the ritornello concerto form associated with Vivaldi – caused waves of concerto grosso writing in Germany and England, where in 1739 George Frideric Handel honored Corelli directly with his own "Opus 6" collection of twelve.

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The first eight are concerti da chiesa while the last four are concerti da camera.

1. Largo
2. Allegro
3. Largo – Allegro
4. Largo – Allegro
5. Allegro

c. 12 minutes

1. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Grave – Largo
4. Allegro

c. 10 minutes

1. Largo
2. Allegro – Adagio
3. Grave
4. Vivace
5. Allegro

c. 10 minutes

Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4

1. Adagio – Allegro

1. Adagio – Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Vivace
4. Allegro – Giga: Presto

c. 10 minutes

1. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
2. Adagio
3. Allegro – Adagio
4. Largo
5. Allegro

c. 11 minutes

1. Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Vivace
5. Allegro

c. 12 minutes

1. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Andante largo
4. Allegro
5. Vivace

c. 9 minutes

Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8

Movements 1 and 2

Also known as the Christmas Concerto as it was written for Christmas Eve and has a pastorale in the last movement.

1. Vivace – Grave
2. Allegro
3. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
4. Vivace
5. Allegro - Pastorale: Largo

c. 14 minutes

1. Preludio: Largo
2. Allemanda: Allegro
3. Corrente: Vivace
4. Gavotta: Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Minuetto: Vivace

c. 9 minutes

1. Preludio: Largo
2. Allemanda: Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Corrente: Vivace
5. Allegro
6. Minuetto: Vivace

c. 13 minutes

1. Preludio: Largo
2. Allemanda: Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Largo
5. Sarabanda: Largo
6. Giga: Vivace

c. 10 minutes

1. Preludio: Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Sarabanda: Vivace
5. Giga: Allegro

c. 10 minutes

Length estimates are drawn from the recording by The English Concert.

• Pavlo Beznosiuk (conductor and violin), The Avison Ensemble, 2 discs, Linn Records (2012)

• Publications by Friedrich Chrysander

• 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• PDF scores for Corelli, Op. 6 concerti grossi
• More on the Twelve Concerti Grossi