The flute clearly proved a popular instrument among the young ladies of Vivaldi's school. Our recommended disc includes two of the seventeen concertos that he wrote for solo flute and strings and three concertos for the flautino, to be identified with the sopranino recorder.
Recommended recording
Vivaldi: Famous Flute Concerti, played by soloists with the Capella Istropolitana under Oliver Dohnányi.
Naxos 8.550385
