List of compositions by Antonio Vivaldi


The following is a list of compositions by the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi.

Works with opus number

The following is a list of compositions by Vivaldi that were published during his lifetime and assigned an opus number. The more comprehensive RV numbering scheme was created much later, in the 1970s.
OpusWorkDateRV
112 sonatas for two violins and basso continuo170573, 67, 61, 66, 69, 62, 65, 64, 75, 78, 79, 63
212 sonatas for violin and basso continuo170927, 31, 14, 20, 36, 1, 8, 23, 16, 21, 9, 32
3L'estro Armonico, 12 concertos for various combinations, of which the best known are No. 6 in A minor for violin, No. 8 in A minor for two violins and No. 10 in B minor for four violins1711549, 578, 310, 550, 519, 356, 567, 522, 230, 580, 565, 265
4La stravaganza, 12 violin concertos c. 1714383a, 279, 301, 357, 347, 316a, 185, 249, 284, 196, 204, 298
5Six sonatas, four violin sonatas and two sonatas for two violins and basso continuo171618, 30, 33, 35, 76, 72
6Six violin concertos1716–1721324, 259, 318, 216, 280, 239
712 concertos, of which three are considered inauthentic: Nos. 1 and 7 for oboe, and No. 9 for violin1716–1717465, 188, 326, 354, 285a, 374, 464, 299, 373, 294a, 208a, 214
8Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, 12 violin concertos, which include the first four concertos known as Le quattro stagioni 1723269, 315, 293, 297, 253, 180, 242, 332, 236, 362, 210, 178
9La cetra, 12 violin concertos, all for solo violin except for No. 9 in B-flat major which is for two violins1727181a, 345, 334, 263a, 358, 348, 359, 238, 530, 300, 198a, 391
10Six flute concertos c. 1728433, 439, 428, 435, 434, 437
11Five violin concertos, one oboe concerto, the second in E minor, RV 277, being known as Il favorito 1729207, 277, 336, 308, 202, 460
12Five violin concertos and one without solo1729317, 244, 124, 173, 379, 361

Fictitious Opus 13

An alleged "Opus 13", Il pastor fido was published in 1737 by Jean-Noël Marchand through a secret agreement with Nicolas Chédeville to publish a collection of Chédeville's compositions under Vivaldi's name. Chédeville supplied the funding and received the profits, all of which was documented in a notarial act by Marchand in 1749. The work includes six sonatas for musette, Vielle à roue, recorder, flute, oboe or violin, and basso continuo.

Works by RV number

Most of Vivaldi's works do not have an opus number and so they are referred to by a catalog number such as the Ryom-Verzeichnis number.

Concertos, sinfonias, sonatas

Operas

Key:
music completely lost
music preserved at least in part

RVTitleLibrettoPremière date
729Ottone in villaDomenico LalliMay 1713
819Orlando furiosoGrazio BraccioliAutumn 1714
727Orlando finto pazzoGrazio BraccioliNovember 1714
724Nerone fatto CesareMatteo NorisCarnival 1715
706La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odiiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1716
700Arsilda, regina di PontoDomenico Lalli27 or 28 October 1716
719L'incoronazione di DarioAdriano Morselli23 January 1717
737TietebergaAntonio Maria Lucchini16 October 1717
Anh 58Il vinto trionfante del vincitoreAntonio MarchiAutumn 1717
701Artabano, re dei PartiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1718
699Armida al campo d'EgittoGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1718
732ScanderbegAntonio Salvi22 June 1718
736TeuzzoneApostolo Zeno28 December 1718
738Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1719
778Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1720
704La Candace, o siano Li veri amiciFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1720
720Gl’inganni per vendettaGiovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli1720
739La verità in cimentoGiovanni Palazzi26 October 1720
715Filippo re di MacedoniaDomenico Lalli27 December 1720
734La SilviaEnrico Bissari28 August 1721
710Ercole su'l TermodonteGiacomo Francesco BussaniJanuary 1723
717GiustinoNicolò Beregan / Pietro PariatiCarnival 1724
740La virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il TigraneFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1724
721L’inganno trionfante in amoreMatteo NorisAutumn 1725
707CunegondaAgostino Piovene29 January 1726
712La fede tradita e vendicataFrancesco Silvani16 February 1726
Anh 55La tirannia castigataFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1726
709Dorilla in TempeAntonio Maria Lucchini9 November 1726
722IpermestraAntonio Salvi25 January 1727
711FarnaceAntonio Maria Lucchini10 February 1727
735Siroe, re di PersiaMetastasioAscension 1727
728Orlando furiosoGrazio BraccioliAutumn 1727
730Rosilena ed OrontaGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1728
702AtenaideApostolo Zeno29 December 1728
697ArgippoDomenico LalliAutumn 1730
696Alvilda regina de' GotiGiulio Cesare CorradiSpring 1731
733SemiramideFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1731
714La fida ninfaFrancesco ScipioneCarnival 1732
708DoricleaAntonio Marchi1732
723MotezumaGirolamo Alvise Giusti14 November 1733
725L'OlimpiadeMetastasio17 February 1734
695L’AdelaideAntonio SalviCarnival 1735
703Il Tamerlano Agostino PioveneCarnival 1735
718GriseldaApostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni18 May 1735
698AristideCarlo GoldoniAutumn 1735
716Ginevra principessa di ScoziaAntonio Salvi17 January 1736
705Catone in UticaMetastasio26 May 1737
726L'oracolo in MesseniaApostolo Zeno30 December 1737
777Il giorno felice?1737
731Rosmira Silvio Stampiglia27 January 1738
713FeraspeFrancesco Silvani1739

Sacred music

A possible setting, or even settings of the Miserere may have existed, as hinted by the two introductory sets of movements intended for the piece, but such composition have been lost.

Cantatas

Serenatas and other large vocal works