The source of the presenl edition of the Oboe Concerto in A minor (Fanna VII. No 5.) by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) is the Collected Works of Vivaldi, edited by Malipiero, published by Ricordi in 1955. - The title of the original score is "Concerto in La minore per oboe, archi e cembalo"; the original setting: Oboe, Violini I-II, Viole, Violoncelli. Contrabassi and Cembalo. The arrangement for oboe and piano is kept in accurate conformity with the musical text of the score, the continuo part - however - has been more freely adapted (of course within the possibilities of baroque style). The piano part contains the entire orchestral material in the Tutti-s, thus the soloist is not obliged to play an the Tutti parts. However, in Movement I and III the first and last Tutti may never be omitted by the performer. The articulation of the oboe part (legato-, staccato signs, appog-giaturas, the solving of eventual dynamical problems) has been accomplished by Tibor...