The source of the present edition of the Bassoon Concerto in D minor (RV No. 481) by Antonio Vivaldi is the Collected Works of Vivaldi edited by Malipiero, published in 1949 by Ricordi. - The title of the original score is "Concerto in Re minore per fagotto, archi e cembalo"; the original setting: Fagotto, Violini I-II, Viole, Violoncelli, Contrabassi and Cembalo. - The arrangement for bassoon 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 of the tuttis, thus the soloist is not obliged to play in all of them. However, in the first and third movement the first and the last tutti may never be omitted by the bassoon player. The articulation of the bassoon part (legato-, staccato signs, appoggiaturas, solving of eventual dynamical problems) has been accomplished by Imre Rudas. The...