L'estro armonico pioneered orchestral unisono in concerto movements.

The cello gets solistic passages in several of the concertos for four and two violins, so that a few of the concertos conform to the traditional Roman concerto grosso format where a concertino of two violins and cello plays in contrast to a string orchestra.

In each consecutive group of three concertos, the first is a concerto for four violins, the second for two violins, and the third a solo violin concerto. The concertos belong to the concerto a 7 format, that is: for each concerto there are seven independent parts.

The continuo part was printed as a figured bass for violone and harpsichord. Each concerto was printed in eight parts: four violins, two violas, cello and continuo. It was also the first time he chose a foreign publisher, Estienne Roger, instead of an Italian. 2, only contained sonatas, thus L'estro armonico was his first collection of concertos appearing in print. 3, is a set of 12 concertos for stringed instruments by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, first published in Amsterdam in 1711. L'estro armonico ( The Harmonic Inspiration), Op.

Vivaldi concerto for 2 violins