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Argo
artwork [caricature of vivaldi] Pier Leone Ghezzi
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
cover [box top: the piazza venice] Canaletto
directed by [director] Sir Neville Marriner
engineer [sound engineer] Stanley Goodall
ensemble The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
harpsichord [continuo], organ [continuo] Colin Tilney
harpsichord [continuo], organ [continuo], liner notes Christopher Hogwood
lacquer cut by G
producer Michael Bremner
score editor [performing edition] Christopher Hogwood
soloist [solo cello], cello [solo cello] Kenneth Heath
soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin] Alan Loveday
soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin] Carmel Kaine
soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin] Iona Brown
soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin] Ronald Thomas
soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin] Roy Gillard
theorbo [continuo] Robert Spencer
Record Company The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Argo Record Company
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Printed By Senol Printing Ltd.
Recorded At St. John's, Smith Square
Mastered At Decca Studios
Box set includes an 8-page stapled booklet with credits, tracklist, and notes.

[From back of box]
The Decca Record Company Limited.
Argo Division, 115 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6RR
Made in England

[From booklet]
{Pg 2}
Front Cover [Booklet]: Title page of the original Amsterdam edition
A caricature of Vivaldi by P. L. Ghezzi, 1753
(Reproduced by kind permission of the Courtauld Institute)
Box top: The Piazza Venice, seen through an archway ; by Canaletto
Reproduced by courtesy of the National Gallery, London
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Performing edition by Christopher Hogwood, based on the first printed sources (Estienne Roger, Amsterdam 1712/13 and Walsh and Hare, London 1715)
Recording Saint John's, Smith Square, London 1972.
(Includes details of each instrument)
{Pg 4}
RV. numbering from the Catalogue of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Peter Ryom.
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The Decca Record Company Limited.
Argo Division, 115 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6RR
© 1973, The Decca Record Company Limited, London.
℗ 1972 Argo Record Company.
Printed in England by Senol Printing Limited.

[From labels]
Made in England · The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
Stereophonic
℗ 1973 Argo Record Company

Runouts are stamped, aligned to the matrix which appears at 6 o'clock.
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 733 (Label sides A & B)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 734 (Label sides C & D)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 3805 (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 3806 (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 3807 (Label side C)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG 3808 (Label side D)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3805-IG UG 3 C (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3806-IG UA 1 (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3807-4G CB C1 S II 0 (Runout side C, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3808-4G U II 2 D (Runout side D, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3805-2G CU 2D (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3806-1G KI 1 (Runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3807-4G II 1 (Runout side C, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ZRG-3808-7G CU 2D (Runout side D, variant 2)