The best known operas in Rossini' output are, of course, the later comedies such as the Barber of Seville and Cenerentola but his reputation as master of opera buffa was established with the farsa.

The group of concertos for bassoon by Antonio Vivaldi (Venice, 4 March 1678 - Vienna, 28 July 1741) is the largest such collection in terms of quantity after those for violin: no less than... more