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How does a group of performers make a Vivaldi concerto you’ve heard more times than you can count sound, well, fresh and engaging? You play
No, the world probably doesn’t need another Vivaldi Four Seasons. But, just maybe it wouldn’t hurt to add one more–like this one, for instance. Perhaps
Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante burst onto the musical scene with their first recording of The Four Seasons for Opus 111. That disc was a
The trouble with a recording like this is all the distractions: the dazzling packaging, the video, the multitudinous images of the alternately sultry, serious, playful,
It’s a sad irony that Ruggiero Ricci’s fruitful association with
The so-called “Christmas” concerto, as represented here in works by Giuseppe Torelli and Arcangelo Corelli, was a Baroque concoction intended for use in Christmas Eve
Unless you are a cetologist, all whales of a species look alike to you. The seasoned eye, meanwhile, will take one glance at a disappearing
At least since the days of lutes and viols composers and performers recognized and exploited the favorable combination of plucked and bowed strings. And yet
I used to think of the women on the covers of the Vivaldi Edition as a gimmick; an aesthetic choice for its own sake; a
Unerringly, the admirable Vivaldi Edition on Naïve continues with its fashion models on the covers and top-of-the-line Italian and French baroque ensembles on the inside.
