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Martin Pearlman does particularly well here by Vivaldi’s Gloria, which is lively and thoroughly enjoyable. The two sopranos, Tamara Matthews and Deanne Meek, both here
All the ingredients are here for an outstanding Vivaldi disc. Emmanuel Pahud is a flute virtuoso who’s made memorable recordings of varied repertoire. He has
Andrew Manze revisits Vivaldi with this compendium of six concertos written for Charles VI. It’s an unusual collection: like the more famous Op. 9 concertos
This stunning work is one of the 50 operas composed on the subject of the bloody rivalry between the Tartar tyrant Tamerlano, whose methods of
If you enjoyed Volume 1 of this very entertaining series of Vivaldi’s Concerti con molti strumenti (“with lots of instruments”) then you will find this
Il Giardino Armonico is either the most exciting period-instrument band around, or they play like a bunch of pigs. The line between the two is
The six works featured in Volume 2 of Naxos’ Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos reveal how the composer’s patented quick-slow-quick three-movement format (excepting the brief four-movement “La
This set conveniently boxes up excellent performances of Vivaldi’s two most popular works. Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione contains not just The Four Seasons, but
Few instruments have more potential to prove aurally irritating than the “flautino”, or soprano/sopranino recorder. Its piercing timbre and relentless brightness produce the impression that
This recording would have been a shoo-in as a “disc of the year” candidate were it not for one thing: the extremely aggressive, often dominant
