
Lovers of obscure Italian Baroque music (and who isn’t?) will delight in this generous and expertly performed program of Venetian rarities. Highlights include Tomaso Albinoni’s
While his contemporaries’ opinions were mixed regarding Vivaldi’s compositional abilities, all were in agreement that as a violinist his skill and expertise were unsurpassed. In
The Accademia Bizantina continues its cycle of Vivaldi’s celebrated L’Estro armonico (type Q8548 in Search Reviews for a review of Concertos 1-6) with equal stylishness
Here are Sinfonias from six of Alessandro Scarlatti’s oratorios interspersed with six short harpsichord concertos that once were doubtfully attributed to the composer, though recent
Hearing the opening of Spring from The Four Seasons, with its secco style, dark coloring, and an attractive sounding archlute strumming away in the continuo,