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Part of the freshness stems from the interaction between Podger and her one-to-a-part ensemble. She’s first among equals and the dynamic couldn’t be further removed from the usual notion of the... — More…
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Offer, Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
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Rachel Podger (violin & director)
Brecon Baroque
There's a sense of Podger and her players examining and analysing every note in their preparation, deciding on its role, and placing it carefully back into context, without ever disturbing the... — More…
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Offer, Vivaldi: La cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9
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Rachel Podger (violin)
Holland Baroque Society
Unlike some of her continental rivals Podger's light bowing and well-judged tempos effortlessly discover the tenderly poetic content of Vivaldi's music, and here that dimension is abundant...Podger's... — More…
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Cecilia Bartoli: Antonio Vivaldi
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Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
All the Bartoli hallmarks are here: the ear-popping virtuosity, the tenderness of voice, the ability not only to describe a situation but to respond to it, and the complex skill of painting a... — More…
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Gailliard brings a joyous and incisively idiomatic grace to these performances. What she may lack in the absolute fluency and charisma of Christophe Coin is more than made up for in this exciting... — More…
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Offer, The Italian Job
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Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... — More…
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Vivaldi Edition Vol. 58 - Il Giustino
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Delphine Galou (Giustino), Emöke Barath (Arianna), Silke Gäng (Anastasio), Ana Maria Labin (Leocasta), Ariana Vendittelli (Amantio), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Vitaliano), Alessandro Giangrande (Andronico, Polidarte)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
The opera seria ingredients of rebellion, intrigue, crossed love, jealousy and the supernatural feature in a colourful score with felicitous self-borrowings. Ottavio Dantone’s fine cast of singers... — More…
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Offer, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Adrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Wheelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima
an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship…[all] are realised in vivid colours through the agency... — More…
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Offer, Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 violins
Giuliano Carmignola (violin) & Amandine Beyer (violin)
Gli incogniti
The musical chemistry between Carmignola and Beyer is intuitive and gratifying. Outer movements sparkle with playful vigour while centrally placed solo movements are poetically declaimed...soloists... — More…
