Browse: CD, Vivaldi (composer)

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... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, More…

Bartoli’s wiry, astonishingly agile voice remains in pristine condition...Her trademark machine-gun coloratura continues to astound in arias like the opening ‘Se lento ancora fulmine’ from Argippo...In... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, 23rd November 2018 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, More…

Chandler’s tempos are invariably ‘just so’ – expertly executed, spaciously recorded, the disc consolidates and celebrates the ensemble’s Vivaldian roots as its 25th anniversary year beckons.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, More…

From the outset of the overture, the listener is fully engaged, admiring the commitment and virtuoso playing of the Accademia Bizantina…the cast is state-of-the-art by current Italian Baroque... — Opera, December 2018 More…

Her playing is intoxicated and intoxicating in equal measure, buoyed up by the wonderful improvisatory camaraderie of a continuo battery…Podger, inevitably, is the star, but ultimately the disc’s... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, More…

Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction is... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, More…

By the standards of the average Vivaldi violin concerto, the La stravaganza set is quite extravagant stuff, full of fantasy and experiment – novel sounds, ingenious textures, exploratory melodic... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…