Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
Isabella Longo, Enrico Casazza, Raffaello Negri (violin), Mauricio Naddeo (violoncello)
L'estro armonico, Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)
Awards:
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
No other set of Vivaldi's concertos contains the sheer variety on display in L'estro armonico. The catalogue has seldom been without a decent recording of these ceaselessly fascinating works,...
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
Isabella Longo, Enrico Casazza, Raffaello Negri (violin), Mauricio Naddeo (violoncello)
L'estro armonico, Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)
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Awards:
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
No other set of Vivaldi's concertos contains the sheer variety on display in L'estro armonico. The catalogue has seldom been without a decent recording of these ceaselessly fascinating works,...
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Contents and tracklist
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Maurizio Naddeo (cello), Enrico Casazza, Tiziano Bagnati (lute), Enrico Casazza (violin), Isabella Longo (violin), Robert Brown (viola), Maurizio Naddeo, Tiziano Bagnati (baroque guitar), Silvia Falavigna (violin), Lorenzo Colitto (violin), Raffaello Negri (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Daniela Nuzzoli (violin), Antonio Fantinuoli (violoncello), Giancarlo Pavan (viola), Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord), Andrea Albertani (viola), Francesco Lattuada (viola), Fabio Bonizzoni (organ)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Hugues Deschaux (samples), Fabio Biondi (director), Raffaello Negri (violin), Isabella Longo (violin), G. Casazza (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza, Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza (violin), Isabella Longo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-08-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Isabella Longo (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Isabella Longo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Raffaello Negri (violin), Isabella Longo (violin), G. Casazza (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza, Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza (violin), Isabella Longo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1997-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 1997 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza, Fabio Biondi (violin), Isabella Longo (lead vocals)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Raffaello Negri (violin), Maurizio Naddeo (cello), Isabella Longo (violin), Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Enrico Casazza, Fabio Biondi (violin), Maurizio Naddeo, G. Casazza (lead vocals), Isabella Longo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Raggio Emilia
- Raffaello Negri (violin), Fabio Biondi (director), Maurizio Naddeo (cello), Isabella Longo (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), Maurizio Naddeo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
Work length8:58
- Fabio Biondi (director), Raffaello Negri (violin), Maurizio Naddeo (cello), Isabella Longo (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin), G. Casazza (violin), Enrico Casazza (violin), Enrico Casazza, Fabio Biondi (violin), Maurizio Naddeo, Isabella Longo
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia
- Fabio Biondi (director), Fabio Biondi (violin), Fabio Biondi (violin)
- Europa Galante
- Recorded: 1998-01-31
- Recording Venue: 28-31 January 1998 / Santa Maria Assunta, Puianello, Reggio Emilia
Awards and reviews
2010
No other set of Vivaldi's concertos contains the sheer variety on display in L'estro armonico. The catalogue has seldom been without a decent recording of these ceaselessly fascinating works, though none begins to approach this version in respect of fantasy and exuberance. Fabio Biondi and his Italian ensemble, Europa Galante, bring something entirely fresh and vital to oft-performed repertoire, illuminating well-trodden paths with affective articulation and eloquently voiced inflexions. Not all of their extravagant, Mediterranean gestures, perhaps, will find favour with listeners; indeed, some of Biondi's own embellishments can be a little inapposite. Tempos are well chosen, by and large, and ensemble is clear-textured and evenly balanced. The continuo group, which includes harpsichord, organ, archlute and Baroque guitar, makes an important contribution to the overall success.
This music is wonderful stuff, rejuvenating and immensely satisfying.