Browse: Vivaldi - Cello Sonata in E flat major, RV39

Cellist Claude Starck’s tone is deep and resonant, with each note carefully performed to bring out Vivaldi’s style. He proficiently leaps around the instrument when necessary, but in the slower... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

They are all in broadly the same format – four movements, alternating slow and fast tempi – but the breadth of melodic invention is seemingly inexhaustible, and Jaap ter Linden's expert interpretations... — David Smith, Presto Classical, 2nd May 2014 More…

These stylish and tastefully ornamented performances are pleasant enough, but ultimately miss that last ounce of sparkle, imagination and colour projected by Pieter Wispelwey in his Vivaldi disc. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Ranks honourably among the best available … Watkin has the advantage of outstanding continuo support and a recording of surpassing beauty and unexaggerated perspectives. If faced with a choice... — BBC Music Magazine More…

A double bass adds depth to the continuo as well as avoiding any entanglement with Bruno Cocset's gutsy 'solo' cello, which bestrides declamatory verve and a singing Vivaldian line. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vivaldi wrote with great imagination for the cello, and the sonatas, like the concertos, are plentifully endowed with affecting melodies – the third movement of the E minor Sonata is a superb... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…