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Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297
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Concertos » Violin Concertos
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
RecommendedAdrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Whelan (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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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, September 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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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... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Concerto Choice
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Record Review, 21st April 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Vivaldi Four Seasons & Locatelli Harmonic Labyrinth
Chloe Chua (violin), Singapore Symphony Orchestra
There’s a palpable energy in this detailed live recording, Chua’s album debut. The Vivaldi’s familiar characteristics dazzle in a performance that is way beyond the teenager’s 16 years, and... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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For those who despair at the number of recent ‘HIP’ versions…in which Vivaldi’s onomatopoeic effects have been allowed to run riot, Steinbacher’s alluring tone, espressivo phrasing, subtle vibrato... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Joshua Bell plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons
RecommendedJoshua Bell (violin and conductor) & John Constable (harpsichord continuo)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
If you like your Baroque music with a Romantic gloss, this will be for you. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Julie Roset (soprano), Le Consort
Above all, it’s Swarte’s solo playing (on a 1733 fiddle by Carlo Bergonzi) that steals the show: pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic. Particularly admirable is his elastic, almost jazzy flexibility... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti, Op. 8, etc.
Simon Standage (violin), Stephen Preston (flute), Anthony Pleeth (cello)
English Concert (on original instruments), Trevor Pinnock (directing from the harpsichord)
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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni & La Follia
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (countertenor), Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin
the resultant performance [of 'Sovvente il sole'] is to die for – luminously radiant, with Chauvin’s bright sweetness on the Gagliano a delectable foil for Bénos-Djian’s bright purity and lucid... — More…
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Vivaldi: Four Seasons & Violin Concertos RV257, 376 & 211
Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin), Andrea Marcon (harpsichord & organ)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
