Giuliano Carmignola

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... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Complete technical fluidity, at the service of a lively musical imagination, backed up by some superbly shaped orchestral playing under Abbado. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…sparkling playing with slow movements, in particular those belonging to RV 516 and RV 509 yielding an air of pure enchantment. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Maestro of the Baroque violin, Carmignola combines his meticulous attention to the details of Vivaldi’s phrasing and expressive markings with a sense of interpretative freedom, rhetoric and... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Six unfamiliar concertos… show how skilled Vivaldi was at turning baroque clichés in unexpected directions. Carmignola finds wit in the first, and tenderness in the second, all articulated... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…