Europa Galante
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Biondi effortlessly surmounts the technical difficulties and stylistic challenges of each concerto. He also directs Europa Galante with characteristic vigour and aplomb — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedIsabella Longo, Enrico Casazza, Raffaello Negri (violin), Mauricio Naddeo (violoncello)
L'estro armonico, Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)
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,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
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A bracing, Baroque-pitched tutti - basses slapping, harpsichord punching, upper strings digging with their bow heels - starts the disc. Biondi's first solo strains at the leash...Il Proteo makes... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedFabio Biondi (violin & direction), Isabella Longo (violin), Enrico Casazza (violin), Raffaello Negri (violin), Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Europa Galante
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
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There's a real lickety-split opening to this colourful disc of Vivaldi concertos: the violin concerto L'inquietudine, not one of its composer's best-known, really earns its title with a restlessly... — More…
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Vivaldi - Concerti per mandolini
Concerti con molti strumenti
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)
This is exhilaratingly dangerous music-making, and it pays off. — More…
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Moments of pure magic can be savoured above all in slow movements, but also when ingeniously incorporated within the contrasting ideas of faster ones…Biondi conveys this subtle blend of ‘beau... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Mendelssohn’s prodigious talent is brought to sparkling life in an album of works composed before he hit puberty. There’s nothing childish in his sophisticated mimicry of the languages of Bach... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Both as a document of performance practice and as a worthwhile musical experience, this disc still stands up very well. — More…
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