Vivaldi

Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins (Brilliant Classics)

Idiosyncratic performances of pared-down music by Vivaldi [CR]

Neville Marriner (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)

An 80-CD centenary salute to Marriner, with (or without) his ASMF [JW]

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Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pietà (Avie)

(Déjà Review) Exuberant and often full of élan and humour [GPJ]

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Scenes of Horror: Baroque Arias From the Shadows (Perfect Noise)

Thoroughly disappointing – a voice of no great distinction in a gimmicky programme [RMo]

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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (Château de Versailles)

Too strident for my liking [DJB]

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Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos (Sony Classical)

(Déjà Review) Magnificent accounts to cherish [MC]

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Vivaldi: La Stravaganza (Transcriptions for Organ) (Brilliant Classics)

These transcriptions are nice complements to Bach’s arrangements [JV]

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Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (Onyx)

(Déjà Review) Vivaldi, Mullova and Onyx are a winning combination [MC]

Vivaldi, D Scarlatti, Caldara: Cantatas (Capriccio)

A release well worth revisiting a decade later [SG]

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Erato)

(Déjà Review) An amazingly dramatic, rock and roll rendition of the Four Seasons [KM]

The Spohr Collection Vol 2 (Channel Classics)

Unique opportunity to hear baroque flute concertos on historical transverse flutes [JV]

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Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (Tactus)

Mesmerising cello sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi [DF]

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The Trondheim Concertos (2L)

Superlative performances in demonstration sound quality [DC]

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Duello d’archi a Venezia (Alpha Classics)

Every lover of the baroque violin will be delighted to listen to these performances {JV]

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Vivaldi: Serenata a tre (Naïve)

Latest addition to Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition brings out the amorous playfulness of an obscure Serenata [CRo]

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Alessandro Licata (organ) At Selby Abbey (Selby Abbey Organ Masters)

A rather disappointing inclusion in the Selby Abbey series [MSt]

Vivaldi: La Stravanganza (Brilliant Classics)

Delightful contemporary keyboard arrangements of some of Vivaldi’s best-known concerti [MSt]

Vivaldi: Nulla pax in mundo (Gramola)

The performances are neat and stylish, but the expressive and theatrical features of Vivaldi’s music are underexposed [JV]

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Amate Stelle (Glossa)

Baroque opera enthusiasts should snap up this disc [GF]

Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante (Château de Versailles Spectacles)

If you have no recording of this work in your collection, this is a good choice [JV]

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Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins (Brilliant Classics)

Vivaldi’s instrumental music is more theatrical than these performances suggest [JV]

Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos (Harmonia Mundi)

An excellent demonstration of what was written for the violin in the high baroque era [JV]

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Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (Forgotten Records)

The elegant, refined art of Peter Rybar in fine transfers from his Westminster legacy [JW]

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Corelli: Concerti Grossi (Alto)

Vital, elegant, discreetly period accounts of some delightful music [RMo]