Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: La Serenissima, Mhairi Lawson
Conductor: Adrian Chandler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2128
Release: 2007
Size: 397 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in B flat, RV 370
01. Allegro
02. Grave
03. Allegro
Arias for soprano, strings & continuo from Las costanza trionfante degl’amori e de gl’odii, RV 706- premier recordings
04. Sento il cor brillarmi in petto
05. Hai sete di sangue
06. Amoroso caro sposo
Concerto for violin, 2 violoncellos, strings & continuo in C, RV 561
07. Allegro
08. Largo
09. Allegro
Cencerto / Sinfonia in e for strings & continuo, RV 134
10. [Allegro]
11. Andante e pianissimo
12. Allegro
Concerto senza cantin for violin, strings & continuo in d, RV 243
13. Allegro
14. Andante molto
15. [Allegro]
Arias for soprano, strings & continuo from La fida ninfa, RV 714
16. Dolce fiamma
17. Alma oppressa
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in E flat, RV 254
18. Allegro poco
19. Largo
20. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi was famously both a virtuoso performer and an impresario. The same can be said of Adrian Chandler, whose passionate advocacy has associated him with the Red Priest’s music like no other. Following last autumn’s release of The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690–1740, Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso (AV 2106), which earned Chandler and his ensemble La Serenissima an Editor’s Choice from Gramophone magazine, Avie offers the second in a three-volume series exploring the development of the violin and growing demand for virtuoso repertoire during the Italian baroque era, of which Vivaldi was undisputedly the zenith. Mirroring the highly successful format of Volume One, Chandler intersperses dazzling concerti with contemporaneous vocal works, illuminating these genres’ effects on each other in Vivaldi’s oeuvre. If Chandler’s thorough research is a multi-faceted crystal, his performances are the rainbow-hued shaft of light brightly shining through.