Fabio Biondi
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Concerti Per Violino Xi 'per Anna Maria'
RecommendedFabio Biondi (soloist), Europa Galante
Biondi effortlessly surmounts the technical difficulties and stylistic challenges of each concerto. He also directs Europa Galante with characteristic vigour and aplomb —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Biondi makes a strong case for affording this music greater prominence than it has so far enjoyed, communicating its melodic charm with affection and stylistic aplomb. His light bowing and gently... —
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Biondi brings his long experience in Baroque violin to these readings, radically different from the usual Romantically-inspired renditions of these sonatas…Biondi’s touch is lighter (his ornaments... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV621, etc.
David Daniels (countertenor)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: La Stravaganza
RecommendedFabio Biondi (violin and direction)
Europa Galante
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... —
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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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Special offer. 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,... —
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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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Refreshingly, the programme is drawn from the composer's most experimental works...and is delivered not just with percussion, but also with fire, enthusiasm and wit. —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bajazet
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Bajazet), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Vivica Genaux (Irène), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante… seem to have found their métier and the result is vibrant and compelling. David Daniels is on impressive form as the cruel warrior Tamerlano.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vivica Genaux (Romeo), Valentina Farcas (Giulietta), Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo), Ugo Guagliardo (Capellio)
Belcanto Chorus & Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
[Biondi's] insistence on intimacy is underpinned by an alert period band - with fortepiano added to the ensemble - and smallish chorus. Instrumentally the reading constantly refreshes listening... —
