Concertos, Violin Concertos, Albinoni (composer)
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Purists may of course object, but I think the decision to go hunting for concertos from the violin and oboe repertoire is amply justified. Baroque Concertos is a wide-ranging collection that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740
Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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[Gent's] Her gently inflected phrasing, effective tempo and poetically uttered solo line are rewarding...Ensemble Masques savour their frequent suspensions and simple melodic contours and Olivier... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Her playing is breathtaking, first in the bubbling fluency of Vivaldi violin concerto allegros...while her fluent technique elicits some exhilarating tempos. No less arresting is her creamy... —
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Xavier de Maistre: Notte Veneziana
Xavier de Maistre (harp)
l’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (Artistic Director)
This is a superb display of harp-playing at its best. At one extreme, the so-called 'Albinoni Adagio'...displays astonishingly warm harp tone, fingers barely caressing strings - indulgently... —
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Special offer. La Venezia di Anna Maria
Concertos by Vivaldi, Galuppi & Albinoni
Midori Seiler
Concerto Köln
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto (violin)
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A degustation of Baroque music which, alongside some familiar works by Vivaldi, offers some delightful revelations. Among these is the eclectic G major Violin Concerto by the Bolognese violinist-composer... —
