Concertos, Bassoon Concertos, Vivaldi (composer)
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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Julie Roset (soprano), Le Consort
Above all, it’s Swarte’s solo playing (on a 1733 fiddle by Carlo Bergonzi) that steals the show: pliant, expressive, wild and virtuosic. Particularly admirable is his elastic, almost jazzy flexibility... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Concerto
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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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It’s hard to imagine a more passionate advocate for these works than Sergio Azzolini, who brings fiendish agility to the fast movements and makes his instrument sigh and sing in the pathos-laden,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
RecommendedAdrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima
an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship…[all] are realised in vivid colours through the agency... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, September 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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The performances… are typically neatly-pointed and vivacious. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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All four soloists dig into the virtuosic writing with glee – Peter Whelan’s pyrotechnics in the Bassoon Concerto are little short of astonishing, and Franco-Italian mezzo Lea Desandre rivals... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Assorted Program
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New. Vivaldi in Prague
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Hana Blažiková (soprano), Tassilo Erhardt, Ciara Hendrick (soprano), Sally Holman, Mark Baigent
Plaudits to all six soloists, The TFG and Rawson for such stylish interpretations which must surely draw attention to this unjustly neglected repertoire. —
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