Concertos, Double Concertos, Vivaldi (composer)
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Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 violins
Giuliano Carmignola (violin) & Amandine Beyer (violin)
Gli incogniti
The musical chemistry between Carmignola and Beyer is intuitive and gratifying. Outer movements sparkle with playful vigour while centrally placed solo movements are poetically declaimed...soloists... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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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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Chandler’s tempos are invariably ‘just so’ – expertly executed, spaciously recorded, the disc consolidates and celebrates the ensemble’s Vivaldian roots as its 25th anniversary year beckons.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th July 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach From Italy
The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences
Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli Incogniti (early music ensemble)
The instrumentalists of Gli Incogniti are ever alert to the music's expressive nuances, and the discerningly balanced homogeneity of sound is a constant delight...upwards of two hours of enjoyment... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Concerto Choice
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If Chandler’s programming of oddities and fragments sometimes looks like a musicological download, the sound his orchestra makes soon makes you forget that. Bright, clear, open and gloriously... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Baroque Album
Vivaldi - Bach - Barbella - Paisiello - Hummel
Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Avital’s seemingly effortless virtuosity and quasi-improvisatory flights in this audibly genial collaboration will send you on your way rejoicing. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Concerto Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Bach - Vivaldi: Double Concertos for Violin & Cello Piccolo
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Mario Brunello (cello)
The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Concerto Choice
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Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Cellos
RecommendedJulian Lloyd Webber (cello), Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello)
European Union Chamber Orchestra, Hans-Peter Hofmann
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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