All Vivaldi articles
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Blogs5 reasons why Vivaldi inspires me
As Alexandra Conunova prepares to release her new recording of the Four Seasons, the violinist explains why she continues to find inspiration in the Baroque masterpiece
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Review
La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler: Extra Time
La Serenissima scores with time to spare in an album of previously unheard bonus tracks
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: What’s Next, Vivaldi?
Violinist’s maverick and highly original approach to Vivaldi strikes gold
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Arabella Steinbacher: Four Seasons
A popular seasonal pairing full of requisite energy and drama
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Ophélie Gaillard: I Colori dell’Ombra
Lyrical, colourful and dramatic album of Vivaldi’s cello concertos
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Julien Chauvin: Vivaldi
Beguilingly radiant playing in the latest release in Naïve’s Vivaldi series
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Concert review: Aisslinn Nosky (Violin) Handel & Haydn Society
Leah Hollingsworth assesses the playing at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, NYC, on 20 December 2019
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Christophe Coin: Vivaldi
Cello concertos played with real style and virtuosity as well as logical purpose
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L’Archicembalo: Vivaldi
There’s inventive and compelling playing in this bumper issue of Vivaldi
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Christoph Croisé, Sherniyaz Mussakhan: Haydn
Deliciously sprightly playing from soloist and pan-continental orchestra
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Video
'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons - III: Allegro - Henning Kraggerud, Arctic Philharmonic
This live recording of Henning Kraggerud and the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra is interspersed with footage of Kraggerud at Fjellheisen, near Tromsø in the Norwegian Arctic Circle, one of the orchestra’s bases. The complete Four Seasons and four of Kraggerud’s own compositions were released on Simax Classics in ...
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Europa Galante: Concerti per Violini Vi 'La Boemia'
Biondi and Europa Galante speak Vivaldi’s multiple languages with utter naturalness, energy and charm
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Masterclass: Daniel Hope on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
The British violinist offers ideas on how to conjure a frosty chill through your violin playing. From the January 2015 issue
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Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos – René Schiffer, Mimé Brinkmann – Apollo's Fire
This video features Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, conducted from the harpsichord by Jeannette Sorrell, with cello soloists René Schiffer and Mimé Y. Brinkmann, performing Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, RV 531. The performance took place as part of the Tanglewood Festival on ...
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Henning Kraggerud: Between the Seasons
The Strad Issue: December 2017 Description: A cool Nordic wind blows through these Seasons Musicians: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Henning Kraggerud (violin) Works: VIVALDI The Four Seasons; KRAGGERUD Preghiera, Postlude in B flat minor (Equinox), The last leaf – Magnus in Memoriam, Victimae Paschali Catalogue Number: SIMAX ...
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Henning Kraggerud plays Vivaldi's winter in the Arctic circle
In this video, Henning Kraggerud and the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra play the first movement of Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons. Kraggerud’s recording of the full cycle , along with his own companion pieces, was released earlier this year. The exterior scenes featuring Kraggerud were filmed near ...
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Lena Yokohama plays Vivaldi on newly restored 1749 Santo Serafin violin
In this video at the Violin Museum, Cremona (Museo del Violino), Japanese violinist Lena Yokohama plays a 1749 Santo Serafin violin. The museum has been coordinating the violin’s restoration on behalf of the Russian state collection, with Cremona-based luthiers Bruce Carlson and Bernard Neumann carrying out the work over ...
