All Vivaldi articles
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FocusDoes criticising Vivaldi's abundant output miss the point?
Violinist Boris Begelman’s new recording represents a small fraction of the hundreds of violin concertos Vivaldi wrote during his lifetime – but people miss the point when they assume the composer’s prolific output equates to works of lesser quality, he tells Tom Stewart
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Blogs
5 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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Review
Patricia Kopatchinskaja: What’s Next, Vivaldi?
Violinist’s maverick and highly original approach to Vivaldi strikes gold
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Review
Arabella Steinbacher: Four Seasons
A popular seasonal pairing full of requisite energy and drama
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Review
Ophélie Gaillard: I Colori dell’Ombra
Lyrical, colourful and dramatic album of Vivaldi’s cello concertos
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Review
Julien Chauvin: Vivaldi
Beguilingly radiant playing in the latest release in Naïve’s Vivaldi series
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Review
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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Review
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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Review
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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Focus
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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Video
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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Review
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 ...
