Vivaldi: Violin Concertos [Import]

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Giovanni Antonini (Conductor), Il Giardino Armonico (Orchestra), Viktoria Mullova (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Viktoria Mullova
• Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico
• Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Onyx Classics UK
• ASIN: B0009IFF08
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,551 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'MARVELOUS' MULLOVA 'RE-STRINGS' FOR A VIVALDI SPECTACULAR, April 21, 2008

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RBSProds "rbsprods" (Deep in the heart of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (Audio CD)

Five BAROQUE Stars!! Spectacular performances!! Award-winning super violin virtuoso Viktoria Mullova once again demonstrates she can string her 1723 Jules Falk Stradivarius with gut strings tuned to A415, and wield a baroque period bow with the very best of today's classical artists. In interpreting the violin concertos of Antonio Vivaldi with Grammy winning baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico under the leadership of Giovanni Antonini, she has produced a CD that is a pure treasure trove of some superb violin works of the "Red Priest", which bear his immediately recognizable rhythmic, harmonic, and compositional stamps. If you loved her definitive exposition of the Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) with Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and her excellent Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos and the Bach:Sonatas all using the 'baroque setup' and technique with differing violins, this Vivaldi period piece is just as wonderful.

The 'pieces de resistance' begin with the Concerto in D Major "Grosso Mogul" RV 208: the first and third Allegro movements have some astounding bow work by Ms Mullova in soliloquies that are just scintillating, as Vivaldi, a virtuoso violinist himself, intended. Ms Mullova's 'cantabile' execution of the Recitativo: Grave movement, proves once again that Mullova is among the very best violinists on planet Earth. The whirlwinds whipped up by the violins in Vivaldi's Concerto in B Minor for 4 violins are simply marvelous with many 'Four Seasons' allusions and splashes of sound: so good that Bach himself actually 'sampled' it for his four harpsichord work. Il Giradino Armonico proves once again that in today's world it truly is the 'harmonic garden' of Baroque music, 'playing as one' with Viktoria Mullova in the tradition. Bravo, Ms Mullova, Giovanni Antonini, and Father Vivaldi. The sound is clear, crisp, and immediate. My Highest Recommendation. Viktoria Mullova is AMAZING!! Five THRILLING Stars!! (This review is based on an iTunes download.)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivaldi: Violin Concertos, July 29, 2008

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G. Corazza (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (Audio CD)

This is magnificent music by Viktoria Mullova, very well accompanied by Il Giardino Armonico. I don't think that there is a better recording of the Vivaldi concertos.