The stylish sweetness that Marriner and his Academy bring to Vivaldi have a place of their own in the pantheon of Vivaldi recordings. And these eight concertos amply testify this in their breezy melodiousness and sharpness of attack.
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Violin Concertos from L’Estro Armonico
Concerto for 4 violins No. 1 in D minor, RV 549
Concerto for 2 violins No. 2 in G minor, RV 578
Concerto for violin solo No. 3 in G major, RV 310
Concerto for violin solo No. 6 in A minor, RV 356
Concerto for 2 violins No. 8 in A minor, RV 522
Concerto for 4 violins No. 10 in B minor, RV 580
Concerto for 2 violins No. 11 in D minor, RV 565
Concerto for violin solo No. 12 in E major, RV 256
Alan Loveday, Iona Brown, Carmel Kaine, Roy Gillard, violin
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner