COMPOSERS: Vivaldi
LABELS: Alpha
ALBUM TITLE: Vivaldi
WORKS: Cello Sonatas; Prelude
PERFORMER: Ceccato (cello); Accademia Ottoboni
CATALOGUE NO: ALPHA 325 (2013)
Ottoboni’s continuo group, enriched by double bass and theorbo, create a wonderfully shadowy canvas on to which Ceccato etches a radiantly poetic line. Largos are occasionally over-stretched, but Allegros vivaciously delicate.
Helen Wallace