Vivaldi: Four Seasons; Violin Concertos* RV 199, 347 & 356

This is Vivaldi with a very high gloss indeed, but Perlman also imparts great rhythmic zest to this extremely familiar music, and uses moderately small orchestral forces, so the results are beguiling. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

COMPOSERS: Vivaldi
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Four Seasons; Violin Concertos* RV 199, 347 & 356
PERFORMER: London PO; *Israel PO/ Itzhak Perlman (violin)
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 965 9422

This is Vivaldi with a very high gloss indeed, but Perlman also imparts great rhythmic zest to this extremely familiar music, and uses moderately small orchestral forces, so the results are beguiling. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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