COMPOSERS: Vivaldi
LABELS: Teldec
WORKS: Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, Op. 8
PERFORMER: Alice Harnoncourt (violin), Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe); Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 69054-8
Harnoncourt’s Four Seasons are still among the most fanciful on disc, with subtle accents and violent dynamic contrasts. The other eight concertos, if a touch mannered, are exuberant despite a dry and noisy ambience. George Pratt