Flat Vivaldi
Biberfan | Virginia, USA | 06/09/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"IGA is one of my favorite ensembles of baroque music, and I own several recordings with Mr. Coin. The recorded sound is excellent, and the sound and texture of the orchestra is superb.
3 stars? A few movements are a tad slow for my taste, which with IGA, is unusual. What I took the stars away for, however, is for Mr. Vivaldi... these, as a collection, aren't his strongest musical contributions. There is a reason I've never heard some of these concertos before; they're not his greatest.
The 2 CDs released by Dieltiens on HMundi are superior... excellent performances, and better concertos in terms of the musical material.
You will likely enjoy this, however, if you're a Il Giardino Armonico fan, or a fan of Chrisophe Coin on the cello."
Extraordinary
KARL | 11/30/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In all my (many) years of collecting Vivaldi I have never encountered such an extraordinarily detailed recording AND performance, which has opened my ears and mind to new and unexpected aspects of this wildly inventive composer's works."