VIVALDI Chamber Sonatas
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Composer or Director: Antonio Vivaldi
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: ERP
Magazine Review Date: 09/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 46
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ERP6713
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Baltic Baroque Grigory Maltizov, Conductor |
Author: Lindsay Kemp
It seems a good way to go to me. The duo-playing of Maria Krestinskaya and Evgeny Sviridov is buoyant, sweetly sinewy, punchily detailed and perfectly matched, as indeed they have to be; Vivaldi’s duo style is to write almost exactly similar parts for them, either swapping phrases or following each other around in thirds or sixths (though one violin does make a gorgeous break for glory into a melody of its own in the finale of RV71). Yet four of these in a row might be a little too much, and it is a relief to the ear when Imbi Tarum’s harpsichord joins them, adding a touch of weight and depth to the sound.
This music is slight (and at 47 minutes, so is the CD), but it is also fresh, skilfully written and with a creative spark that keeps it always alive. Thoroughly Vivaldian, in other words.
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