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Antonio VIVALDI Virtuoso Impresario Concerto for violin, strings and continuo RV370 Arias for soprano from La Fida ninfa RV714 Concerto for violin, strings & continuo RV254 La Serenissima director/violin Adrian Chandler Mhairi Lawson Soprano Avie AV 2128 This is a CD with a distinctive 'personality'; feisty playing and singing, exciting virtuosity in the concertos, The Scottish singer Mhairi Lawson goes to her arias with a will, and the mixture (5 concertos and 5 arias) is just right. Words and translations and full documentation, nicely illustrated. But thoughtless to have photos of the leader and singer both supplied thrice with the tri-liingual CVs. Peter Grahame Woolf |
with one of the dazzling cadenzas composed by Chandler according to the 'improvised' manner of the time. There are some oddities to grab the attention. RV561 is one of a group to feature two cellos. RV243 has the solo violinist play without using his E-string, and with the bottom string tuned up a tone; a scordatura effect more often associated with Biber.