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Vivaldi - Concertos for 2 Violins
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMC902249
Barcode: 3149020224922
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 23rd September 2016
These are performances that burst with life, and right from the unaccompanied sparring between the soloists at the beginning of the first track (RV507) there is not a dull moment: the echo games in the finale of RV505 are brilliantly realised, no two of them quite the same, and even the solo-less ‘ripieno concerto’, RV127, included in the programme is somehow made urgently expressive. The tone of soloists and orchestra alike is rich and vital, and the recording has the right mix of clarity and bloom. 
Are there still revelations to be heard in new Vivaldi concerto recordings? There certainly are in this dazzling, extrovert collection of concertos all for two violins – like a tennis match in music, the two protagonists toss figures, rhythms and phrases across the net with ever-increasing excitement and intensity. … Giuliano Carmignola (who recorded with Abbado’s Orchestra Mozart) and Amandine Beyer match perfectly. A winner. 
The musical chemistry between Carmignola and Beyer is intuitive and gratifying. Outer movements sparkle with playful vigour while centrally placed [slow] movements are poetically declaimed. … Soloists and ripieno alike respond to this wonderful music with passion, insight and a feeling for the idiom that emerges as second nature. 
