Vivaldi's Children
£7.00
To love Vivaldi’s music is to love nature, life and all things perpetual, aesthetic and ecstatic. I can think of no better tribute to Vivaldi’s enduring inspiration to us all, than to be continuing his work helping children towards the fulfilment of their destinies, as he did in his own lifetime.
Wissam Boustany (flute) | Peter Manning & Stephen Morris (violins) | Philip Dukes (viola) | Tim Hugh (cello) | Mary Scully (bass) | Steven Devine (cembalo)
“...crystalline technique - its decorate passages came to life under the flautist’s fancy fingerwork and phenomenal double tonguing... Boustany mesmerises with his distinctive tone and extraordinary phrasing...”
“...There are many sound versions of these concertos, both in their published form and in their original versions, with modern and with period instruments, but what I particularly like about this set is that it bridges the different approaches by employing modern instruments, including the double bass, but in chamber proportions. Better still, there’s sheer joy in the faster sections of the music, while the nightmare quality of la Notte is fully brought out, too...”