| Label: AVIE
Catalog: AV2371
Format: CD Whelan, Peter; La Serenissima; Chaplin, Rachel; Hennessy, Gail; Chandler, AdrianGramophone 2017 Baroque Instrumental Recording of the Year
Gramophone Award-winning Adrian Chandler and his period-instrument ensemble La Serenissima present The Italian Job, a feast of instrumental color featuring oboes, bassoons, trumpets, trombone, timpani, strings and continuo, by some of the finest composers of the Italian baroque. The music on this release comes from four cities, each with a rich musical heritage: Venice, Bologna, Padua, and Rome. Adrian Chandler and his ensemble have received critical acclaim for their previous releases: “a Four Seasons for all seasons… To become another Four Seasons recommendation takes something special, and this absolutely is.” (Gramophone on Vivaldi Four Seasons AV 2344) “These are musicians who quite simply love their Vivaldi” (BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month, AV 2287)  Price: $25.98 |
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