Opera News, May 1st, 2005
OPERA NEWS EDITOR'S CHOICE:
VIVALDI REVITALIZED
Conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his top-flight soloists deliver a blazing Orlando Furioso, the latest release in Naïve's ongoing Vivaldi edition.
VIVALDI: Orlando Furioso
* Lemieux, Cangemi, Larmore, Hallenberg, Staskiewicz; Jaroussky, Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus, Choir "Les Eléments," Spinosi. Text and translations. Naïve OP 30393
In the past few decades, with the considerable help of classical radio, Vivaldi's instrumental music has become ubiquitous. Yet his operas have languished, while Handel's have become standard repertoire. Th...
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