One might be a bit nervous about buying this 1975 recording and wondering about sound quality and non-HIP performance, but really one shouldn't be. Although the sound is not quite as sharp as may be found in the finest recordings the analogue to digital transfer has given perfectly good audio quality and these performances by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner really don't sound out of place (at least to my inexpert ear) amongst modern recordings of other Vivaldi violin concerti.
There are probably better recordings - many rave for example about the Rachel Podger set - myself I would have gone for the recordings by the always superb Fabio Biondi if he had recorded the full set and not half of what was after all intended by Vivaldi as a coherent programme of concerti. But if building a library of Vivaldi violin concerti, at this knockdown price compared to others, you can't go too far wrong.
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Vivaldi: La stravaganza, Op.4
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Vivaldi, Antonio
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Marriner, Sir Neville
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 2 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 3 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 4 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 5 | Largo - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 6 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 7 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 8 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 9 | Allegro Assai - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 10 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 11 | Grave - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 12 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 13 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 14 | Largo - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 15 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 16 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 17 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 18 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 2 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 3 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 4 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 5 | Allegro - Adagio - Presto - Adagio - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 6 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 7 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 8 | Largo - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 9 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 10 | Spiritoso - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 11 | Adagio - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 12 | Allegro - Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 13 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 14 | Largo - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 15 | Allegro Assai - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 16 | Spiritoso e on presto - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 17 | Largo - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
| 18 | Allegro - Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 14.91 x 14.4 x 0.99 cm; 117.93 Grams
- Manufacturer : Double Decca
- Manufacturer reference : 028944482126
- Original Release Date : 1995
- SPARS Code : ADD
- Label : Double Decca
- ASIN : B00000427G
- Country of origin : Czech Republic
- Number of discs : 2
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2020
Vintage performances from 1975 .
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2012
This set of 12 concertos for violin and continuo, entitled La Stravaganza, comprises the second set with opus number published by Estienne Roger of Amsterdam, the Op.3 set being the first, published three years earlier. The first two sets of works grouped under opus numbers were each a set of 12 sonatas, also published by Roger. Until the last pair, the other concertos alternate between major and minor keys as we work through the set. They are splendidly played on this 1975 Decca recording, like the Op.3 set, by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with either Carmel Kaine or Alan Loveday as soloist on six concertos each.
I wonder if an error was made in the recording of Concerto No.8 in d minor from the master tapes as track 5, CD 2, lasts only 1 min 16 sec (not 4'30" as indicated in the booklet) and is in the nature of a slow introduction. I suspect that the first three sections of this movement have been omitted in the tape transfer. Furthermore, while a two-movement work by Vivaldi is not unknown (the `symphony' `Al Santo Sepolchro' for example) but this is unusual. But this is the only blemish in an otherwise fine recording.
I wonder if an error was made in the recording of Concerto No.8 in d minor from the master tapes as track 5, CD 2, lasts only 1 min 16 sec (not 4'30" as indicated in the booklet) and is in the nature of a slow introduction. I suspect that the first three sections of this movement have been omitted in the tape transfer. Furthermore, while a two-movement work by Vivaldi is not unknown (the `symphony' `Al Santo Sepolchro' for example) but this is unusual. But this is the only blemish in an otherwise fine recording.
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