Steven Isserlis and friends collaborate on a heavenly programme of Boccherini’s concertos and chamber music for cello. Five bewitching works are included—one of the composer’s numerous string quintets flanked by two each of his cello sonatas and c ...» More

The music of Brescianello shows a strong debt to Vivaldi, but with more than a hint of the Germanic thoroughness he would have encountered during his long tenure as Oberkapellmeister of the Württemberg court during the middle of the eighteenth cen ...» More

More glorious Baroque high jinks from the sparkling players of La Serenissima, including concertos by Vivaldi and Brescianello, a double-trumpet sinfonia by Albinoni, and two opulently scored ballet suites by Nicola Matteis the Younger.» More

Two recorder concertos, two violin concertos and one for strings and continuo are book-ended by an enterprising 'Introducione' and an Overture-Suite in La Serenissima's latest foray into the glories of the Italian Baroque.» More

If you like your Baroque concertos fast and furious—and who doesn’t?—this is the one for you. If the music and some of the composers’ names are unfamiliar, then you have a treat in store. Unmissable.» More

A vibrant collection of some of the more unusual works penned by Vivaldi for performance by the figlie di coro at Venice's famous Ospedale della Pietà, this recording also stars a newly commissioned viola d'amore made to a design penned by Stradiv ...» More