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Fanfare Magazine: 39:3 (11-22/2016) 
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Reviewer: Dan Sperrin

This is an extremely elegant, beautifully poised and nuanced rendering of Vivaldi’s op. 4. It stands up to the great recent recordings of Vivaldi, notably by Avi Avital, and will be a brilliant addition to any enthusiast’s shelf.

The works themselves are, not to be too obvious, highly Vivaldian. Works such as op. 4 are so acutely emblematic of Vivaldi’s composition methods, innovations, and approaches to timbre that they could stand as “typical” or “representative” Vivaldi pieces: and, if you ask me, are delicious precisely for this reason. All those tessellated patterns and cycles of fifths we remember from The Four Seasons, and those virtuosic string flourishes with punchy continuo from the Mandolin Concerto: These are amply represented here on this enormous double-disc, and the variety here is a testament to both Vivaldi and the editors.

The performances are also exceptional. The first violin (Cerrato) is a truly wonderful player, with such delicate nuance in every phrase. His understanding of Vivaldi is exceptional, and he truly balances that festivity and solemnity always at odds in Vivaldi’s corpus. I would buy this pair of discs just to hear him play. It is the most impressive rendering of Vivaldi’s string work I have heard for a very long time.

In all, this is one to buy immediately, and not just if you like Vivaldi: If you fancy something richly detailed and complicated, but something moving and fun, then buy this over any other recent recording of Vivaldi or other Venetian Baroque. It is stunning.

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