Vivaldi - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Europa Galante, Biondi

Fabio Biondi - Vivaldi - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Europa Galante, Biondi

Vivaldi - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Europa Galante, Biondi
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Artist: Fabio Biondi
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Fabio Biondi
Performer: Fabio Biondi
Performer: Europa Galante
Orchestra: Europa Galante
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-31
Music Label: Virgin Veritas
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. The Four Seasons: Con No.1 in E 'La Primavera', RV 269: I. Allegro
  2. The Four Seasons: Con No.1 in E 'La Primavera', RV 269: II. Largo
  3. The Four Seasons: Con No.1 in E 'La Primavera', RV 269: III. Allegro
  4. The Four Seasons: Con No.2 in g 'L'estate', RV 315: I. Allegro Non Molto
  5. The Four Seasons: Con No.2 in g 'L'estate', RV 315: II. Adagio - Presto
  6. The Four Seasons: Con No.2 in g 'L'estate', RV 315: III. Presto
  7. The Four Seasons: Con No.3 in F 'L'autunno', RV 293: I. Allegro
  8. The Four Seasons: Con No.3 in F 'L'autunno', RV 293: II. Adagio - Presto
  9. The Four Seasons: Con No.3 in F 'L'autunno', RV 293: III. Allegro
  10. The Four Seasons: Con No.4 in f 'L'inverno', RV 297: I. Allegro Non Molto
  11. The Four Seasons: Con No.4 in f 'L'inverno', RV 297: II. Largo
  12. The Four Seasons: Con No.4 in f 'L'inverno', RV 297: III. Allegro
  13. Con No.5 in E flat 'La Tempesta Di Mare', RV 253: I. Presto
  14. Con No.5 in E flat 'La Tempesta Di Mare', RV 253: II. Largo
  15. Con No.5 in E flat 'La Tempesta Di Mare', RV 253: III. Presto
  16. Con No.7 in d, RV 242: I. Allegro
  17. Con No.7 in d, RV 242: II. Largo
  18. Con No.7 in d, RV 242: III. Allegro
Music CD 2
  1. Con No.11 in D, RV 210: I. Allegro
  2. Con No.11 in D, RV 210: II. Largo
  3. Con No.11 in D, RV 210: III. Allegro
  4. Con No.10 in B flat 'La Caccia', RV 362: I. Allegro Assai
  5. Con No.10 in B flat 'La Caccia', RV 362: II. Adagio
  6. Con No.10 in B flat 'La Caccia', RV 362: III. Allegro
  7. Con No.9 in d, RV 236: I. Allegro
  8. Con No.9 in d, RV 236: II. Adagio
  9. Con No.9 in d, RV 236: III. Allegro
  10. Con No.8 in g, RV 332: I. Allegro
  11. Con No.8 in g, RV 332: II. Largo
  12. Con No.8 in g, RV 332: III. Allegro
  13. Con No.6 in C, 'Il Piacere', RV 180: I. Allegro
  14. Con No.6 in C, 'Il Piacere', RV 180: II. Largo
  15. Con No.6 in C, 'Il Piacere', RV 180: III. Allegro
  16. Con No.12 in C, RV 178: I. Allegro
  17. Con No.12 in C, RV 178: II. Largo
  18. Con No.12 in C, RV 178: III. Allegro

Music reviews of Vivaldi - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Europa Galante, Biondi

Music Review: Mixed Results Just Like Biondi's Playing
Rating: 3 Stars

Fabio Biondi performs here as solo violinist with Europa Galante in their more traditional interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi's 'Il Cimento Dell'Armonia...' of which the famous lyrical piece 'The Four Seasons' is part. Although this is certainly not the worst interpretation of this piece on the market, it is certainly not one of the best ones either. This album is somewhat of a mixed result in part due to Biondi's uneven performance.

Biondi's fluid skills in early French Baroque and the Baroque violin seem to give the interpretation far too much in the lyrical department. As a result, Biondi sounds as if he is struggling with the piece to slow it down and speed it up instead of actually playing it: he should actually have stayed more with the sheet music instead of putting the limit of his skills to the test here. He has an overt tendency of drastically changing pace and ferocity when the piece doesn't require it and seems timid where the piece actually does require a feverish interpretation. Most importantly, Biondi sacrifices clarity for speed in parts where it requires the opposite. The whole group therefore sounds like they're out of synch throughout the entire work. In addition, there is much too much emphasis on the harpsichord which is traditionally supposed to have a minimal role throughout this piece. I was somewhat surprised as Biondi is definitely a virtuoso in the expressive French style and with the Baroque violin but his performance here appeared wreckless and inconsistent. Despite this defect, the remaining performance for this concerto was extremely good and Biondi's rendition was certainly comparable to the best performers of Vivaldi. This is probably one of the best performances for this concerto I have heard exlcluding 'The Four Seasons.' In many ways I find it superior to I Musici's renditions because he is a little more faithful to the traditional methods of interpretation that really sound good but I think the 'Seasons' was just beyond Biondi's technical skill as a solo violinist: he just couldn't do it like about 95% of Baroque soloists such as himself and 99.9% of orchestral soloists for the symphonic adaptations. This half/half performance therefore makes me give this one an average rating as an album. I would rate it superior to Pinnock's mechanical Bach-like interpretations but Pinnock's advantage is his superior precision, slower pace, and clarity he has from his Bach expertise. I still rate both of them half/half and Biondi's interpretation for the remaining concerto is superior to Pinnock's other works with Vivaldi in every respect as Biondi is simply more proficient with the Italian Baroque style. Biondi is an accomplished performer with the Baroque violin particularly in French Baroque and many of his best works are with Jordi Savall and Le Concert Des Nations for those who may be interested in his other performances and that particular style.

The best interpretation I have encountered for 'The Four Seasons' is I Musici di Roma's 1982 performance with Pina Carmirelli. Although I Musici sacrifices some of the more archaic Baroque techniques for Italian Romantic ones, they pretty much stay with traditional Baroque forms and play almost exclusively on Stradivarius instruments that are incomparable in their quality and range of sound. They are unquestionably some of the best Baroque musicians in the world especially for Italian Baroque to the point that legendary conductors such as Toscanini thought them to be singularly, 'The best Baroque chamber group in the world!' Another comparable performance also with Stradivari is Salvatore Accardo's with I Solisti delle Settimane Musicali di Napoli who had actually performed this piece with I Musici before. Accardo is a master of Italian Baroque and Paganini and so really shines in that recording as well. Depsite Accardo's epic performance, I have found really no better performance for this piece other than Pina Carmirelli's 1982 performance with I Musici. Both Acardo and Carmirelli simply leave Fabio Biondi's exhausting performance sounding as amateurish and just shamefully in the dust along with almost all others that are out there on the market on an exponential level. Carmirelli's performance has been discontinued and will probably be re-released at an unknown date: it's becoming rare and expensive. Accardo's performance on the other hand is abundantly available on Amazon. I rate symphonic adaptations of this piece and those with symphony virtuosos in an entirely different category as much as they are both two completely different forms of interpretation and performance that require separate standards.
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