Vivaldi & Friends

Vivaldi & Friends

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Cleveland-based baroque orchestra Apollo s Fire has made an indelible<br>impression since launching on Avie last year, making their Billboard Classical<br>Chart debut in the Top 10. Vivaldi & Friends presents concertos by the Red<br>Priest with a twist: two authentic concertos one for four violins, the other<br>for two cellos interspersed with J. S. Bach s transcription of Vivaldi s A minor<br>concerto for four harpsichords and Jeannette Sorrell s own transcription of<br> Summer from the ever-popular Four Seasons. In this unique version, she<br>performs the original violin parts on the harpsichord. The album ends with an<br>enigmatic Tango Concerto by contemporary composer René Duchiffre, written<br>in the idiom of Bach and Vivaldi for the unusual combination of two violas da<br>gamba. Vivaldi & Friends is released to coincide with the group s extensive tour<br>with star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.