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A GREAT MUSICAL EXPERIENCE

Nikolaos Vangelatos | GREECE | 09/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Harnoncourt has established a reputation for his unconventional

and always revealing interpretations.He has the truely unique

talent of bringing back to life with new breath and dynamic pulse,aspects and dynamics of classical well-known masterpieces

which are frozen from the repetitive conventions of the

conservative musical establishment.

He succeeds again with Vivaldi!The playing is brilliant and the

stormy tempos,especially from the unparalleled strings,reveal

the innovative greatness of the work,prefiguring even the famous

storm of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony!

Harnoncourt combines again historic precision with the passion

of his unique musical temperament and the result is simply

outstanding!

Definitely recommended!"