Twenty years after her Vivaldi Album helped reignite interest in the composer’s fine operas, Bartoli returns to the operatic music. Joined by Ensemble Matheus and Jean-Christophe Spinosi, she spins off the vocal fireworks with technique that’s as impressive as ever—but her voice has developed with age like a fine wine, revealing new layers of warmth. As a survey of Vivaldi’s stage works, this collection is invaluable, but Bartoli sprinkles it with star quality and a palpable love of this ever-inventive music.
- La Fenice & Philippe Jaroussky
- Robin Johannsen, Academia Montis Regalis & Alessandro De Marchi
- Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Roberta Invernizzi, Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi
- Sara Mingardo & Cenacolo Musicale
- Philippe Jaroussky & Ensemble Artaserse
- Franco Fagioli, Jan Tomasz Adamus, Capella Cracoviensis, Romina Basso, Yuriy Mynenko, Dilyara Idrisova, Juan Sancho & Cigdem Soyarslan
- Gemma Bertagnolli, Antonio Ballista & Avi Avital