The adage goes that Vivaldi did not so much compose hundreds of concertos as write the same concerto hundreds of times. However, this disc featuring the estimable cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras ...

The Baroque ensemble La Serenissima return with their latest album, focusing on the music of Vivaldi. So, who are these gods, emperors and angels in the title? Well, Vivaldi composed music for the ...

Anyone with even a passing interest in Baroque music will be familiar with the notion that Vivaldi wrote the same formulaic concerto hundreds of times, will likely be sick to death of “The Four ...

Yet another Four Seasons? Yes, but this one is exceptional in featuring the crack Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, which seems to feel this music instinctively, recognising Vivaldi’s ...

How the Fab Four and a classical composer inspired me to do something bright and beautiful. A friend recently gave me a CD of the Beatles’ Love album. There is plenty of interesting innovation in the ...