Word: philharmonia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LISTENERS WHO THINK OF VIVALDI as merely the composer of The Four Seasons and several hundred indistinguishable concertos, VIVALDI'S FAVORITES, VOL. 1 (ESS.A.Y) could be the most pleasurable, sensibility-cleansing surprise in a long time. The performers are the Philharmonia Virtuosi, who, since being founded in 1974 by their protean conductor, Richard Kapp, have blended a changing ensemble of players from the New York Philharmonic with talented younger musicians in a common pursuit of polished eclecticism. These six concertos, for diverse combinations of instruments, are utterly distinctive and absorbing. Favorite Favorites: the exuberant Concerto in C Major...