Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 577 (Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, cond.; Viktoria Mullova, violin; Philips, 48:02). Whether we need another recording of ...

Violinist Andrew Manze (MAN-zee) is a proponent of the notion that much of Baroque music is improvised, that what's written on the page is an outline to be filled in by the performers. That approach ...

Internationally renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine and her daughter, 12-year-old Sylvia Pine, will close Symphoria’s Jan. 27 Masterworks concert with a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for ...

Another Noah's Ark is launched, this time bearing two-by-two wind players. Other couplings of RV533 and RV563 exist, naturally enough since they are the only ones of their kinds, and RV539 is usually ...

Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery is a live performance of the beloved Classical Kids production of the same name. The concert blends ...

Meet the three-inch violin. Venezuelan violinist Baltazar Monaca plays Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor on what's been described as "the world’s smallest violin." That's some nimble finger work.

FROM ELEVATOR muzak and call-centre hold-music to TV and film soundtracks, “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi supplies an inescapable backdrop to everyday life. Yet these ubiquitous earworms have a ...

It's a brave new musical world. Between downloads, iPods, music sharing websites and the good old CD, we have more easy access to the songs and symphonies we love than ever before. In this visit to ...

I teach violin in Beverly Hills, and this summer I received an unusual request. Jonathan Hollander, a choreographer and founder of the nearly 40-year-old Battery Dance Company in New York, contacted ...