A splendid program of arias for tenor excerpts from operas by Vivaldi, interpreted to both subtle and very tonic under the direction of Fasolis. The harpsichord, especially, is not crushed by the strings (I remember being surprised to see me once that there was a harpsichord on stage after a concert where the four seasons were given: the strings were so noisy that the unfortunate harpsichord was to be the only one aware of its existence). Great background vocals, gentle timbre of early instruments (including a wonderful bassoon), and especially what this extraordinary tenor Topi Lehpuu. Sometimes it may sound Handel or detect a slight relationship between these two giants of music are Vivaldi and Handel. Georg Friedrich Handel, on the end of his stay in Italy, came to Venice and indeed it was represented triumphantly, December 26, 1709, his opera Agrippina. Even if we did not proof it is likely that Vivaldi met his colleague, who has perhaps given him the urge to compose operas. Still, Vivaldi, who had been ordained in 1703, found himself forbidden to say Mass from 1706, having been guilty of suddenly interrupting his masses to write music that came into his head. Handel himself was in Rome since 1706 and ended his stay in Venice in 1709. The Vivaldi arias presented here date from 1716 to 1738. Beautiful drive, a serious candidate for the perfect disco ...