VA - The Vivaldi Edition Operas #01 (2008)

Since 2001, beginning with Juditha Triumphans, eight operas by Vivaldi have been released in the Vivaldi Edition. Each one an event, either the first complete recording (or the first recording, full stop!) by first-rate conductors, soloists and orchestras specialising in baroque.

Acclaimed by the press (with numerous awards) and by the public, these recordings have succeeded at last in rehabilitating Antonio Vivaldi, known for the past twenty years or so for his brilliant concertos, as one of the greatest operatic composers of all time.

Now there is a truly exceptional event: The first box set, comprising nine complete operas by Vivaldi - the eight published so far in the Vivaldi Editions, plus Farnace, which was recorded for Alia Vox by Jordi Savall. 27 CDs in all.