Antonio Vivaldi – Flute Concertos Op.10 (Pahud) [2006]

1. Concerto No.1 in F "La tempesta di mare", RV 433: Allegro
2. Concerto No.1 in F "La tempesta di mare", RV 433: Largo
3. Concerto No.1 in F "La tempesta di mare", RV 433: Presto
4. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Largo
5. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Fantasmi
6. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Largo
7. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Presto
8. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Il sonno
9. Concerto No.2 in G minor "La notte", RV 439: Allegro
10. Concerto No.3 in D "Il Gardellino", RV 428: Allegro
11. Concerto No.3 in D "Il Gardellino", RV 428: Cantabile
12. Concerto No.3 in D "Il Gardellino", RV 428: Allegro
13. Concerto No.4 in G, RV 435: Allegro
14. Concerto No.4 in G, RV 435: Largo
15. Concerto No.4 in G, RV 435: Allegro
16. Concerto No.5 in F, RV 434: Allegro
17. Concerto No.5 in F, RV 434: Largo
18. Concerto No.5 in F, RV 434: Allegro
19. Concerto No.6 in G, RV 437: Allegro
20 .Concerto No.6 in G, RV 437: Largo
21 .Concerto No.6 in G, RV 437: Allegro
22. Flute Concerto In A Minor RV 440: Allegro Non Molto	
23. Flute Concerto In A Minor RV 440: Larghetto
24. Flute Concerto In A Minor RV 440: Allegro	
25. Flute Concerto In D Major, RV 429: I - Allegro
26. Flute Concerto In D Major, RV 429: II - Andante
27. Flute Concerto In D Major, RV 429: III - Allegro

Emmanuel Pahud – flute
Henk Klopp - organ
Australian Chamber Orchestra 
Richard Tognetti - conductor

Emmanuel Pahud is an amazing flute virtuoso, and he shows it in these sparkling Vivaldi Concertos. He whips up the waves in the Op. 10, No. 1, better known as "The Storm at Sea." Faster movements throughout these works are taken at a spanking pace, but with Pahud's breath control and ability to shape phrases at any tempo, he's not fazed at all. Those faster movements are done with energetic playing by all hands, the Australian Chamber Orchestra proving their mettle by matching the soloist and providing ample charms of their own, with sharp accents and vigorous yet shapely playing. Slow movements are even better, tapping Vivaldi’s vein of lyricism with restrained but meltingly beautiful playing. Listen to the Largo e cantabile movement of Op. 10, No. 5 or the Largo of the concerto called "La notte" and be enchanted. It's all performed on modern instruments, but even die-hard period instrument fans should find this disc a keeper. ---Dan Davis, Editorial Reviews

The era of extreme Vivaldi is upon us. Swiss-German flutist Emmanuel Pahud is the principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. That used to be a reliable indicator of a fairly conservative performance, but not these days -- Pahud teams up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and its iconoclastic director Richard Tognetti for a disc of eight Vivaldi flute concertos (some of them originally for recorder or other instruments) that will keep you running for the volume button on the remote control. The performances are unusual ones in many ways, one being the prominent role taken by the orchestra; the Australian group emerges as something of an equal partner with Pahud, not always phrasing material as he does, and drawing out effects in the several programmatic concertos included here to their maximum dimensions. The results are not really idiomatic to Vivaldi, but they do hold the listener's attention. The performance of the opening Flute concerto in F major, Op. 10, No. 1, RV 433, consists of a constant series of careening crescendos and decrescendos -- Vivaldi as Mannheim court composer, perhaps. Admittedly, it is a storm at sea that is being represented here, but the performance does not end up being coherent. In the two galant, mid-century-type concertos at the end of the disc, the dynamic extremes are more justifiable, but the opening movement of the Concerto in D major, RV 429, is jittery and driven rather than graceful. Reactions to subjective performances like these will be subjective themselves, and the performances cannot be faulted technically. Pahud brings an effortless virtuosity to Vivaldi that until now has been the province mostly of violinists. Still, extensive sampling is advised even for those who have enjoyed the work of these performers in the past. ---James Manheim, allmusic.com

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