Needless to say, Red Priest vastly exceeded my expectations. It was with this high expectation that I approached the Red Priest recording. Previously, I would have cited Il Giardino Armonico's Teldec performance as the most envelope-pushing interpretation.? This performance was per Hoyle as compared to Piers Adams' arrangement of the work.? However, the Il Giardino Armonico version was performed with a period instrument harshness that I found profoundly refreshing. As a sub-collection, these concertos are known collectively as Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons). Red Priest is a group of very intelligent period instrument specialists with a red-hot wicked sense of humor.? After the release of the group's two previous recordings, Priest on the Run and Nightmare in Venice, the group went on tour with what was touted as their highly controversial interpretation of Vivaldi's first four concertos from his Il Cimento dell' Armenia e dell'invenzione (The trial of harmony and invention), opus 8.
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