Negative Positive
Title: dull
Review: Who knew Vivaldi could be this unimaginative? Oh nevermind, the concertos on this recording were missing all their parts except for the main violin lines and therefore had to be largely reconstructed. This immense task was done by this recording's violinist or conductor (I forget by whom because I gave away this CD months ago). Unfortunately the reconstructions are depressingly dull and sound as if written by a musicologist rather than a composer. Yes Vivaldi wrote so much that some of his pieces might sound too similar; but one thing that Vivaldi's music exudes is vitality ... vitality that is sorely missing from these reconstructions.
Is the review positive or negative? 