Violin Concertos (with Aria 'Sovvente il sole')

"Out-of-Season Vivaldi delivered with a winning blend of love and intelligence. As so often with Daniel Hope, for some reason a much bigger star in Germany than in his native UK, the watchword here is intelligence. One always feels with this artist that he has really thought in advance about what he is playing, that one is hearing the works of an astute mind. For some, that intelligence will start with the fact that he has managed to avoid the ubiquitous Four Seasons."
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2008)

Daniel Hope's second album for DG finds him reunited with the esteemed Chamber Orchestra of Europe for their third partnership in the recording studio. Hope made his DG debut with Mendelssohn; he now turns his attention to Vivaldi with a selection of the composer's greatest violin concertos. When presented by passionate, energetic performers this music is guaranteed to provide an uplifting and entertaining listening experience.

Hope and his band play on modern instruments, but in period style, a method they previously perfected in their acclaimed recording of Bach concertos (Warner). This recording attracted a remarkable amount of critical acclaim: "Modern-instrument Bach may not be fashionable, but these alert, fresh accounts of much-recorded concertos have all the zing and brio we expect from period ensembles." (The Sunday Times)