4/5. Donald Macleod traces the wildly varying fortunes of Vivaldi in his role as impresario.
Agitata da Due Venti (Criselda, excerpt) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Concerto in F for violin, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings, RV574
The King's Consort, conductor Robert King
Orlando Finto Pazzo (excerpt) Manuela Custer (mezzo), Antonio Abete (bass), Turin Teatro Regio Chorus, Academia Montis Regalis, conductor Alessandro De Marchi
La Verita in Cimento (excerpts)
Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Ensemble Matheus , conductor Jean-Christopher Spinosi Del Destin Non Vi Lagnate (L'Olimpiade)
Riccardo Novaro (baritone), Concerto Italiano, conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini
Se Mai Senti Spirarti sul Volto (Catone in Utica) Emma Kirkby (soprano), Brandenburg Consort , conductor Roy Goodman Repeated Wed 12 midnight