Martin Fröst Vivaldi, , Album Preview

Martin Fröst has pushed the boundaries of the clarinet repertoire on every front and reinvented the role of the instrumental soloist. A Gramophone Awardnominated artist, the Swede uses every recording as an opportunity to look at repertoire and performance through fresh eyes. His latest release for Sony Classical is no different, as Fröst goes back to basics while also enacting his boldest transformation of all. With Concerto Köln, the clarinet virtuoso presents an allVivaldi album including premiere recordings of new clarinet concertos drawn from Vivaldis catalogue of opera and oratorio arias. Listen purchase the album here: On this album, Fröst imagines what Vivaldi might have done had he lived long enough to know the clarinet better. In the spirit of upcycling that abounded in the Baroque era, the composer and arranger Andreas N Tarkmann has fashioned with Martin Fröst three new concertos from Vivaldi