Featured Album: Avi Avital's Vivaldi

By Daniel Gilliam

Published March 1, 2015 at 11:00 PM EST

Mandolinist Avi Avital embarks on a Venetian journey in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and guests artists Juan Diego Flórez, Mahan Esfahani, Ophira Zakai and Patrick Sepec. "Vivaldi" includes the landmark concertos for mandolin (RV 356, 93 & 425), the Trio Sonata, RV 82; and a new recording of the "Summer" concerto from the Four Seasons. Listen to Avi Avital's "Vivladi" this week on Classical 90.5! (Photo credit: (c) Harald Hoffermann/DG)

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Daniel Gilliam

Daniel Gilliam is Program Director for LPM Classical. Email Daniel at dgilliam@lpm.org.

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