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 Award-nominated 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 all-Vivaldi album including premiere recordings of ‘new’ clarinet concertos drawn from Vivaldi’s 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 up-cycling that abounded in the Baroque era, the composer and arranger Andreas N Tarkmann has fashioned with Martin Fröst three new concertos from Vivaldi’