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Dorothee Oberlinger

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A group of rising stars from the Italian early music scene + the virtuoso Oberlinger! A dream collaboration returns in a new formatAmong the concertos for various instruments composed by Vivaldione of the greatest composers of the Italian Baroquethe treatment of the flauto, or flute, has long been a subject of debate. This is because, although the collection of flute concertos published under Opus 10 clearly envisions a transverse flute, quite a few early drafts of the concertos included in that collection were composed with the vertical flutethat is, the recorderin mind. Furthermore, there are masterpieces among the concertos for solo flautino (soprano recorder), and this album cannot be overlooked as one of the finest recordings that captures this ambivalent Vivaldis flute from the perspective of the recorder. After all, the soloist is Dorothee Oberlinger, one of the finest players of