Jinks

Spectacular virtuoso playing, bravura passagework and show-stopping melodies are balanced with wistful lyricism and sublime tone painting in this irresistible program of perennial favorites, played with elan by the violinist Arabella Steinbacher. "Great violinists like Heifetz, Kresler, menuhin… played virtuosic pieces in their concerts," recalled Steinbacher in a recent interview. She lamented that such pieces are infrequently played owing to the perception that "…this kind of repertoire is 'not serious enough' which I find is really a pity and also not true."

More glorious Baroque high jinks from the sparkling players of La Serenissima, including concertos by Vivaldi and Brescianello, a double-trumpet sinfonia by Albinoni, and two opulently scored ballet suites by Nicola Matteis the Younger.