But He Didn't Write Anything For Guitar ?

Vivaldi Guitar Concertos played by Los Romeros accompanied by the Academy of st Martin in the Fields directed by Iona Brown. In fact, Vivaldi didn't write for the guitar and these are all transcriptions of concertos originally written for combinations of violin, lute and mandolin. Transcribing is a time honoured craft however and these all work perfectly well. Vivaldi was so prolific that there is that sense of sameness and familiarity but it is in the context of very high class hack work. This disk was recorded back in 1984 and I have to admit to knowing nothing of Los Romeros who are four presumably from the same family since they all share the surname Romero. It was one of the very early purchases that I made when embarking on a classical collection and to be honest I wouldn't bother with it now, preferring Vivaldi with a little more Italianate bite. It is a perfectly unobjectionable release however.