Avi Avital reimagines the sounds of Venice in this vivid homage to the most beloved composer of the Italian Baroque Antonio Vivaldi. After his introduction with BACH and the colorful contrasting exploration of world music on BETWEEN WORLDS on this album Avi presents four popular Vivaldi concerti with the great Venice Baroque Orchestra Vivaldis Mandolin Concerto the Lute Concerto (with its famous second movement) Summer from the Four Seasons and the A minor Violin Concerto (familiar to violin students everywhere). Interspersed with these familiar concerti are two authentic 18th Century Venetian Gondolier songs performed by Juan Diego Flrez accompanied by Avi on mandolin as well as the Trio Sonata in C major with DGs new signing Mahan Esfahani and Ophira Zakai. The album was recorded in the Veneto region the album is both musically authentic and commercially accessible.