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Mortensen: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons & String Concerti (24/96 FLAC)

Mortensen: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons & String Concerti (24/96 FLAC)
Mortensen: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons & String Concerti (24/96 FLAC)

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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Huw Daniel, Bojan Čičić, Antonio de Sarlo, Johannes Pramsohler, Zefira Valova
Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Obsidian
Catalogue: CCLCD713
Release: 2014
Size: 0.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 124
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Grave
03. III. Allegro

04. Sonnet La primavera (Spring)

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, ‘La primavera’ (Spring)
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
07. III. Danza pastorale: Allegro

08. Sonnet L’estate (Summer)

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, ‘L’estate’ (Summer)
09. I. Allegro non moto
10. II. Adagio – Presto
11. III. Presto

12. Sonnet L’autunno (Autumn)

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, ‘L’autunno’ (Autumn)
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Adagio molto
15. III. Allegro

16. Sonnet L’inverno (Winter)

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, ‘L’inverno’ (Winter)
17. I. Allegro non molto
18. II. Largo
19. III. Allegro

Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 157
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Largo
22. III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi’s collection of twelve concerti opus 8 was published in Amsterdam in 1725; he gave descriptive titles to seven of the twelve, including the four concerti representing the seasons: la primavera, estate, autumno, l’inverno. For the four seasons, Vivaldi included four sonnets, apparently written by himself, each of which is divided into three ideas, reflecting the three movements (fast-slow-fast) of each concerto. The 1725 publication indicated which musical passages are representative of which verses of the sonnets. These rarely recorded sonnets are heard on this cd in the original Italian. The youthful musicians of EUBO are joined by a different soloist for each of the seasons.

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