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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

 
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons   Artist: The Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood
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Product Details
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947590989
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: 2007-09-17
Running Time: 39
Studio: Universal Classics
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Tracks
Disc 1:
1. 1. Allegro - Christopher Hirons, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
2. 2. Largo - Christopher Hirons, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
3. 3. Allegro (Danza pastorale) - Christopher Hirons, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
4. 1. Allegro non molto - Allegro - John Holloway, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
5. 2. Adagio - Presto - Adagio - John Holloway, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
6. 3. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate) - John Holloway, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
7. 1. Allegro (Ballo, e canto de' villanelli) - Alison Bury, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
8. 2. Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti) - Alison Bury, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
9. 3. Allegro (La caccia) - Alison Bury, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
10. 1. Allegro non molto - Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
11. 2. Largo - Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood
12. 3. Allegro - Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Nigel North, Christopher Hogwood

Customer Reviews

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 A wonderful rendition of the four seasons, 2008-10-31
Comment: The Academy of Ancient Music were the reason I fell in love with the cello after hearing 'Vivaldi: Six Cello Concertos'. They are a period-instrument ensemble that read the music the way the composer intended it. They don't change bits here and there to better suit it for a full orchestra or to show off their talents. What most people don't realise is that Vivaldi wrote the four seasons in order to teach violin to a group of young girls. As I listen to this rendition I have no trouble imagining a group of young girls putting passion into this simple piece.

Orchestras like the English Chamber Orchestra are notorious for playing the music by their own interpretation. Nigel Kennedy said, "In my opinion, if a piece of music belongs only to the time in which it was written, it should not be played today." In my view, when the music has been interpreted so much that an 'allego non molto' sounds more like an 'allegro' then surely the original intention of the composer is lost.
As beautiful and passionate as many of these interpretations can be we must remind ourselves that when the composer finished the score we must assume he was completely happy with it. For that reason I feel that this CD truly is Vivaldi.