Antonio Vivaldi

Le Quattro Stagioni

Audio Nautes Recordings

Numbered Limited Edition One-Step 180g 45rpm 2LP

Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Selections

Side A:

Le Printemps / La Primavera, op. 8 No. 1 RV 269

1. I. Allegro (Giunt'è la primavera)
2. II. Largo e pianissimo sempre (Il capraro che dorme)
3. III. Danza pastorale. Allegro

Side B:

L'Ete / L'Estate, op. 8 No. 2 RV 315

1. I. Allegro non molto (Languidezza per il caldo - Gli uccelli ed il vento - Il pianto)
2. II. Adagio - Presto (Il sonno - Il timore dei lampi e dei tuoni)
3. III. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)

Side C:

L'autumno / L'Autunno, op. 8 No. 3 RV 293

1. I. Allegro (Ballo e canto dei villanNelli - Lubriaco)
2. II. Adagio (Dormienti ubriacchi)
3. III. Allegro (La caccia)

Side D:

L'Hiver / L'Inverno, op. 8 No. 4 RV 297

1. I. Allegro non molto (Agghiacciato tremar - Orrido vento - Batter i piedi)
2. II. Largo (Lis gioia del focolare - Fuor piove)
3. III. Allegro (Camminar sopra il ghiaccio - I venti di guerra - Quest'è l'inverno)

AudioNautes proudly offers this special one-step limited edition version celebrating the 30th anniversary of this beautiful engraving of Sonatori of Gioiosa Marca, an extraordinary group of Treviso, which also present a recording devoted almost entirely to Violin Concertos, always by Vivaldi, and assembled in the program "the humane passions" because of their titles: The favorite, anxiety, suspicion, The loving and pleasure.

As is evident, this episode belongs to that style of music, "descriptive," so dear to some authors of the past, including Vivaldi. In spite of what he said about Stravinsky, Vivaldi — i.e., that he would have written the same concerto hundreds of times — it is the richness and variety of timbres and rhythms found to distinguish these songs, while in the identical construction scheme and the same processing structure. The merit of Sonatori Treviso, led by violinist Giuliano Carmignola, lies in their execution by Vivaldi, based on ancient instruments and techniques of contemporary compositions.