Antonio Vivaldi – Le Quattro Stagioni (2009, SACD-ISO)

Antonio Vivaldi – Le Quattro Stagionireleased in 2009 by Fone Records. Violinist and conductor Salvatore Accardo leads the Orchestra da Camera Italiana for this recording of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. “Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are amongst his most innovative and extraordinary compositions. Today’s public knows the work but the “Red Priest’s” contemporaries were immediately captivated by it as well. The originality of these Concertos is that much more surprising because they dutifully follow the usual pattern: division into three movements of Fast – Slow – Fast with alternating “tuttis” and “solos” as Giuseppe Torelli used…”