Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagione I Solisti Aquilani & Daniele Orlando

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera":
• 1 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro 03:13
• 2 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo e pianissimo 02:02
• 3 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": III. Allegro 03:38
• Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate":
• 4 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro mà non molto 05:28
• 5 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": II. Adagio - Presto 01:47
• 6 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto 02:47
• Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno":
• 7 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": I. Allegro 04:52
• 8 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": II. Adagio molto 02:54
• 9 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": III. Allegro 03:06
• Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno":
• 10 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto 03:19
• 11 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": II. Largo 01:46
• 12 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": III. Allegro 03:16
• Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera":
• 13 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro (Alternative Version) 03:13
• 14 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo e pianissimo (Alternative Version) 02:02
• 15 Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": III. Allegro (Alternative Version) 03:38
• Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate":
• 16 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro mà non molto (Alternative Version) 05:28
• 17 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": II. Adagio - Presto (Alternative Version) 01:47
• 18 Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto (Alternative Version) 02:47
• Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno":
• 19 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": I. Allegro (Alternative Version) 04:52
• 20 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": II. Adagio molto (Alternative Version) 02:54
• 21 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": III. Allegro (Alternative Version) 03:06
• Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno":
• 22 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto (Alternative Version) 03:19
• 23 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": II. Largo (Alternative Version) 01:46
• 24 Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": III. Allegro (Alternative Version) 03:16
• Total Runtime 01:16:16

Info for Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagione

Everything has already been said about Vivaldi's Four Seasons, that monument of music and the object of very many recordings. This work, no doubt one of the best known throughout the world, was, however, innovative when it first appeared, for Vivaldi showed himself to be highly precise in his writing, both in terms of the dynamics and the tempi (the term 'Allegro' has 18 different dynamics in his indications). A man born in the seventeenth century, he injected into his music the new dynamism of the following century, without ever neglecting the theatrical aspect of the writing, including the instrumental writing.

Would the Venetian composer have really appreciated the performances heard over past decades, be they 'authentically baroque' or, provocatively 'rock-baroque'? The Italian violinist Daniele Orlando, accompanied by the Solisti Aquilani, 'read and 'play' the contemporaneity of Vivaldi: here there are no effects without cause, never is there an overbearing taste for gratuitous stupefaction as though saying to the listener, "Listen how gifted I am". Instead it is as though restoring his own stupefaction: "Listen how this music is lively and varied".

This new recording also poses another question: can one, today, given the state of our planet, interpret the Four Seasons as if our environment was not the result of the major wounds that man has inflicted on it, as if this Nature described by Vivaldi was not threatened? The response of Daniele Orlando is to be found in his musical choices that at times appear radical; yet there is always a pre-eminent care for the expressive dramaturgy in his performance.

Lastly, and it is a first, this recording consists of two different mixes of these Four Seasons: a version with natural sound and a second, more contrasted version that will enable the listener to enjoy two different sound environments.

I Solisti Aquilani
Daniele Orlando, solo violin, concertmaster

Danielle Orlando
A bored clerk in the City hall demographics department sustains that Daniele was born in Pescara under the sign of Scorpio. His father confirms this not very credible hypothesis. In fact, his mother, upon being questioned on the matter, asserts that he was born nine months earlier, in her belly.

Years later, in a small church, Daniele marries Masina. The wedding guests affirm without hesitation that, on that day, what can be defined as life actually began. And if we could ask him directly, he'd probably say that he came into this world two years later, when for the first time he beheld his daughter Penelope's deep, bright eyes.

Guido, an old seawolf, tells the tale that Daniele was born in the port of Pescara, under the watchful eye of "the Accademy", a group of elderly fishermen. They were the ones to show him the Sea for the first time. It's for this reason his eyes are blue. And that's why they entrusted him with a Galetti, a vintage mahogany boat nicknamed the "Stradivarius of the Sea". "The boat was in terrible condition and Daniele lovingly restored it", narrates Guido, "as if that piece of wood had a soul".

Among his teachers are such prestigious musicians as Antonio Anselmi, Dènes Zsgmondy and Boris Kushnir. Every one of them were met with a newborn student, every one of them saw him be reborn under the golden mantle of their teaching. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that at six years old Daniele picked up the violin and has never let it go. As if that piece of wood had a soul.

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