Best vivaldi12/24/2023 Is there a version or conductor that is most recommended? I love Karajan, but I recently read that he "slaughtered" baroque composers. The closest I've heard at getting it right is the old Munchinger/Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Decca/London), who are very good but still come off sounding rather plummy as well as old-fashioned in approach.īetoruizalonso wrote:Hi!! I'm new here and I wanted to know if there's a "best" recording of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. They just don't seem to cut it, no matter who's leading 'em. Still, that CRD version sounded very good to me last time I listened.Īvoid big ensembles in this piece. Both versions feature "early instruments" but were done before the term HIP was common, so not every element of the performances may comply with current early performance practice. Don't bother with the performance they did for DGG/Arkiv, which I think was done in digital, but which features squealier instrument playing, lower energy and comparatively weak ensemble. They did two versions (maybe more?), one in all analogue sound for the CRD label and released in the US on Vanguard-don't know who (if anyone) released this on CD, but THIS IS THE VERSION YOU WANT. The same could be said of Marriner/ASMF on early Argo, and the sound is marginally better on that one, but I tend to prefer I Musici's playing. Gorgeous ensemble and execution in every way, including very good recording, but on modern instruments. I Musici's first stereo version on Philips (surely they released it on CD at some point). It consists of three movements, the best known of which is the first.I'll give you some old-school alternatives: It became famous in the last half century for its inclusion in the film Kramer v. 1725Ĭomposed in 1725, it is one of the few works of the author in which this instrument is part. Concerto for Mandolin, strings and continuo RV 425. The opera tells the story of an Indian princess and a suitor with bad intentions. The opera is set in a royal court in India and focuses on the story of a young princess and a dishonest suitor. The opera house of the court of Count Franz Anton von Sporck was premiered in 1730. It is an opera premiered in Prague where the Venetian singer and businessman Antonio Denzio Jesus is as for the Christian salvation from all this sin. The text describes the deficiencies of the world manifesting the tomorrow that exists in it. It is a sacred motet (composition of religious character) composed in 1735 on the basis of an anonymous Latin text. It tells the story of Aristea, a Greek princess trophy of the winner of the Olympic Games, intended by Megacles and Lycidas. Vivaldi’s version premiered in Venice at the Teatro di Sant’Angelo on February 17, 1734. L’Olimpiade is a dramma per musica in three acts whose libretto was originally written by Pietro Metastasio for an opera of the same name by Antonio Caldara premiered in 1733. It is based on the original poem by Jacobo da Todi from the 13th century relating Mary’s lament at the feet of Jesus crucified. It is a sacred work commissioned for the feast of the patron saint of the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Brescia in 1712. Composed in three movements Allegro, largo y alegro 6. Practically nothing is known about this concert but its beauty has made it very famous. Concert for 2 trumpets and orchestra RV 537 This operatic drama in three acts tells the story of Lycidas, Megacle and Argene and the love stories between them that occur in the celebration of an Olympic Games in classical antiquity. Vivaldi put him to music in 1734 to be represented in the theater Sant’Angelo. It is a musical drama by the author with libretto by Pietro Metastasio that he originally wrote for Antonio Candara. Their usual form has three movements, although in some cases they have four or even five movements. they can play more than one instrument as soloists. Sometimes these concerts are double, triple or quadruple, i.e. Johann Sebastian Bach himself would make transcriptions of some of these concerts. It is a collection of 12 concerts for violin and orchestra written in 1711. It lasts approximately 30 minutes and is divided into twelve movements. It is divided into recitatives (texts sung with harpsichord accompaniment) and arias (solo songs with orchestra accompaniment). It is one of the most famous sacred works of the Venetian composer, composed as an opera, but without scenic representation. 8, RV 293, “L’autunno” (Autumn)Ĭoncerto No.
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