The new Four seasons / Vivaldi.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741, composer.

Contributor:

Kennedy, Nigel, instrumentalist.

Ball, Lizzie, 1981- conductor.

Reece, Damon, 1967- performer.

Robinson, Orphy, instrumentalist.

Nowak, Tomasz Adam, 1962- instrumentalist.

Boyle, Doug, 1962- instrumentalist.

Blacq, Xantoné, performer.

Z-Star, performer.

Potterton, Lucy, performer.

Orchestra of Life, instrumentalist.

Standardized Title:

Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. N. 1-4; arranged

Language:

English

Italian

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Violin with string orchestra), Arranged.

Concertos (Electric violin with string orchestra), Arranged.

Genre:

Concertos.

Arrangements (Music)

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (62 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Distribution:

Gütersloh, Germany : distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

Other Title:

Four seasons

Place of Publication:

[Gütersloh, Germany?] : Sony Classical, [2014]

System Details:

digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo

audio file CD audio

Summary:

In 1989 Nigel Kennedy made his breakthrough recording of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons.' In his sleeve notes to that famous release, Kennedy stressed that he had rejected the idea of playing Vivaldi's suite of violin concertos in either the "authentic" fashion, using period instruments, or in the more florid "romantic" style. He explained that his objective was to use "every kind of technique I know" to communicate his feeling for the music to his listeners. He didn't believe that The Four Seasons was confined to any particular point in time, because it "has far more to offer than mere historical interest." Now, in 2015, Kennedy returns with a completely fresh take on 'The Four Seasons,' but while the music sounds hugely different, his creative attitude is the same. Once again he has set out to prove that 'The Four Seasons' can be music for all time, and in his opinion there's no reason why Vivaldi's masterpiece shouldn't be opened up to embrace developments in musical instrument technology, or even new musical styles undreamt of in Vivaldi's 18th century world. Any forward-looking composer, Kennedy reasons, would have been delighted to exploit the potential of more expressive or sophisticated instrumentation if it had been available to him.

Contents:

Spring. Melodious incantation ; Transitoire # ; The goatherd sleeps with his trusty dog beside him ; Trasitoire ## ; Nymphs and shepherds dance

Summer. Destiny ; Transitoire # ; Fear ; Transitoire ## ; His fears are only too true

Autumn. The peasant celebrates the rich harvest ; Transitoire # ; Pleasure of sweetest slumber ; Transitoire ## ; Horns, guns, and dogs

Winter. Prolitoire # ; To shiver, frozen ; The rain outside ; Transitoire # ; Walk on the ice ; The end.

Participant:

Nigel Kennedy, violin, electric violin ; Orchestra of Life ; Lizzie Ball, conductor ; with, variously: Damon Reece ; Orphy Robinson ; Tomasz Nowak ; Doug Boyle ; Xantone Blacq ; Z-Star ; Lucy Potterton.

Notes:

Originally for violin and string orchestra; arranged for violin and electric violin with string orchestra.

Recorded 2011 December 14-20 and 2012 January 26-28 Angel Studios and RAK Studios.

Title from disc label.

Program notes and texts of the sonnets in English inserted in container.

OCLC:

922483084

Publisher Number:

00888750767226 gtin-14

888750767226

88875076722 Sony Classical