Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

With its vivid poetry and technical ingenuity, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons was ground breaking at the time of its release and to this day remains as influential and transfixing as ever. In this recording, violinist Kati Debretzeni directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in an energetic, historically informed performance. From the commanding heat of the Summer sun, to Winter’s foreboding darkness, the power of Vivaldi’s masterpiece is inescapable.

The booklet includes a ‘Guided tour of the Four Seasons’, allowing listeners to follow the poetry that inspired Vivaldi as they hear the performances on the disc, including additional composer’s notes from Vivaldi’s own scores.

SIGCD377  41 minutes 27 seconds
'So many recording of The Four Seasons tend to play the notes, often with little regard to the descriptive painting of the text in the music. In this excellent recording not only is the music s ...
'The leading period-instrument ensemble, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, has never before recorded Vivaldi 's evergreen The Four Seasons. The OAE's leader—Transylvanian-born violinist Kati ...