Antonio Vivaldi — Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
*Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, «Spring» (La primavera)
1. Allegro (00:30)
2. Largo e pianissimo sempre (03:37)
3. Allegro pastorale (06:25)
*Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, «Summer» (Lestate)
1. Allegro non molto (10:22)
2. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte (16:02)
3. Presto (18:03)
*Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, «Autumn» (Lautunno)
1. Allegro (20:37)
2. Adagio molto (26:14)
3. Allegro (28:47)
*Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, «Winter» (Linverno)
1. Allegro non molto (32:40)
2. Largo (35:56)
3. Allegro (38:34)
Encore: J. S. Bach — Air for Violin, Harpsichord and Strings (45:28)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin and direction
Mutter Virtuosi Ensemble
The complete concerto, «La Primavera» (Spring), from the Four Seasons. Voices of Music, Alana Youssefian, baroque violin. The concerto is here presented in 4K, ultra high definition video, performed on original instruments.
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For this video, a new edition was prepared from the original sources, prints and manuscripts for Vivaldis music. In preparing this performing edition, we made the musicological decision that the indication for mutes in the Allegro («con Sordine») for the violins is misplaced in the original print (there is no indication in the Manchester part books), and the mutes should be in the Largo (and, importantly, not in the final movement). The mutes now provide a textural fence between the violas and the soloist. Vivaldi writes that the last movement is a rustic dance to the sound of bagpipes (“Zampogna”). So we also listened to some old style Italian bagpipes and added a few notes to the drones in Vivaldis bass part to recreate this brilliant and special sound. Here is our new version, with the muted violins in the slow movement, and the vibrant, un-muted final allegro.
Ms Youssefian plays a baroque violin by Jason Viseltear, 2016, after Carlo Giuseppe Testore, Milan, at the sign of the eagle.
Special thanks to Michael Talbot. NB: Subtitles are by Antonio Vivaldi!
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00:00:00 — The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, «Spring»: I. Allegro
00:03:29 — Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro
00:06:23 — The 4 Seasons — Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315, «Lestate» (Summer): III. Presto
00:09:26 — 12 Violin Concertos, Op. 4, «La stravaganza»: No. 5 in A Major, RV 347
00:18:36 — Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10, No. 2, RV 439, «La notte»
00:27:55 — The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, «Lautunno» (Autumn): I. Allegro
00:32:43 — Bassoon Concerto in A Minor, RV 498
00:42:33 — II. Largo
00:47:10 — 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 2: No. 2 in A Major, RV 31
00:53:51 — Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537
01:00:49 — II. Largo
01:05:49 — Chamber (Lute) Concerto in D Major, RV 93: I. Allegro
01:09:17 — Sopranino Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 444
01:19:00 — The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, «Linverno» (Winter): II. Largo
01:21:21 — I. Allegro
01:25:28 — Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor: Larghetto e spirituoso
01:29:35 — The Four Seasons, Spring: Largo e sempre pianissimo
01:32:14 — Guitar Concerto in A: Larghetto
01:39:16 — Flute Concerto in D Major: Il gardellino — Largo
01:42:28 — Concerto for Two Mandolins in G RV532 — Andante
01:45:14 — Guitar Concerto in D — Largo
Evgeni Plushenko / Евгений Плющенко / エフゲニー・プルシェンコ
2000/2001 ISU Grand Prix Final, Tokyo, Japan, Feb.15-18 2001
2000-2001 フィギュアスケート グランプリ ファイナル 代々木体育館 (東京) 2001年2月15日-18日
Финал Гран-при по фигурному катанию, Токио, Япония, 15-18 февраля 2001
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