This instalment of theNaxos Musical Journeyseries pairs the scenery of various European ... more
locations with Vivaldi's evocativeFour Seasons. "Spring" in Austria is a time of flitting birds, grazing sheep, and a flower festival. "Summer" in Germany features hayfields and summer storms. "Autumn" in Italy highlights the grape harvest, fog-engulfed valleys, wildlife, and famous paintings depicting the hunt. "Winter" in Switzerland offers breathtaking views of snow-filled trees, meandering streams and horse-drawn sledges at twilight. In addition, Vivaldi's Concerto in D minor is accompanied by the healing waters, candle-lit churches, and hillside vistas of the spa town ofMontecatini Terme in Tuscany. Solo violinist Takako Nishizaki gives an adroit performance with the Capella Istropolitana, and the crystal-clear picture and robust Dolby 5.1 or DTS sound options make for an immensely enjoyable musical and visual experience. --Tami Horiuchi
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The FourSeasons by Vivaldi
Made famous by countless car adverts and Nigel Kennedy at the Albert Hall amongst other places. This has got to the piece that all fiddle player long to play and solo in!
My first exposure to this came when I was seven, we had a hat making competition at school, the Hat Parade, and dad suggested making a musical hat and came up with the FourSeasons which was a favourite of mine as a youngster. Mum and me made the hat, which turned out to be a master piece in the end (for a 7 year old anyway!) and I won first place! I was fixed with Vivaldi for a long time after!
Even a novice in classical music would recognise some of the notation!
Vivaldi composed in Vienna, and was born 1678 and died in 1741.
In these times, most music was composed and performed by telling a story and acting and dance were very ...
The four sessons is a barroque composition by Antonio Vivandi at the XVI century, that it is composed by 12 concerts, (3 concerts for each concert: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) who described many situation about somethings that happens in a season of the year.
The fourseasons was composed for a quertet cord musical instruments like: a violin, a viola and a contrabass, that describes us:
Spring:
Allegro
The birds coming with its singing with a water source, when the storms presents the birds try to scape to a tree, and after that they continues flying.
Largo
Tuq quiet with the leaves whispering, a dog barking and a man sleeping
Allegro
A dance
Summer:
Allegro non molto:
The music sounds like a hotter season with some winds
Adagio:
The flies in the place
Presto:
A sorm
Fall
Alegro:
Some dance ...
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