In a nutshell, that program confirmed my clear preference for Carmignola. I was surprised how close these two versions were, in spite of being recorded with 10 years between them. However, luckily for me, Carmignola actually recorded the Four Seasons twice, and his earlier recording with the Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca was selected. Unfortunately, exactly this recording didn’t appear. In any case, I was obviously very curious if it would appear in the Disques en lice selection, and how it would compare. So take this with a grain of salt, obviously there are many other good recordings out there. I had chosen my personal preference, the recording by Carmignola below, some time ago after comparing about 20 versions. Obviously, this work has been recorded a gazillion times.
On my personal playlist it appears about 1 per year. But if you haven’t listened to it for a while and actually give it a go again with a fresh ear, there are many beautiful elements in there that makes it worth going back to it occasionally. Obviously this has been overplayed to death. I wouldn’t go as far as Stravinsky who said Vivaldi had written the same concerto 400 times, he has a point though.īut obviously, you just HAVE to have a version of the world most famous program music, the Four Seasons, in any decent record collection (or music collection to be more generic, does anybody still collect records out there?). I’ve mentioned previously that I’m not a very big Vivaldi fan. On my personal scale, Bach and even partially Händel are miles ahead of the Red Priest. They’ve recently compared 7 versions of the world famous Four Seasons. PURCELL: Chaconne (‘Chacony’) in G minor, 4 parts 5:40Ģ0.Another blog post triggered by the series of blind comparisons on Swiss radio, Disques en lice, the French version, this time. PURCELL: Rondeau from ‘Abdelazer’ 1:17ġ9. PACHELBEL: Kanon in D (orig: for 3 Violins & Cello) 4:32ġ8. HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (‘Solomon’) 3:04ġ7.
J S BACH: Air on the G String (from 3rd Orchestral Suite) 4:59ġ6. ALBINONI-GIAZOTTO Adagio in G minor 9:32ġ5. ‘The Four Seasons’ (from Op.8 ‘Trial of Harmony and Invention’)ġ3. “great spontaneity and vitality…firm resonant bass…polished, strongly characterised accompaniments…the effect is aying is alive, alert, stylish & committed….sound is first class." Vivaldi: Four Seasons & Baroque Favourites
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