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    Artist: 
    Anne-Sophie Mutter

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    CD
    €18,99

    Release date: October 4, 1999

    One of Anne-Sophie Mutter's most exhilarating recordings, this album marked a fresh approach to Vivaldi's Four Seasons on her part, involving a chamber-sized ensemble, the Trondheim Soloists. Together, they take full account of the work's great variety of pace and colour.
    Anne-Sophie Mutter's playing is - as usual - unrivalled. The opening moment of the ‘Spring’ sounds delightful, the ‘Summer’ storm sensational, while in the second movements of the ‘Winter’ the cold, banished by crackling fire, is clearly perceptible. The immaculate tones sound brilliant as usual, and the Trondheim Soloists provide a fine, sometimes barely perceptible accompaniment. The CD is complemented by Tartini's Sonata in G minor, better known as the ‘Devil's Trill Sonata’, a marvellous piece of Baroque violin virtuosity.
     
    Tracklisting:
     
    Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La 
    Primavera"
    1. I. Allegro
    2. II. Largo
    3. III. Allegro
     
    Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315 
    "L'estate"
    4. I. Allegro non molto – Allegro
    5. II. Adagio - Presto – Adagio
    6. III. Presto
     
    Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293 
    "L'autunno"
    7. I. Allegro
    8. II. Adagio molto
    9. III. Allegro
     
    Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 
    "L'inverno"
    10.I. Allegro non molto
    11.II. Largo
    12.III. Allegro
     
    Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del 
    diavolo"
    13.I. Larghetto affettuoso
    14.II. Allegro
    15.III. Andante – Allegro
    16.IV. Allegro assai

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    Format Album
    Release Date 1999