Artist: Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra Title: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Year Of Release: 2015 Label: BIS Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 96.0kHz + Booklet Total Time: 01:07:38 Total Size: 1.35 gb Tracklist 01. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro 02. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo 03. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Danza pastorale. Allegro 04. The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non moto 05. The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio - Presto 06. The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto 07. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro 08. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto 09. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro 10. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto 11. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo 12. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro 13. Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 226: II. Largo 14. Concerto for 4 Violins & Cello in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580: I. Allegro 15. Concerto for 4 Violins & Cello in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580: II. Largo 16. Concerto for 4 Violins & Cello in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580: III. Allegro 17. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6, RV 356: I. Allegro 18. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6, RV 356: II. Largo 19. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6, RV 356: III. Presto 20. Concerto grosso in D Major, RV 562 "Per la solennità di San Lorenzo": II. Grave 21. La verità in cimento, RV 739, Sinfonia: I. Allegro 22. La verità in cimento, RV 739, Sinfonia: II. Andante 23. La verità in cimento, RV 739, Sinfonia: III. Presto The world was hardly clamoring for another recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons violin concertos, but the Australian Chamber Orchestra has evolved into one of the world's top concert attractions, and it's natural that their fans would want to hear them in this ubiquitous work. Violin soloist Richard Tognetti plays a 1743 Guarneri instrument with a powerfully flashy tone, and he gets a large variety of sounds from it. These are complemented by the inclusion in the booklet of the four sonnets included by Vivaldi in the score (and possibly written by the composer himself). This is always desirable, for the Four Seasons are programmatic in a way that's hard to pick up from the music alone, and the inclusion of the texts is remarkably rare. Tognetti's performances lie somewhere in between the aggressive new Italian approaches and the classic silvery sound. He takes most of the music at a rapid clip, but the Australian Chamber Orchestra's smooth ensemble work is fully in evidence. A comfortable, contemporary Four Seasons that does not stray too far from the beaten path of the work's interpretive tradition