Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons (ReUp)

Opinion
I think we may have the definitive recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons here with the talents of Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Trondheim Soloists. A rich, full-bodied Four Seasons is presented here; a genuine product of musical growth for Mutter, given she recorded the seasons nearly 20 years ago for EMI. Harald Wieser says it best in the liner notes, "The recording that you made with Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic was very beautiful. Very beautiful, but also very stolid. It was like a good, heavy red wine. A musical High Mass celebrating The Four Seasons. But it is the popping of vintage champagne corks that one hears in your playing with these young Norwegians, playing in which you are so infectiously youthful and one can almost literally see the twinkle in your eye….For me the High Mass has been turned into a high spirited celebration, with a pure and sometimes even boisterous delight in music-making. In the Presto from "Summer" and the Allegro from "Autumn," the Trondheimers literally leap from their seats…Your four seasons for Karajan was an example of life as art. The present recording, under your own direction, is an example of art as life."

Tracklist
1. Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera" - 1. Allegro
2. Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera" - 2. Largo
3. Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera" - 3. Allegro (Danza pastorale)
4. Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor, Op.8, No.2, R.315 "L'estate" - 1. Allegro non molto - Allegro
5. Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor, Op.8, No.2, R.315 "L'estate" - 2. Adagio - Presto - Adagio
6. Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor, Op.8, No.2, R.315 "L'estate" - 3. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)
7. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F, Op.8, No.3, R.293 "L'autunno" - 1. Allegro (Ballo, e canto de' villanelli)
8. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F, Op.8, No.3, R.293 "L'autunno" - 2. Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti)
9. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F, Op.8, No.3, R.293 "L'autunno" - 3. Allegro (La caccia)
10. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 "L'inverno" - 1. Allegro non molto
11. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 "L'inverno" - 2. Largo
12. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 "L'inverno" - 3. Allegro
13. Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del diavolo" - 1. Larghetto affettuoso
14. Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del diavolo" - 2. Allegro
15. Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del diavolo" - 3. Andante - Allegro
16. Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del diavolo" - 4. Allegro assai