Elmar Oliveira, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1980) [Reissue 2005]
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Violinist Elmar Oliveira joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Recorded in May 1980 in California.
Antonio Vivaldi cast “The Four Seasons” in the form of four concertos for solo violin and string orchestra. Concertos are designed to feature an instrument which not only enjoys an especially prominent role but plays technically brilliant, or virtuosic, passages. In addition to juxtaposing the sound of the solo violin to the full ensemble, Vivaldi occasionally added a few instruments with the solo violin to create the musical textures of chamber music. Each of the concertos that comprise “The Four Seasons” follows a three-movement plan that Vivaldi helped to establish as the standard concerto form.
Tracklist:
01. Concerto No.1 in E Major (P.241) – La Primavera (Spring): I. Allegro
02. Concerto No.1 in E Major (P.241) – La Primavera (Spring): II. Largo
03. Concerto No.1 in E Major (P.241) – La Primavera (Spring): III. Allegro
04. Concerto No.2 in G Minor (P.336) – L’estate (Summer): I. Allegro non molto
05. Concerto No.2 in G Minor (P.336) – L’estate (Summer): II. Adagio
06. Concerto No.2 in G Minor (P.336) – L’estate (Summer): III. Presto
07. Concerto No.3 in F Major (P.257) – L’autunno (Autumn): I. Allegro
08. Concerto No.3 in F Major (P.257) – L’autunno (Autumn): II. Adagio molto
09. Concerto No.3 in F Major (P.257) – L’autunno (Autumn): III. Allegro
10. Concerto No.4 in F Minor (P.442) – L’inverno (Winter): I. Allegro non molto
11. Concerto No.4 in F Minor (P.442) – L’inverno (Winter): II. Largo
12. Concerto No.4 in F Minor (P.442) – L’inverno (Winter): III. Allegro
Personnel:
Elmar Oliveira – Violin Solo
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz – Conductor
Note:
Recorded on May 13-14, 1980 in Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, California.
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