Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8 & Other Concertos (Alpha Collection)

Featuring

Amandine Beyer
Alba Roca
Marco Ceccato
Gli Incogniti
Antonio Vivaldi

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Recording & Production

This album includes three concertos that were either very little recorded or previously unpublished, adding an intriguing light on Vivaldi's compositional methods.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Vivaldi's music, while eminently violinistic, also contains deep harmonic and contrapuntal skill, always serving rhythm and poetry.

Performer Biography

Amandine Beyer, the solo violinist and director of Gli Incogniti, finds dance to be the art that most influences her life and musical interpretation.

Composition History

Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons in Mantua for a small orchestra of excellent musicians, which influenced his compositional style.

Interpretation

Gli Incogniti often performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with one musician per part, creating a special atmosphere of attention, electricity, concentration, and sharing.

Interpretation

For this recording, Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti used both the Le Cène edition (1725) and the Manchester manuscript of The Four Seasons, allowing for diverse interpretative choices.

Recording & Production

The recording producers and sound engineers for this album were Franck Jaffrès and Alban Moraud, and it was recorded in January 2008 at Christuskirche in Paris.