The two filler works, the Concerto madrigalesco and the Concerto in D major, also receive the same loving treatment, so the whole album is a study of how delightful familiar Baroque pieces can be when transformed by the passion and creativity of the performers. This is decidedly a connoisseur's Four Seasons, and far from a rushed or rote performance one can only suppose that the little digressions and intermittent improvisations that Monti and Rasi create show a kind of flirtatious dalliance with the music that, in short order, becomes amorous involvement. The style of music is easily recognized and the mastery of it is something that many people would agree is something that is hard to resist. To the extent that these skilled Italian musicians take their time with the concertos and lavish them with an extraordinary amount of ornamentation, expressive melodic inflections, and innovative handling of the ensemble sound, one might well accept that the "love" of the title really pertains to their genuine feelings for the music. The Four Seasons that he made so famous was written in 1721 and released in 1725 and still stands as one of his greatest works. However, an orchestra has taken 'Winter' from The Four Seasons and turned it. We usually associate Vivaldi with Venice and the Italian sun. Here's a very special performance of one of the movements, from one of Europe's top chamber orchestras.
While it's not clear at first why this album is titled Four Seasons of Love (with no intended reference to Donna Summer's 1976 album of the same name), that should quickly become apparent in this Stradivarius release of Antonio Vivaldi's Le quattro stagione, played in authentic period style by violinist Davide Monti and Il Tempio Armonico, the Baroque orchestra of Verona, directed by Alberto Rasi. The Four Seasons, composed in 1723, is one of Baroque legend Vivaldi's most famous works for violin.
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