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Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Etc / Nishizaki, Gunzenhauser

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Details

Composer
VIVALDI
Artist
Takako, Stephen, Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Gunzenhauser
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 05, 1988
Catalog #
8550056
UPC
730099505628

About

Takako Nishizaki is one of Japan's finest violinists. After studying with her father, Shinji Nishizaki, she became the first student of Shinichi Suzuki, the creator of the famous Suzuki Method of teaching children to play the violin. Subsequently she went to Japan's famous Toho School of Music and to Juilliard in the United States, where she studied with Joseph Fuchs. The first concerto, Spring, opens with the cheerful song of the birds that welcomes the season, followed by the gentle murmur of streams fanned by the breeze: there is thunder and lightning, and then the birds resume their song, represented by the solo violin assisted by two other solo violins. The second movement shows the goat-herd asleep, while the viola serves as a watch-dog, barking regularly in each bar against the murmur of the foliage. A pastoral dance brings more activity, to the sound of the bag-pipe, interrupted by a section for the solo violin that seems to breathe the sultry heat of coming summer. Autumn opens with the dance and song of the country-people, in work that has much of the artifice of the traditional pastoral convention. The last of the seasons, Winter, brings cold winds, the stamping of feet and chattering teeth. The slow movement shelters by the warmth of the fireside, while the rain falls outside, and the last movement of this eventful history shows people walking carefully on ice, slipping and falling and running in case the ice breaks. The winds are at war, but there is sport to be had.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 03:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  2. 2 II. Largo e pianissimo sempre 02:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  3. 3 III. Danza Pastorale (Allegro) 04:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Danza Pastorale (Allegro)
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  4. 4 I. Allegro non molto 05:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  5. 5 II. Adagio - Presto 02:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  6. 6 III. Presto 03:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  7. 7 I. Allegro 04:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  8. 8 II. Adagio molto 02:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  9. 9 III. Allegro 03:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  10. 10 I. Allegro non molto 03:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  11. 11 II. Largo 02:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  12. 12 III. Allegro 03:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  13. 13 I. Presto 01:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  14. 14 II. Adagio 01:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  15. 15 III. Allegro 01:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser