Vivaldi & Piazzolla: The Four Seasons / Steinbacher, Munich Chamber Orchestra

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
June 19, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PIAZZOLLA VIVALDI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Munich Chamber Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Steinbacher
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 19, 2020
    • UPC
      827949074660
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186746
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Primavera Porteña (Spring) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

      Conductor: Džeraldas Bidva

    2. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    3. II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    4. III. Danza pastorale: Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    5. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Verano Porteño (Summer) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    6. I. Allegro non moto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    7. II. Adagio - Presto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    8. III. Presto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    9. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Otoño Porteño (Autumn) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

      Conductor: Džeraldas Bidva

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    11. II. Adagio molto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    13. Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Invierno Porteño (Winter) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    14. I. Allegro non molto

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    15. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher

    16. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Münchener Kammerorchester

      Performer: Arabella Steinbacher


Star violinist Arabella Steinbacher presents Antonio Vivaldi’s world-famous Four Seasons alongside Astor Piazzolla’s Cuatro estaciones porteñas, creating a lively combination of baroque and tango. The enormous popularity of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons tends to make us forget the original and ground-breaking nature of these violin concertos. Coupling them with Piazzolla’s tango-inspired Four Seasons of Buenos Aires makes both pieces sound fresher than ever before, thanks to Steinbacher’s personal engagement with the repertoire and the inspired accompaniment of the Münchener Kammerorchester. Piazzolla’s music is performed here in a new arrangement for violin and string orchestra by Peter von Wienhardt, whose Strauss song arrangements on Steinbacher’s previous album Aber der Richtige ... (2018) were extensively praised by the press.

Arabella Steinbacher, a multiple award-winner with an extensive PENTATONE discography, is accompanied by the players of the Münchener Kammerorchester, who make their PENTATONE debut.

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REVIEW:

Both soloist and ensemble approach the contrasting styles – baroque energy and bluesy Latin passion – with supple mastery, bows biting into strings, rhythms accentuated, mood at times aggressive. Vivaldi’s Summer, with its rushing storms and prickly, insect-ridden heat, sounds more than usually wild, with Steinbacher fearless in the rapid, high-flying outbursts. What a player.

– Observer (UK)