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

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

$21.99

Details

Composer
PIAZZOLLA VIVALDI
Artist
Steinbacher
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Jun 19, 2020
Catalog #
PTC5186746
UPC
827949074660

About

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)

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Primavera Porteña (Spring) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 04:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Primavera Porteña (Spring) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Džeraldas Bidva
  2. 2 I. Allegro 03:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  3. 3 II. Largo e pianissimo sempre 02:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  4. 4 III. Danza pastorale: Allegro 04:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Danza pastorale: Allegro
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  5. 5 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Verano Porteño (Summer) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Verano Porteño (Summer) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  6. 6 I. Allegro non moto 05:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro non moto
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  7. 7 II. Adagio - Presto 02:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  8. 8 III. Presto 02:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  9. 9 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Otoño Porteño (Autumn) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 06:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Otoño Porteño (Autumn) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Džeraldas Bidva
  10. 10 I. Allegro 05:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  11. 11 II. Adagio molto 02:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  12. 12 III. Allegro 03:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  13. 13 Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Invierno Porteño (Winter) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 07:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    Las 4 Estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons): Invierno Porteño (Winter) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings)
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  14. 14 I. Allegro non molto 03:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  15. 15 II. Largo 02:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
  16. 16 III. Allegro 03:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Arabella Steinbacher
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester