Posted by Demulen on 01/29/07 10:18

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons /Albinoni /Corelli


WMA | CBR 256 Kbps | April 4, 1985 | 126 Mb

Karajan is probably one of the most accomplished conductors to come
out of post-Mahler era of German symphonic tradition influenced
strongly by Beethoven, Mahler, and Wagner. This means that in addition
to usually using larger groups to play the smaller traditional chamber
group pieces as intended here, the instruments with symphonies such as
the Berlin Philharmonic are also generally modern except perhaps for
the soloist's. Conductors and musicians are trained to perform every
piece as if it were a Mahler symphony. All of these things redefine
the piece significantly so the performance simply has more the
dynamics of a German Mahler or Wagner piece instead of an Italian
chamber piece which was devised for different and smaller
specifications as well as style of performance. This performance is
almost a full adaptation or tran$$$$$$ion instead of an interpretation
and so grandiose in scope that it's even too much for Beehthoven's
symphonies. Solti has a similar style although Karajan I find to be
better as he is often less hesitant with Vivaldi and is more
passionate in his interpretations. This is a good performance to look
into if you like modern symphonic interpretations for traditional
chamber pieces. Violin virtuoso performances such as Perlman's are
also in this category. There are few to boast of that are played in
the Baroque tradition as there are few groups out there who can really
play Vivaldi well in that style: especially this piece. The best in my
opinion would be Pina Carmirelli's 1982 performance with I Musici di
Roma. In addition to the group playing on Stradivari, Carmirelli has a
very fluid and constant interpretation that is Romantic but mostly
traditional. A close one behind that is Salvatore Acardo's
Stradivarius performance with I Solisti delle Settimane Musicali di
Napoli (Acardo actually performed this piece with I Musici as well.)
Karajan's however is probably one of the best ones to come out of the
German orchestral tradition of interpretation such as with Solti,
Toscanini, and even Bernstein who all rose from that discipline from
the early 1900s to the '50s and 60's. All of them are accomplished
legends in symphonic direction and good investments if you like this
style of interpretation.

CD:

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Spring's Awakening- Song of the...
2. La Primavera (Spring) op.8 No.1 Con in E RV 269: 2. Largo e
pianissimo sempre: The sleeping ...
3. La Primavera (Spring) op.8 No.1 Con in E RV 269: 3. Danza
pastorale. Allegro: (Country Dance)
4. L'Estate (Summer) op.8 No.2 Con in g RV 315: 1. Allegro non
molto:Languor caused by the heat- The...
5. L'Estate (Summer) op.8 No.2 Con in g RV 315: 2. Adagio- Presto:
Flies & blue-bottles
6. L'Estate (Summer) op.8 No.2 Con in g RV 315: 3. Presto: Summer
Storm
7. L'Autunno (Autumn) op.8 No.3 Con in F RV 293: 1. Allegro: Dance &
song of country folk- The Toper...
8. L'Autunno (Autumn) op.8 No.3 Con in F RV 293: 2. Adagio: The
Sleeping Drunkards
9. L'Autunno (Autumn) op.8 No.3 Con in F RV 293: 3. Allegro: The hunt-
The fleeing beast- Guns &...
10. L'Inverno (Winter) op.8 No.4 Con in f RV 297: 1. Allegro non
molto: Frozen shivering in the icy...
11. L'Inverno (Winter) op.8 No.4 Con in f RV 297: 2. Largo: Rain
12. L'Inverno (Winter) op.8 No.4 Con in f RV 297: 3. Allegro: Crossing
the ice- Moving carefully &...
13. Adagio in g for Strs & Org - Wolfgang Meyer
14. Christmas Con in g: 1. Vivace- Grave- Allegro - Thomas Brandis/
Emil Maas/Ottomar Borwitzky/Waldemar Doling/Wolfgang Meyer
15. Christmas Con in g: 2. Adagio- Allegro- Adagio - Thomas Brandis/
Emil Maas/Ottomar Borwitzky/Waldemar Doling/Wolfgang Meyer
16. Christmas Con in g: 3. Vivace - Thomas Brandis/Emil Maas/Ottomar
Borwitzky/Waldemar Doling/Wolfgang Meyer
17. Christmas Con in g: 4. Allegro - Thomas Brandis/Emil Maas/Ottomar
Borwitzky/Waldemar Doling/Wolfgang Meyer
18. Christmas Con in g: 5. Pastorale (Largo) - Thomas Brandis/Emil
Maas/Ottomar Borwitzky/Waldemar Doling/Wolfgang Meyer

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