Artist: Arabella Steinbacher & Munich Chamber Orchestra
Title: Four Seasons
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: PentaTone
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 68:09
Total Size: 1.21 GB

Tracklist:

01. 4 Estaciones Porteñas (Arr. P. von Wienhardt for Violin & Orchestra): III. Primavera Porteña (4:52)
02. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro (3:23)
03. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo e pianissimo sempre (2:45)
04. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Danza pastorale. Allegro (4:12)
05. 4 Estaciones Porteñas (Arr. P. von Wienhardt for Violin & Orchestra): I. Verano Porteño (7:41)
06. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto (5:06)
07. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio (2:27)
08. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto (2:48)
09. 4 Estaciones Porteñas (Arr. P. von Wienhardt for Violin & Orchestra): IV. Otoño Porteño (6:45)
10. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro (5:16)
11. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto (2:27)
12. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro (3:28)
13. 4 Estaciones Porteñas (Arr. P. von Wienhardt for Violin & Orchestra): II. Invierno Porteño (7:46)
14. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto (3:40)
15. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo (2:01)
16. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro (3:40)

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.