Vivaldi Stern Jerusalem Music Center - 4 Seasons (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Vivaldi, Stern, Jerusalem Music Center
4 Seasons
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 1 in E major, RV 269
2. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 2 in G minor, RV 315
3. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 3 in F major, RV 293
4. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 4 in F minor, RV 297
5. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 5 in E flat major, R
6. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 6 in C major, RV 180
7. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 7 in D minor, RV 242
8. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 8 in G minor, RV 332
9. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 9 in D minor, RV 236
10. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 10 in B flat major,
11. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 11 in D major, RV 21
12. Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo, Op. 8: No. 12 in C major, RV 17

CD Details

All Artists: Vivaldi, Stern, Jerusalem Music Center
Title: 4 Seasons
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 074644252620

CD Reviews

A fine performance of a popular work

Chris Orr | London, UK | 02/06/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"An overall energetic performance- but the Winter concerto is spectacularly so, with the first movement exploding off Stern's violin. The second has a certain lively tranquility and the third rounds it all off beautifully."

Why did the other guy give is 4 if the violin explodes?

Les Kismartoni | Park Ridge, IL USA | 12/12/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'll agree with the other reviewer... The music is wonderful and the ensemble works very very well with Stern. The winter concierto is by far the best rendition that I have ever heard (blows away Mutter and Kennedy...). There is just a technical mastery and a certain spontaneous quality about the album... I hope that helps in exploring this well known work..."

Sub-par Stern

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 02/10/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This must be a later-career Stern recording-- there's a definite lack of consistency here. Retaining his brilliance on the allegro movements, Stern has little fluidity in the more expressive passages. Listen to the largo from Winter for an example of this almost perfunctory delivery. It's a shame too, for Isaac Stern was one of the best violinists of his generation. Stern's 1950s monaural COLUMBIA recordings stand as testament to that.

Pass on this one."