Vivaldi - Le quattro stagioni a parte reali Sonate RV27 & RV36

Concerto in mi maggiore per violino, archi e continuo RV 269 "La primavera"

1. Allegro 3.13
2. Largo 2.34
3. Allegro 3.51

Concerto in sol minore per violino, archi e continuo RV 315 "L'estate"

4. Allegro non molto 4.37
5. Adagio 2.36
6. Presto 2.38

Concerto in fa maggiore per violino, archi e continuo RV 293 "L'autunno"

7. Allegro 4.57
8. Adagio molto 3.01
9. Allegro 3.12

Concerto in fa minore per violino, archi e continuo RV 297 "L'inverno"

10. Allegro non molto 3.20
11. Largo 2.35
12. Allegro 2.55

Sonata in sol minore per violino e continuo RV 27 Op. 2 n. 1

13. Preludio (Andante) 2.06
14. Giga (Allegro) 0.57
15. Sarabanda (Largo) 2.18
16. Corrente (Allegro) 1.01

Sonata in si minore per violino e continuo RV 36 Op. 2 n. 5

17. Preludio (Andante) 2.10
18. Corrente (Allegro) 1.15
19. Giga (Presto) 0.48

Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recording assistant Paola Liberato
Recorded in the Church of San Sigismondo, Cremona
Recording date 24 - 27 August 2000

It is the only recording in the world in which all together the instruments of the famous Cremona Violins collection are "protagonists": the violin Stradivari the "Cremonese" (1715) played by Marco Fornaciari, the "Giuseppe Guarnieri detto del Gesù" played by Giuseppe Volpato (1734), the "Carlo IX" by Andrea Amati played by Antonio De Lorenzi (1566), the Viola "Stauffer" by Antonio and Gerolamo Amati played by Igor Merlini (1615).
In addition to these instruments, there is also another extraordinary instrument which is the double bass, the "Gasparo da Salò played by Leonardo Colonna (1590), not belonging to the Cremona "school" but to that of Brescia.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons have been a great success, renewed at every private listening and public performance, since two centuries and a half. It can be claimed without hesitation that there does not exist any work of the classical repertoire of equally great renown.
The choice of location was dictated by its wonderful acoustics which allowed to obtain an exceptional result.
For this recording Giulio Cesare Ricci used the original tube microphones Neumann U47, U48, M49 and all its equipment: advanced mike pre-amplifiers, line, microphone and supply cables Signoricci.
The original master were transferred directly to DSD
Also for this recording Giulio Cesare Ricci used a "field effect" recording technique, natural sound, without the use of equalizers, no sound expansion and compression systems ... all this to make the listener live in his own system domestic hifi the live effect as if he was present at the performances.
An album not to be missed!