Piazzolla / Steinbacher / Munich Chamber Orchestra Four Seasons Super-Audio CD

Star violinist Arabella Steinbacher presents Antonio Vivaldi's world-famous Four Seasons alongside Astor Piazzolla's Cuatro estaciones porte?as, 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 M?nchener 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 M?nchener Kammerorchester, who make their PENTATONE debut.

1. 1.áááLas 4 Estaciones porte±as (The Four Seasons): Primavera Porte±a (Spring) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 2. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) 3. 2.áááI. Allegro 4. 3.áááII. Largo e pianissimo sempre 5. 4.áááIII. Danza pastorale: Allegro 6. 5.áááLas 4 Estaciones porte±as (The Four Seasons): Verano Porte±o (Summer) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 7. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer) 8. 6.áááI. Allegro non moto 9. 7.áááII. Adagio - Presto 10. 8.áááIII. Presto 11. 9.áááLas 4 Estaciones porte±as (The Four Seasons): Oto±o Porte±o (Autumn) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 12. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn) 13. 10.áááI. Allegro 14. 11.áááII. Adagio molto 15. 12.áááIII. Allegro 16. 13.áááLas 4 Estaciones porte±as (The Four Seasons): Invierno Porte±o (Winter) (arr. P. von Wienhardt for violin and strings) 17. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) 18. 14.áááI. Allegro non molto 19. 15.áááII. Largo 20. 16.áááIII. Allegro