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4 Seasons - Vivaldi in Jazz

Sandro Cerino Crescendo Big Band

Composer
Vivaldi
Released
2000
Label
Soul Note
Forces
Big band
Personnel
Sandro Cerino Crescendo Big Band

Cerino wrote the project in 1997 and formed the Crescendo Big Band specifically to perform it before recording it in 2000.

A later concert put his jazz version beside violinist Piero Toso playing Vivaldi’s original, making the comparison part of the performance itself.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsVivaldi · classical source works

Four complete original-instrument concertos follow the album’s uninterrupted Spring–Summer–Autumn–Winter order.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Introduzione. AllegroThe Four Seasons: Spring — I. Allegro
  2. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 “La primavera”: II. LargoThe Four Seasons: Spring — II. Largo
  3. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 “La primavera”: III. AndanteThe Four Seasons: Spring — III. Allegro
  4. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non moltoThe Four Seasons: Summer — I. Allegro non molto
  5. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: II, Pt. 1. AdagioThe Four Seasons: Summer — II. Adagio
  6. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: II, Pt. 2. AllegroThe Four Seasons: Summer — II. Presto
  7. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: III. PrestoThe Four Seasons: Summer — III. Presto
  8. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: I, Pt. 1. AllegroThe Four Seasons: Autumn — I. Allegro
  9. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: I, Pt. 2. LiberamenteThe Four Seasons: Autumn — I. Allegro
  10. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: II, Pt. 1. Adagio moltoThe Four Seasons: Autumn — II. Adagio molto
  11. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: II, Pt. 2. Adagio moltoThe Four Seasons: Autumn — II. Adagio molto
  12. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: III. AndanteThe Four Seasons: Autumn — III. Allegro
  13. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto, tempo di tangoThe Four Seasons: Winter — I. Allegro non molto
  14. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. LargoThe Four Seasons: Winter — II. Largo
  15. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III, Pt. 1. Liberamente. AllegroThe Four Seasons: Winter — III. Allegro
  16. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III, Pt. 2. LentoThe Four Seasons: Winter — III. Allegro
  17. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III, Pt. 3. Finale. AllegroThe Four Seasons: Winter — III. Allegro