Album guide
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Composer
- Vivaldi
- Released
- 1997
- Label
- Telarc
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Jacques Loussier, Vincent Charbonnier, André Arpino
Loussier worked from Vivaldi’s orchestral score, treating the string writing almost as percussion.
Bass and drums could then change the music’s colour and weight before the trio opened it out through improvisation.
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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 · twelve movements
The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.
Jazzed upJacques Loussier Trio · 1997
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Spring: AllegroViolin Concerto in E major, RV 269: I. Allegro
- Spring: LargoViolin Concerto in E major, RV 269: II. Largo
- Spring: AllegroViolin Concerto in E major, RV 269: III. Allegro
- Summer: Allegro non moltoViolin Concerto in G minor, RV 315: I. Allegro non molto
- Summer: AdagioViolin Concerto in G minor, RV 315: II. Adagio
- Summer: PrestoViolin Concerto in G minor, RV 315: III. Presto
- Autumn: AllegroViolin Concerto in F major, RV 293: I. Allegro
- Autumn: Adagio moltoViolin Concerto in F major, RV 293: II. Adagio molto
- Autumn: AllegroViolin Concerto in F major, RV 293: III. Allegro
- Winter: Allegro non moltoViolin Concerto in F minor, RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
- Winter: LargoViolin Concerto in F minor, RV 297: II. Largo
- Winter: AllegroViolin Concerto in F minor, RV 297: III. Allegro