Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons (Claudio Scimone) (2003)

The most 'Italian' and also most widely known and played Baroque concerti, The Four Seasons gains a whole new meaning in this performance. The renowned Italian Baroque specialists I Solisti Veneti and their director Claudio Scimone played the well-known pieces in some of the most magnificent Venetian Villas. Some of them are designed by the sixteenth-century architect Andrea Palladio, who gave a whole epoch its name. The musical descriptions of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter are brought even more vividly to life in these beautiful Venetian surroundings and suits the beauty of the architecture.