Vivaldi's Five Seasons
The Quintessence of the Four Seasons. The "Four Seasons“ by Antonio Vivaldi belong to the most-played works in the classical repertoire. Despite this fact, they don't become boring or tiring to hear. They still retain your youthful freshness, which convinced 5 saxophonists to make their own recordings in 2007.
The Quintessence Saxophone Quintett has made a „Concerto grosso“, of the piece, all saxophones playing their share of the solo position. Even more astounding the most untypical instrumentation with two (!) soprano saxophones, one alto, one tenor and one baritone saxophone. Seeing as Vivaldi's music is a wonderful catalyst for breeding new ideas, Uli Lettermann has composed a "Fifth Season", taking some motival reference to the previous ideas of Vivaldi.
Review of the CD at klassik-heute.com from 18.6.08 (German)
All in all: A wonderful new and inspiring work with its origin based on the music of Antonio Vivaldi. After the successful „Moving Mozart“ (219 51 99) we again hear excellent arrangements, recommendable for anyone with a curious interest in something rather special.
Contents:
Spring I. Allegro, II. Largo, III. Allegro
Summer I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Presto
Autumn I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro
Winter I. Allegro non molto, II. Largo, III. Allegro
Fifth Season I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Groovy
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