Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les éléments; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 78 min | 6,40 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Recorded: 2008
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 78 min | 6,40 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Recorded: 2008
Harmonia Mundi's Rebel: Elements – Vivaldi: Four Seasons combines two of the Baroque's biggest instrumental barnburners as performed by one of the top period instrument groups in Europe, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin, under the leadership of concertmasters Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer and Georg Kallweit and featuring their star attraction, violinist Midori Seiler. Like Vivaldi's often derided as over-familiar Four Seasons, Jean-Féry Rebel's 1737 ballet Les Éléments does not want for good recordings, but it is nowhere near as famous as the Vivaldi; this is the first time the two have been combined on a recording, and these pieces are quite compatible given their shared, programmatic purposes. Inasmuch as the Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin is concerned, these recordings reflect a staged performance of the two works as prepared for a festival in Italy in the fall of 2009 in collaboration with choreographer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola.–Dave Lewis
Performer:
Midori Seiler, solo violin
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit, konzertmeister (Rebel)
Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, konzertmeister (Vivaldi)
Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola, direction, choreography and dance performance
Tracklist
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Les éléments (1737)
01. I. Le chaos
02. II. Loure I
03. III. Chaconne
04. IV. Ramage
05. V. Rossignols
06. VI. Loure II - la chasse
07. VII. Tambourins I & II
08. VIII. Sicilienne
09. IX. Rondeau
10. X. Caprice
11. Chaconne (reprise)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Le quattro stagioni (1725)
12. La primavera: I. Allegro
13. II. Largo
14. III. Allegro
15. L'estate: I. Allegro non molto/II. Adagio
16. III. Presto
17. L'autunno: I. Allegro
18. II. Adagio molto
19. III. Allegro
20. L'inverno: I. Allegro non molto
21. II. Largo
22. III. Allegro
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler - Rebel: Les elements; Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (2009)
