Vivaldi – Verdi

Vivaldi / Verdi

Riccardo Minasi Conductor/Violine
Orchestra La Scintilla

Antonio Vivaldi
The four seasons

Giuseppe Verdi
The four seasons
Ballet music from
«Les vêpres siciliennes»

Riccardo Minasi and Orchestra La Scintilla recorded two identically titled, yet stylistically different compositions – ​‘The Four Seasons’ by Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Verdi. In Vivaldi’s famous concerti, Minasi proves himself as soloist and pays tribute to his teacher Paolo Centurioni, with whom he studied Vivaldi’s music in his childhood. The rest of the album features ballet music by Verdi, written 125 years later for his opera I Vespri Siciliani. This pairing gives the ensemble the opportunity to showcase both the breadth of its repertoire and its considerable flexibility, with Verdi being performed on period instruments.

• Release Date : 15/05/2020

• Label : Philharmonia Records - Opernhaus Zürich