Juozas Rimas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Could you please assure me the seasons are his best work and I don't have
>to bother digging deeper?

Vivaldi has written approximatively 514 concerti...  If you like the
Four Seasons, "digging deeper" could be very rewarding.  The seasons
are the first four of a set of 12 concerti, Il cimento dell'armonia e
dell'invenzione (opus 8).  I find them all inventive and very beautifull,
especially La caccia (The hunt), La tempesta di mare (The see tempest),
and Il piacere (The pleasure).  A fantastic recording of these 12 concerti
is Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien on Teldec (mindblowing Four
Seasons, by far the best I've ever heard), but I am not sure it exists on
CD.

Paul Perron
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