Trafalgar Sinfonia
Seasons
- Type CD
- Label Signum Classics
- UPC 0635212043721
- Catalog number SIGCD 437
- Release date 29 January 2016
About the album
Seasons combines Antonio Vivaldi’s timeless concerto cycle The Four Seasons, performed by the Trafalgar Sinfonia and soloist Kerenza Peacock, with a new contrasting composition by British composer Oliver Davis. Inspired by the same set of poetry upon which Vivaldi based his Four Seasons, Davis’s new work Anno, performed by Grace Davidson, is a composition for orchestra and solo soprano. This release follows the success of Davis’s debut Signum album Flight earlier this year (SIGCD411): “... exuberant works are performed with charisma and sensitivity by Kerenza Peacock and the LSO.” (BBC Music Magazine) Since graduating the RAM in 1994, Oliver Davis has composed and produced numerous concertos, albums, soundtracks and television scores working with all the major London orchestras.
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11Anno I. Spring
05:23 -
12Anno II. Summer
04:01 -
13Anno III. Autumn
04:37 -
14Anno IV. Winter
05:45 -
15Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring) I. Allegro
03:21 -
16Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring) II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
02:25 -
17Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring) III. Allegro pastorale
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18Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) I. Allegro non molto
05:04 -
19Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
02:01 -
110Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) III. Presto
02:51 -
111Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autunno” (Autumn) I. Allegro
05:16 -
112Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autunno” (Autumn) II. Adagio molto
02:28 -
113Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “L’autunno” (Autumn) III. Allegro
03:25 -
114Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter) I. Allegro non molto
03:26 -
115Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter) II. Largo
01:41 -
116Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter) III. Allegro
03:26 -
117Anno Epilogue
02:55