Vivaldi - The Four Seasons [UPDATED]
When I was little I loved looking through my parents' collection of vinyl LPs. The feeling of selecting an album from the red wire storage rack, studying the picture and writing on the front, turning the sleeve over to read the details on the reverse. And finally removing the black disc from it's paper sleeve, being sure to hold it delicately at the edges by my fingertips (as my dad was at pains to instruct me) while gently placing it on the turntable... Almost all the LPs in the collection were of either classical music or Christian music. The very first album I can remember from this was a recording of Antonio Vivaldi's four concertos for violin and strings, known as 'The Four Seasons'. The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Opus 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention). The four concertos were written to accompany four sonn...