Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Tartini: The Devil's Trill

1	Violin Concerto, for viol
2	Violin Concerto, for viol
3	Violin Concerto, for viol
4	Violin Concerto, for viol
5	Violin Concerto, for viol
6	Violin Concerto, for viol
7	Violin Concerto, for viol
8	Violin Concerto, for viol
9	Violin Concerto, for viol
10	Violin Concerto, for viol
11	Violin Concerto, for viol
12	Violin Concerto, for viol
13	Sonata for violin & conti
14	Sonata for violin & conti
15	Sonata for violin & conti
16	Sonata for violin & conti
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Tartini: The Devil's Trill
1.	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 11:17
	Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
	Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Trondheim Soloists
	Conducted by Anne-Sophie Mutter
2.	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315 11:10
	Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
	Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Trondheim Soloists
	Conducted by Anne-Sophie Mutter
3.	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293 13:12
	Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
	Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Trondheim Soloists
	Conducted by Anne-Sophie Mutter
4.	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 10:16
	Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
	Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Trondheim Soloists
	Conducted by Anne-Sophie Mutter
5.	Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ("The Devil's Trill") 16:53
	Composed by Giuseppe Tartini
	Performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Trondheim Soloists
	Conducted by Anne-Sophie Mutter

Barnes & Noble

In the last few years, Anne-Sophie Mutter has become a very different sort of violinist. Although she has always been one of the most accomplished and intelligent performers of her generation, Mutter's playing began to acquire a new depth and sense of purpose a number of years ago -- perhaps because of her natural evolution as a performer, perhaps because of a personal tragedy that touched her life. After spending a year playing nothing but the Beethoven sonatas (her Deutsche Grammophon set with pianist Lambert Orkis is now the most probing and comprehensive modern recording of the cycle), Mutter has emerged as one of the most consistently fascinating musicians around. Witness her recent version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Unlike her earlier recording -- a straightforward and, for many, straight-jacketed account with Herbert von Karajan -- the new version is a revelation. Dedicated to the memory of her husband, Dr. Detlef Wundelich, Mutter's new interpretation is among the most celebratory and intensely personal recordings that this familiar music has ever received. Working with the Trondheim Soloists, a small Norwegian ensemble, the violinist approaches the music with little in the way of historical baggage. Not the slightest attempt is made to place the music in its historical context, and even less attention is paid to the austere niceties of "period" performance practice. The result is something that sometimes sounds perilously close to a Baroque jam session, with tempos, phrasing, and ornamentation that have a wonderfully spontaneous, conversational, make-it-up-as-you-go quality that's extremely seductive. If the Seasons have begun to lose their charm for you -- or, if you're like me and they never had much to begin with -- then Mutter's joyously unconventional reading may be the best remedy. Jim Svejda

Gramophone

Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to Vivaldi's four concertos with a reading so personal and magnetic that it stands superbly apart. Mutter is above all deeply reflective, reacting emotionally to each movement, allowing herself a free expansiveness at generally broad speeds.