Nearly three centuries after Antonio Vivaldi composed the Four Seasons, the most famous work in the history of music is still as lively and invigorating as ever. The Concert de la Loge records this baroque treasure with its founding conductor, the violinist Julien Chauvin, who has been lent an exceptional instrument for the occasion by the Château de Versailles: Nicola Gagliano's Neapolitan violin, adorned with fleur-de-lis and inlaid decorations. The violin was played by Yehudi Menuhin in the 1970s and became part of the collection known as "Madame Adélaïde's", one of Louis XV's daughters. It has never left the Château for almost a century and is in perfect condition. While waiting for the album in 2024, here is Summer which will be released at the same time as the show choreographed by Mourad Merzouki, with a set design by Coline Serreau, created in May 2023 at the Seine Musicale before a major French tour in 2024.
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Recommended
“An electrifying rendition of the Four Seasons to set alongside Fabio Biondi’s … A Recording of the Year without a shadow of a doubt.”
David Barker – Musicwebinternational.com – 28 May 2024
“…the resultant performance [of 'Sovvente il sole'] is to die for – luminously radiant, with Chauvin’s bright sweetness on the Gagliano a delectable foil for Bénos-Djian’s bright purity and lucid accompanying textures, and the sheer sexiness of its insouciantly sensuous, gliding flow…”
Charlotte Gardner – Gramophone magazine – June 2024
*****
Attila Csampai – Rondo magazine – May/June 2024
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