One wouldn't think Vivaldi's The Four Seasons would lend itself well to the medium of the keyboard, given that its idiom is so married to the violin and the capabilities of that instrument. In the early '90s pianist Joćo Carlos Martins and his four-hand partner Fernando Corvisier demonstrated that such an undertaking was not only practical, but capable of yielding spectacular results. However, no one else has come along with a solo version until this Naxos recording by Jeffrey Biegel, whereby he combines his own ...
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One wouldn't think Vivaldi's The Four Seasons would lend itself well to the medium of the keyboard, given that its idiom is so married to the violin and the capabilities of that instrument. In the early '90s pianist Joćo Carlos Martins and his four-hand partner Fernando Corvisier demonstrated that such an undertaking was not only practical, but capable of yielding spectacular results. However, no one else has come along with a solo version until this Naxos recording by Jeffrey Biegel, whereby he combines his own transcription of the whole set of four concerti with piano solo realizations of the Mandolin Concerto in C, RV 425, and the Lute Concerto in D, RV 93, by composer Andrew Gentile. Gentile's arrangements are a little fuller than those of Biegel, which are very literal and, at times, almost approach an "easy piano" kind of texture; however, the difference in approach makes for a greater overall sense of variety in the program. Vivaldi didn't write any music for the keyboard apart from its...
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