Title from container. The 5th and 6th works originally for 2 violins, strings and continuo; the solo parts arr. for flute and violin by Jean-Pierre Rampal. The 8th work, arr. by Sam Franko from the Concerto for 2 violins, strings and continuo, RV 522, substitutes a new Allegro for the original finale of the concerto. Isaac Stern, violin ; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute (5th & 6th works) ; Pinchas Zukerman, violin (7th work) & viola (13th work) ; Itzhak Perlman, violin (7th work) ; David Oistrakh, violin (8th-12th works) ; William Smith, harpsichord (9th-12th works) ; Jerusalem Music Center Chamber Orchestra (1st-4th works) ; Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (5th-6th works) ; New York Philharmonic (7th work) ; Philadelphia Orchestra (8th-12th works) ; English Chamber Orchestra (13th work) ; Isaac Stern, (1st-4th works), János Rolla (5th & 6th works), Zubin Mehta (7th work), Eugene Ormandy (8th-12th works), and Daniel Barenboim (13th work), conductors. Recorded in Jerusalem, Oct. 1977 (1st-4th works), and at the Italian Institute, Budapest, April 15-18, 1989 (5th & 6th works), Avery Fisher Hall, NYC, Sept. 24, 1980 (7th work), Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1955 (8th work), CBS 30th St. Studio, NYC, Dec. 31, 1959 (9th-12th works), and EMI Studios, London, Nov. 3-4, 1971 (13th work). Compact discs. Analog recordings. Booklet with program notes by Denis Stevens in English with German and French translations ([25] pages : ports.) inserted in container.
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Le quattro stagioni : op. 8, nos. 1-4: RV 269 La primavera ; RV 315 L'estate ; RV 293 L'autunno ; RV 297 L'inverno -- Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in G major, RV 516 -- Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in B-flat major, RV 524 -- Concerto for three violins, strings and continuo in F major, RV 551 -- Concerto for string orchestra in A minor : after the Concerto for two violins, strings and cotinuo in A minor (L'estro armonico, op. 3, no. 8, RV 522) / arr. by Sam Franko -- Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in D minor, RV 514 -- Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in G minor, RV 517 -- Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in C minor, RV 509 -- Concerto for two violins and strings in D major, RV 512 -- Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in D major / Carl Philipp Stamitz.
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