Produced by Susan Hammond, with Studio Arts Orchestra conducted by Walter Babiak. Over two dozen excerpts, including Vivaldi's best-loved Four Seasons (with real sound effects), guitar, piccolo and trumpet concertos. Singers, Elizabeth forster, Katharine Pimenoff.
Contents:
Conclusion (5:51) Piccolo concerto, II, RV243 (2:51) -- Arriving at the Pieta (3:06) -- Violin concerto in A minor, I, RV 356 (2:03) -- Four seasons, Winter, II, RV 297 (2:34) -- Guitar concerto, II, RV 93 (1:57) -- Venice by Day (3:43) -- Sonata for two violins, II, RV 50 (2:33) -- Violin concerto in A minor, II, RV 356 (2:02) -- Venice by night (4:02) -- Island of the dead (3:22) -- II Gardellino, RV 90 (6:06) -- Concert preparations (3:15) -- Conclusion (5:51)
Summary:
Katarina, a young violinist, arrives at the Pieta orphanage where Antonio Vivaldi was music director. Aided by Giovanni the gondolier, she searches throughout Venice for clues to her mysterious past.
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