Great gift for classical music and poetry fans alike.
Light a candle, turn on the fireplace and snuggle up to this beautiful, intimate recording.
Enjoy Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside a dramatic reading of his poetry by actor Patrick Stewart.
Mannheim Steamroller concertmaster Arnie Roth’s performance of the Vivaldi classic.
If you love the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, you’ll savor this soaring rendition of the classic masterpiece. Listen to the best of Vivaldi on Apple Music and Spotify and scroll down to discover our selection of the 10 best Vivaldi works.This unique recording of Vivaldi’s masterpiece, performed by Mannheim Steamroller concertmaster Arnie Roth and actor Patrick Stewart, includes sonnets written by Roth and poems read by Stewart. Discover our selection of the best Vivaldi works featuring 10 masterpieces including The Four Seasons. He taught the violin there, organised services with music, gave concerts, and composed most of his major works in this position over three decades. In the same year as his ordination he was appointed violin master at the Ospedale della Pietà, a Venetian convent for orphaned or illegitimate girls. He trained for the priesthood and was ordained in 1703. Vivaldi’s concertos became a model for his contemporaries, and the form was soon one of the most important in eighteenth century Europe. He introduced a range of new styles and techniques to string playing and consolidated one of its most important genres, the concerto. But his most important achievement was in his music for strings. He ignited transformations in music for the church, the opera house and the concert hall. Antonio Vivaldi’s (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) influence on the development of Baroque music was immense.
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