A follow up to their album Vivaldi X2, this new offering from baroque specialists Las Serenissima combines further double concerti by Antonio Vivaldi with works for violin, cello, oboe, recorder and continuo. The previous album received rave reviews including Recording of the Month from BBC Music Magazine. These are some of Vivaldi’s most colourful and joyful works, and with director Adrian Chandler at the helm listeners can look forward to further baroque excellence from this dynamic ensemble.

'Some of the most beguiling music he wrote. Mackintosh, on top form, acts her role with the utmost virtuosity, lovely tone, unimpeachable intonation, and fine style. The OAE rise to the occasion, making this splendidly engineered recording one to treasure' (Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice)

这张取名Eight Seasons的专辑是以南北半球总是以不同季节轮回共生的概念，将Vivaldi ＆ Piazzolla的「四季」曲目交错编排所产生的作品。
指间上的魔神-Gidon Kremer不愧是演奏现代音乐的第一把交椅，来自东北欧国家「拉脱维亚」的小提琴家Gidon Kremer在莫斯科音乐院师承David Oistrakh，带着他一手成立的克莱曼波罗的海弦乐团(Kremerata Baltica)，以现代感十足的编曲及诠释成功地跳脱了演绎古典乐曲应该有的框架。

Vivaldi:
Concerto for strings RV 145
Concerto for strings RV 142
Concerto for strings RV 166
Concerto RV 156 in G minor
Concerto for strings RV 167
Concerto for Strings in D minor RV 129 'Madrigalesco'
Concerto for strings in C major, RV 115 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto for strings RV 161
Concerto for strings RV 110
Concerto for strings RV 118
Concerto for strings RV 158 'Concerto ripieno'
Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo 'Alla rustica'
Concerto for strings in E minor, RV 134

Sol Gabetta is the young female superstar of the cello. The Argentine-French cellist, who speaks six languages fluently, has captured the hearts of audiences in many countries with her playing and her charisma. Sol has received prestigious awards: she won three Echo Klassik prizes in Germany, received Argentina’s Gardel Prize as “artist of the year“ in three consecutive years and in 2010 won the prestigious Gramophone Award as “young artist of the year”.
For her fifth recording for Sony Music and the first on the Sony Classical label, Sol Gabetta has teamed up with her own ensemble, the Cappella Gabetta, a small ensemble that plays baroque music on period instruments, which was founded by Sol Gabetta and her brother Andres Gabetta (lead violin). Sol and Andres have chosen this group of musicians so that they can make music among friends and explore works of the Baroque and Early Classical genres.
On the new album, entitled Il Progetto Vivaldi 2, Sol Gabetta and Cappella Gabetta perform beautiful Italian cello concertos. Three deservedly popular concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi are coupled with a rarely recorded sonata by Vivaldi and a charming cello concerto by Leonardo Leo, a Neapolitan composer. The CD also includes a world premiere recording, a cello concerto by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, an Italian composer who worked in Germany between 1730 and 1763. The cello concerto by Platti was recently discovered near Würzburg in the archive of a castle of Duke of Schönborn. The Vivaldi concertos which Sol Gabetta has chosen for this recording were also discovered in this archive.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is one of the most famous works in music history, often reinterpreted in various ways. This recording, led by Ragnhild Hemsing with the Norwegian ensemble Barokkanerne, reimagines the concertos by playing them on a Hardanger fiddle and infusing them with Norwegian folk music traditions. The result is a unique blend of Italian Baroque and Norwegian folk music, highlighting the unexpected similarities between the two, such as ornamentation, improvisation, and rhythmic swing.