Roby Lakatos, Brussels Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2015)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 404 MB | 01:09:19
Genre: Classical | Label: Avanticlassic
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 404 MB | 01:09:19
Genre: Classical | Label: Avanticlassic
The cover may clue you in that you're not getting a conventional recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons here, but just in case that doesn't do the job, this is, in the words of violinist Roby Lakatos (who writes his own utterly distinctive notes), "Vivaldi alla Gypsy." This involves not only a cimbalom but, in some sections, wholesale rewriting of Vivaldi's score (the central movement of "Winter" brings the biggest departure). Lakatos says that he made the album because his label wanted him to record a classical repertory work, but the links between the gypsy tradition and the classics is centuries old, and Lakatos comes from a musical family that taught Franz Liszt back in the day. Lakatos is undoubtedly an exciting and dynamic player. One might object that the logic in when he sticks to the score and when he takes it merely as a stimulus to new music-making is not entirely clear.