Concerto (Vivaldi) (LP 459)

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy) Concerti (Vinyl, CBS, 1980) ****

Genre: Classical

Places I remember: Marbecks Records (15 Queen's Arcade, Auckland 1)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/Gear costume: Concerto for two mandolins and strings in G major 

Active compensatory factors: The period of classical music that speaks to me the most is the (flat) Baroque one - 1600s until 1740s, including Bach, Telemann, Corelli, Scarlatti and Vivaldi.

The Four Seasons is an entry point for plenty of people and justifiable so - it's a great piece of music.

This Concerto may not be as well known (I'm not as au fait as I am with rock music) but, for me, it's another great example of Baroque experimentation and innovation.

Where do they all belong? Almost done for classical LPs. Another Baroque Concerto album to come.

Winter (Vivaldi) (LP 421)

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields, Alan Loveday - violin) The Four Seasons (Vinyl, Argp, 1970) *****

Genre: Classical

Places I remember: Marbecks Records (Classical shop), Auckland, NZ
 
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume:  Winter 

Active compensatory factors:  I've chosen Winter for obvious reasons (if you live in the southern hemisphere as I do it's frrrrrrrrezzzzzzing), but it's also the Vivaldi season that gets the blood pumping with Alan Loveday excelling on violin.

This version of The Four Seasons was bought when I needed to expand my musical palette a little. I approached Murray Marbeck (when I was working in the pop store in the early eighties) and asked his advice. He handed me this record!

It appears that this 1969 version is considered a benchmark recording of this seminal work. Well done and thanks Murray!

Where do they all belong? It slots into the Vivaldi corner of the classical section.