This 2CD set features Vivaldi’s iconic ‘Le quattro stagioni’ (The Four Seasons) on CD1 and ‘Gloria in D’, ‘Stabat Mater’ (performed by Margarethe Bence) and ‘O qui coeli terraeque’ (performed by Friederike Sailer) In the second half of the twentieth century, the first four of Vivaldi’s Op.8 concertos achieved a fresh impetus as The Four Seasons.

CD 1 – Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)

Concerto No.1 in E Major, Op.8 RV 269 ‘La primavera’ (Spring)

1. 1st Mvt. Allegro
2. 2nd Mvt. Largo
3. 3rd Mvt. Allegro – Pastorale

Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op.8 RV 315 ‘L’estate’ (Summer)
4. 1st Mvt. Allegro Non Molto
5. 2nd Mvt. Adagio E Piano – Presto E forte
6. 3rd Mvt. Presto

Concerto No.3 in F major, Op.8 RV 293 ‘L’autunno’ (Autumn)
7. 1st Mvt. Allegro
8. 2nd Mvt. Adagio Molto
9. 3rd Mvt. Allegro

Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op.8 RV 297 ‘L’inverno’ (Winter)
10. 1st Mvt. Allegro Non Molto
11. 2nd Mvt. Largo
12. 3rd Mvt. Allegro

CD 2 – Gloria in D RV 589
Stuttgart Pro Musica Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Marcel Couraud

1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2. Et In Terra Pax
3. Laudamus Te
4. Gratias Agimus Tibi…Propter Magnam Gloria
5. Domine Deus
6. Domine Fili Unigenite
7. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
8. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
9. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
10. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
11. Cum Sancto Spiritu

Stabat Mater RV 621 – (Margarethe Bence with the Stuttgart Pro Musica Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Marcel Couraud)
12. Largo
13. Recitative – Arioso
14. Andante
15. Largo
16. Lento

O Qui Coeli Terraeque – Motteto a Canto RV 631
(Friederike Sailer with the Stuttgart Pro Musica Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Marcel Couraud)
17. Allegro
18. Recitative
19. Largo