COMPOSERS: Vivaldi
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: The Four Seasons
PERFORMER: ECO/Nigel Kennedy (violin)
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 242 7382
There’s as much raw energy here as in Kennedy’s 2002 remake with the Berlin Philharmonic, but more of the excitement of discovery. The music is painted in primary colours, emphasised by the bright, resonant recording. Martin Cotton
