He also gives the slow movements their due without minimizing their Romantic charm: compare, for example, his deliciously seductive middle movement of “Winter” with Harnoncourt’s stressful, bump and grind approach. The interpretations offer numerous distinctive turns of phrase, especially at the ends of movements where, without huge ritards or abrupt stops, conductor Andrea Marcon manages a gentle landing that sounds both satisfying and inevitable. Carmignola has the technique to take the music’s virtuoso passages in stride (check out any of the finales) without ever sacrificing intonation or firmness of tone, and he doesn’t “squeeze” out the notes as so many old instrument violinists today do. Another major discovery in the early music field courtesy of legendary producer Wolf Erichson, the Venice Baroque Orchestra and violinist Giuliano Carmignola turn in a performance of The Four Seasons as fine as any.
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