Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone

Anyone who says Antonio Vivaldi, says The Four Seasons. From the skipping spring steps and the raging summer storm to the swirling autumn leaves and the tranquil winter landscapes. The Accademia Bizantina from conductor Ottavio Dantone - founded in 1983 by four friends at the Ravenna Conservatory, who have in the meantime been at the top of the baroque world for more than four decades - links these familiar notes to four concerti from L’estro armonico. A collection of twelve compositions for one or more string soloists that connoisseurs describe as ‘perhaps the most influential collection of instrumental music from the 18th century’. A series with which Vivaldi displays his mastery in all its wild, energetic strength.