Minasi Orchestra La Scintilla - Four SeasonsInternationally renowned violinist and conductor Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra La Scintilla, based at Opernhaus Zrich, enjoy a close working relationship. Together with the ensemble's superb musicians, who specialize in historically informed performance, Minasi has recorded two very different compositions, both entitled "Vier Jahreszeiten" ("Four Seasons"), for Philharmonia Records. In addition to the four famous concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, in

and it makes for a very satisfying body of work which captures the great virtuoso pianist in fine flowing form in a favoured metier in which at that time he clearly felt particularly comfortable

He specialised in short pieces with unusual and specific reference points

who all had hits on the label

every recording he made which was commercially released

Sally Sweetland and Hugo Winterhalter

those who were "left behind

"Without inner fire

this is an enjoyable and as about as thorough a collection of his studio work during this era as can be accommodated in a 2-CD set

the virtuoso and inspiring interpretation of the Chinese violinist reveals something amazingly unifying

featuring the remarkable and unmistakeable voice of Frankie Valli

This great-value 65-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of her singles on the Disneyland and Buena Vists labels during this time

along with some of the classic standards of the era