The Siciliana variation (7’00”) is especially refreshing. In the opening track of the album, “La Follia,” one never tires of hearing variations on the same sixteen-bar phrase, Schayegh imbuing each with a new mood. In the Largos and Adagios, her embellishments are expressive and sit comfortably among a longstanding Baroque tradition. Short, fast quarter notes vibrate with appropriately subtle vibrato. The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi English Chamber Orchestra Henryk Szeryng Philips (6570 061) Publication date 1969 Topics Classical, Baroque Digitizing sponsor Kahle-Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English Italian Tracklist: 1.

In the allegros, Schayegh’s phrases are long and not interrupted by the demands of the bow or position shifts. A Baroque specialist who studied, along with the rest of Musica Fiorita’s musicians, at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, her playing is remarkably smooth and inventive. Schayegh’s playing deserves quite a bit of praise as well. The autumnal hunt (track 10) is the perfect balance of jaunty and refined, which is to say, the ensemble has perfectly balanced staccato and legato attacks. The eighth rests in the first movement (track 5) feel like eternities, as if the heat is so oppressive that the group can barely bring themselves to play the next pair of notes, and the ensuing thunderstorm (track 7) is no less convincing.

The group’s Summer is one of the most languorous available, as they imagine themselves out of breath and exhausted.

Four seasons by vivaldi