Thursday, July 19, 2018

Giovanni Antonio Guido: The Four Seasons (The Band of Instruments)

Giovanni Antonio Guido's (c.1675-after 1728) "The Four Seasons". Instrumental pieces with accompanying poems. Vivaldi's wasn't the only one! (Guido's may have even been written before Vivaldi's)

不是那個「四季」?!

十八世紀描述四季的標題音樂,每個季節都有一首詩相隨,Vivaldi並不是唯一一位。到法國發展的義大利作曲家Giovanni Antonio Guido的「四季」,創作時間和Vivaldi差不多,甚至有可能比他早。純屬巧合,或是相互影響,今天無從考據。

Guido的四季,每一首都比Vivaldi的來得長,曲式更像組曲,是Guido到法國入境隨俗,結合法式與義式巴洛克曲風的結果。

英國古樂團The Band of Instruments的演奏相當帶勁,詮釋這些未知曲再適合不過。

唯一美中不足的是,四首詩CD冊裡只附法文原文,並沒有英文翻譯~~






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