Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert)

Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert strip away heavy nineteenth-century orchestrations to deliver Vivaldi's four violin concertos with electrifying baroque freshness. Playing on period instruments with Simon Standage as solo violinist, the ensemble captures the crisp bite of autumn frost, torrential summer thunderstorms and joyous spring birdsong with visceral, immediate energy.