Long sustained notes played by strings are replayed on the piano because of their decay. Some examples are portarto – a slur with staccato notes – repeated notes without changing the bow direction resulting in a gentle, lightly detached, semi-legato. Some markings are intended more for strings or winds rather than piano, and have been adapted accordingly. Prior arrangements are sometimes tempted with filling out empty textures, but this version holds dearly the sparse and stark fragility of the soloist’s texture, enabling the full contrast of the concertare. Overlapping string parts, with second violins sometimes higher than firsts, ornaments, stringed instrument articulation, are all traps other arrangers fall in, but in the present arrangement, much has been done to achieve the important balance between representing the original version, and still being a convincing and playable solo piano work. This may be reason why there is such disparity in the first place. Most solutions have been settled with a majority ruling from the vast discography for this work, and often are not what our modern ears are used to tonally. The current full scores disagree on what one should play, and even my survey of around 50 of the major recordings are still divided, with up to five different versions for one passage. The autograph does not exist, and the two copies that do have some differences. The Four Seasons have a lot of opportunity for failure as an arrangement. This arrangement does not take such liberties nor make such detrimental sacrifices. Other solutions to logistical problems result in distasteful octave displacements and un-pianistic writing. Farina’s version is also a worthy attempt, but rewrites passages too often, often under-representing or over-shooting the pianists ability. Pierre Gouin’s organ arrangement also deserves acknowledgement for being a wonderful arrangement accurately representing Vivaldi’s work. A recent one by Roberto Novegno, and an older one by Guido Farina published by Ricordi in 1956. Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Arranged and Performed on Piano Live by Justin BirdĪpart from some incomplete arrangements of select movements, and many recorded versions, there are two complete piano versions printed prior to this one.
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