Giovanni Antonio Guido: Op. 3 / Scherzi Armonici sopra Le Quattro Staggioni – L’Arte dell’Arco, Federico Guglielmo, Carlo Lazari, Rossella Croce, Enrico Casazza, Massimiliano Simonetto, Mario Paladin, Pietro Bosna, Massimiliano Mauthe von Degerfeld, Nicola Reniero, Pietro Prosser, Martino Noferi, Stefano Bagliano, Paolo Pollastri, Sergio Vartolo, Giorgio Mandolesi, Dileno Baldin, Gabrielle Rocchetti

GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO [c. 1660 – after 1728]

SCHERZI ARMONICI SOPRA LE QUATTRO STAGGIONI DELL’ANNO: Op. 3
(Versailles, c. 1733)

dedicated to: Louis de Naouilles

LE PRINTEMPS [The Spring]
I. Presto (Le temps vole) – 0:05
II. Adagio (La nuit) – 0:25
III. Allegro (Chaque saison se suite) – 1:20
IV. Andante – 2:59
V. Adagio (Le ruisseaux) – 3:54
VI. Andante (Les oyseaux) – 4:34
VII. Allegro (Air de trompette) – 6:32

L’ETÈ [The Summer]
I. Presto (Chant des coucous) – 7:19
II. Prestissimo (Un violent orage) – 8:35

L’AUTOMNE [The Falls]
I. Allegro assai (Celebrons le retour de l’automne) – 10:43
II. Allegro (La chasse) – 12:47
III. Allegro (Fuit du cerf) – 14:07

L’HYVER [The Winter]
I. Largo (La saison des frimats) – 14:48
II. Prestissimo (Laissons gronder les vents) – 16:19
III. Allegro (Bannissons la tristesse) – 16:43

Federico Guglielmo (solo violin)
Carlo Lazari (solo violin I)
Rossella Croce (violin I)
Enrico Casazza (solo violin II)
Massimiliano Simonetto (violin II)
Mario Paladin (viola)
Pietro Bosna (violoncello)
Massimiliano Mauthe von Degerfeld (violone)
Nicola Reniero (organ and harpsichord)
Pietro Prosser (baroque guitar and theorbo)
Martino Noferi, Stefano Bagliano (recorder)
Paolo Pollastri, Sergio Vartolo (oboe)
Giorgio Mandolesi (bassoon)
Dileno Baldin, Gabrielle Rocchetti (horn)

L’Arte dell’Arco / Federico Guglielmo (conductor)