Electric Vivaldi [Enhanced]

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Eric Bertoluzzi (Conductor), Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Gregory T.S. Walker (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gregory T.S. Walker
• Orchestra: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Eric Bertoluzzi
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Newport Classic
• ASIN: B000EQ4718
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,710 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Descriptive Sonnet to the concerto entitled "Spring" ("La primavera"),

2. Spring: I. Allegro

3. Spring: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

4. Spring: III. Allegro

5. Descriptive Sonnet to the concerto entitled "Summer" ("L'estate"), Op.

6. Summer: I. Allegro non molto

7. Summer: II. Adagio

8. Summer: III. Tempo impetuoso d'Estate

9. Descriptive Sonnet to the concerto entitled "Autumn" ("l'autunno"), Op.

10. Autumn: I. Allegro

11. Autumn: II. Adagio

12. Autumn: III. La caccia

13. Descriptive Sonnet to the concerto entitled "The Winter" ("L'inverno"),

14. Winter: I. Allegro non molto

15. Winter: II. Largo

16. Winter: III. Allegro

17. Bad Rap, for electric violin & chamber orchestra

18. Winter Remix (Lori's Theme), for electric violin & orchestra

Editorial Reviews

The Son of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker and African-American women’s music scholar Helen Walker-Hill, Gregory T. S. Walker is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Denver and concertmaster of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. Since his debut performing with the Colorado Symphony on a borrowed Stradivarius in 1996, Walker has been featured on CRI, Orion, Leonarda, and Albany label recordings. An American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship recipient in 2000, his Dream N. The Hood for Rapper and Orchestra has been described by the Minneapolis Pioneer Press as An American Masterpiece. Walker’s creative range extends from his appearance in Guitar for the Practicing Musician to multimedia performances featured at the Sonic Circuits International Festival. Electric Vivaldi will be the first recording of this work to feature an electronic violin. The Four Seasons contain musical illustrations of the composer's poems that lend themselves to the illustrative sound effects possible with electronic technology, and Walker's electronic interpretation at the Colorado Music Festival in 2002.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enhancing Vivaldi's Four Seasons!, April 18, 2006

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Jean A. Miller "classical lover" (Superior, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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Walker and the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra enhance and intrigue with the new release of Electric Vivaldi. Walker shines with his skill on the electric violin and although there is a definite flair for the unique, the integrity and beauty of Vivaldi's masterpiece melds beautifully and a work of art has been created.

It was a pleasure to listen to and I would highly recommend it, whether for the listener that is perhaps more "trendy" or the classical aficionado.

A round of applause for Walker in the work of art that will become a stable on the shelves.