A leading force in the early music world, the OAE performs on authentic instruments, attempting to recreate the sound world of each composer & taking this approach to new heights in live performance. Yet the OAE has never recorded The Four Seasons, a key piece of baroque repertoire. Kati Debretzeni, one of the OAE’s leaders, recently directed the piece from the violin to critical acclaim. We want to record that interpretation so that future audiences & generations of musicians can learn from it.

A recording would ensure that this interpretation was captured for future generations. Kati Debretzeni describes the score as “groundbreakingly descriptive”: Vivaldi’s innovation is often overlooked because the piece is so well known. Kati adds “My aim is to highlight the descriptive aspect of the music by finding many more colours and contrasts in the orchestral texture than are usually heard. Committing the outcome to CD would result in a novel and compelling approach to this classic work.”