The Siciliana variation (7’00”) is especially refreshing.Les Quatre Saisons Die vier Jahreszeiten Dörd fəsil Годишните времена Četiri godišnja doba Les quatre estacions Čtvero ročních dob De fire årstider Οι Τέσσερις Εποχές Las cuatro estaciones Neli aastaaega Lau urtaroak Neljä vuodenaikaa ארבע העונות Empat Musim 四季 წელიწადის დრონი 사계 Četri gadalaiki Четири годишни времиња De vier jaargetijden Dei fire årstidene Las Quate Sasons Cztery pory roku چار رتاں As Quatro Estações Времена года De fyra årstiderna บทเพลงสี่ฤดู Dört Mevsim Пори року Łe cuatro stajon Yelasäsuns Fol De fire årstidene چهارفصل (ویوالدی) Տարվա եղանակներ الفصول الأربعة Bốn mùa As catro estacións Apat a Kapanawunan Apat na Kapanahunan Y Pedwar Tymor Nelli vuvvenaigua Los cuatro aparques Četiri godišnja doba (Vivaldi) La kvar sezonoj (Vivaldi) A négy évszak L-Erba' Staġuni 四季 (曲) Чатыры паравіны

In the opening track of the album, “La Follia,” one never tires of hearing variations on the same sixteen-bar phrase, Schayegh imbuing each with a new mood. In the Largos and Adagios, her embellishments are expressive and sit comfortably among a longstanding Baroque tradition.

Short, fast quarter notes vibrate with appropriately subtle vibrato.

In the allegros, Schayegh’s phrases are long and not interrupted by the demands of the bow or position shifts. A Baroque specialist who studied, along with the rest of Musica Fiorita’s musicians, at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, her playing is remarkably smooth and inventive. Schayegh’s playing deserves quite a bit of praise as well. The autumnal hunt (track 10) is the perfect balance of jaunty and refined, which is to say, the ensemble has perfectly balanced staccato and legato attacks. The eighth rests in the first movement (track 5) feel like eternities, as if the heat is so oppressive that the group can barely bring themselves to play the next pair of notes, and the ensuing thunderstorm (track 7) is no less convincing. The group’s Summer is one of the most languorous available, as they imagine themselves out of breath and exhausted.

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