Vivaldi Winter! The complete concerto performed on original instruments. Please subscribe to our channel Soundtrack on iTunes All Four Seasons now online! Vivaldi's Concerto for violin and strings in F Minor, “Winter“ (L'Inverno, RV 297), the original version is best! Cynthia Miller Freivogel, baroque violin and the award winning Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Q. What are period instruments or original instruments; how are they different from modern instruments? A. As instruments became modernized in the 19th century, builders and players tended to focus on the volume of sound and the stability of tuning. Modern steel strings replaced the older materials, and instruments were often machine made. Historical instruments, built individually by hand and with overall lighter construction, have extremely complex overtones—which we find delightful. Modern instruments are of course perfectly suited
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