The Seasons (Haydn) the words are essentially van Swieten's own or even imported from foreign sources." Like "The Creation", "The Seasons" was intended as a bilingual work. Since Haydn was very popular in England (particularly following his visits there in 1791–1792 and 1794–1795), he wished the work to be performable in English as well as German. Van Swieten therefore made a translation of his libretto back into English, fitting it to the rhythm of the music. Olleson notes that it is "fairly rare" that the translated version actually matches the Thomson original. Van Swieten's command of English was not perfect, and the English
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) recording: Paul Shoemaker wrote about this recording: Nigel Kennedy's 1989 recording of "The Four Seasons" with the English Chamber Orchestra sold over copies, becoming one of the best-selling classical works ever. Gil Shaham and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra recorded "The Four Seasons" as well as a music video for the first movement of "Winter" that was featured regularly on The Weather Channel in the mid-1990s. "The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music" in 1952 cites only two recordings of "The Four Seasons" – by Molinari and Kaufman. , approximately 1,000 different recorded versions have been made since Campoli's in 1939. Classical