TCHAIKOVSKY: “The Nutcracker” Suite. VIVALDI: “Winter.” MOZART:...

TCHAIKOVSKY: “The Nutcracker” Suite. VIVALDI: “Winter.” MOZART: “Die Zauberflote” Overture. MEYER: “Winter’s Chill.” The Modern Mandolin Quartet; Ransom Wilson, flute; Edgar Meyer, bass. Windham Hill 11108-2. Some of the divertissements work very well here, with an astonishing variety of seductive timbre and articulation. Wilson’s nimble, fluid flute drives the deft adaptation from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” and Meyer’s gentle, post-minimalist groove provides a fitting epilogue to this very fresh and attractive seasonal package.