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Old 10-26-2013, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Did a project this evening, comparing four recordings of 'The Four Seasons.'

Am keeping the French National Orchestra (a very bright, precise rendering) and a relatively recent Italian rendering (very lush and warm). The old Vox of a Milanese orchestra goes--a ponderous Spring is just wrong. The too-sprightly and unlovely version by a Lucerne orchestra would go, but I love their Pachebel's Canon on the same LP--that they did with a old-type arrangement of great warmth and beauty.
What about Frankie Valli's version?
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