itzhak perlman vivaldi the four seasons spring

Today, I'm retired from teaching and use a pair of bi-amped VMPS RM40s loudspeakers for my listening. In the early Seventies, I began writing for a number of audio magazines, including Audio Excellence, Audio Forum, The Boston Audio Society Speaker, The American Record Guide, and from 1976 until 2008, The $ensible Sound, for which I served as Classical Music Editor. In the late Sixties I began teaching high school English and Film Studies as well as becoming interested in hi-fi, my audio ambitions graduating me from a pair of AR-3 speakers to the Fulton J's recommended by The Stereophile's J.

And I've been doing it for a very long time, my appreciation for classical music starting with the musical excerpts on the Big Jon and Sparkie radio show in the early Fifties and the purchase of my first recording, The 101 Strings Play the Classics, around 1956. Understand, I'm just an everyday guy reacting to something I love. Subtlety and grace and Solisti Italiani (Denon) and Janine Jansen and herĮnsemble (Decca) for their no-nonsense presentations.

Score I Musici’s second recording with Roberto Michelucci (Philips) for their Martin in the Fields (Decca) for their almost surrealistic approach to the Among chamberĮnsembles using modern instruments, I like Marriner and the Academy of Saint (Sony), one of the best all-around renditions you’ll find. Straightforward, fresh, and closely miked, but well recorded and Tafelmusik Good period-instruments recordings include the English Concert (DG Archiv), Interpretations and transparent sound and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS)įor their unique style, creative playing, and equally outstanding sound. Records) and La Petite Bande (Sony) for their lively, small-scale Groups (which I tend to favor) I love The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO Groups using period instruments, chamber groups using modern instruments, andįull orchestras (or pared-down orchestras) using modern instruments. Seasons fall into three broad categories, depending upon ensemble: chamber First, be aware that the standard recordings of the four

Itzhak perlman vivaldi the four seasons spring