Re: Vivaldi "De fire årstider"
Loveday-innspillingen var også med på denne personlige rankingen på Naim-forumet:
OK, since posting above, I decided to drag out the Loveday/Marriner LP and have a listen for the first time in years. While I was at it, I decided to compare with the 4 CDs I have (well, to be honest, only with "Spring" as I had other things to get done last night). So, in roughly reverse order in preference, here is a brief description:
5) The Loveday/Marriner is very, um, Proper. The tempos are moderate and very much in keeping with Marriner and ASMF's recordings down through the years. The copyright on the jacket for this is 1970. Dare I generalize and say that this sounds like an English group interpretating an Italian piece? Loveday collaborates with ASMF more as an equal than as a soloist than in some other interpretations, and the whole comes off as a piece of chamber music (as it should, I think).
4) Itzhak Perlman/London Symphony: This must be out of print as I don't see it on Amazon.com. Perlman definitely treats this as a concerto with a back up orchestral part. His virtuosity is unquestioned, but his use of spicatto is a little more showy than contextual. Buy this one for Perlman in a technical tour de force rather than as a piece of chamber music collaboration.
3) Standage/Pinnock/English Concert: This is played on original instruments and is very interesting from that standpoint. Beautifully recorded and a very tight interpretation. I heard Pinnock and the English Concert live back in the 80s and it is one of the most memorable concerts I have attended.
Hele linken er her:
http://forums.naim-audio.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/38019385/m/8792940996/r/8792940996
Vet ikke helt hva jeg skal gå for selv. Antakelig liker jeg både Loveday-innspillingen og Carmignola-innspillingen bedre enn den fra Mutter, da jeg heller mer mot stemningsfulle/emosjonelle enn det som i større grad fremhever de tekniske kvalitetene til en soloist.