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| 09/21/2002 (3 out of 5 stars)
"It's hard for me to give this CD a rating of 3 stars. The music is beautiful, but there is definitely something lacking in this rendition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Mixing four expert violinists is probably not the best idea for this music, since each violinist has their own particular style. They clash in some peculiar ways at peculiar times. If this is the only Four Seasons you ever hear, you are missing out on plenty. While there are some nice interpretations here, this CD is actually one of the most uninvolving of all the Four Seasons recordings I've heard.And applause? What is that? I'm all for live recordings, but during an orchestral arrangement, applause just pulls you out of the experience. Perhaps if the applause wasn't so loud, I wouldn't be so hard on it. But it's actually louder than the instrumentals. I burned this performance to a new CD and edited the applause out myself. It's better that way. If you can, I highly recommend doing so.But for the CD itself... there is nothing spectacular about it, which is surprising considering the talent at stake. As such, go for Joseph Silverstein and the Boston Symphony for the definitive Four Seasons performance. You will hear all that you've been missing."