Five discs -- five conductors -- four orchestras -- nine composers -- 28 works: Decca's collection Ultimate Baroque is as one might imagine a mixed bag. The best of the set is I Musici's sweet and fresh 1996 recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, with Mariana Sirbu as the lighter-than-air and younger-than-springtime soloist and Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' stately yet sprightly 1971 recording of Bach's four Suites for orchestra, and Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra's robust ...
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Five discs -- five conductors -- four orchestras -- nine composers -- 28 works: Decca's collection Ultimate Baroque is as one might imagine a mixed bag. The best of the set is I Musici's sweet and fresh 1996 recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, with Mariana Sirbu as the lighter-than-air and younger-than-springtime soloist and Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' stately yet sprightly 1971 recording of Bach's four Suites for orchestra, and Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra's robust and rambunctious 1970 and 1972 recordings of Handel's Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Less successful are Karl Münchinger and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester's 1967 and 1978 recordings of a variety of eighteenth century hits. Too often, the Stuttgart's strings are weak; the long lines of the Pachelbel Canon and Bach's Air on the G string sag and the winds waver; the pair of flutes in Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze are simpering; and more often than not,...
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Add this copy of Ultimate Baroque[5 Cd Box Set] to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Peninsula Library Friends Fdn. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palos Verdes Estates, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Decca.
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