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Corlyss_D wrote:

schmoppa wrote:
coming from Colorado.

Whoa! Now that's what I call culture shock!!!! How's come you left the west for the best?

the wife is going to art school starting this fall!

You might give a listen to Red Priest, it is a unique take on the Seasons, and might well fit your memory. It uses a recorder in the solisti spot instead of a fiddle. It's on Dorian, bet there is a clip on Amazon, although haven't checked. :) Thank you for this lead. This recording is indeed more a...

I haven´t heard that lot of Four seasons, but it should be possible to limit the field of possibilities a bit. Was the instrumentarium used just violinsoloist, strings and continuo as prescribed, or was the piece arranged partly for other instruments? If played by stringed instruments as prescribed...

The time-frame doesn't quite fit, but 'rustic' & 'gypsy' are definitely terms that would be used to descibe Il Giardino Armonico's recording, released in 2001. ps- welcome to the board from a born & bred Brooklyner Thank you for the link. I did listen to a few of the sample tracks, and what I heard...

thank you! and I just moved to Brooklyn. (waves from across the river) Hey, Schmoppa. Lucky you! You get to hear those marvelous accents, tho' I'm told they don't exist any more. I'm sure among the lot here we'll have someone who not only knows what you are talking about but has the exact record nu...

Of hand I don't know the recording but welcome aboard. We have an eclectic crew here, some with extensive professional knowledge of music. Hope you post often. thank you! and I just moved to Brooklyn. (waves from across the river) ***** Well you better discover BARGEMUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Ralph wrote:Of hand I don't know the recording but welcome aboard. We have an eclectic crew here, some with extensive professional knowledge of music. Hope you post often.

thank you! and I just moved to Brooklyn.

(waves from across the river)

A long, long time ago I heard a very unique sounding recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons on the radio. At the time, I did not think to call the radio station to ask to check out their playlist. I did at a much later date (months and months later) and no one could help me. Now I am asking you ple...