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This is not a virtuoso performance; you can hear this at once in the scherzo and the finale, both of which seem to me to lack the sheer rhythmic élan that some conductors and orchestras can give them. Altogether the rhythms of this performance are a little sluggish, though Kubelik makes a point...

Instead of reproducing the whole of APM14109 in stereo, D.G.G. have selected two of the best items for a 10-inch disc that will surely delight lovers of the baroque. The feeling of presence, especially with the oboes, recorder, and flute, is markedly more vivid and impressive in stereo, although...

VIVALDI. The Four Seasons, Op. 8: Nos. 1-4. I Musici with Felix Ayo (violin). Philips 0 SABL1I7 (12 in., 30s. plus 9s. 9d. P.T.).

This attractive little concerto has the subtitle II Cardellino (The Goldfinch) and Gastone Tassinari makes the most of the b:rd-song passages, producing a tone that is cool and clear if not specially exciting. The strings sound a little thin in mono, but there was a noticeable improvement in the...

Colonne Concerts Association Orchestra conducted by Pierre Dervaux. H.M.V. Q XLP20030 (12 in., 16s. 1l4-d. plus 5s. 611d. P.T.).