Vivaldi's Four Seasons - I Musici & Roberto Michelucci

[josh]

I used to have a recording of this (tape). Now that I want to get the CD,
I'm not exactly sure the one available on Philips Duo is the one I want. The
soloist on the Duo is Felix Ayo - a familiar name, but I'm almost positive
that Roberto Michelucci was the one on the tape recording.

Help please! Does anyone have the recording I'm talking about (the one with
Roberto Michelucci)?

[thebarnman]

this has confused me as well.

there was an incredible recording of this done in the 60's, on philips, by i
musici.

I think they must have re-recorded it because when I bought the disc, it was
interpreted very differently. The latter was splendid, but there was
"magic" in the first one.

they are different recordings.

[Hou Fang-Lin]

I think I Musici recorded this with Ayo in early sixties
and with Michelucchi later in the seventies. I have
the latter on LP and was even thinking about getting
the former on CD, but that was in my pre-HIP days....

Fang-Lin

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[rkha...@adnc.com]

In article <88qn9a$6v$1...@news.iastate.edu>,

I Musici recorded The Four Seasons at least three times: with Ayo in the
60s (the complete Op. 8 on Philips Duo), with Michelucci in the 70s and
with Carmirelli in the early 80s. You can find the Michelucci one from
www.musicexpress.com on a budget Philips disc. Just perform a search
for classical performer with "Michelucci" to find:

$ 7.35 ANTONIO VIVALDI -- DIE VIER JAHRESZEITEN/
CD details Add to Basket VERV232592 3/98 PHILIPS
Michelucci*Roberto/Im Class. Soloinstr. W. Orchestra

Good Luck,

Ramon Khalona
Carlsbad, California

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[Philip Peters]

Hou Fang-Lin wrote:

> I think I Musici recorded this with Ayo in early sixties
> and with Michelucchi later in the seventies. I have
> the latter on LP and was even thinking about getting
> the former on CD, but that was in my pre-HIP days....
>
> Fang-Lin

I still love I Musici's recordings, especially with Felix Ayo. I still think
their clarity - which is more classical than baroque maybe - is unsurpassed even
though listening to Il Giardino Armonico blew my mind at first hearing and still
does. I can enjoy both approaches.

Philip

[JRsnfld]

>I'm not exactly sure the one available on Philips Duo is the one I want. The
soloist on the Duo is Felix Ayo - a familiar name, but I'm almost positive that
Roberto Michelucci was the one on the tape recording.<

I know you didn't ask for my two-cents on this, but I couldn't resist: Someone
once handed me a stack of LPs, which had both of these records in it, the Ayo
and the later recording with Michelucci. I listened to both, and, though the
Michelucci was pretty decent, I thought the Ayo was much, much better.
Everything was more lively with Ayo--especially the supportive playing of I
Musici. The rhythms bounced; the melodies were gorgeously shaped. Ayo's sound
seemed more beguiling, sweeter, more passionate than Michelucci's.

Feel free to ignore me if you have your heart set on Michelucci. You don't get
a bad recording if you order it, but I thought it was pale and drab in
comparison to the Ayo.

--Jeff

[HellSpree]

>listening to Il Giardino Armonico blew my mind at first hearing and still
>does.

Of the three, Il Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante, and the English Concert
with Pinnock and Standage, which do you prefer, if you've heard all three?

[Philip Peters]

HellSpree wrote:

I heard all three and IGA takes my breath away. I like it much better than
Standage which is more conventional (and a bit *stiff upper lip-ish* maybe) and
also more than Biondi. I read someone (maybe here?) describe IGA as *take no
prisoners* playing and I think that's a very apt term.

Philip

[van...@my-deja.com]

S. Accardo in the 70's, too?
I have Michelucci and Ayo listed on a 1958 recording (Philips CD-various
cti).

Regards

In article <88rtu7$d04$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

rkha...@adnc.com wrote:
> In article <88qn9a$6v$1...@news.iastate.edu>,
> "josh" <yout...@im.stupid> wrote:
> > I used to have a recording of this (tape). Now that I want to get
the
> CD,

> > I'm not exactly sure the one available on Philips Duo is the one I
> want. The
> > soloist on the Duo is Felix Ayo - a familiar name, but I'm almost
> positive
> > that Roberto Michelucci was the one on the tape recording.
> >

[van...@my-deja.com]

This might be what you're looking for-- Ayo/I Musici on Philips DUO,
circa 1959 recording.
This DUO does not appear in the Philips 2000 catalog, but you still
might be able to find it in stores.
For Lovejoy/ASMF fans, note their 4 Seasons is now 96/24'd on DECCA
Legends.

Regards

In article <88qn9a$6v$1...@news.iastate.edu>,
"josh" <yout...@im.stupid> wrote:
> I used to have a recording of this (tape). Now that I want to get the
CD,
> I'm not exactly sure the one available on Philips Duo is the one I
want. The
> soloist on the Duo is Felix Ayo - a familiar name, but I'm almost
positive
> that Roberto Michelucci was the one on the tape recording.
>
> Help please! Does anyone have the recording I'm talking about (the one
with
> Roberto Michelucci)?
>
>

[van...@my-deja.com]

Correction, that's Loveday/ASMF.

Regards

[Don Petter]

In article <88rtu7$d04$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, rkha...@adnc.com
wrote:
>

>I Musici recorded The Four Seasons at least three times: with
Ayo in the
>60s (the complete Op. 8 on Philips Duo), with Michelucci in the
70s and
>with Carmirelli in the early 80s.
>

>Ramon Khalona
>Carlsbad, California

Make that at least four times. The early '60s recording with Ayo
was already a stereo re-make of their mono recording (with Ayo)
recording of the mid '50s (ABL 3128 in UK), which I like even
more!

Don Petter.

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