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...LISTENERS WHO THINK OF VIVALDI as merely the composer of The Four Seasons and several hundred indistinguishable concertos, VIVALDI'S FAVORITES, VOL. 1 (ESS.A.Y) could be the most pleasurable, sensibility-cleansing surprise in a long time. The performers are the Philharmonia Virtuosi, who, since being founded in 1974 by their protean conductor, Richard Kapp, have blended a changing ensemble of players from the New York Philharmonic with talented younger musicians in a common pursuit of polished eclecticism. These six concertos, for diverse combinations of instruments, are utterly distinctive and absorbing. Favorite Favorites: the exuberant Concerto in C Major...
...only fitting that Pearl records pays him homage by beginning its six-CD set, The Recorded Cello: The History of the Cello on Record, with his evocative 1915 performance of Schumann's Traumerei. Among the 74 other masters represented here are Enrico Mainardi, whose version of Dvorak's Concerto in B minor is stately and deeply hued; and Gregor Piatigorsky, playing variations on Paganini with heart- skipping joy. All the tracks demonstrate the delicate timbres and subtle nuances that make the cello one of the most majestic of all instruments...
Boston Conservatory Orchestra. PerformMozart's Violin Concerto No. 4, Stravinsky'sDanses Concertantes, Mozart's Symphony No. 40,and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture on Friday,Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway,Boston. Free. Call 536-6340 for more information...
Bach Society Orchestra--performs Copland's Appalachian Spring, Mendelssohn's concerto in E minor for violin and orchestra. Paine Hall, 8 p.m. $5 for students; $6 general. $1 discount for tickets purchased in advance. Tickets are available at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra--will perfrom Gershwin's An American in Paris, Debussy's La Mer, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, No. I. Featured will be pianist Chirstopher Shih `93, winner of the 1991-92 Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Concerto Competition. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $10, $7 general; $7, $5 for students. Tickets are available at the box office or by calling...