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How many versions do you have?

Dear fellow music lovers,
I was just flicking through my classical cd collection the other morning looking for something to play, every so often I would come across Vivaldi's 4 Seasons, so I thought I would pull them all out and count them, well I have 8 versions (actually 7 really as I have a duplicate), they are;

1.Mutter DG
2.Quintessence label
3.Roberto Michelucci- Phillips (x2)
4.Classical Treasures
5.Jean Pierre Rampal-Sony
6.Nigel Kennedy- EMI
7.Hogwood- L'oiseau-Lyre

What duplicates do you have in your collection?, being audiophiles who I presume would prefer an original cd rather than a burned copy so no burned copies to be included.
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larryi
3,888 posts
 
Chasmal,

I have about three versions on LP and around five or six on CD. I too, like the Herrewegge a lot for the performance (the recording is a touch sibilant, but it is pretty good too). I also like Perlman, and for something really different, the Rifkin (one singer per part).

I have silly number of multiples for Beethoven's late piano quartets (I like the Vegh Quartet, Quartetto Italiano, the Hollywood Quartet), Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (amazingly, I like Domingo), and the Bartok String Quartets (I like Takacs Quartet).
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
ON Dvorak's 9th Symphony, I highly suggest Bernstein with the Israel Phylharmonic. The 2nd movement is the most lyrically intense performance that I have heard. . . just do not expect an 'audiophile-grade' recording. . . get this for the music, not for the sonics. . . Besides, Lenny B. is one of our great lost Titans! G.
argyro
438 posts
 
Over 20! :)

Mh favourite is the one with Carmigniola!
argyro
438 posts
 
This is the exact one:

http://www.amazon.com/Antonio-Vivaldi-Concertos-Carmignola-Orchestra/dp/B000051Y3D
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gawdbless OP
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Yes, the question is of copies of the same piece of music.
I have realized I have a cd with Gil Shaham playing Vivaldi's
4 seasons also. So my count is now 9.
Don't think I will ever get to 20 though of the same piece.
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