Title: Souless playing by Perlman
Product review: At the time of Le Quattro Stagioni's conception, Vivaldi was maestro de' concerti at an all-girl's orphanage. Each year, the orphanage would hold nurmous concerts where adolescent girls would play violin behind a curiously shaded curtain.Op. 8 not only remains one of Vivaldi's greatest masterpiece, but is reflective of the mastro de' concerti at his most musical and creative stage. To play such a passionate, flawless piece of music as Perlman did is, to say the least, insufficient. Perlman's techique and intonation are flawless, but behind that there is nothing else. Tempos drag (especially in the presto movement of Summer), and the dynamics are forced (listen to Winter's 1st movement). Perlamn renders this great piece of music to mere finger exercises, and does diservice to such a great piece of music. I recommand Janine Jansen's account of the reviewed album.
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