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Title: Interesting...
Review: I am well familiar with the Ormandy and Bernstein recordings so I figured I'd try something a little different. Actually, a lot different. I'm not sure how old Stokowski was when this was recorded but the Royal phil is all over the place, rarely together and way out of balance. Not to mention a lack of polish by the solo violin. The one redeeming factor is the hilarity of the outrageous interpretation- especially funny is the clarinet solo at the beginning of the 3rd movement, where it takes about 3 measures worth of time to finish the one measure solo. C'mon, you already have your cadenza in the 2nd movement!
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