{"product_id":"four-seasons-7","title":"Four Seasons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zukerman, Pinchas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e SMCD 5194S\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-10-1999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca      This easygoing account of The Four Seasons from Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada was recorded in May 1999, just before the Israeli-born violinist, violist, and conductor officially took over as music director of the Ottawa-based ensemble. It represents a broadside, of sorts, in the war of taste between period-instrument musicians and die-hard members of the old guard, whose number certainly includes Zukerman. Around the time it was taped, he made some provocative and disdainful statements in the Canadian press about the performance of early music on period instruments, and here he shows that he does, indeed, prefer to do things the old-fashioned way, i.e., without much regard for the stylistic niceties of Baroque art. Favoring moderate tempos, smooth articulations, and generous vibrato, he delivers a sunny, fluent, and very conventional reading of the solo part, played with considerable polish (most of the time) but without much fire or imagination. The Canadian ensemble, featuring a large number of strings in an ample acoustic, holds up its end handsomely, but its lardy sound seems quite anachronistic by today's standards. The choice of Haydn's Symphony No. 49 in F minor (La Passione) as filler is an odd one, except that its wintry beginning dovetails nicely with (and is in the same key as) Vivaldi's Winter concerto. --Ted Libbey      Product description      Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra - SMCD 5194 - CBC Records. Released in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 059582519424\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0059582519424\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e SMCD 5194S\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51461240652073,"sku":"H4-4TDL-IF24","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/6225\/6681\/files\/51N7SM7ZBKL.jpg?v=1762033044","url":"https:\/\/konnichiwa.ca\/fr\/products\/four-seasons-7","provider":"こんにちはマート | KON NICHIWA MART","version":"1.0","type":"link"}