Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Salvatore Accardo’s Le Quattro Stagioni: Philips or Decca?

 


Both 💫



The Philips’ - gorgeously recorded and pressed in 1987 in VERY limited quantities while the CD era was flourishing - is a masterpiece in musicality, as Accardo’s playing is so painfully moving to tears with its beauty and (digital) recording is serving music so well.



The hybrid SACD on Decca I recently bought is also a superb musical treasure and sound is just a tad less involving and naturally smooth as on the sought-after (its prices skyrocketed hideously) Philips vinyl disc.

Nonetheless, kudos to the technicians on both media.

It’s one Vivaldi’s edition I very often return to, also if my first personal choice remains the Jean-Claude Malgoire’s on CBS 💫💎💫




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