The Four Seasons

Leopold Stokowski conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra for this recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Hugh Bean featured as a violin soloist. Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a legendary British orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he conducted. He was one of the great personalities of the podium and held a profound commitment to the emotional impact of classical music. He conducted the music for and appeared in Disney's "Fantasia" and was a lifelong champion of contemporary composers, giving many premieres of new music during his 60-year conducting career. Recorded at Decca Studio, London in 1966. Features: • High Precision Mastering • HQ 180 gm Premium Virgin Vinyl • Mastering Equipment: SADiE DSD 8 Series5 • Almarro MIA Monitor Speaker • Octave Jubilee Preamp Monitor Amplifier • Power System: Isoclean Power Conditioning System • Mastered with Black Rhodium Cable • Remastered by Povee Chan Musicians: Hugh Bean, solo violin New Philharmonia Orchestra Leopold Stokowski, conductor Desmond Bradley, 1st violin Kenneth Moore, 2nd violin Raymond Clarke, 1st cello Charles Spinks, harpsichord 500 Numbered Copies