Thank you for your comments and for listening.
 I was trying my hand at templates in various programs. I didn't go about this the typical way which is using a Kontakt multi already made in a template.
Olivier I appreciate your comments on the mix . I will pay special attention to the details you mentioned. I had no idea this piece was such an integral part of French classical music. I particularly like the slower tempo and pizzicato strings support. A very endearing piece of music and one to be very proud of from a cultural perspective. Interesting trivia to know about Chostakovitch. I had no idea. Nice to meet you here!
markno999- Thanks for the suggestion!
John B. Thank you!
 
Thanks to everyone who listened and commented.
 

eph221
This is really well done!  I was talking with a friend about who (composers) can make one feel joy through their works?  For me the only one I could come up with is Mozart.  Everyone else is so much sturm und drang, or dramatic, or cerebral, or coloristic  etc .  Beethoven is just too much to just listen  and feel happy (except for maybe #7)  Who would you suggest I listen to?

I recently bought a few classical music CD's and one was Handel. I listened to him on the way to work today. Everyone is probably familiar with his " Messiah" usually played around Christmas time. I have always liked that one, mainly for the great inclusion of the choir. A very majestic piece. 
From the CD I listened to a lot of his concertos make great "busy music" stuff I like to hear while driving or working. Little horn trills and stabs, also very majestic. Not what I would call the kind of thing I would focus on entirely............some of his other works that are more centered on string sectionals are excellent and very reflective and I can feel emotion from those. He did a lot of varied work.
Interestingly Tomaso primarily wrote operas in the late 1600's early 1700's and this is what he was primarily known for then. This music wasn't seen as his best work and was "on the back burner" at that time. Interesting how it is now one of the best known works.

Hi Tim
How are you mate?
Nice interpretation sir

This is one of my favorite pieces, and I used to play it on piano with a little jazz in restaurants to decent effect. It's just a beautiful, well thought-out piece. The counterpoint is perfect and worthy of Bach or Mozart. I wonder if Mozart knew of this piece?
 
Anyway, your rendition is really quite good. I bet this took some work! A lot of work, actually! Here's a few thoughts . . . most of which you are probably already aware . . . occasionally the cello arpeggio drops out, as in :17.
 
If you listen to the volume balance between organ and strings around 1:00 - 1:10, I think it's perfect! 
 
For my money, the melody line of the top violins could be louder, check 2:09 and after.
 
If you look at 4:54, would the pizzicato string plucks would be that much louder that the organ? You might consider bringing the organ up and the pizz down a tad.
 
 
OK, one of the cool things is that you can balance any of these exactly as you wish, and as you present it, it's a really great rendition. I think all of your instruments present organically, nothing really screams out as "fake news"  !!!
 
Nice work! Now I'm off to watch "Gallipoli" which is a fine movie that features this piece.
 
cheers,
-Tom

I've always liked this composition - your rendition sounded very good - nice job.  It sounded like it was a lot of work.

daryl1968
Hi Tim
How are you mate?
Nice interpretation sir

I'm great Daryl how about you? You winning any good games lately?
Thanks!
emeraldsoul- I can tell both from your website and the comments that you are a keen listener. I appreciate the comments made here. Being a violinist at intermediate level I hate the violin in this because I know how expressive one can sound in it. This is why I turned the volume on it down some lol. The other tips- Thanks!  
One day I'll get a decent ribbon mic and pre amp so I can attempt something like this on violin for real. Oh and play better too.

Hi, Tim,
 
This is really fantastic!  Beautiful job on this full, rich sounding Classical piece!
 
The orchestration and production are excellent and immediately brought back fond childhood memories of my parents taking me on trips to Lincoln Center in New York for Philharmonic concerts when I was growing up.
 
Great work, Tim have a good one!
Bob

This sounds very nice here Tim,

Just the music I needed for a Sunday relaxing on the futon. Great attention to detail. Thanks for sharing!

Many thanks all. Sorry I missed dougk1824 in my responses.
Wookie- Thanks for listening.
Thanks Bob. Hope you're getting along well. Good to hear from you and thanks for listening.
cwestmont- Nice to meet you and thank you for those comments.

Really enjoyed your work here Tim. Sounds rather large! Tom has some great insight. I feel the verb is cut short at the end, but each to their own. Really cool sounds.