A lovely disc this, delightful how delicately the lute drops colours into the score amongst all the razzmatazz. The slow movement of Op.3, No.1 recalls the slow movt of Beethoven PC No. 4 for me.
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A lovely disc this, delightful how delicately the lute drops colours into the score amongst all the razzmatazz. The slow movement of Op.3, No.1 recalls the slow movt of Beethoven PC No. 4 for me. -
....pour passer la melancolie
Music by Froberger, Fischer and Clerambault.
Andreas Staier, harpsichord.
I played this cd a few weeks ago for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here it is again!
I have played the Clerambault on piano, before now.Last edited by BBMmk2; 31-01-17, 07:25.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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William Lawes - Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and Theorbos - Timothy Roberts (organ), Jacob Heringman, David Miller (lute, theorbo), Rose Consort of Viols - Naxos 8.550601
Lovely disc with some rollicking good tunes. It includes the Pieces for Two Lutes which I first heard (my introduction to Lawes) 40 years ago on Julian Bream and John Williams's first "Together" disc.
I have the Amazon algorithm to thank for this - it's the sort of disc I might have discovered by chance rummaging through a Naxos rack in a bookshop, but that hardly ever seems to happen these days - and Amazon seems to understand me perfectly
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Blimey, I don't think I have that one, and me such a Lawes fan. Coincidentally I've been listening this week to the Phantasm recording of his "Consorts to the Organ", which boasts liner notes by Laurence Dreyfus that make Graham Johnson's for his Hyperion lieder CDs look tongue-tied.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostComment
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Antonio Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni
I have been playing the La Serinissima/Adrain Chandler performance this evening, and I think it’s head and shoulders the best of all. Concerto Italiano, Concentus Musicus Wien, Giuliano Carmignola & Fabio Biondi are all excellent, but La Serinissima/Chandler is favourite. Somehow they make the very familiar music actually sound quite different from how we know it - not because of the period instruments or tempos, but something else that I can’t explain. What I will say though, is that purely thinking about the solo violin, Giuliano Carmignola is no.1 in my book. What a classy musician he is (I’ve been listening to lots of different Four Seasons recordings over the past couple of weeks).
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It's OK but it's an earlier (and to my ears less interesting) version of the "Royall Consort" pieces than the familiar one as recorded by the Purcell Quartet and others. Bream and Williams: er, wow.Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostComment
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I’m very pleased I bought this recording. Excellent music, musicianship and it sounds glorious (Hi-Res download, Qobuz).
Giovanni Antonini (not forgetting Il Giardino Armonico) has really opened the door on earlier music for me. He’s a very special talent.
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Two new discoveries. Particularly pleased with Somis
Giovanni Battista Somis,Violin Sonatas OP I
Giovanni Benedetto Platti Cello Concertos
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Antonio Vivaldi - Late Violin Concertos, RV177, 191, 222, 273, 295, 375.
Giuliano Carmignola, Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra. Sony.
In this repertoire, I prefer the more contemporary violinists, particularly Fabio Biondi and Giuliano Carmignola. When I want a more blood-twisting performance, I go for Biondi. But otherwise, for me, I don’t think there is anyone quite as good as Carmignola.
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Yes I was particulraly pleased to find liner notes that help you so much to appreciate each piece. I purchased their Purcell Fantasias disc in the hope of finding the same thing, but the notes there are more limited.Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostComment
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Glossa's recent foray into neglected Rameau works is well worth exploring...I've been re-listening to this one and the singing, playing and recording is outstanding.
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As featured on Record Review yesterday
Delightful."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Handel.
Sonatas for transverse flute and sonatas for oboe.
Camerata Koln.
It comes in a plain white paper sleeve like the one below.
.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
- as per their LP of the time. There seem to be several Phantasm recordings - what is the Elizabeth Kenny one like?
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