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I had somehow missed this one, a situation now rectified. Thanks, they pull no punches, so they?! A very disc indeed, even if the booklet notes are merely Serviceable.Originally posted by rkyburz View PostComment
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I must confess: even as a notorious HIPPster it took me a moment to get used to their sound & playing! To my delight, they don't use portamento as substitute for vibrato, as another quartet does — but that really belongs into another thread...Originally posted by Bryn View Post
I like their Mozart just as much, if not more. As this is (one of) their first CD(s), I think it is legitimate that the booklet concentrates on the artists, even if some of the pics don't add much information!Comment
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I am particularly fond of the Schubert 'Rosamunde' Quartet as a piece of music. This Chiaroscuro performance rather bowled me over when I first heard it in 2011:
Apart from the Ebène's performance which I heard in the Wigmore Hall and which I have preserved from the R3 relay, it remains the one I turn to most often. The Chiaroscuros performed the Schubert - and the Mozart K428 - at last year's Edinburgh Festival. A wonderful concert.Comment
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Thanks for that pointer (ran into this before, but didn't want to order before having looked at their Mozart/Beethoven CD) — will look at that in due time; from their Facebook page I take that they are working with Christophe Coin on the Schubert Quintet — I hope this will result in a recording!!Comment
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Ah, just read that the quintet was *not* recorded ...
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Have just been searching through past Radio 3 broadcasts of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and have found:
and most recently,
all of which I will listen to over the next few days.
I really don't know how I have failed to give them an ear (or two) before.Comment
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Since none of those 3 programmes are available on the iplayer at the moment, how will you listen to them? Is there a clever way to fool the system?!Comment
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I was digging about for HIPP versions of 79 & 81 recently and came across both of them on YouTube with Hogwood and the AAM. There's no information on the venue, but it may well be in Germany, as the titles are in German. Maybe someone recognizes it. I wonder whether these performances were in preparation for the continuation of the Oiseau-Lyre cycle which was complete up to no. 75 (with some of the London symphonies)? The date is apparently c.2000.Originally posted by Bryn View Post
No. 79:
No. 81:
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IL Giardino Armonico with Giovanni Antonini have recently released Symphonies Nos. 39 & 49 on the Alpha label, album entitled "La Passione". Shame perhaps that they've put Gluck's Don Juan between the two, but having not found the time for a review on New Releases, all I can say is that it's very good indeed - small orchestra with great rhythmic bite and plenty of.... passion. The 24/96 file is very well recorded with fearsome dynamics and attack. Would have preferred 3 Sturm und Drangs but...Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 19-12-14, 19:18.Comment
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Thank you so much for this, JFLL.... as an avid AAM fan, I had no idea of the existence of these public performances. I'm sure you're right, they were probably performances just before the orchestra went into the studioOriginally posted by JFLL View PostI was digging about for HIPP versions of 79 & 81 recently and came across both of them on YouTube with Hogwood and the AAM. There's no information on the venue, but it may well be in Germany, as the titles are in German. Maybe someone recognizes it. I wonder whether these performances were in preparation for the continuation of the Oiseau-Lyre cycle which was complete up to no. 75 (with some of the London symphonies)? The date is apparently c.2000.
No. 79:
No. 81:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqwuLDQRmw
and who knows, maybe they were even laid down by Decca, never to be released. Nos. 76 and 77 were certainly recorded and though they never got issued by Decca, they did make a brief appearance on a BBC music magazine disc, which I guard with my life - definitely a collector's item.Comment
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I was looking at the AAM/Hogwood recordings, after hearing one on Essential Classics last week. Presto has the complete recordings at £67 for the 32 disc set. I didn't occur to me that it wasn't the complete symphonies, but now I see that there almost 20 (76 - 95) missing.Comment
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Yes, five boxes were still to be released in the complete edition of the AAM set and we fans were left high and dry, having bought all the previous issues.
Getting back to the TV peformances of 79 and 81...if Tony played in the band, could he tell us if they were indeed recorded by Decca, even though they were never released? I would so love to have them...no.79 is just superb.Comment
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Many thanks for this. I have opted for the download of both. I note that a Freiburger performance of No. 80 is also on YouTube. I have downloaded that, too.Originally posted by JFLL View PostI was digging about for HIPP versions of 79 & 81 recently and came across both of them on YouTube with Hogwood and the AAM. There's no information on the venue, but it may well be in Germany, as the titles are in German. Maybe someone recognizes it. I wonder whether these performances were in preparation for the continuation of the Oiseau-Lyre cycle which was complete up to no. 75 (with some of the London symphonies)? The date is apparently c.2000.
No. 79:
No. 81:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqwuLDQRmw
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