Wonderful new Fauré Requiem

[HighlandDougie]

My copy arrived this morning so, having got CD Review out of the way, I'm now feeling spiritually uplifted after listening to what Caliban has so felicitously recommended. Very well sung indeed - and the acoustic of Sainte-Clotilde allows for enough wallowing for it to be suitably atmospheric but not so much that it begins to sound like Gounod. And Sandrine Piau is wobble-free.

Off-topic but also delivered today was the new CD by the Chiaroscuro Quartet of Mozart's Dissonance and Schubert's Rosamunde Quartets (as recommended recently by AMcG in a recent CD Review - and in Classica Magazine). HIPP it may be but knock-out performances (and great recordings) of two of my favourite SQs.

[Nick Armstrong]

My copy arrived this morning so, having got CD Review out of the way, I'm now feeling spiritually uplifted after listening to what Caliban has so felicitously recommended. Very well sung indeed - and the acoustic of Sainte-Clotilde allows for enough wallowing for it to be suitably atmospheric but not so much that it begins to sound like Gounod. And Sandrine Piau is wobble-free.

Off-topic but also delivered today was the new CD by the Chiaroscuro Quartet of Mozart's Dissonance and Schubert's Rosamunde Quartets (as recommended recently by AMcG in a recent CD Review - and in Classica Magazine). HIPP it may be but knock-out performances (and great recordings) of two of my favourite SQs.

I'm delighted you like it, Dougie! Do you know what I mean about the lovely sounds of the Cavaillé-Coll into the bargain? Sounds like you are having a generally felicitous musical day

BTW what's the weather like down in the jolly old Alpes Maritimes these days?

[HighlandDougie]

Beau temps ensoleillé - wonderful. Back, alas, to the freezing fog and general dreichness of Caledonia in a week's time. I have a fellow board member who is an FRCO and omniscient on all matters organ-ic so I'll ask him if he knows that particular Cavaillé-Coll but it sounds pretty fine to my inexpert ears - and adds greatly to the atmosphere of the performance. And, if you like a big organ (forgive the Donald Gill-like phrase), the Cavaillé-Coll of Saint-Sulpice in Paris on the Francis-Xavier Roth Les Siècles Saint-Saëns 3 (played by F-X's dad) is pretty impressive.

[Nick Armstrong]

Beau temps ensoleillé - wonderful. Back, alas, to the freezing fog and general dreichness of Caledonia in a week's time. I have a fellow board member who is an FRCO and omniscient on all matters organ-ic so I'll ask him if he knows that particular Cavaillé-Coll but it sounds pretty fine to my inexpert ears - and adds greatly to the atmosphere of the performance. And, if you like a big organ (forgive the Donald Gill-like phrase), the Cavaillé-Coll of Saint-Sulpice in Paris on the Francis-Xavier Roth Les Siècles Saint-Saëns 3 (played by F-X's dad) is pretty impressive.

You really should become a regular on the AA thread, Dougie, with organ references like that. We like the sledgehammer double-entendre there!!!