What baroque/early music are you listening to?

[Beef Oven!]

Over the past few days I've been a fair bit of Baroque/earlier stuff.

Richard Barrett's post on another thread biggin-up Richard Egarr's latest AAM Handel Op.3 Concerti Grossi got me going (great performances). I went on to Manze's Op.6 concerti and bought Il Giardino Armonico's set - performed with 2 days stubble, flies undone and hair greased back.

There were some great snippets from the Brilliant Classics latest Vivaldi mahusive box set release on Saturday's CD Review on R3.

Yesterday I took in Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico Op.3 performed by Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante. Biondi and Galante are an amazing combo!!

Right now I'm listening to:

Vivaldi 'Concerto in G major for 2 Mandolins, RV 532'
New London Consort, Philip Picket.

It doesn't have the vim and bite of the Giardino's rendition, but it is still a most excellent performance.

[Beef Oven!]

This evening I am relaxing with a glass of JWDB and listening to some early music on YouTube. A band that is new to me, but keeps coming up in my searches is "Arte Dei Suonatori". They sound quite good. Anyone got the lowdown on 'em?

[teamsaint]

cup of tea and some Zelenka and Pisendel performed by the Freiburgs / VonDer Goltz for me tonight.

( Not watching the big game, Beefy?)

[Beef Oven!]

cup of tea and some Zelenka and Pisendel performed by the Freiburgs / VonDer Goltz for me tonight.

( Not watching the big game, Beefy?)

What game?

[teamsaint]

What game?

forget I mentioned it.

[Beef Oven!]

This evening I am relaxing with a glass of JWDB and listening to some early music on YouTube. A band that is new to me, but keeps coming up in my searches is "Arte Dei Suonatori". They sound quite good. Anyone got the lowdown on 'em?

Back on topic.........

[Richard Tarleton]

This evening I am relaxing with a glass of JWDB and listening to some early music on YouTube. A band that is new to me, but keeps coming up in my searches is "Arte Dei Suonatori". They sound quite good. Anyone got the lowdown on 'em?

A Polish band. See here, ## 382-6.

(Going to see Rachel Podger in Swansea tomorrow - Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Biber - but with BBC NOW, not this lot )

[jayne lee wilson]

I was considering a program of Harnoncourt's CMW Haydn and Telemann, but I was just too busy....

Liverpool 2 Manchester Utd 0

...and it may well be the same next Thursday too....

[EdgeleyRob]

I was considering a program of Harnoncourt's CMW Haydn and Telemann, but I was just too busy....

Liverpool 2 Manchester Utd 0

...and it may well be the same next Thursday too....

Ooooh Jayne,didn't know you had a mischievous streak.

[french frank]

Back on topic.........

Er, yes indeed

Thanks to ardcarp for mentioning the Maria Cristina Kiehr clips

[Beef Oven!]

A Polish band. See here, ## 382-6.

(Going to see Rachel Podger in Swansea tomorrow - Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Biber - but with BBC NOW, not this lot )

Thanks Richard. Probably for all the wrong reasons, I didn't expect this band to be Polish!

[Beef Oven!]

I had a nice long chill out evening last night, listening to Corelli's Concerti Grossi.

There's a good selection on Apple Music and I have to say I was blown away by Neville Marriner ASMITF performances.

I also listened to the Pinnock - very good, but I thought NM is in a different league.

Interestingly, over the last few days I've been indulging in Handel's Op.6 Concerti, but I think the Corelli are much more enjoyable. I did not expect that. I have had the Naxos discs for a few years, but the music never really took off, until last night! Maybe the JWDB helped

[ahinton]

Ooooh Jayne,didn't know you had a mischievous streak.

Then you would appear not to have been reading all of her posts with sufficient care!...

[french frank]

Please stay on topic - I have had a complaint and am giving gentle hints.

[Richard Barrett]

Please stay on topic - I have had a complaint and am giving gentle hints.

Some people seem to have nothing better to do than complain!

Yesterday evening: chamber music by J-M Leclair (overtures for two violins and continuo, sonatas for two unaccompanied violins), a marvellous recording by the great Musica antiqua Köln of music by a very neglected composer, whose violin concertos (recorded by Simon Standage on Chandos) and opera Scylla et Glaucus (recorded by JEG on Erato) can sit well beside anything else in those genres from the early 18th century.