I have a gorgeous LP of Pollini playing Schubert, I must dig it out. And I just love Cecilia Bartoli.Ciaran wrote:Last night it was nearly all LP.
Maurizio Pollini in Schubert's late Piano Sonatas. Spellbinding!
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Tonight I started with Gombert:
Oddly, the SACD booklet doesn't discuss the music at all: it just discusses Gombert's notoriety. He seems to have been the Robert King of his day, for, while we know very little about him (like other composers of the period), there is a brief reference in a book by Cardano from this time which refers to the musician Gombert who was sent to the galleys for sodomising one of the prince's boys. Apparently we have no other evidence, so it's hard to know whether to believe it or not. Anyway, I find his music almost on a par with Josquin, and to me that's as good as polyphony gets!
On to Chopin Scherzos with Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter:
Bach Cantata 108 from the wonderful Kuijken series:
The Parker Quartet playing Ligeti:
and finally a few dazzling Neapolitan arias from Simone Kermes:
Oddly, the SACD booklet doesn't discuss the music at all: it just discusses Gombert's notoriety. He seems to have been the Robert King of his day, for, while we know very little about him (like other composers of the period), there is a brief reference in a book by Cardano from this time which refers to the musician Gombert who was sent to the galleys for sodomising one of the prince's boys. Apparently we have no other evidence, so it's hard to know whether to believe it or not. Anyway, I find his music almost on a par with Josquin, and to me that's as good as polyphony gets!
On to Chopin Scherzos with Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter:
Bach Cantata 108 from the wonderful Kuijken series:
The Parker Quartet playing Ligeti:
and finally a few dazzling Neapolitan arias from Simone Kermes:
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Excellent....I love that description!Ciaran wrote:Last night it was nearly all LP..... I was really enjoying the Magnificat towards the end when "... Gloria Patri ... BANG ... Gloria Patri ... BANG ... Gloria Patri... BANG... Gloria Patri... BANG... " I got an ugly reminder of why classical listeners abandoned LP as fast as they could when CD arrived!
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To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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High praise indeed!Ciaran wrote:Tonight I started with Gombert....I find his music almost on a par with Josquin, and to me that's as good as polyphony gets!
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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It has been a while since I have listened to Dittersdorf....
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Like every other conductor, not everything that Gardiner did is good but I agree with you on that comment....over there it is almost universal dismissal for the sake of it. I don't get it....is it because he is English?Seán wrote:....I won't ask them over on CMG about it .... as they just don't like Gardiner, full stop.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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I don't know, it's a bit annoying at times.fergus wrote:Like every other conductor, not everything that Gardiner did is good but I agree with you on that comment....over there it is almost universal dismissal for the sake of it. I don't get it....is it because he is English?Seán wrote:....I won't ask them over on CMG about it .... as they just don't like Gardiner, full stop.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 1, 2 & 7
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conducting
The Vänskä/Minnesota set arived today. This evening I gave myself a real treat and listened to the First, Second & Seventh Symphonies, this is a gorgeous set.
For a really comprehensive review one need look no further than Musicweb International:
http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http ... nQPTzuHhCA
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Thanks for that link Seán....my interest has been aroused....Seán wrote:[For a really comprehensive review one need look no further than Musicweb International:
http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http ... nQPTzuHhCA
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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My first venture into the organ music of JSB....
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Do be do be do: Sinatra
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