What are you listening two?

[fergus]

17th century Venetian vocal chamber music....





Soprano: Judith Nelson
Harpsichord: William Christie
Cello: Christophe Coin
Harp: John Hutchinson

That´s an ancient recording Fergus. René Jacobs first came to Mexico in 1977 with Judith Nelson and a then unknown harpsichord player called William Christie. I was there!

I have that CD for some time now Pepe but I did not realise how old the recording was until I played it again recently. I wonder was it released on vinyl? I must have a search!

[fergus]

Edit: apologies for the size of the image; I could not find a smaller one!

[markof]

Lovely recording, a little dry but very engaging.

[Jose Echenique]

17th century Venetian vocal chamber music....





Soprano: Judith Nelson
Harpsichord: William Christie
Cello: Christophe Coin
Harp: John Hutchinson

That´s an ancient recording Fergus. René Jacobs first came to Mexico in 1977 with Judith Nelson and a then unknown harpsichord player called William Christie. I was there!

I have that CD for some time now Pepe but I did not realise how old the recording was until I played it again recently. I wonder was it released on vinyl? I must have a search!

Sure, it was first released on vinyl, this recording predates CD for a handful of years. Judith Nelson had a little, pretty voice. I guess you can say that she was the USA answer to Emma Kirkby. Sadly, she died much too young in 2012.

[Jose Echenique]

A lovely serenata by Bach´s Catholic boy. The performance is exquisite.

[mcq]

Listening this evening to Viktoria Mullova's glorious performances of the Bach violin concertos.  These are intensely lyrical, passionate performances that strike me as among the best these masterpieces have ever received.  Deeply, profoundly satisfying music that remains impervious to the passage of time and underlines the inconsequentiality and transitory nature of so much we encounter and ultimately discard in our lives.  Great music endures and sustains and consoles us like nothing else and, to recall the words of T.S. Eliot, gradually takes the form of "music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all, but you are the music while the music lasts".  

[mcq]

Listening right now to Amandine Beyer's exceptional performances of Corelli's Concerti Grossi with her wonderful ensemble, Gli Incogniti.  The more I listen to this great composer's work, the more impressed I am with the human qualties that he could convey with his music.  I hear the grace, warmth, tenderness, spontaneity, wit and a generosity of spirit that must have formed part of the man's character.  Ms. Beyer's performance, recorded live, communicates acutely all of these virtues in an intoxicating performance that I consider to be one of the very best that these great works have ever received.

[fergus]

A lovely serenata by Bach´s Catholic boy. The performance is exquisite.

I really like the transitory nature (i.e. transition from Baroque to Classical) of JC Bach's music and that looks like a very interesting one Pepe. I also l like Bruno Weil and I am not surprised that the performance sounds exquisite!

[fergus]

I also have that recording and I too would give it a strong recommendation.

[Jose Echenique]

A lovely serenata by Bach´s Catholic boy. The performance is exquisite.

I really like the transitory nature (i.e. transition from Baroque to Classical) of JC Bach's music and that looks like a very interesting one Pepe. I also l like Bruno Weil and I am not surprised that the performance sounds exquisite!

I´ve loved this recording since it first appeared some 10 years ago, and my admiration only increases with every repast.