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Seán wrote:Darren, if you're ever in Dublin you will be made feel most welcome if you decide to pay me a visit and I'll introduce to some tiresome performances before we move on to better things of course..

Darren, I wouldn't pass up an invitation to visit chez Dunne; they don't get handed out lightly...

I should know, I've never received one.. ;-)

Glad to hear it!

Diapason wrote:Glad to hear it!

I was referring to the disc's availability here, not the lack of invitation to Sean's!

Diapason wrote:

Diapason wrote:Glad to hear it!

I was referring to the disc's availability here, not the lack of invitation to Sean's!

Sean's understandably very careful about his invitations.. if I turned up on his doorstep, his wife would never let him visit a music forum again.. ;-)

Jared wrote:

Seán wrote:Darren, if you're ever in Dublin you will be made feel most welcome if you decide to pay me a visit and I'll introduce to some tiresome performances before we move on to better things of course..

Darren, I wouldn't pass up an invitation to visit chez Dunne; they don't get handed out lightly...

I should know, I've never received one.. ;-)

You will be made feel most welcome Mister Butcher and now you have received an invitation.

Jared wrote:

Diapason wrote:

Diapason wrote:Glad to hear it!

I was referring to the disc's availability here, not the lack of invitation to Sean's!

Sean's understandably very careful about his invitations.. if I turned up on his doorstep, his wife would never let him visit a music forum again.. ;-)

Ah she's not fiussy, sure she even welcomes Fergus to our humble abode.

Seán wrote:More recently I splashed out on a set by Jordi Savall who, it seems, is held in very high regard, unfortunately these performance don't do much for me either:
Les six Concerts Brandebourgeois with Jordi Savall

I'm a big fan of Jordi Savall's work but I definitely agree with you on this set Sean. It is the only work by Savall that disappointed me.

This was the first ever Brandenburg set that I bought and it still remains top of the pile for me.



I know your a fan of the OAE so this one should do it for you.

well, these 'old school' Brandenburgs arrived this morning... I'm really not sure what to expect of them, but the set was an absolute bargain. I generally like Menuhin, and so the way I wish to approach this set, recorded with his pre-HIP Bath Festival Orchestra between 1956-73, is to see how Bach was approached by such a dedicated supporter of his work during these years. I'm not expecting these performances to be 'top drawer' by todays highly informed standards, but I'm sure I'll find them enjoyable and enlightening in equal measue...

Jared wrote:well, these 'old school' Brandenburgs arrived this morning... I'm really not sure what to expect of them, but the set was an absolute bargain. I generally like Menuhin, and so the way I wish to approach this set, recorded with his pre-HIP Bath Festival Orchestra between 1956-73, is to see how Bach was approached by such a dedicated supporter of his work during these years. I'm not expecting these performances to be 'top drawer' by todays highly informed standards, but I'm sure I'll find them enjoyable and enlightening in equal measue...

Eh they are bottom drawer dust collectors actually. Sorry Jared, I just don't like them, I hope you do.

DaveF wrote:

Seán wrote:More recently I splashed out on a set by Jordi Savall who, it seems, is held in very high regard, unfortunately these performance don't do much for me either:
Les six Concerts Brandebourgeois with Jordi Savall

I'm a big fan of Jordi Savall's work but I definitely agree with you on this set Sean. It is the only work by Savall that disappointed me.

This was the first ever Brandenburg set that I bought and it still remains top of the pile for me.



I know your a fan of the OAE so this one should do it for you.

Yes I am, I should get that set.