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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:32 pm
by fergus
There is some wonderful music here especially the opening Adagio to Sinfonia No. 4 which is as beautiful as any music that you will hear!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:38 pm
by fergus
Some seasonally appropriate music tonight....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:43 pm
by fergus
Of the appropriate cantata for the second Sunday in Advent, BWV 70a, only fragments survive. JSB incorporated the original version into a bigger scale work, BWV 70.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:23 pm
by fergus
Soler – Sonatas for Harpsichord....
There is some really very good music on this CD. The playing and the recording are both very good and the harpsichord does sound very well balanced.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:38 pm
by DaveF
fergus wrote:Soler – Sonatas for Harpsichord....
There is some really very good music on this CD. The playing and the recording are both very good and the harpsichord does sound very well balanced.
hmm interesting. Dont have anything from Soler.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:30 pm
by DaveF
Diapason wrote:I didn't know you bought a Koopman set (or did I? Hmmm!) How are you finding it? Was it sensibly priced?
I've had that set for a while now Simon. I havent delved into it to the same extent as I have with the Foccroulle set yet so its too early to judge it. Initial impression was that the sound is a bit brighter in the Koopman set
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:58 pm
by fergus
DaveF wrote:fergus wrote:Soler – Sonatas for Harpsichord....
There is some really very good music on this CD. The playing and the recording are both very good and the harpsichord does sound very well balanced.
hmm interesting. Dont have anything from Soler.
I would highly recommend that disc Dave....some lovely music on it and a good recording too!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:59 pm
by fergus
Some genteel music to accompany me on a walk in the snow and ice this afternoon....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:13 pm
by DaveF
Some wonderful music on this disc. Reiner and the CSO are really in full flow here.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:43 pm
by DaveF
The other recording I have of Buxtehude's 'Membra Jesu Nostri' is one by the The Netherlands Bach Society which I believe Ciaran has in his collection too. I bought the above when I spotted Emma Kirkby listed as one of the soloists and Purcell Quartet have a good rep. The performance here is very moving, beautiful and very spiritual. It has revived my interest in this work and with a quick search online I see that Rene Jacobs and JE Gardiner have also recorded this work which are probably worth checking out.