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fergus wrote: The stand-out pieces on this disc were....
Toccata in D BuxWV155
Passacaglia in D BuxWV161
Canzonetta in A BuxWV225 (lovely)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BuxWV184

Mmmm, good choices. I love playing that Passacaglia, thanks for the reminder!

Diapason wrote:

fergus wrote: The stand-out pieces on this disc were....
Toccata in D BuxWV155
Passacaglia in D BuxWV161
Canzonetta in A BuxWV225 (lovely)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BuxWV184

Mmmm, good choices. I love playing that Passacaglia, thanks for the reminder!

I was hoping that you would pick up on that post Simon.

fergus wrote: I was hoping that you would pick up on that post Simon.

Always lurking!!

Speaking of Buxtehude's Passacaglia, there's a little-known theory that it represents the waxing and waning of the moon over the course of a month. The theme is stated 28 times, divided into 4 groups of 7, each of the 4 with a different key centre. Of course, it may be all horsesh*t, but I always liked the idea. There's a certain "twinkling" aspect to some of the figurations of the last "week" especially.

Diapason wrote:

fergus wrote: I was hoping that you would pick up on that post Simon.

Always lurking!!

Speaking of Buxtehude's Passacaglia, there's a little-known theory that it represents the waxing and waning of the moon over the course of a month. The theme is stated 28 times, divided into 4 groups of 7, each of the 4 with a different key centre. Of course, it may be all horsesh*t, but I always liked the idea. There's a certain "twinkling" aspect to some of the figurations of the last "week" especially.

That is most interesting Simon....I must listen again and pay more attention in the light of this new information on that theory....I will do my best to follow the progression of the music!

Pagannini – 24 Caprices played by Ilya Kaler....



This is not music to listen to for melodious music pleasure but I do play it now and again to listen to the virtuosic nature of the music and that required of the performer. It must be difficult music to play.

Added over 500 LP's to my collection today. :-) Was looking forward to it for the past couple of weeks. Took at least 30mins trying to decide what to listen to first. Finally picked these out at random.

DaveF wrote:Added over 500 LP's to my collection today. :-)

Congratulations Dave.

DaveF wrote:Added over 500 LP's to my collection today. :-) Was looking forward to it for the past couple of weeks....

I hope that the new acquisition brings many hours of listening pleasure Dave!