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Jared wrote:

fergus wrote: Oh I know that I plough a very lonely furrow with regard to Ren / EM Jared and that these two genres, let alone a madrigal opera are very far from most peoples' priority listening....ah well, on I go to listen to some Obrecht and Isaac.

I wasn't meaning it as a criticism... I just think that some of it is quite simply so far removed from our own listening experiences in 2011, that it can be quite a lot for the uninitiated to grasp...

says he, listening to LVB's op.133 'Grosse Fugue' at the moment... a piece I also find very hard to penetrate... :-/

Oh I know that Jared....I like to listen to some of the more obscure early stuff from time to time just to satisfy my ecclectic musical tastes!!!

Sonatas 1,2 & 4... there's something refreshingly joyous about these very early, Classically styled sontas...

Fergus, I was driving into Fakenham this morning, when Radio 3 were playing Strauss: An Alpine Sinfonie... all the drama toward the end. I wished the journey had been longer than 10 miles... anyway, I thought of you while it was on!

other than this, I have worked my way through Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-19 today, and highly delightful its been. About 2 months ago, I did several traversals of the Barenboim EMI set, and its refreshingly encouraging to see how much of them I recall, when turning to the Brendel set, some time later... they are truly majestic...

Man cave is back in action, and I'm listening to



Thanks for the reminder about this disc, Fergus!

Jared wrote:Fergus, I was driving into Fakenham this morning, when Radio 3 were playing Strauss: An Alpine Sinfonie... all the drama toward the end. I wished the journey had been longer than 10 miles... anyway, I thought of you while it was on!

Thank you for the thought Jared....I am not sure about the geography of Fakenham in relation to the grandeur of the music?!?! Do you know who was performing it?

Diapason wrote:Man cave is back in action, and I'm listening to

I am delighted that all is back in working order and I hope that you find some listening pleasure from your equipment Simon. I also hope, no, I am sure, that you enjoyed the disc!

I thought that this was lovely music making with two lovely performances. The playing is very relaxed and fows beautifully to reflect the nature of the music.

fergus wrote: Thank you for the thought Jared....I am not sure about the geography of Fakenham in relation to the grandeur of the music?!?! Do you know who was performing it?

Norfolk is as flat as a pancake... so it bears absolutely no relation to the music whatsoever. Neither nfortunately do I know who was performing it, because I had to get out of the car, a couple of minutes from the end. All I can say is that it was a big boned affair with lots of brass, just the way we like it... ;-))

Jared wrote:Norfolk is as flat as a pancake... so it bears absolutely no relation to the music whatsoever. Neither nfortunately do I know who was performing it, because I had to get out of the car, a couple of minutes from the end. All I can say is that it was a big boned affair with lots of brass, just the way we like it... ;-))

LOL!! Just as I thought!

I have not listened to this one in a while....



Well paced performances that are very well played. The sound of the brass, where used, is particularly engaging. It also has a very good recorder sound captured as well. The musical lines in No. 6 are also very clear.