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Tamerlano has been recorded before, but none of the previous recordings are as good as this one. Countertenors Xavier Sabata and Max Emanuel Cencic are outstanding, and it´s always a pleasure...and almost a necessity.... to have soprano Karina Gauvin in a Handel recording. It´s good to see John Mark Ainsley back in the studios, his role is of tremendous importance in this opera. Il Pomo d´Oro plays like gods.

Jose Echenique wrote:L´ Archibudelli was founded by master cellist Anner Bylsma and his violinist wife Vera Beths. These are extraordinary musicians and all their recordings are superb, so both boxes are self recommending. I promise you won´t be disappointed.

Thanks Pepe, they are both on order.

Seán wrote:

Jose Echenique wrote:L´ Archibudelli was founded by master cellist Anner Bylsma and his violinist wife Vera Beths. These are extraordinary musicians and all their recordings are superb, so both boxes are self recommending. I promise you won´t be disappointed.

Thanks Pepe, they are both on order.

I agree with Pepe there Seán; L´Archibudelli never disappoint. Those two box sets look like good choices; looking forward to reading your thoughts on them eventually.

fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:

Jose Echenique wrote:L´ Archibudelli was founded by master cellist Anner Bylsma and his violinist wife Vera Beths. These are extraordinary musicians and all their recordings are superb, so both boxes are self recommending. I promise you won´t be disappointed.

Thanks Pepe, they are both on order.

I agree with Pepe there Seán; L´Archibudelli never disappoint. Those two box sets look like good choices; looking forward to reading your thoughts on them eventually.

I will air my views Fergus, thank you, I can't believe that y'all know and love L´Archibudell and I was never aware of them. Ah well, better late than never.

Yesterday I listened to two versions of Beethoven's wonderful Missa Solemnis.

First up was von Karajan....





....a powerful and bombastic version; he gives it everything!


Senond up was the amazing Klemperer version....





....a much more understated version but equally powerful in a different way; very much more devotional.

The two versions are very much contrasting versions of a wonderful work.

Seán wrote:.... I can't believe that y'all know and love L´Archibudell and I was never aware of them. Ah well, better late than never.

Not to worry Seán, you are in for a treat. They are highly regarded period performance ensemble in the chamber music genre obviously. Once heard, always admired!

I bought this CD recently but I only got around to listening to it over the weekend....





Beautiful, magnificent....superlatives fail me!!!

I was so sad when La Risonanza finished the Handel cantatas, now let's hope they continue with the Alessandro Scarlatti cantatas, there are some 600 of them.

[quote="fergus"]Yesterday I listened to two versions of Beethoven's wonderful Missa Solemnis.

First up was von Karajan....





....a powerful and bombastic version; he gives it everything!


Senond up was the amazing Klemperer version....





....a much more understated version but equally powerful in a different way; very much more devotional.

The two versions are very much contrasting versions of a wonderful work.[/quot


The Klemperer was for many decades the prime recommendation for Missa Solemnis, it's still a huge, granitic, awe inspiring interpretation, but now the choirs are much better, in fact, there is no comparison. That' why the Gardiner or the Herreweghe lead the field.

Jose Echenique wrote: The Klemperer was for many decades the prime recommendation for Missa Solemnis, it's still a huge, granitic, awe inspiring interpretation, but now the choirs are much better, in fact, there is no comparison. That' why the Gardiner or the Herreweghe lead the field.

I can well understand that Pepe given the importance of the choirs in this work.