Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:49 pm
^^ I believe it won the Gramophone Recording of the year, when it came out... it's stunning.
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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:27 pm
Jared, FWIW I have no time for the Handel Organ Concerti, they do absolutely nothing for me. Buxtehude now...
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:09 pm
Jared wrote:^^ I believe it won the Gramophone Recording of the year, when it came out... it's stunning.
Yes, Jared, very lovely indeed....as are all of those recordings.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:10 pm
Finished off with more vinyl tonight; some Monteverdi Madrigals....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:03 pm
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:07 pm
Jared wrote:
One that I have not listened to in quite a while; a great series that!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:08 pm
M7 with Rattle and the CBSO....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:15 pm
I'm not sure whether his sacred choral works have ever been better performed, Fergus...fergus wrote:One that I have not listened to in quite a while; a great series that!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:27 pm
Brandenburg Concertos performed by Il Giardino Armonico....
It has been a while since I have listened to this version. It is interesting because it has a great approach to this music and has something of a different “feel” to it. The main positive from this set for me is Concerto No. 6 which is for the lower register strings only (without violins). This work can oftentimes sound dull, lifeless and uninteresting but here the group play 2 x viola, 2 x viola da gamba, 1 x cello, 1 x violone, 1 x lute and 1 x harpsichord and the result can be quite revelatory; the mood is lighter and the textures are very much cleaner enabling one to clearly follow the various lines.
It has been a while since I have listened to this version. It is interesting because it has a great approach to this music and has something of a different “feel” to it. The main positive from this set for me is Concerto No. 6 which is for the lower register strings only (without violins). This work can oftentimes sound dull, lifeless and uninteresting but here the group play 2 x viola, 2 x viola da gamba, 1 x cello, 1 x violone, 1 x lute and 1 x harpsichord and the result can be quite revelatory; the mood is lighter and the textures are very much cleaner enabling one to clearly follow the various lines.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:20 pm
Three Mozart String Quartets....
There is some lovely music on that CD; the Adagio of K172 is particularly gorgeous.
There is some lovely music on that CD; the Adagio of K172 is particularly gorgeous.