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TT #26) from Paris, circa 1690

Charpentier: Te Deum, etc
Le Parlement de Musique, Martin Gester
Naive

I was just looking at ordering this the other day. 

Any thoughts on it you'd care to write, would be most appreciated. Thanks, Judge Fish!

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[SimonNZ]

"Laudarium: Songs of Popular Devotion from 14th-Century Italy" - La Reverdie

[Zeus]

Charpentier: Te Deum, etc
Le Parlement de Musique, Martin GesterNaive

I was just looking at ordering this the other day. 

Any thoughts on it you'd care to write, would be most appreciated. Thanks, Judge Fish!

Let me first say I'm no expert, I have very little exposure to Charpentier, Baroque, etc, etc. So take these comments accordingly.

First, I found it quite light for liturgical music. Maybe not quite as fruity as some of the contemporary Italian works, but a lot less stiff than some of the German stuff. I'm not saying it's fun music, but it's quite listenable.

Second, the sound quality is good but maybe a little dated.  For example, when I play my other Charpentier disc, the sound quality is noticably better. But then again I always find choral music a bit muddy.

Overall, this album is quite nice and is definitely a solid choice. It probably won't be your favorite purchase ever, but there's no reason to regret buying it, and you may like it quite a lot.

You might also consider this (mostly) Charpentier album:


Stances du Cid: Airs de cour
Cyril Auvity, L'Yriade
Glossa

Here's a review:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Mar/Stances_GCD923601.htm

Hope this helps, and please post your reaction if you get one of the above!

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Thanks Judge Fish.

Very much appreciated.   

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Ending the weekend on a quiet note, with disc two of this:

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Listening to Mosaics. Love this work, but I really haven't heard a Hanson work I actively dislike, which I suppose either speaks of my failure of being a more astute listener or Hanson's own melodic invention and sumptuous scoring.

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I'm going to listen to the first disc. I'd call The Tender Land more of a lyric drama than a full-blown opera in the Wagnerian sense, which is always a good thing IMHO. It's definitely composed in Copland's 'Populist' style, which I'm sure will appeal to many here. There's a certain sadness to the music that I do find highly attractive and is reason enough for me to praise it so far.

[Mister Sharpe]

I was only barely aware of Leo Sirota, but purchased this today as much to listen to him as Rubinstein's Près du ruisseau and Tchaik's Sonata in G.  A wise move on all three counts and a most generous disk at 75 and a half minutes.

[Kontrapunctus]

These are the more difficult versions from 1837 rather than the more customary 1852 revised ones. Gon is not nearly as subtle as Trifonov, but it's hard to compare them since the versions are so different. I'm sure he's doing the best he can! The rather dry but startlingly clear sound places him in one's listening room. (I played the SACD, not the DVD-A disc.)

[Dee Sharp]

Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 12. Svetlanov/Russian State Orchestra. A little martial sounding in places and soundtrack in others, but enjoyable.

[Todd]

Disc two.  As good as the first.

[Kontrapunctus]

I finished listening to this set today.  A wonderful recording--they brilliantly respond to the various moods in the works.

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Listening to Barber's VC. Glorious performance.

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Now playing this new acquisition:



Lincoln Portrait (speaker: Charlton Heston)
Quiet City
An Outdoor Overture
Our Town

Giving this recording another spin. The best Lincoln Portrait I've heard. Quiet City, An Outdoor Overture, and Our Town are also incredibly well-performed. Really warm, clear sound to boot.

[kishnevi]

The final two CDs of this set
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Rudolph Simonsen Clarinet Quintet and Two String Quartets
Music for (mostly) a capella choirs performed by Chamber Choir Hymnia

Generally this box has been a pleasant listen, but nothing more.  The best music is by composers already known such as Holmboe and Poulenc.  Some of this music is truly contemporary, such as this choral CD (works dating from 1995 and 2003), but some clearly not (Hindemith, Szymanowski, Poulenc-- the Simonsen works are actually from the 1920s).

The only piece in the entire set I actively disliked was Norgard's Spell (for piano trio). Is that work characteristic of him?

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The only piece in the entire set I actively disliked was Norgard's Spell (for piano trio). Is that work characteristic of him?

Norgard is one of those composers who just completely baffles me. It's like I can't find any kind of anchor in his music. It's all flourishes and surface noise with no direction. All IMHO of course.

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Norgard is one of those composers who just completely baffles me. It's like I can't find any kind of anchor in his music. It's all flourishes and surface noise with no direction. All IMHO of course.

That is about how Spell seemed to me.

TD
Moved on to the EMI complete Poulenc box, with a miscellaneous collection of melodies for male voice with various singers including Souzay  and various pianists including a four minute set, Metamorphoses,  Poulenc himself.

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Listening to McPhee's Tabuh-Tabuhan. Great stuff.

[Que]

I finished listening to this set today.  A wonderful recording--they brilliantly respond to the various moods in the works.

There are so many new recordings now of these trios! 

Q

[Madiel]

Excuse me while I faint. Spell is the work that got me interested in Nørgård in the first place. It was minimalism without the dull bits, precisely BECAUSE I could sense direction in it.

My recording is a different one I think, Trio Ondine.