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[SymphonicAddict]

Symphony No. 8

Perhaps Sinopoli is not the first authority on this work, but I found the rendition extremely convincing and spacious, without that annoying rush that bugs me and that others recordings have.

[Mirror Image]

This entire album and then off to bed:

[San Antone]

Faidit: Troubadour Music from the 12th-13th Centuries
Andras Kecskes, Gerard le Vot

A very nice selection of music from 12th-13th centuries, arranged and performed very well, imo.  Gerard le Vot's name came up in the Purchases thread and led me to this CD.  Andras Kecskes leads this ensemble, and I think he plays lute and other stringed instruments.

[Ciaccona]

NP:

[Mandryka]

Faidit: Troubadour Music from the 12th-13th Centuries
Andras Kecskes, Gerard le Vot

A very nice selection of music from 12th-13th centuries, arranged and performed very well, imo.  Gerard le Vot's name came up in the Purchases thread and led me to this CD.  Andras Kecskes leads this ensemble, and I think he plays lute and other stringed instruments.

Yes, do you prefer it to the Faidit on Vol 2 of Troubadour Arts Ensemble? I do.  I may at some point start something here for thinking about troubadours composer by composer -- recordings of Riquier, Faidit etc. At the moment in my head it's all a bit of an amalgam, I couldn't really tell you the characteristics of one troubadour over another.

Quiz question: which fascist made a violin transcription of a Faidit song?

[vandermolen]

Disc 1 -

A fine CD John!

[Que]

Morning listening:

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Third Book of Songs (1603)

Q

[Irons]

William Primrose, a renowned violist is superb in the Walton. Although they are similar in some respects, I prefer the viola concerto to Walton's one for violin. 

[Maestro267]

Howells: String Quartet No. 3 ("In Gloucestershire")
Divertimenti

[Irons]

Quiz question: which fascist made a violin transcription of a Faidit song?

Ezra Pound?

Since joining this excellent forum I did wonder about suggesting a quiz. In a previous life a classical music quiz at a forum I was a member, was extremely popular.

[aligreto]

Handel: Recorder Sonatas Op. 1 Nos. 2/7 [Linde/Wenzinger/Leonhardt]
12" Vinyl LP
Harmonia Mundi
HM 617
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[Mandryka]

Ezra Pound?

Since joining this excellent forum I did wonder about suggesting a quiz. In a previous life a classical music quiz at a forum I was a member, was extremely popular.

Correct.

[aligreto]

Since joining this excellent forum I did wonder about suggesting a quiz.

Try it. You were somewhat reticent about starting your Thirty Three and a Third Thread but that proved rather popular with five pages now.

[vandermolen]

Ezra Pound?

Since joining this excellent forum I did wonder about suggesting a quiz. In a previous life a classical music quiz at a forum I was a member, was extremely popular.

Go for it!

[Harry]

Shakespeare's Musick, CD V.
The Enchanted Island or the Tempest.
A restoration version of Shakespeare's last play with music from Purcell, Locke, Humfrey, Draghi, and others.
Musicians of the Globe, Philip Pickett.

Well played and recorded with some minor drawbacks, but fun to listen to.

[Traverso]

Palestrina

Canticum Canticorum

There is a beauty and serenity that does not seem to be of this world.

[Maestro267]

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Fernandez (violin), Deplus (clarinet), Nielz (cello), Petit (piano)

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 [Barbirolli]





This is a very fine, robust and assertive performance.

[aligreto]

Debussy: Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune [von Karajan]

[Traverso]

Debussy: Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune [von Karajan]

A famous recording.