What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Waiting for the superstorm Eunice, which will arrive in the Netherlands at around 14:00 Amsterdam-Berlin time.
Last time I had a lot of damage, in total about 130.000 euro's, lets hope this time it will hold all together.
I am far to agitated to listen to music.

Yes well I plan on opening a good bottle of wine. 130K € is a lot of money in storm damage. I shall check my insurance policies straight away.

[Harry]

Yes well I plan on opening a good bottle of wine. 130K € is a lot of money in storm damage. I shall check my insurance policies straight away.

Good idea, I have something stronger at hand. "Highland Park" (Dragon Legend) single malt whisky. Got it this morning before the Mayhem starts, and I gather the storm is already upon you!
Lets hope all people pull through without loss of life and goods.
Keep my fingers crossed for you!, and all that are in the midst of it!

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: 1920 A London Symphony (piano duet version)
A bit of calm with 70 MPH winds blowing outside.

[Harry]

Vaughan Williams: 1920 A London Symphony (piano duet version)
A bit of calm with 70 MPH winds outside.

Wish I could muster this calm, but alas. Keep safe Jeffrey, all of you!

[vandermolen]

Wish I could muster this calm, but alas. Keep safe Jeffrey, all of you!

You too Harry any anyone else here impacted by the storms.
Maybe I should play Sibelius's Storm from 'The Tempest', at least until the electricity is cut off!

[Harry]

Yes well I plan on opening a good bottle of wine. 130K € is a lot of money in storm damage. I shall check my insurance policies straight away.

Well the roof went and the rest followed suite.

[vandermolen]

Well the roof went and the rest followed suite.

OMG Your roof has blown off Harry?

[Papy Oli]

Hi Olivier, try this one.

https://youtu.be/-odXYLs-iE4

Thank you Jan. A strong powerful voice but the "very" historical sound is too distracting for me.   

[Traverso]

Thank you Jan. A strong powerful voice but the "very" historical sound is too distracting for me.   

Hi Olivier,it's a pity that there is no studiorecording,it sure is impessive and powerful.

[Traverso]

Hassler

CD 7

[Tsaraslondon]

Tonus Peregrinus sing Pärt's Passio Domini Jesu Christi secundum Joannen.

Spectacular sound recorded in Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester-on-Thames.

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Complete Organ Works [Foccroulle] CD 12






Music from the Leipzig period: Dritter Theil der Clavier Ubung [II] played on the Schnitger organ of the Martinikerk at Groningen.

[aligreto]

Hi Olivier,it's a pity that there is no studiorecording,it sure is impessive and powerful.

Thank you for posting that link, Jan. I certainly enjoyed it. I have Flagstad's voice on a small number of LPs and I have always really liked it. I did not know of this video. It was great to hear her singing these songs. She sounds effortless and magnificent. Furtwangler also does a wonderful job with the orchestral accompaniment. It is such a shame about the sound quality but it did not take away from my enjoyment of these wonderful performances.

[Mandryka]

Yes I'm listening to Esfahani for the first time now and I think it's an important recording in this sense - it's a real encounter of man, score and performance tradition, and special instrument - not a sweet sounding one, but special. It reminds me of Verlet's partitas for Philips and Astree - and maybe Tilney and Rübsam too. And of course the harpsichord makes me think of Landowska. All very personal and unique and expressive and a bit reactionary. Verlet reacted against Leonhardt, Esfahani reacting against Egarr maybe.

It is probably unfair to say that Esfahani is coarse - but the words I want to use are related: heavy and forceful and tough. He makes these suites into big theatrical concert hall music. I imagine Pluto, the giant in Popeye, playing.

4th partita now, it was 6th this morning. More of the same, loud and theatrical. Very well done, just the approach is a bit unexpected.

[Mandryka]

Well the roof went and the rest followed suite.

I suppose if a roof goes it exposes everything underneath, I've never experienced anything like that! And I don't want to. The music keeps jumping - must be electricity problems.

[Harry]

OMG Your roof has blown off Harry?

Yes 3 years ago with a similar storm.
The roof is now more secured, but the wind comes from the West, exactly on the corner of my house. Plus I have a garden full of big trees, so I am keeping my breath.

[Que]

Continuing with this 15CD set:



Disc 2 of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book contains pieces by John Bull, William Byrd, Peter Philips, Giles Farnaby, Martin Peerson, Orlando Gibbons, William Inglot and Nicholas Strogers.

Pieter-Jan Belder plays no less than 4 instruments: two harpsichords after Ruckers, a harpsichord after Giusti and a virginal after Italian models.

[Harry]

Continuing with this 15CD set:



Disc 2 of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book contains pieces by John Bull, William Byrd, Peter Philips, Giles Farnaby, Martin Peerson, Orlando Gibbons, William Inglot and Nicholas Strogers.

Pieter-Jan Belder plays no less than 4 instruments: two harpsichords after Ruckers, a harpsichord after Giusti and a virginal after Italian models.

I simply love this set, it is an unique testament to the music composed in that time, and Belder is simply wonderful in his expression of it!

[Mandryka]

Yes 3 years ago with a similar storm.
The roof is now more secured, but the wind comes from the West, exactly on the corner of my house. Plus I have a garden full of big trees, so I am keeping my breath.

I have a eucalyptus which is twisting and dancing precariously.

[Harry]

I have a eucalyptus which is twisting and dancing precariously.

You do not want that to fall on your house, I hope it stays put, I hate to see a tree down.