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[Traverso]

Beethoven

pianosonatas 1-2-5 & 24

[Harry]

Giovanni Battista Buonamente.
Balli,Sonate & Canzoni.
See back cover for details.
Monica Huggett, Violin, Bruce Dickey, Brass. Galatea Ensemble, Paul Beier.
Recorded:  at St. Martino, 2001, Bondo, Switzerland.

Bio info.
Giovanni Battista Buonamente, born in the last decade of the 16th century, began his career in Mantua, where there were obviously early connections to the ruling Gonzaga family. in 1622, the marriage of Eleonora Gonzaga to Emperor Ferdinand II forged close links between Mantua, Prague and Vienna: from 1626, Buonamente served Emperor Ferdinand as a "musicista da camera". He later joined the Franciscan order and finally ended his career as Kapellmeister in Assisi.

A very interesting performance. Obviously with the excellent musicians involved that would be logical.
And it is. Buonamente music is inventive, has a nice drive and is throughout interesting to listen in one go, without fatigue. Bruce Dickey blowing into the brass is a delight, and he never in his enthusiasm makes himself a nuisance for your ears. Monica Huggett is as ever sweet in expression, and Paul Beier is a Lute player who does not disappoint in this performance, nor is he likely to do, considering his credentials. The recording is excellent. It is to be recommended as a adventurous detour into pretty unknown music.

[AnotherSpin]

Haselböck's Beethoven 7th offers a fresh and slightly unconventional alternative to the grand, emotionally charged interpretations of Kleiber, Abbado, or Chailly. His historically informed approach may appeal to listeners who have grown weary of overblown drama, excessive warmth, and overpowering orchestral sound.

[Harry]

One of my projects I never got to: looking into the organ music by  Nicolas de Grigny and available recordings!


 

Anne Chapelin-Dubar plays the (West end) organ of the cathedral of Sens, which was built between 1722 and 1734.

I can't say this is love at 1st sight (hearing)... It all sounds rather slick with a lot of legato.

There are far better options, which I posted some time ago, (well a long time ago) and certainly better recorded organs too.

[Que]

There are far better options, which I posted some time ago, (well a long time ago) and certainly better recorded organs too.

Could you drop me some names?    The search engine of the forum is s%$t these days...

[Harry]

Could you drop me some names?    The search engine of the forum is s%$t these days...

I will try, hold on....

[Mandryka]

I'm pretty sure it is not available streaming anywhere... Emergo Classics was a Dutch label that ceased activity in 2001. And I don't know what happened with the rights on the back catalogue, but you might?

PS If I had the facility to rip the disc, I would happy to send you the file... But I'm not quite there yet..

PM me if you want me to rip it for you @Harry

[Harry]

Could you drop me some names?    The search engine of the forum is s%$t these days...

Obviously I have to browse my collection, so that takes time, but...I can recommend the box with holds 11 CD' (no worries you can stream it) CD 3 "L'Orgue Classique Francais 1650-1800, Olivier Vernet playing.
I recommended the box quite vehemently in the past on GMG, but no one gave an inkling of interest. To my ears this box is an enrichment of anyone's collection. And I still hold to that opinion.
I will browse one of these days through my collection to find some more, those I could not find in the streaming service.

[AnotherSpin]

[Harry]

PM me if you want me to rip it for you @Harry

That's really a friendly gesture my friend, but you know what, I found it in my collection, without me knowing I had it. And I never played it, so I will in the coming days.

[Harry]

Sweet Desire.
Prothimia suavissima sive sonatarum selectissimarum (1672).
24 Sonatas by Schmelzer, Bertali, Pohle & Anonymous composers.
See back cover for details.
Chatham Baroque.
Christopher Verrette, Tracy Mortimore, Dominic Teresi, Greg Ingles, Webb Wiggins.
Recorded: 2007. Venue unknown.


This disc is a fascinating compilation of sonatas for small ensemble Instrumentation from the middle of the 17th century. The 24 works by both popular and lesser-known composers are extraordinary in their design. For example, there are often strictly fugal sections alternating with passages formed from tonal innovations of the Italian movement.  Chatham Baroque impresses with their technique and artful interpretation, which frankly I did not expect, but there you have it, even an old sinner like me can still stand being corrected. This ensemble are attuned with each other, and have great balance in ensemble playing. Great attention to phrasing and detail, careful with vibrato and legato, and commanding a warm and commanding tone. A flowing Portamento is also part and parcel of the Chatham's, expertly applied. In other words they do not set one foot wrong or curling their toes.   Close but very well recorded. I am going to check out their other recordings, becoming quite curious after the rest.

[Toni Bernet]

Just heard!

Johann Sebastian Bach: Duet 'Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten' (We hurry with weak but diligent steps), from the cantata 'Jesu, der du meine Seele' (Jesus, you who are my soul) BWV 78.

A sparkling gem from Johann Sebastian Bach's rich cantata oeuvre!

For more information, see
https://www.discoveringsacredmusic.ch/18th-century/j-s-bach

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) - Guitar Quintets - two sets: 1) Zoltan Tokos and the Danubuis SQ (3 discs); and 2) Jacob Lindberg and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble - Lindberg plays a six-course guitar by Juan Pages, Cadiz 1810. Luigi wrote (or transcribed) 9 Guitar Quintets - Lindberg and his group do the first six on 2 discs; Tokos and his team do 9 works including the 8 extant guitar works.  Dave

Guitar Quintets
The movements of the guitar quintets are wholly transcribed by the composer from earlier quintets (usually string or piano quintets). (Source)

G 445: Guitar Quintet No. 1 in D minor
G 446: Guitar Quintet No. 2 in E major
G 447: Guitar Quintet No. 3 in B-flat major
G 448: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major ("Fandango")
G 449: Guitar Quintet No. 5 in D major
G 450: Guitar Quintet No. 6 in G major
G 451: Guitar Quintet No. 7 in E minor
G 452: Guitar Quintet No. 8 in F major (lost)
G 453: Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C major ("La Ritirata di Madrid")

   

[Harry]

Renaissance Fantasias.
See back cover for details.
Anthony Rooley, Lute. See list of instruments he used on back cover.
Recorded:  1982 (Most likely) or 1988, I saw the text where but could not decipher it.


Quite an oldie, but one I always treasured, despite the fact that is is very drily recorded, although clear as a bell. It's like Rooley is sitting in front of you, in a private session. The variety of Lutes he is using is impressive. What's more...beautiful sound, a varied anthology with lute pieces of the  renaissance, played on seven different instruments which Rooley, plays clearly and unpretentious, and that does him great honour.

[Iota]

Messiaen: Cinq rechants
Chœurs de l'ORTF, Josette Pudleitner (contralto), Marcel Couraud (cond.)

Hat-tip to @steve ridgway who posted this earlier. A very striking work which I've never heard before, and it sounds unlike anything I've heard from Messiaen. There are typically esoteric rhythms throughout, Hindu-influenced (so I read) but it remains that this feels for me a unique piece for Messiaen (though there are many gaps in my OM acquaintance). I like it very much. The third rechant, 'Ma robe d'amour mon amour', lingers in the mind particularly, sounding almost like surreal barbershop music interspersed at times with melodies of leaping  intervals. Messiaen seems to me another composer incapable of writing a dud.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Berg String Quartet, Op. 3

[ritter]

Franco Margola's Piano Quintets No. 1 and No. 2, plus a selection of short pieces for solo piano. Performed by pianist Claudia Vanzini and the the other members of the Quintetto Margola.

[JBS]

A mix of juvenilia, short incomplete works, three orchestral passages excised from The Nose before its premiere, plus Anti-Formalist Rayok (whose text is more interesting than its music) arranged for chamber orchestra, and a setting of a Yevtushenko poem (Yelabuga Nail) for bass and piano which was only half finished, and was not so much completed as it was co-composed by Alexander Raskatov.

[ritter]

And now, music for violin and piano by Felice Lattuada: Romanza senza parole, Sonata in D major, and Sonata in E minor. Pirro Gjikondi (vln), Eugenia Canale (pf).