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[AnotherSpin]

[Que]

PS Posting another (but Medieval not Renaissance) mass from Tournai is purely coincidental! I only noticed after the fact.

[Que]

Streaming:



As soon as I read the name of Brumel, I was immediately intrigued...  As far as I can tell this is the only recording of his  Missa à l'ombre d'ung buissonet, a mass setting on a chanson of Josquin. The Staffarda Codex is housed in Turin, having come from a small monastic town in the Piedmont.
Nothing is known of the other composer on this recording, Engarandus Juvenis, but he probably came from Picardy and his earliest surviving example of a polyphonic setting of a Requiem mass is quite the treat.

Performances by a traditional Italian choir (all male in the requiem, mixed in the mass) are quite OK. All in all, this recording is quite the find.
But could performances of these performances use an update by one of the specialized ensembles of today? Definitely!

[Que]

I've heard that recording. Unfortunately I found the music not that interesting...

Though Johan van Veen really liked it:
https://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/MusiqueEnWallonie_MEW1576.html

[Mandryka]

Well worth exploring. The Brumel motet in particular has caught my attention, as it did Josquin's! But really all of it - including the way they treat chant - is magical.

[Que]

[Florestan]

Most charming music, filled with irrepressible joie de vivre and just the right amount of nostalgia. Highly recommended.

[Madiel]

Schumann: Myrthen

[Todd]

K283.

[Harry]

The Evolution of the String Quartet
G.M. Bononcini · A. Scarlatti · Lombardini.
Musica Fiorita.


Before the string quartet was given its classical form by Boccherini and Haydn, the genre had already gone through a long experimental phase. Italian composers in particular excelled here. This CD offers an insight into the development of the BC in quartets, through the complex and harmonically expressive polyphonic voice-leading, right into the classical era with works by Lombardini. In this sense the performances delivers a clear view, easy to follow and understand. Musica Fiorita enlivens the music with its wealth of nuances, its sense of what the works say (to each other) and its temperament. Sound is good.

[Todd]

K284.

[Florestan]

[ritter]

The Evolution of the String Quartet
G.M. Bononcini · A. Scarlatti · Lombardini.
Musica Fiorita.


Before the string quartet was given its classical form by Boccherini and Haydn, the genre had already gone through a long experimental phase. Italian composers in particular excelled here. This CD offers an insight into the development of the BC in quartets, through the complex and harmonically expressive polyphonic voice-leading, right into the classical era with works by Lombardini. In this sense the performances delivers a clear view, easy to follow and understand. Musica Fiorita enlivens the music with its wealth of nuances, its sense of what the works say (to each other) and its temperament. Sound is good.

Very interesting. I'm tempted to explore these pioneering string quartets. Thanks to bringing them to our attention.

[AnotherSpin]

I've heard that recording. Unfortunately I found the music not that interesting...

Though Johan van Veen really liked it:
https://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/MusiqueEnWallonie_MEW1576.html

Agree

[Mandryka]

The Evolution of the String Quartet
G.M. Bononcini · A. Scarlatti · Lombardini.
Musica Fiorita.


Before the string quartet was given its classical form by Boccherini and Haydn, the genre had already gone through a long experimental phase. Italian composers in particular excelled here. This CD offers an insight into the development of the BC in quartets, through the complex and harmonically expressive polyphonic voice-leading, right into the classical era with works by Lombardini. In this sense the performances delivers a clear view, easy to follow and understand. Musica Fiorita enlivens the music with its wealth of nuances, its sense of what the works say (to each other) and its temperament. Sound is good.

Have you heard the FX Richter quartets? They're special.

[San Antone]

Bach - Cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot BWV 39
Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

The undoubted highlight of the cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot  - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society - is the spectacular opening chorus. With no fewer than three different time signatures it sets one of the most important biblical commands: 'Break your bread for the hungry, and lead the poor who have no shelter into your house.' Bach musically demonstrates this sharing: he 'breaks up' the melody line into smaller fragments, of which each instrument group receives a small piece. It is especially beautiful how that sharing also produces a special timbre; sharing your meal yields more than it costs you.

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Sad news to learn that Maestro Sato is leaving the Netherlands Bach Society.  Under his leadership the All of Bach project has set a standard of period practice performance that is second to none.

[Spotted Horses]

Beethoven Piano Sonata No 16, Op 31, No 1, Badura-Skoda



This is my third listen to this work in recent days, following Annie Fischer and Maurizio Pollini.

This performance is extraordinary The sound of the fortepiano and Badura-Skoda's articulation bring out aspects of the music which I did not hear in the other two recordings. Clamorous passages in the outer movements emerge as intricate counterpoint. Murmuring accompaniment in the second movements emerges as a countermelody. This is a case where Badura-Skoda is indispensable.

[hopefullytrusting]

Polina Osetinskaya's Lullabies

[SonicMan46]

A new arrival to add to my Boccherini String Quintet collection:

Op. 30 & Op. 31 Quintets w/ I Virtuosi della Rotonda, headed by Federico Guglielmo + Luigi Puxeddu adding a second cello - released in 2024 according to Brilliant website but recordings from 2014-16 - now up to 64 of Luigi's works in this genre, probably enough for me, but according to the Yves Gérard catalog, he wrote about 140+ string quintets! (see attachment from HERE).  Dave

 

String Quintets (64) - Dave's Collection
G. 265-270 (Op. 10) - La Magnifica Comunità
G. 271-276 (Op. 11) -  La Magnifica Comunità
G. 277-282 (Op. 13) -  La Magnifica Comunità
G. 283-288 (Op. 18) -  La Magnifica Comunità
G. 301-306 (Op. 27) - La Magnifica Comunità
G. 307-312 (Op. 28) - La Magnifica Comunità
G. 313-318 (Op. 29) - Byslma-Kuijkens (Seon 2-CDs)
G. 319-324 (Op. 30) - I Virtuosi della Rotonda
G. 325-330 (Op. 31) - I Virtuosi Della Rotonda
G. 249, 337-339 (Op. 39) - Ens Concertant Frankfurt
G. 391-396 (Op. 60) - Baciocchi String Quintet

[Symphonic Addict]

Most charming music, filled with irrepressible joie de vivre and just the right amount of nostalgia. Highly recommended.

A delicious disc indeed, so are the others devoted to this composer on the Naxos Brazil series.