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[Que]

How's that?

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[MN Dave]

Brahms
Trio in A minor
Beaux Arts Trio

[Coopmv]

Now playing this SACD, which just arrived from MDT two days ago along with a few other PentaTones ...

[WI Dan]

Mozart Oboe Concerto, K.314

Christopher Hogwood
Academy of Ancient Music
Michel Piguet

[Coopmv]

Tallis - Spem in Alium

off this album :

This looks like an excellent recording ...

[Papy Oli]

This looks like an excellent recording ...

I have only downloaded the 2 Tallis tracks off that album, i.e. Spem in Alium and Te Deum, both excellent. It is interesting to hear a smaller scale version of the first title than the one I already had on Naxos (Summerly / Oxford Camerata).

[Coopmv]

I have only downloaded the 2 Tallis tracks off that album, i.e. Spem in Alium and Te Deum, both excellent. It is interesting to hear a smaller scale version of the first title than the one I already had on Naxos (Summerly / Oxford Camerata).

I have quite a few recordings by Harry Christophers and they are uniformly good.

[Keemun]

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 (Panocha Quartet)

[Papy Oli]

I have quite a few recordings by Harry Christophers and they are uniformly good.

The BBC has done a TV series not too long ago about Sacred Music, solely with The Sixteen, their singing was indeed really good throughout.

[Coopmv]

The BBC has done a TV series not too long ago about Sacred Music, solely with The Sixteen, their singing was indeed really good throughout.

When it comes to sacred music, I own recordings by most of the English ensembles.

[Coopmv]

Now playing the second PentaTone SACD that arrived 2 days ago ...

[SonicMan46]

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Martin Souter performing on a variety of keyboard instruments; 2-CD set of 16th-17th century English music, much by William Byrd.

The Virginal Book is part of the collection of books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge; a page is shown below (right) - book was compiled by Francis Tregian while he was in prision (1612-1619) in London; written on six line staves ruled by hand (vs. the five stave modern notation); I'm really enjoying the second disc more which is played all on virginals. 


 

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD recently purchased for my first order with BRO ...

[Drasko]

How's that?

Q

It's very good. Main item on the menu is Lisle de Delos, half an hour long full blown Regency Italianate cantata on Arcadian themes with arias being da capo, richly scored orchestral interludes, one bouncy Muzette being quite catchy, and often obbligato accompaniment to the arias (particularly beautiful Simphonie de Rossignol where obbligato flute is imitating nightingale in aria about Philomela). Maybe not tremendously profound but very beautiful piece definitely worth of repeated attention.
Second piece on the disc is the least interesting. Harpsichord suite is from much earlier period in Mlle La Guerre career (1687 as opposed to 1716 for Lisle de Delos) and it is in style of Chambonnieres and Louis Couperin, comprised of standard dance movements but seriously lacking in memorability, or maybe it's Mlle Soly's playing, or probably both.
Third piece, Jonas, is something of curiosity - a sacred cantata, rara avis in french baroque, Mlle La Guerre wrote a dozen around beginning of 18th century and this is one of them. Symphonie is more moderate (violin, bass viol, harpsichord and positiv organ) and it's almost half shorter than Lisle. This one is in standard Recitatif-Air (x4) form with instumental prelude and one interlude depicting the tempest. Less melodic and overtly beautiful than secular one but far more dramatic and narrative driven, makes very good contrast to the main course.
With high lying soprano of Isabelle Desrorchers you're probably familiar, at least from Delalande's Lecons des Tenebres. Orchestral playing is excellent, especially flute in Lisle and violin in Jonas. Recording quality is good, booklet gives full texts and english translation, article on mlle La Guerre but nothing on the music itself.
   

[Coopmv]

Now playing another PentaTone SACD that arrived from MDT a few days ago ...

[Bulldog]

Now playing another PentaTone SACD that arrived from MDT a few days ago ...

How do you like your SACD player?  I was blown away by the better sound, especially on orchestral and choral recordings.

[Coopmv]

How do you like your SACD player?  I was blown away by the better sound, especially on orchestral and choral recordings.

Believe it or not, I expect to get my first SACD player (probably the Sony ES SCD-XA5400ES) for Christmas - have not been in a hurry to get one since I have 3 pretty high quality (redbook) CD players.  I am probably alone in having close to 200 SACD titles and yet do not have a SACD player.   

[MN Dave]

Ye olde Beethoven
Ye olde Symphony #6 in yon pasture
Ye olde Cleveland Orchestra with ye honorable Szell

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD3 from this set - Mass in F major and Mass in G major by Herreweghe ...

[Brian]

Ye olde Beethoven
Ye olde Symphony #6 in yon pasture
Ye olde Cleveland Orchestra with ye honorable Szell

Ye olde Beethoven
Ye olde Symphonies Nos. 5, 1, 3, 8, 4 and 7
Ye olde Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with ye not verye olde at all Paavo Jarvi

Ye olde first listenn to theese recourdings!