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[Brass Hole]

The two pictured are on Spotify, and probably other streaming services,  so easily available for a full test drive.
Hélène Schmitt is as far as I know not available streaming. But I decided it would be worth the try after hearing available samples (Æolus website), and reading reviews describing her interpretation as an updated version in similar vain as that of her teacher Goebel. I like her in other recordings and fact that anything Æolus records is of superlative sound quality,  provides further encouragement.

Q

👍 Passed Daskalakis, downloaded Kaakinen-Pilch and ordered Schmitt SACD's after sampling. I plan to reduce my preferences down to maximum of 5 before the end of this year. Thanks again.

[bioluminescentsquid]

%uD83D%uDC4D Passed Daskalakis, downloaded Kaakinen-Pilch and ordered Schmitt SACD's after sampling. I plan to reduce my preferences down to maximum of 5 before the end of this year. Thanks again.

Some of the quirkier rosary sonatas I know:

I have a soft spot for this one (Alice Pierot + Les Vielleurs de Nuit), very interesting continuo group featuring a claviorganum and they aren't afraid to improvise a bit.


Patrick Bismuth has an eccentric, over the top one, not for the faint of heart.


Anne Schumann/ Sebastian Knebel have one that is very interesting in theory - Schumann, the violinist, is accompanied by organist Knebel who plays on three different old (and seldom-recorded, except for the Walterhausen Trost organ in the last disc) Central German organs, thus allowing for a larger range of organ sounds instead of the usual almost-inaudible rumble made by box continuo organs. Knebel also plays bits of Pachelbel and Buxtehude solo on the organ as pendant to the rosary sonatas. As an organophile it's great, except that the organ is recorded much better than the violin is and the balance sounds very off, and the acoustics of these churches also isn't very flattering for the sound of the violin.
Edit: Upon a second listening, I like the dry, acid sound of the violin here. But really an acquired taste. I hated it the first time I heard it.

[Brass Hole]

Some of the quirkier rosary sonatas I know:

I have a soft spot for this one (Alice Pierot + Les Vielleurs de Nuit), very interesting continuo group featuring a claviorganum and they aren't afraid to improvise a bit.


Patrick Bismuth has an eccentric, over the top one, not for the faint of heart.


Anne Schumann/ Sebastian Knebel have one that is very interesting in theory - Schumann, the violinist, is accompanied by organist Knebel who plays on three different old (and seldom-recorded, except for the Walterhausen Trost organ in the last disc) Central German organs, thus allowing for a larger range of organ sounds instead of the usual almost-inaudible rumble made by box continuo organs. Knebel also plays bits of Pachelbel and Buxtehude solo on the organ as pendant to the rosary sonatas. As an organophile it's great, except that the organ is recorded much better than the violin is and the balance sounds very off, and the acoustics of these churches also isn't very flattering for the sound of the violin.
Edit: Upon a second listening, I like the dry, acid sound of the violin here. But really an acquired taste. I hated it the first time I heard it.

Thank you. I have eliminated Pierot & Bismuth previously to achieve my current favorites list . I don't think I can listen to organ version  .

[Todd]

I haven't been this enthusiastic about a new release of Vingt Regards since Kars'.  Of course, that was only a couple years ago.

And I spotted this on the Amazon Italy site.  Is it Grimaud? Is it Grumiaux?  Based on the disc count (seventy-four), I'm guessing it's a second complete set of the latter.

[Brian]

Verry interesting batch...the Hahn looks like a super cool program, most of Abbado's best recordings were with the LSO, and I'd buy the heck out of a Grumiaux Big Box. Not so much a Grimaud Big Box.

Wonder if they could have made the Regards typeface a little less comprehensible. It's still possible to discern letters.

[Mandryka]

👍 Passed Daskalakis, downloaded Kaakinen-Pilch and ordered Schmitt SACD's after sampling. I plan to reduce my preferences down to maximum of 5 before the end of this year. Thanks again.

Check out Pavlo Beznosiuk, he has readings from some psalter he found in The British Library. Normally I don't care for that sort of thing but in this case I thought it worked to underline the spiritual side of the music, and underplay the bravura side.

[Brass Hole]

Check out Pavlo Beznosiuk, he has readings from some psalter he found in The British Library. Normally I don't care for that sort of thing but in this case I thought it worked to underline the spiritual side of the music, and underplay the bravura side.

Thanks. He is already in my current favorites list. I have them to Melkus, Letzbor, Manze, Holloway, Podger, Tur Bonet, Johnson, Wedman, Beznosiuk, Huggett from 30+ a while back. With the arrival of the second Letzbor, Que's Kaakinen-Pilch and Schmitt I want to downsize to my regular 4 or 5 soon...

[MusicTurner]

Concerning the Biber Rosenkranz, I only have Holloway and the Reiter/Cordaria, both CDs, but decided to keep just one, and added Holloway to a very big pile I'll be selling away. Am not an afficionado in this field, though.

[Brass Hole]

Concerning the Biber Rosenkranz, I only have Holloway and the Reiter/Cordaria, both CDs, but decided to keep just one, and added Holloway to a very big pile I'll be selling away. Am not an afficionado in this field, though.

I can't be sure about Que's yet but my guess is it's gonna be Letzbor x2, Manze, Melkus and Schmitt

[Brass Hole]

2021 is a Josquin anniversary year so these will probably be the first of many.

I've pre-ordered this for Jan 29th release.

[Brass Hole]

I come bearing more news for JANUARY

I guess digital rights wars and the pandemic properly messed up geographical release dates. My purchase date for this album was November 13th.

[Mandryka]

I've pre-ordered this for Jan 29th release.

Have you heard the new Cantica Symphonia Josquin?

[Brian]

Two bits and bobs coming in February, more info on the way next week:

Steven Isserlis' new cello recital is "Music from Proust's Salons" with Hahn, Duparc, Faure, Saint-Saens, Augusta Holmes, and Franck's "Cello" Sonata. With Connie Shih on BIS.

Beethoven. Nine. Pittsburgh. Honeck. Yeah.

[Brass Hole]

Have you heard the new Cantica Symphonia Josquin?

No?

[Madiel]

Wonder if they could have made the Regards typeface a little less comprehensible. It's still possible to discern letters.

Indeed.

[Mandryka]

No?

It is not without interest, for the sound and for the tasteful way they use brass and voice together. It is not specially challenging, it's not brimming over with exciting new ideas about how to make sense of the music,  which for me is a source of regret. I'm hoping  that Graindelavoix or Beauty Farm or Sound and Fury release a big set of motets over the next year, that will probably satisfy MT quest for something experimental and bold.

I have a system with some little 10 litre BBC monitors and an old valve amp, and that CD is just astonishing sounding on it, much better than on my larger systems! I can't promise the same will happen for you, you'll need my hifi, my room and my ears for that.

[Daverz]

This may have been mentioned already:



If they finish (it seems like they intend to), this would be the third complete Weinberg quartet cycle recorded, assuming the Silesian Quartet finishes their cycle.

[Brass Hole]

It is not without interest, for the sound and for the tasteful way they use brass and voice together.

Is it this one? I'll try it today.

[Mandryka]

Is it this one? I'll try it today.

Yes, it's the motet ecce tu pulchra es which I think is magical.

[Brass Hole]

Yes, it's the motet ecce tu pulchra es which I think is magical.

Very nice. Thanks for recommending it.