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[Madiel]

Parents apparently divorced same year he was born. Hence name choice I suspect.

All this without hearing a note of music. 

[prémont]

The Art of Fugue by Phantasm:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/phantasm-bach-the-art-of-fugue/hnum/12167978

[pjme]

" Together with his ensemble A Nocte Temporis, he has devised a highly imaginative programme. From the eleven single opera and concert arias for tenor and orchestra that are ascribed to Mozart, the Belgian tenor has selected those that are entirely in the composer's hand – leaving out the ones completed or reconstructed by others, and adding an exquisite aria from Mitridate, re di Ponto. Mozart was only nine years old when in 1765, during his stay in London, he launched into his first opera aria for tenor and orchestra, to verses from a libretto by Metastasio. At the end of 1766, on his return to Salzburg, the child prodigy composed Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono KV 36 for a festive celebration, making the court aware of his enormous talent. Throughout his career, alongside his own operas Mozart also wrote arias intended for insertion into the operas of other composers..."
Rarities  for the completist...I think.
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[Florestan]

" Together with his ensemble A Nocte Temporis, he has devised a highly imaginative programme. From the eleven single opera and concert arias for tenor and orchestra that are ascribed to Mozart, the Belgian tenor has selected those that are entirely in the composer's hand – leaving out the ones completed or reconstructed by others, and adding an exquisite aria from Mitridate, re di Ponto. Mozart was only nine years old when in 1765, during his stay in London, he launched into his first opera aria for tenor and orchestra, to verses from a libretto by Metastasio. At the end of 1766, on his return to Salzburg, the child prodigy composed Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono KV 36 for a festive celebration, making the court aware of his enormous talent. Throughout his career, alongside his own operas Mozart also wrote arias intended for insertion into the operas of other composers..."
Rarities  for the completist...I think.
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Mozart's concert arias are among the best music he wrote. There are two complete recordings that I'm aware of, one in the Philips Complete Mozart Edition and the other one on Decca. Both are excellent.

[Mookalafalas]

[Que]

The Art of Fugue by Phantasm:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/phantasm-bach-the-art-of-fugue/hnum/12167978

A similar attempt by Fretwork was quite boring IMO. 

[Mandryka]

A similar attempt by Fretwork was quite boring IMO. 

But a similar attempt by Les Voix Humaines was not boring -- you may not like it, but I don't think it would be fair to say it was boring.

[bioluminescentsquid]

But a similar attempt by Les Voix Humaines was not boring -- you may not like it, but I don't think it would be fair to say it was boring.

Or Accademia Strumentale Italia!

[Que]

But a similar attempt by Les Voix Humaines was not boring -- you may not like it, but I don't think it would be fair to say it was boring.

Or Accademia Strumentale Italia!

Not familiar with either of those.

[prémont]

But a similar attempt by Les Voix Humaines was not boring -- you may not like it, but I don't think it would be fair to say it was boring.

Or Kölner violen-consort?

[Mandryka]

Or Kölner violen-consort?

Indeed - in fact just after making that post I listened to them.

I see that the forthcoming Phantasm release includes an organ - which is new on record I think.

I heard them perform AoF years ago, by the way.

[Selig]

I see that the forthcoming Phantasm release includes an organ - which is new on record I think.

I'm guessing the consort and organist are performing separately, with the latter taking the canons.

Their previous AoF recording for Simax (fugues only) was one of their first recordings, so I'm interested in hearing the development.

[bioluminescentsquid]

https://falseazurerecords.com/2025/01/31/no-4-in-the-cabinet-of-wonders-with-scheidemann-and-schop-music-for-organ-and-violin-from-17th-century-hamburg/

[prémont]

https://falseazurerecords.com/2025/01/31/no-4-in-the-cabinet-of-wonders-with-scheidemann-and-schop-music-for-organ-and-violin-from-17th-century-hamburg/

I suppose that the Scheidemann works are arranged for violin and organ by the performers. I don't know as to the Schop works whether any of these might be written originally for violin and organ.

[vandermolen]

This is a dangerous thread for me! Gipps Symphony 5, Ben Haim etc. I MUST have them 

[DavidW]

This is a dangerous thread for me! Gipps Symphony 5, Ben Haim etc. I MUST have them 

You have been banned from the forum until you can reign in your CDCDCDCD pathology.  

[bioluminescentsquid]

I suppose that the Scheidemann works are arranged for violin and organ by the performers. I don't know as to the Schop works whether any of these might be written originally for violin and organ.

Famously, one of the tests Matthias Weckmann was put through during his audition for the organist position at Hamburg St. Jacobi was to play continuo for Schop.

[prémont]

You have been banned from the forum until you can reign in your CDCDCDCD pathology.  

If he suffers from CDCDCDCD, I consider it proof of him being a devoted GMG member. He should be honored.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Odd that Jed did not write that review for CT. Also, although I've seen many glowing reviews, I've yet to be tempted because it is yet another set that claims to be complete while not actually being complete. It appears to be missing "La Parade" and the piano reduction of Daphnis. Four complete traversals (Thiollier, Tharaud, Dumont, Uhlig) have included La Parade, while Uhlig alone has done the 19-minute Daphnis reduction.

I will live without La Parade. I've only started on the Poizat set, bugt the concertos are extraordinary.

[Roy Bland]

This is a dangerous thread for me! Gipps Symphony 5, Ben Haim etc. I MUST have them 

As symphonist Popov IMHO  wasn't at Shebalin's level other composers are better