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Pure Cello
Vincent Bélanger
Autographed CD. From Audio Note UK's Audio Note Music label. Virtuosic solo cello works by J.S. Bach, Friedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher, Max Reger and Gaspar Cassadó.
Nope, they aren't the same. Yours is rather mainstream HIP. Don't forget Sigiswald Kuijken is mainly a violinist and shoulder-cello handles quite like a violin. The strange thing about yours is the cello suites spread across 3 CDs. Right away there is something funny about the tempo. Closer look shows that some of the movements are much longer than an average version. So the speed is a little idiosyncratic in some places.
The other thing is it follows the usual HIP practices of using a separate violoncello piccolo for suite #6. In modern edition scores, high pitch sections are shown in tenor clef and there are lots of them. Comparing recordings done with 5 string cello to those forced onto regular 4 string cello shows the former to have much more open and relaxed tone in those high pitch sections. But in this case, the modern 5 string cello used sounds rather different from the cello used in other suites. On the other hand, all shoulder-cellos in use now are modern design that's reconfigurable between 4 and 5 strings. So the Sigiswald Kuijken recording uses the same cello body everywhere yet a high E string is in suite #6. Neat trick eh?
The thing about Bach cello suites is people have been trying it on tons of different instruments. Cello, viola, double bass, viola da gamba, lute etc. Viola da gamba is really interesting as it has very different sonority from cello. But tuning is fundamentally different so fingering is seriously messed up. As a result, viol version of the Bach cello suites is a massive undertaking. Paolo Pandolfo's version is excellent here:
And really clever cover art too
Vincent Bélanger
Autographed CD. From Audio Note UK's Audio Note Music label. Virtuosic solo cello works by J.S. Bach, Friedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher, Max Reger and Gaspar Cassadó.
Nope, they aren't the same. Yours is rather mainstream HIP. Don't forget Sigiswald Kuijken is mainly a violinist and shoulder-cello handles quite like a violin. The strange thing about yours is the cello suites spread across 3 CDs. Right away there is something funny about the tempo. Closer look shows that some of the movements are much longer than an average version. So the speed is a little idiosyncratic in some places.
The other thing is it follows the usual HIP practices of using a separate violoncello piccolo for suite #6. In modern edition scores, high pitch sections are shown in tenor clef and there are lots of them. Comparing recordings done with 5 string cello to those forced onto regular 4 string cello shows the former to have much more open and relaxed tone in those high pitch sections. But in this case, the modern 5 string cello used sounds rather different from the cello used in other suites. On the other hand, all shoulder-cellos in use now are modern design that's reconfigurable between 4 and 5 strings. So the Sigiswald Kuijken recording uses the same cello body everywhere yet a high E string is in suite #6. Neat trick eh?
The thing about Bach cello suites is people have been trying it on tons of different instruments. Cello, viola, double bass, viola da gamba, lute etc. Viola da gamba is really interesting as it has very different sonority from cello. But tuning is fundamentally different so fingering is seriously messed up. As a result, viol version of the Bach cello suites is a massive undertaking. Paolo Pandolfo's version is excellent here:
And really clever cover art too
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Jacques Morel (? 1680 - ? 1740): Ier Livre de Pieces de Violle avec une Chaconne en trio (1709)
Jacques Morel (? 1680 - ? 1740): Ier Livre de Pieces de Violle avec une Chaconne en trio (1709)
Oh to see have seen ...Nijinsky as Petrushka... One can dream ... This will do ... For today only ... Maybe ... Dropping the needle now ... Punch away Stravinsky...
Carl Friedrich Abel: The Drexel Manuscript
Paolo Pandolfo
Carl Friedrich Abel: Sonata in G major, WKO 147
Elinor Frey, Lorenzo Ghielmi
Autographed CD.
Paolo Pandolfo
Carl Friedrich Abel: Sonata in G major, WKO 147
Elinor Frey, Lorenzo Ghielmi
Autographed CD.
Love the cover...Pure Cello
Vincent Bélanger
Autographed CD. From Audio Note UK's Audio Note Music label. Virtuosic solo cello works by J.S. Bach, Friedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher, Max Reger and Gaspar Cassadó.
Nope, they aren't the same. Yours is rather mainstream HIP. Don't forget Sigiswald Kuijken is mainly a violinist and shoulder-cello handles quite like a violin. The strange thing about yours is the cello suites spread across 3 CDs. Right away there is something funny about the tempo. Closer look shows that some of the movements are much longer than an average version. So the speed is a little idiosyncratic in some places.
The other thing is it follows the usual HIP practices of using a separate violoncello piccolo for suite #6. In modern edition scores, high pitch sections are shown in tenor clef and there are lots of them. Comparing recordings done with 5 string cello to those forced onto regular 4 string cello shows the former to have much more open and relaxed tone in those high pitch sections. But in this case, the modern 5 string cello used sounds rather different from the cello used in other suites. On the other hand, all shoulder-cellos in use now are modern design that's reconfigurable between 4 and 5 strings. So the Sigiswald Kuijken recording uses the same cello body everywhere yet a high E string is in suite #6. Neat trick eh?
The thing about Bach cello suites is people have been trying it on tons of different instruments. Cello, viola, double bass, viola da gamba, lute etc. Viola da gamba is really interesting as it has very different sonority from cello. But tuning is fundamentally different so fingering is seriously messed up. As a result, viol version of the Bach cello suites is a massive undertaking. Paolo Pandolfo's version is excellent here:
And really clever cover art too
The cover says it all ... Betcha Warhol or even the great Alex Colville would have coveted this precious pieceSurprisingly low-key performances, especially by Ricci, and decent but not great sound. All in all, not an essential purchase.
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This 4 disc set was recorded live in multiple venues by MPR/American Public Media throughout January of 2009. Disc 1 is comprised of works by Michael Tippett, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Bela Bartók undertaken together by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Douglas Boyd conducting across January 9th and 10th at the Ordway Music Theater.
Best $2 purchase in a few weeks.
Best $2 purchase in a few weeks.
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Beyond beautiful cover art ... More than words can capture music ...Pure Cello
Vincent Bélanger
Autographed CD. From Audio Note UK's Audio Note Music label. Virtuosic solo cello works by J.S. Bach, Friedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher, Max Reger and Gaspar Cassadó.
Nope, they aren't the same. Yours is rather mainstream HIP. Don't forget Sigiswald Kuijken is mainly a violinist and shoulder-cello handles quite like a violin. The strange thing about yours is the cello suites spread across 3 CDs. Right away there is something funny about the tempo. Closer look shows that some of the movements are much longer than an average version. So the speed is a little idiosyncratic in some places.
The other thing is it follows the usual HIP practices of using a separate violoncello piccolo for suite #6. In modern edition scores, high pitch sections are shown in tenor clef and there are lots of them. Comparing recordings done with 5 string cello to those forced onto regular 4 string cello shows the former to have much more open and relaxed tone in those high pitch sections. But in this case, the modern 5 string cello used sounds rather different from the cello used in other suites. On the other hand, all shoulder-cellos in use now are modern design that's reconfigurable between 4 and 5 strings. So the Sigiswald Kuijken recording uses the same cello body everywhere yet a high E string is in suite #6. Neat trick eh?
The thing about Bach cello suites is people have been trying it on tons of different instruments. Cello, viola, double bass, viola da gamba, lute etc. Viola da gamba is really interesting as it has very different sonority from cello. But tuning is fundamentally different so fingering is seriously messed up. As a result, viol version of the Bach cello suites is a massive undertaking. Paolo Pandolfo's version is excellent here:
And really clever cover art too
Scarlatti: Sonatas, Kk 428—448
Scott Ross
I listen ...and learn ... I hope...( one can hope, right?) ...to the attached Virgin Classics 2X CD ...weekly...I worship this remarkable double CD ...and now ...you ...(thank you btw ...) have tossed my eyes and ears towards what appears to be a powerful 34 CD set of the piano might of the mystical Domenico Scarlatti... I will secure your posted piece ...have a safe and wonderful evening Accwai.
My Domenico Scarlatti piano lesson ...recommended to me by a strong friend from Sorrento, Italy ...
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Luigi Boccherini: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Neues Berliner Kammerorchester, Michael Erxleben
to this:
then to this:
Wow... After all these years, the Scott Ross box is still the overall simplest way to go through all Scarlatti sonatas in a reasonably authentic way. Just my personal opinion of course.
In fact, the most common Bach oboe concerto being performed now is BWV1060(R), which is mixed into many Bach violin concertos albums. And that one isn't in the Moinet album. Hmm...
Neues Berliner Kammerorchester, Michael Erxleben
Assuming you mean the Pandolfo Bach, yes. Very interesting graphics work. For a long time I was assuming it to be painting of a rose, but closer look shows otherwise. Now speaking of rose, being a photo person, this is my own attempt:
Thanks! It's been a rather hectic weekend... In any case, the thing about the Scarlatti sonatas is they cover extremely broad range of forms and styles. It's rather difficult to appreciate the breadth and depth without sampling a very large portion of the sonatas. Scott Ross was the first one to do the whole thing. Back then people believed it won't be done ever again. And they were completely wrong, there are many complete sets on harpsichord and piano now, and fortepiano too if I recall. And they don't all saying the same thing. For example, K.416 can turn from this:
to this:
then to this:
Wow... After all these years, the Scott Ross box is still the overall simplest way to go through all Scarlatti sonatas in a reasonably authentic way. Just my personal opinion of course.
Bach Oboe Concertos... Correct me if I'm wrong but there is no surviving score for any Bach oboe concerto right? The album page on the Berlin Classics website says
But all of them, not just 1053, are listed as reconstructions (BWV 10xxR) in Rilling's Restored Oboe Concerti in the Hänssler Edition Bachakademie complete Bach set:
In fact, the most common Bach oboe concerto being performed now is BWV1060(R), which is mixed into many Bach violin concertos albums. And that one isn't in the Moinet album. Hmm...
Despite having taken a photo of the cover I did a quick search for Viveza. It turned up a few videos of audiophile equipment demos of a different album ("Tango, Tango") reissued as an SACD. Following some fine performances of classical miniatures this disc wrapped up with the Gade "Jalousie" and two Piazolla tracks that whetted my desire to track down the SACD.
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