Album of the Evening

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Sunday is Classical day...

 

Followed by

 

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Dead Can Dance ‎– Into The Labyrinth

 

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One of my go-to albums to test new hifi components, especially the SACD version.

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Another one of my favorites as well.

 

La Folia, 1490-1701 Jordi Savall

 

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Just ordered that. Thanks !

A Musical Banquet - Schein, Sheidt, Gabreieli, Guami

Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall

 

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I have looked everywhere for a copy of this Gabrielli CD (the birth of the cello) (or download). Seems unavailable everywhere, unless you're willing to spend $120. Bummer...

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Thanks, that was one of the first places I looked (thanks to google). Not in stock there either...When you click 'add to cart', nothing happens. When you click 'add to wishlist', it shows up as Out of Stock.

 

This might work for you: La Nascita del Violoncello by Domenico Gabrielli on Agogique, Bologna 1689 Bruno Cocset

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Thank you Sir ! I went to the link you provided and they accepted my order at least for now. We'll see if they can actually ship, but the price is 'normal' and that's further than I got anywhere else, so thank you again.

Actually, that download was from the Aeon record label. I haven't been able to find a download of the Gabrielli CD from agOgique. The best price I could find was Amazon France: 1 used copy for 50 euros, 1 new for 60, both prior to shipping costs. The CD comes with a 136 page book. It was agOgique's first release.

 

This is probably a long shot, but might be worth a try: https://www.laboiteamusique.eu/product_info.php?products_id=73007&osCsid=50s5hru1ed48sesus7rv6r40p5

 

Jón Leifs: Hekla and other orchestral works

En Shao / Iceland Symphony Orchestra

 

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According to the website, my copy has shipped. Thanks again Christopher3393.

I second my thanks as well. They may see a small spike in sales.

I just noticed that shipping to Seattle is $14.95 or $0 for "Collect on site". Frankly I don't understand this choice. Any advice?

Not a deal breaker but it's become a $38 purchase. Considering the lack of options, it's worth it those of us interested.

Again, who understands "Collect on site"? Sounds like COD.

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My charges were 7.95, as I am in Amsterdam and it's shipping from France or Belgium (next door).

Congratulations. May I be so indelicate as to ask if the shipping charges were $14.95?

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Sorry to hear that. I think I may have gotten the last copy in stock. The box was not in perfect condition, but I don't care about that.

 

I was just checking on my order from "la boîte à musique" and am very disappointed to discover that my order was cancelled the day after I places it. Seems their inventory was very limited but I'm annoyed that they never bothered to inform me of the cancellation.

Did your order suffer as well?

Shame, I was psyched for both the music and the 132 page booklet. If anyone notices this being available for less than $40, please share the intel.

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The disc is very enjoyable. I ripped the CD to my NAS and since then, I only had a cursory listening of the first half or so, but it impressed with the warmth, the passion and the soundstage conveyed. I will comment on the booklet once I have had time to sit and enjoy it

Congratulations, hoping to hear your impressions. Is the booklet a enjoyable resource?

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Enjoying this right now (96-24 download). Beautiful interactions between viol/violin, brass, organ and voice.

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For lovers of Venetian Baroque, listening to this right now:

 

Thibaut Noally and the ensemble Les Accents - Venezia 1700

 

Review here:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/04/venezia-1700-thibault-noally-les-accents-review

 

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De Profundis with Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices. Get it on sacd if you can...

 

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Today I have enjoyed a couple of new acquisitions:

 

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11 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Your attempt to be considerate and polite should be most welcomed. I found this cover disgusting. And marketing (is this marketing?) of that Italian label plain stupid in best case.

First of all, I think this is a reference (as caught by another poster) to the shape of the violin. I would also refer to a classical picture of Man Ray (see below: 'Violon d'Ingres', 1924, hanging in the Getty museum), an image which no-one should have a problem with if you have ever visited a museum. 

Secondly, if the back of a woman's body offends you, I believe the ugliness is in the eye and the mind of the offended, not in the image.

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2 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

The picture from Man Ray below fits better to what I said. Hope we will see it soon on the cover of one of Bach's Passions editions from this or other Italian label.

 

Except that picture has no obvious musical connection (and Bach's passions have no inference of sensuality), whereas the other Man Ray image was a Dada-ist reference to a violin at least. I take your point on tawdry commercialism and using sexualized images to sell whatever. However, in the case of the Milstein recording, I'm not convinced it was that blatant (like some of the Playboy-like images we see on many compilations of lounge music for instance). Then again, as a European I am used to seeing commercials on TV which would never air in the US, so maybe I am somewhat de-sensitized.

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5 hours ago, accwai said:

Al Andalus - Musique Arabo-Andalouse
Atrium Musicae de Madrid, Gregorio Paniagua

 

If you like that, then I also heartily recommend this one:

Calamus - The Splendor of Al Andalus

 

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9 hours ago, Guidof said:

 

CPE Bach: Sinfonias, Cello Concerto & Harpsichord Concerto. Ophélie Gaillard (cello) and Francesco Corti (harpsichord) with the Pulcinella ensemble. Energetic and nuanced playing that brings out the best of these challenging pieces. (This is volume 2 of a series on CPE Bach. On the strength of this album, I will certainly get volume 1 as well).

 

Exemplary sound form a 24/96 Qobuz download.

+1 on this one. Vol. 1 is equally enjoyable.

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8 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

According to such logic porn image will sell Vivaldi even better.

And why does it matter? This is the free market in action. If you find the cover unappealing or offensive enough, that it makes you not buy the record, that is your god-given right. If others are precisely led to pick up (and perhaps buy) the album BECAUSE of the cover, that is their god-given right too. We can all vote with our wallets and with our feet. All this moralizing and hand-wringing about gratuitous nudity on album covers, magazine covers, burger commercials (Carl's Junior car wash anyone?) and whatever else sells better with a 'soupçon of sex' seems to be mostly an American obsession (as a European observer having lived for 17 years in the US). The rest of the Western world got the stick out of their behinds on this subject a long time ago.

 

I wonder if we would have the same conversation if, instead of a semi-nude torso (with none of the 'dirty bits' visible btw), we were looking at scenes of violence and guns...

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2 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

For me this is not a question of moral. Moral is relevant in best case. This is a question of good taste and certain level of culture. Both demands some effort, time and enthusiasm, therefore are difficult to achieve for those who base their rationale on 'god-given right to choose whatever you may want' thesis.

I agree with you that it may not be to everyone's TASTE. However, good taste vs. bad taste is something so personal (and constantly changing), that none of us can or should assume the mantle of Arbiter of Good Taste. As the Romans put it 2000 years ago, 'there should be no arguments over taste or colors'. 150 years ago, a woman showing a naked ankle was considered a brazen hussy. By the 1960's we had mini skirts barely covering the pubic area. Who knows what will be considered in/out of bounds tomorrow. 

On a personal level, my sensibilities probably align with yours, but I don't care enough about the image to let it register on my list of annoyances in today's society. Manners, culture, education, knowledge, historical context, civility are all severely on the decline. That annoys me more than a semi-tawdry image on a Vivaldi cd (even if one might take the position that one is a symptom of the other). Evenso, if it sells more Vidaldi, I'm more in favor of spreading THAT part of culture (people listening to Vivaldi) than worrying about the decorum or lack thereof displayed in the album cover.

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A recent discovery and a new favorite

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I listened to this Bach recording today and i agree. Interesting and entertaining.

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It's a Viol (the English term describing the Viola da Gamba).

Per the interwebs: 'A viol is a bowed string instrument. Similar to the cello, the viol, or viola da gamba, is played between the legs (hence the name 'viola da gamba', literally 'leg-viol'). While it is not a direct ancestor of the violin, there is some kinship between the two instrument families.' 

 

The cello is a later 'evolution' of the Viol, slightly bigger and able to play both louder and deeper.

 

See also here:

 

 

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Love the Stockfisch collection!