Album of the Evening

[BacHolz]

10 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Excellent and I have been collecting his various "Art if the Trio" recordings.

Speaking of a series and affordable prices, I have completed my other "Art if the Trio" collection through Presto's 'Early Music' sale (ending soon).

London Baroque has done a series of albums featuring the development of the 'trio sonata' by country and century. An excellent survey which has enriched my appreciation of a musical form of which I am quite fond. I had the 17th century series to which I added the four releases from the 18th century.

 

The Trio Sonata in 18th Century Italy

London Baroque

 

[accwai]

Buxtehude: Orgelwerke, Vol.4
Harald Vogel

 

[Booster MPS]

[qdwieertteyrujpo]

[sphinxsix]

Actually album of the morning

 

[Musicophile]

 

A truly fantastic album: https://musicophilesblog.com/2017/06/04/alexandre-kantorow-a-la-russe-outstanding/

[BacHolz]

 

The Trio Sonata in 18th Century France

London Baroque

 

[sphinxsix]

My evening music. It's very simple but performed with taste and well recorded.

He says about himself : ' Lazy Swedish guy making music for imaginary movies.'

 

 

https://aceruleanstate.bandcamp.com/album/singles-2015

 

 

[accwai]

Johannes Ciconia: Opera Omnia
Diabolus in Musica, La Morra

 

[Melvin]

[Cornan]

 

 

[EuroChamp]

Andreas Staier, Alexander Melnikov

Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor and Other Piano Duets [24/96]

Harmonia Mundi

 

Qobuz Streaming in 24/96

 

I really like this album and Schubert in general.  

[christopher3393]

18 hours ago, accwai said:

Johannes Ciconia: Opera Omnia
Diabolus in Musica, La Morra

 

 

a step ahead of me. Have started into this and can't say I'm thrilled with the performances so far. What do you think?

 

Just finished this one:

 

Ciconia: Complete Works

Huelgas Ensemble / Paul van Nevel

3 CDs

!982, LOTS of instrumentation. A great effort, but not a great performance or recording. Not bad, just not what this music could be, imo.

 

 

http://www.allmusic.com/album/ciconia-complete-works-mw0001834408

 

 

[Musicophile]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Karajan - Warner Classics remaster

 

 

I only very recently discovered this 2014 remaster of this Karajan classic, which sounds really a bit better than my old CD rip. Still listening to this streaming in 16/44 from Qobuz, considering either buying the 24/96 (only 5.99 with Qobuz sublime, a steal), or simply upgrading to Qobuz Sublime+.

 

In any case, this is a legendary recording really worth having.

 

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/bruckner-symphony-no7-edition-studio-masters-herbert-von-karajan/0825646244348

[rando]

My short detour through electronic music to fuel staying awake 30 hours in a support role for an ultramarathon over.  I'm returning to my usual interests.    

 

[BacHolz]

 

The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Germany

London Baroque (Release 7 in a series of 8)

 

 

 

[accwai]

16 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

a step ahead of me. Have started into this and can't say I'm thrilled with the performances so far. What do you think? [...]

 

This is just off the top of my head: I'd say the performance on seem a unstructured and a little messy. Certainly not like those in the videos you posted on the  Song of the Day thread. Don't know enough about this time period to say how it's supposed to sound though.

 

And the mass movements seem to be stylistically very different from the rest. Again don't know if it's supposed to be like that.

[BacHolz]

And one last one...

The Trio Sonata in 18th Century England

London Baroque

 

 

 

[accwai]

Vincent Lübeck - Complete Organ Works

Friedhelm Flamme

 

[accwai]

Bach: Works for Organ Marie-Claire Alain

 

 

CD12, including Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 and Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543.

[Musicophile]

Inspired by this thread:

 

 

 

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2016/02/28/mare-nostrum-ii-paolo-fresu-richard-galliano-jan-lundgren/

[Norton]

 

For fellow fans of English classical music, I'm really  enjoying this on repeated listens at the moment.  Lots of big, noble tunes and v. decent SQ.

 

[christopher3393]

On 6/6/2017 at 2:51 PM, BacHolz said:

And one last one...

The Trio Sonata in 18th Century England

London Baroque

 

 

 

 

That's quite a journey. Any overal impressions of the music in this set?  How was it to listen to these "in a row" ?Thanks.

[BacHolz]

6 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

That's quite a journey. Any overal impressions of the music in this set?  How was it to listen to these "in a row" ?Thanks.

 

Thanks for the interest and I’ll offer what I can with the provisions that my system is mid-fi at best and I have a limited frame of reference for alternative recordings that may be better choices sonically and artistically.

London Baroque is a well-established ensemble founded in 1978 and an extensive discography while maintaining a busy concert performance schedule. The works chosen on these discs are well chosen to represent the trio sonata as realized by both major and minor composers.

While I am not addressing what I can’t speak of with confidence; “Are these well recorded?” and “Are the performances realized true to the composers score?” These matters are above my skill set but what for me was the invaluable merit of this series was the sense of historical context that I gained in listening to the evolution of the trio sonata in four countries as European music transitioned from Baroque to Classical. The booklet that accompanies each disc is a bit of a disappointment. While I didn’t expect a scholarly treatise, I had hoped for a bit more from the insert.

All said, I don’t know if you will be pleased with the soundstage or the artistic execution but I am pleased to have collected these eight works for the enjoyment they have brought me while enhancing my awareness of the larger picture in this chapter of musical history.

[Musicophile]

 

 

to this one of my favorite version of no.1.