Album of the Evening

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https://nativedsdpresents.nativedsd.com/albums/NDSD011-positive-feedback-dsd-sampler-volume-2

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You'll know the bug has firmly bit when you find yourself owning a lengthy work set to disc with a sequential mono recording split between both channels.  Mute the left speaker the first play through and pick right back up by replaying the disc with your right speaker muted.  

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I of course meant assigning the correct channel through zeroing the balance of one or the other on your player/software since only a single speaker is going to be used.

 

Made the critical error of choosing this before lunchtime.  The much wished for plates full of 2 lb. German Brown's cooked to a level matching the playing sadly did not materialize. 

 

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Any concerns about the sale of Naïve to their distribution partner curtailing "Vivaldi Edition" releases was put to rest in the last week.  Their first release cycle following the brief interruption has been announced and it looks very good.  They estimate 25 more discs left on top of the 54 already released.

 

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- Dorilla in Tempe (opera) on 1 December (8 Dec in the UK)
- April 2018: 3rd & final volume of Concerti per archi & complete Concerti per viola d'amore by Alessandro Tampieri & Accademia Bizantina - Ottavio Dantone 
- June 2018: 6th vol. of Concerti per violino, by Fabio Biondi & EUROPA GALANTE
- October 2018: Il Giustino (opera) featuring Delphine Galou & Accademia Bizantina - Ottavio Dantone 
- January 2019: 5th & final volume of Concerti per fagotto, by Sergio Azzolini& L'Onda Armonica 
- April 2019: Programme of secular & sacred music by Delphine Galou & Accademia Bizantina - Ottavio Dantone
- September 2019: 3rd & final volume of Concerti per cello, by Christophe Coin & L'Onda Armonica 

 

Token lascivious cover art.  Double disc I managed only enough of, a half hour, to happily report it's existence before calling it a night.  My hope is Sarah Mingardo plays a part in the next opera teatrale as this series has really highlighted her talents.

 

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Yes, I did enjoy it.  I especially enjoyed having the ability to listen to works like this.  Chances to hear it live being almost zero (or at least half a continent distant and most likely an ocean).    Finding a copy of what I take to be the only recording of the 3rd was just added to my list of things to do this Winter.  

 

 

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Not having anywhere else to put this I'll link to a short blog piece I found while searching for the Tibor De Machula Boccherini/Haydn album pictured half way down.  Interesting parallels here to another series that also interests me.  

 

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Perfect choice for a chilly early morning that won't see the sun rise for a few hours.  

 

 

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Listened to Disc 2 only;  Beethoven Violin Concerto Op. 61 (Solti, LPO) and Vitali's Chaconne

 

 

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3 hours ago, Booster MPS said:

 

I am a fan of Marianne, how is this release?

 

This is a tough question.  If the political tones it is currently fashionable for musicians to openly display put you off it would be not so good.  Mr. Say plays as if he is an aging and not so distractingly attractive man in the presence of a vital young woman.  She gets the benefit of his experience leaving a quiet sadness in the air unexpressed.  

 

Perhaps I will play this for a woman and get her impression.  My suspicion is it will result in 'a soft hand but an unsuitable one... he is clearly quite happy with the arrangement.'  All of which gets rent.  Leaving the emptiness of a inner city space with too many memories awaiting the next occupant. 

 

Quite literally that is how the release goes.  Being a fan, everything that came before it should be pleasing to you.

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The 'release' of everything built up over the course of this work, in rarely recorded 1872 form, was also punctuated with silences.  

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Also picked up this oddball that was obviously repackaged for a Japanese budget release.  Market saturation of the work aside.  This is exactly the type of good quality recording by lesser known musicians I hope to find.  The thrice subjugation of Bach into a paisley jacket does throw question marks into the performance.   

 

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 1-3

English Chamber Orchestra lead by Philip Ledger

 

 

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It must have been Baaaaah'd or we'd have links to your previous reviewa and initial impressions of this recording.     The quite old Sargent is in my queue for this week.    

 

Yet to hear any of the new Sears Roebuck & Company catalog festooned BIS Neschling release.  I'm quite sure it will make as solid an argument for dynamic ranges as the other four in this cycle.  

 

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Good on you for managing to take in a play and avoid the holiday crowds.  I'm still recovering from a family Christmas pantomime that took place in a local brewery.  Which I was held hostage to while waiting on line to secure a necessary gift.  

 

Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces)

 

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Minnesota has more than a few renowned torchbearers of the vocal tradition.  Come Christmas the only two that matter are the St Olaf college choir and Dale Warland Singers.  Those wishing to sample the former can replay the live broadcast of this years concert series here or attend Christmas Mass.  The latter on an original Schubert Club release from 1987 (not matching the pictured album art of the reissue) was my choice for today.

 

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I'm quite sure you found my posted album on AllMusic (where short samples of all the tracks are available).  If you wish, a full performance of Paulus works written for seasonal performance by this group can be found again on MPR.

 

Stepping away from holiday specificity towards more general holidaying.  Don't blame me if you recoil from the first track or quickly forget that it happened.  Almost certainly due to this start every note of music following pulls you in and up.

 

 

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I only listen to versions of this symphony with a real organ really being played in the same performance space as the rest of required instruments.  

 

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Glad to see the French organ noël  category so well represented.  You've managed to distract me from posting my album in favor a last minute addition to the Christmas music thread.  15 30+ minutes later I'm back to post this.

 

 

 

 

 

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The most popular and engaging work here is not as pastoral as the cover would lead one to believe.

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A single unedited live performance committed to disc for release has a nice ring to it, I feel.  No splicing or phantom instruments ( still a bit red faced over that one) to disrupt natural enjoyment of the music.  Or so one would hope.

 

 

Speaking of shame faced admissions.  A  good used copy of Ketelbey's "In a Monastery Garden"  has evaded me.  I'm not happy about partaking of "Ambrosian" anything.  There were moments of regret involved with listening to what is otherwise very fine music on this album as well.

 

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Ç'est Magnifique!

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Since you specifically posted the duet on your blog.  I have to ask if you have listened to the Crebassa album I posted recently?  That blog post also highlighted something I had wondered after.  How far into the under performed works many of you delve.  Koechlin deserves more popularity for works such as "The Jungle Book".  

 

My first album listen on Tidal.  The alternative, four hours of solo flute music composed by him, was not appetizing this morning.  This was an excellent choice for predawn coffee underneath a thick blanket on a -20 F morning.