Monthly Archives: November 2006

Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas

Bach Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas

Monica Huggett, violin performs the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006, (p) 1997 Virgin Veritas For many years we only had Kuijken on baroque violin …

 

Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

I feel old, having seen two generations of the AAM record the harpsichord concerti of Bach, and too the violin concerti. The AAM …

 

Pavana – the Virgin Harpsichord

Pavana – the Virgin Harpsichord

Pavana: the Virgin Harpsichord; (p) 2001 Astree; Skip Sempé, Olivier Fortin, and Pierre Hantaï. I’ve never seen Sempé in a public performance. Nor have I seen …

 

Tartini: Concerti by Ensemble 415

Tartini: Concerti by Ensemble 415

Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti, and Roel Dieltiens perform concertos by Giuseppe Tartini. Tartini was a composer of the late Italian baroque. Imagine if Vivaldi had smoked …

 

Concerti per vari Strumenti

Concerti per vari Strumenti

Zefiro performs wind concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, (p) 2000 Naive-Auvidis. I first reviewed this recording in September, 2003. Back then, I had this to say: …

 

Bach and his Era

Bach and his Era

On Tuesday evening, November 7, 2006, I watched as Musica Antiqua Köln took the stage for one of their final concerts in Los Angeles at …

 

Chanticleer – Live

Chanticleer – Live

On March 18, 2002, I attended a concert put-on by Chanticleer in Richmond, VA. This evening I had the opportunity to hear the all-male …

 

Care Charming Sleep

Care Charming Sleep

Yes, an odd mix, and this is not like Swingle Singers Bach or Jacques Loussier piano jazz, either. The instruments, and the voice of John …

 

Biber: Mystery Sonatas by John Holloway

Biber: Mystery Sonatas by John Holloway

A review of a recording on Virgin Veritas of Biber’s “Mystery Sonatas” of the Rosary for violin and continuo by John Holloway, violin, and Tragicomedia. What I wrote about in 2003 still holds true now. The recording better captures an acoustic rather than the performers. I suppose if I close my eyes, and imagine myself in a cathedral, or some space larger than my small office where I listen now, I can “be there.” But still lost is the detail that a closer recording would have warranted.

 

Manze to leave EC in 2007

Manze to leave EC in 2007

Only one season left with the EC under Manze’s leadership?

 

CPE Bach Symphonies

CPE Bach Symphonies

John reviews a recent release by the English Concert of CPE Bach Symphonies, and a cello concerto featuring Alison McGillvray.