Monthly Archives: December 2006

30 Dec

Anno 1630: Italian Works

Anno 1630: Italian Works

Anno 1630 Lorenzo Ghielmi, Enrico Onofri, and Margret Köll peform early Italian baroque works, Anno 1630 (p) 2003 Winter and Winter. I first reviewed this CD …

 
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30 Dec

Keller Quartet – Art of Fugue

Keller Quartet – Art of Fugue

It should be no secret that my favorite work by Bach is his ultimate composition, Die Kunst der Fuge, written-out contrapuntal fantasies in various complexities. …

 
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28 Dec

Bach Missae BWV 235, BWV 234

Bach Missae BWV 235, BWV 234

Collegium Vocale, Ghent record Bach Masses with Philippe Herreweghe, Virgin Veritas (p) 1990 There is a lot of mystery around Bach’s lesser-known Latin masses. Bach, known …

 
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28 Dec

Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos

Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos

Dan Laurin and the Bach Collegium Japan record Vivaldi, BIS CD-865. When I picked up this CD in Ann Arbor at Schoolkids Records some time ago, …

 
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22 Dec

Legrenzi et al.: Invenzioni e Stravaganze

Legrenzi et al.: Invenzioni e Stravaganze

Europa Galante record early-Italian string music. While the Italians had the solo sonata, I believe, perhaps the Austrian-Germans had the upper-hand on string ensemble music? I …

 
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15 Dec

Rariora et Marginalia

Rariora et Marginalia

The Rare Fruits Council under Manfredo Kraemer perform baroque violin sonatas on Astrée. Rustic, dark, rich, like a caramel sauce, or an exotic, wild mushroom soup. …

 
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13 Dec

Baroque by Candlelight

Baroque by Candlelight

The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia presented a concert on December 12, 2006 at the Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Performers included Amanda Balestrieri, James …

 
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11 Dec

Geminiani: Concerti Grossi

Geminiani: Concerti Grossi

AAM/Manze on Harmonia Mundi This release from the Academy of Ancient Music can during a ripe relationship between violinist Manze, harpsichordist Egarr, and saw releases of …

 
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07 Dec

Dave Holland: Prime Directive

Dave Holland: Prime Directive

(p) 1999 ECM I love this album. It was my second with Dave Holland leading his own group. Since then, I have picked up most of …

 
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05 Dec

Messy Stuff

Messy Stuff

Your anxious host, the venerable Fan of Biber, invites you to our companion site, MessyCuisine, where you can once again visit for restaurant reviews, and …

 
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04 Dec

Handel: Op. 4 Organ Concertos

Handel: Op. 4 Organ Concertos

Simon Preston plays historic organs with Pinnock’s English Concert on Handel’s Op. 4 Organ Concertos. This is an oldie for me… an early unit in my …

 
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02 Dec

Did I kill it?

Did I kill it?

This morning I logged-in to view statistics for the site since I last changed it to the new “biberfan noir” theme here. My nice little …

 
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