Monthly Archives: January 2007

28 Jan

Goebel BWV 1079 Videos

Goebel BWV 1079 Videos

I found some of Musica Antiqua, Köln on You Tube. Here they are in a short Bach canon from BWV 1079, the Musical Offering. Damn, …

 
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28 Jan

Mac Daddy

Mac Daddy

I miss writing about Apple stuff since devoting this blog only to music. So, excuse this, but this is good. The anti-trust case in Iowa against …

 
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23 Jan

How much time?

How much time?

How much time do you devote to listening? And I do mean, serious, unadulterated listening? In academia, we called this “active listening.” Do we have …

 
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20 Jan

Corelli: Sonata for Strings, Volume 4

Corelli: Sonata for Strings, Volume 4

Purcell Quartet, Corelli Trio Sonatas, opp. 3, 4 on Chandos Chaccone This CD has been with me for some time, having purchased it likely in Rochester, …

 
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20 Jan

Biber: Sonate tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes

Biber: Sonate tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes

The Rare Fruits Council performs Biber: sonatas equally at home in the chamber as the chapel tam aris quam aulis servientes on Astrée, directed by …

 
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20 Jan

Sonate pro tabula

Sonate pro tabula

Celebratory music by Biber and his contemporaries: Sonata pro tabula, Musica Antiqua Köln. MAK is joined on this disc by the Flanders Recorder Quartet… but is …

 
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15 Jan

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir perform Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 on Erato, (p) 1996. I remember picking this recording up at discount …

 
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15 Jan

Geminiani: Concerto Grossi, op. 3

Geminiani: Concerto Grossi, op. 3

Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante: Geminiani op. 3 Concerti Grossi, (p) 1997 Opus 111. Geminiani isn’t as well known as Corelli and Vivaldi, two Italian contemporaries …

 
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12 Jan

Steve Jobs Stylus iPhone Song

Steve Jobs Stylus iPhone Song

Listen to one Mac-fan’s rendition of a song with snippits from Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote speech.

 
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10 Jan

Scarlatti 2

Scarlatti 2

Pierre Hantaï, Scarlatti Sonatas, “2″. (p) 2005 Mirare I recently came across the 2nd of the 3 volumes Hantaï has released. It was harder to find …

 
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08 Jan

Rameau: Nouvelles Suites

Rameau: Nouvelles Suites

“Nouvelle Suites” recorded by Calefax Reed Quintet, (p)2006 MDG. I was recently impressed searching through the “R”s at Virgin Megastore on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, to …

 
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02 Jan

We’re Waiting, Uncle Steve

We’re Waiting, Uncle Steve

From the Joy of Tech.

 
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