Category Archive: Review

A review of a music recording.

07 Jan

Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin

Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin

This is not the first time I’ve gone on record about this recording; I’ve had it now for a couple of years, having found the …

 
By biberfan
Comments (2)
21 Dec

The Goat Rodeo Sessions

The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Biberfan’s Album of the Year My thoughts went to Yo-Yo Ma recently when I read Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs. Ma comes up in the book; …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
12 Nov

Abel: Drexel Manuscript

Abel: Drexel Manuscript

You can learn more about this release directly from the Glossa website. Carl Friedrich Abel, born 1723, fits into an interesting cubby of history; his instrument’s …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
10 Nov

Blandine Rannou performs Bach’s Variations Goldberg

Blandine Rannou performs Bach’s Variations Goldberg

There are several Goldberg recordings I have avoided; two of late were those by Richard Egarr and the one by Andreas Staier. Both recordings had …

 
By biberfan
Comments (2)
05 Nov

Bach Sinfonias

Bach Sinfonias

In college you could buy a book with all of Bach’s chorales from his cantatas. Today, you can purchase this CD of all of Bach’s …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
22 Oct

Concerts avec plusieurs instruments – volume VI

Concerts avec plusieurs instruments – volume VI

Café Zimmermann completes their cycle of the Bach concertos and orchestral suites on Alpha. On this release they include: Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1069 Concerto pour …

 
By biberfan
Tagged , ,
Comments (0)
17 Oct

German Chamber Music before Bach

German Chamber Music before Bach

From the Collectio Argentea (Archiv Produktion) in 1981 comes a sampling of a variety of German chamber music. We might call this “early” baroque, or …

 
By biberfan
Tagged ,
Comments (0)
16 Oct

Le Parnasse Français

Le Parnasse Français

Mrs. Sadie, back in the 1980s, reviewed this recording (quite critically) in Gramophone,+b+2533414+(579),+C+2534010+(883).). She’s in love with Charles Medlam’s playing on the viol da gamba, …

 
By biberfan
Tagged , ,
Comments (2)
14 Oct

Concerts avec plusieurs… volume 5

Concerts avec plusieurs… volume 5

Pablo Valetti continues with volume 5 (of 6) in a reading of various Bach instrumental works (concerti and overtures), this time looking at: BWV 1068 BWV 1056 BWV …

 
By biberfan
Tagged
Comments (0)
14 Oct

Amandine Beyer and the Sonatas and Partitas of one Johann Sebastian Bach

Amandine Beyer and the Sonatas and Partitas of one Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV 1001-1006. Now in 2011, we have a number of excellent digital recordings at the ready, many recorded on the so-called baroque violin. Among …

 
By biberfan
Comments (2)
07 Oct

Further reflections on Il Giardino del piacere

Further reflections on Il Giardino del piacere

Earlier this May, I wrote about a freak discovery when looking online. A new recording by Goebel’s Musica Antiqua, by an obscure composer named Johann …

 
By biberfan
Also posted in Banter
Comments (0)
07 Oct

kuniko plays reich

kuniko plays reich

I don’t know much at all about percussionist Kuniko Kato. But I took advantage of the high-resolution downloads available through Linn Records to discover her …

 
By biberfan
Tagged
Comments (0)
02 Oct

Albinoni Concerti con oboe

Albinoni Concerti con oboe

Il Fondamento directed by Paul Dombrecht records a collection of oboe concertos by Tomaso Albinoni from his opus 7 and 9 collections on Fuga Libera. I’ve …

 
By biberfan
Tagged ,
Comments (0)
27 Sep

Vivaldi – Ensemble Explorations

Vivaldi – Ensemble Explorations

This release from Roel Dieltiens and his Ensemble Explorations wasn’t in my database of reviews. For shame. To be sure, this is volume 2 of a …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
02 Sep

Concerti op. 2, op. 5, op. 6

Concerti op. 2, op. 5, op. 6

Back in 1998, Concerto Köln recorded 9 concerti by the composer Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, whom died in 1742. As the liner notes cannot resist to …

 
By biberfan
Tagged
Comments (0)
30 Aug

Leclair: Sonates en trio, op. 4

Leclair: Sonates en trio, op. 4

London Baroque have recorded the opus four collection of trio sonatas by Jean-Marie Leclair on Harmonia Mundi some years ago. From among LB’s Harmonia Mundi …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
25 Aug

Corelli: Arcangelo

Corelli: Arcangelo

I recently reviewed a really well-done recording by Musica Antiqua Roma that starts with a Corelli sonata, then goes to a number of other Italiante …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)
17 Aug

2Cellos

2Cellos

I wondered what this was doing in the iTunes “Classical” section of late, featuring my by Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Phil Collins, and even Coldplay. These …

 
By biberfan
Comments (0)