Two New CDs…
On January 15, 1993, I sent this letter to my friend in college; he was in Ohio, and I was in Rochester, NY. He sent …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
04 Aug
Before E-mail
Before E-mail
Often times I am asked why I need to buy a new hard drive. “I don’t throw anything away,” but that is never accepted as, …
29 Jul
Venezia – Rare Fruits Council
Venezia – Rare Fruits Council
The too-long silent Rare Fruits Council has released a new recording featuring Venetian baroque works entitled Venezia. Of course, I need to point out that the …
22 Jul
Lachrymae
Lachrymae
The Korean violist Richard Yongjae-O’Neill has recorded a variety of works with some similar style, from composers such as Shostakovich, Bloch, Offenbach, Paganini, Raff, and …