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Helena Basilova - A Fearful Fairy Tale
Qobuz 24/96

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Music from Bagri, Myaskovsky, Firsova, Prokofiev, Janáček (with Maya Fridman), Schnittke, and Medtner.
Listening to Qobuz, but will certainly buy the DXD 5.0 download when my system will be ready!
 
Manuel Blasco De Nebra - Piano Sonatas
Javier Perianes
Qobuz 24/44.1

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I recently heard a couple of pieces on the radio in my car and fell in love with them immediately.
 
Man, those bells at the end are intense! I think they pre-recorded some huge cathedral bells and are playing them back electronically. They are overwhelming in multi-channel but are merely loud and deep in stereo. A very dramatic performance.


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Lully - Muffat - Marais - The Versailles Revolution
Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Barthold Kuijken
Qobuz 24/44.1

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Released in Nov. '18, this was nevertheless recording of the month on our classical radio Klara.
It evokes the rich musical culture in Versailles at the time of Louis XIV.
 
Annelien Van Wauwe - Belle époque
Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Qobuz 24/96

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Wonderful release with the Belgian Annelien Van Wauwe.
We've seen her live, she's top!

Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe revives the golden glow of a bygone age on her Pentatone debut album "Belle époque", together with the Orchestre National de Lille and its music director Alexandre Bloch. The programme is built around treasures of French turn-of-the-century music such as Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie, Pierné’s Canzonetta and Widor’s Introduction et Rondo (the latter two in arrangements by Jelle Tassyns). "Belle époque" also offers works that display a spiritual kinship to the age, such as Brahms’s First Clarinet Sonata, arranged by Luciano Berio, and a world-premiere recording of Paris-based contemporary composer Manfred Trojahn (Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre).
Annelien van Wauwe is a former BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the renowned Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2018. © Pentatone
 
Working my way slowly through the complete Argo recordings of the Choir of King's College Cambridge DECCA cd box set ...
 
Philip Glass - Saxophone Quartet (arr. for String Quartet - String Quartets 6 & 7
Brooklyn Rider

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Playing this (finally bought it because it's not on the streaming services).
I learnt to appreciate this composer the last years.
Easily accessible yet ingenious music.
I'm sure it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I do like a dose of Mr Glass from time to time.
 
His string quartet’s are really great. But in my opinion, his opera, “Beauty and the Beast” is the best music from his entire catalog. ( not available on streaming, but on a superbly recorded CD)
 
Bach - Violin Concertos - Sinfonias - Overture - Sonatas
Isabelle Faust, violin
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Qobuz 24/96

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I have listened to this in my car, from my iPhone through ear buds, in my practice and now here in the living room.
It is superb!
Faust and the Berliners really breathe fresh air through these old warhorses.


After the double album of the Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout, here is the next instalment in a Bach recording adventure that began nine years ago with a set of the Sonatas and Partitas. Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck and his partners at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have explored a multitude of other works by Bach: harpsichord concertos, trio sonatas for organ, instrumental movements from sacred cantatas etc. All are revealed here as direct or indirect relatives of the three monumental Concertos BWV 1041-43. This fascinating achievement is a timely reminder that the master of The Well-Tempered Clavier was also a virtuoso violinist! © harmonia mundi
 
Comparing to one of my all time favourites of these works:

Bach - Violinkonzerte BWV 1041-1043
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken

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Performances are equally top notch, but this recording clearly suffers from digititis (DDD from 1981).
I think that Faust will be my choice number one for now.

Edit: Kuijken is truly magnificent and regarding artistry he wins on the BWV 1042.
 
This is an attempt to resuscitate this interesting 2013 thread.

Obviously, the thread is alive and well, with at least a few supporters ��

Listening to this Opera recording thru Qobuz FLAC 96/24 streaming thru my audio system.

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