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« Reply #2070 on: 21:49:25, 17-01-2008 » |
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Nice to see you're keeping up with your harmonia mundi-distributed new releases, opilec. Although you wouldn't believe how long it took us to work out that that was actually a new recording and not a reissue of a disc whose first release had only been two years ago (the penny finally clicked when we realised Monteverdi and Gesualdo were, erm, not the same composer  ). |
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« Reply #2071 on: 21:59:07, 17-01-2008 » |
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Nice to see you're keeping up with your harmonia mundi-distributed new releases, opilec. Although you wouldn't believe how long it took us to work out that that was actually a new recording and not a reissue of a disc whose first release had only been two years ago (the penny finally clicked when we realised Monteverdi and Gesualdo were, erm, not the same composer ). Woops!  Luckily I didn't make the same mistake  -- I already have the Gesualdo! Both are lovely discs, beautifully performed, recorded and presented. But I can tell the difference musically!  I need to catch up with some back numbers of Venexiana's Monteverdi series, which for me has the edge over Alessandrini, though I'll probably end up with both lots! And I need to investigate those Analekta recordings too ... |
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« Reply #2072 on: 23:34:31, 17-01-2008 » |
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I can tell the difference musically! Oh yes, so can we (... he hastens to add)! It was just when the initial sales sheet came through from Glossa that we were a bit confused ... Venexiana's Monteverdi series, which for me has the edge over Alessandrini Can I quote you on that?  |
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« Reply #2074 on: 23:46:21, 17-01-2008 » |
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In a manner of speaking, yes. I really must learn to get my embedded quotes right first time (it's not that I don't know how to do them, it's just that I have a slightly convoluted system which involves deleting a stroke in one place and reinserting it in another, and I sometimes forget to do the reinsertion). |
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The lyrical tones of Mark Padmore in Hyperion's recording of Dowland's Lute Songs with Elizabeth Kenny's accompaniment: they are followed by Britten's Nocturnal for solo guitar, Craig Ogden. Sheer joy. £8 99 from hmv.online |
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« Reply #2076 on: 20:48:09, 20-01-2008 » |
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NS: Some green nonsense recorded by some terribly impressive BBC people two nights ago, slammed onto CD within 20 minutes of the concert finishing, and delivered into my hands in a pub round the corner 10 minutes later by a young recording hand, no questions asked, a sly look on his face as he slunk back to the OB van. How did they know which pub I'd be in?? As with almost anywhere in Brighton, there are six within a stone's throw of the hall! |
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« Reply #2077 on: 21:48:43, 20-01-2008 » |
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How did they know which pub I'd be in??  I hope he also slipped a copy of the CD to someone who was looking for a really good Proms concert opener.  in light of just how much crawling and bottom-kissing goes on on these hugely incestuous messageboards... how many attempts there are to curry favours with those people want to get in with, are attracted to, whatever (all of these factors sadly go to make a certain percentage of posts almost wholly predictable, but that is true of a lot of musical discourse in the UK anyhow), (I would just like to reassure Ian that, although I have had a busy and enjoyable weekend as an R3OK MB green admirer, no actual bottom-kissing took place on this occasion.) |
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« Reply #2078 on: 22:05:53, 20-01-2008 » |
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« Reply #2079 on: 22:09:01, 20-01-2008 » |
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(I would just like to reassure Ian that, although I have had a busy and enjoyable weekend as an R3OK green admirer, no actual bottom-kissing took place.)
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« Reply #2080 on: 16:16:18, 21-01-2008 » |
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I hope he also slipped a copy of the CD to someone who was looking for a really good Proms concert opener. Funny you should say that, George, since I've a feeling some random music critic might have mentioned a very similar idea to martle's publisher, just in case it hadn't already occurred to him. (It had, I'm pleased to report.) |
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« Reply #2081 on: 16:23:38, 21-01-2008 » |
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Can you say more on why this is called "Edition Raumklang"? Does it have to do with recording techniques? |
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« Reply #2082 on: 16:27:53, 21-01-2008 » |
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Well, this is what they have to say for themselves. Im Herbst des Jahres 1993 wurde das Label Raumklang gegründet. Raumklang als Markenname kündet vom Anspruch, mit Klängen und Räumen auf natürliche Art und Weise umzugehen. So entstehen Raumklang- Produktionen mit einem einzigen Stereo-Kugelflächen- Mikrofon, ohne Verwendung elektronischer Effektgeräte.
Dieses sogenannte One-Point-Recording ermöglicht bei guter Lautsprecheraufstellung oder unter Kopfhörern ein besonderes Klangerlebnis, da der Hörer quasi den Platz dieses einzigen Mikrofons einnimmt und so in den Aufnahmeort hineinversetzt wird. Die akustischen Besonderheiten einer großen romanischen Basilika mit langen Nachhallzeiten, die interessanten Klang-Reflexionen und das Echoverhalten in einem alten, unterirdischen, kreisrunden Wasserspeicher oder der warme, dichte Klang einer kleinen barocken Schloßkapelle werden bei Raumklang zum Hörerlebnis.
Einen Schwerpunkt der Veröffentlichungen bildet die »Alte Musik« mit bekanntem und unbekanntem Repertoire, darunter etliche Neuentdeckungen und Ersteinspielungen. Historisches Instrumentarium, virtuose und professionelle Interpretation sind für Raumklang ebenso maßgebend wie Stilsicherheit, Sinnlichkeit, Originalität und Lebendigkeit im Umgang mit der Musik.
Raumklang-Tonträger erscheinen nicht in der üblichen Plastik-Box, sondern in einem an die Buchherstellung erinnernden Kartoneinband. Die anspruchsvolle grafische Gestaltung und umfangreiche, informative Texthefte sind ebenfalls Markenzeichen von Raumklang.
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« Reply #2084 on: 16:38:47, 21-01-2008 » |
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I hope he also slipped a copy of the CD to someone who was looking for a really good Proms concert opener. Funny you should say that, George, since I've a feeling some random music critic might have mentioned a very similar idea to martle's publisher, just in case it hadn't already occurred to him. (It had, I'm pleased to report.) Well, well! Since we didn't confer on that particular point, tinners, that's at least three people who had exactly the same thought quite independently. A quorum at the very least, heading towards a popular uprising. |
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