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« Reply #1470 on: 12:44:15, 23-03-2008 » |
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I've got those Solomon "Haydn" Quartets and although the interpretations are fine, I personally don't like the "period" style of playing for chamber music. It sounds a little dry to me. But I noticed a curious thing when I had a look at them about half an hour ago. Of the three CDs, all of which are in one of those double plastic cases which can hold between two and four discs, 2 and 3 are fine but the first is in a bad way. The writing has come through so that it can be seen on the playing, silvery side and there is a rather large hole on the playing surface. (I was going to say there's a hole in the middle but some wag would have said that all CDs have got a hole in the middle.) I'm just playing it to see if it's OK and so far so good. I think it's because the first one is pressed up against the booklet and the other two aren't. |
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« Reply #1471 on: 19:37:40, 23-03-2008 » |
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Tony, if it's working then make a copy immediately!  You never know how long that happy state of affairs will last. |
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #1472 on: 08:55:06, 24-03-2008 » |
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Are we mistaken or are Mr. Sudden's three puzzles due to expire within the next two minutes?
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #1473 on: 09:43:12, 24-03-2008 » |
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450 is Bach's Trauer-Ode Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, the recitative Der Glocken bebendes Getön
Baz, who is the countertenor on this snatch, please? I don't think it sounds like Michael Chance on the JEG disc. Possibly Andreas Scholl? |
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Baz
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« Reply #1474 on: 09:49:02, 24-03-2008 » |
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450 is Bach's Trauer-Ode Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, the recitative Der Glocken bebendes Getön
Baz, who is the countertenor on this snatch, please? I don't think it sounds like Michael Chance on the JEG disc. Possibly Andreas Scholl? It was Sytse Buwalda, taken from the Bach Edition box (Vol. 4, CD 1) Baz |
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #1475 on: 09:59:16, 24-03-2008 » |
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450 is Bach's Trauer-Ode Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, the recitative Der Glocken bebendes Getön And an appallingly inauthentic performance thereof if we may say so. But congratulations to Mr. Inquisitor - the only one of those three we really knew was the Beethoven - we thought 499 was Hugo Wolf and were deep in research when his answer appeared. Members may be interested in this or this; it is a quite different and rather better performance of puzzle 445. |
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Baz
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« Reply #1476 on: 10:04:06, 24-03-2008 » |
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450 is Bach's Trauer-Ode Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, the recitative Der Glocken bebendes Getön And an appallingly inauthentic performance thereof if we may say so... Out of interest Mr Grew, why do you think this? Baz |
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« Reply #1477 on: 10:17:04, 24-03-2008 » |
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Baz, do you have the complete Bach set on Brilliant Classics? Is it worth investing in?
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« Reply #1478 on: 10:30:40, 24-03-2008 » |
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Baz, do you have the complete Bach set on Brilliant Classics? Is it worth investing in?
This is the one I have...  which I bought when it first came out in 2005. I don't know the current price, but I think at the time it was about 120 quid (which for 160 CDs is not bad). Since then, the individual Volumes are being sold separately. A lot of the performances are very good, but many are (I think) poor. On no account even listen to Leon Berben's so-called "performance" of the WTC. It blurs the dividing line between comedy and tragedy too much for the semantics of the English language to describe. On the whole, the Cantatas are done quite acceptably, and many are outstanding performances. I am not particularly happy with the Organ Works performances (Hans Fagius) which I find a little dry and precious. But it's nice to have the complete corpus to hand! Baz |
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« Reply #1479 on: 10:31:47, 24-03-2008 » |
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Are we mistaken or are Mr. Sudden's three puzzles due to expire within the next two minutes?
Member Grew is seldom mistaken on these matters. Alas we have not had much time here in the last few days. We hope that some Members have at least had a go at them. |
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #1480 on: 10:33:31, 24-03-2008 » |
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Out of interest Mr Grew, why do you think this? Er . . . the repeated notes on the woodwind are too fast too staccato and expressionless; the singer is much too loud and insufficiently accurate; the oboe (is it?) does not seem to be connected to anything at all; and we do not care for the muddy sound of the bass line - it sounds like a "jazz" band from the 1920s - perhaps it is! |
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« Reply #1481 on: 10:35:50, 24-03-2008 » |
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Are we mistaken or are Mr. Sudden's three puzzles due to expire within the next two minutes?
Member Grew is seldom mistaken on these matters. Alas we have not had much time here in the last few days. We hope that some Members have at least had a go at them. Foxed us completely, I'm afraid, Ollie, but they were an intriguing trio, especially the hunting horn 3rd snatch. |
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« Reply #1482 on: 10:38:45, 24-03-2008 » |
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Baz, do you have the complete Bach set on Brilliant Classics? Is it worth investing in?
This is the one I have... which I bought when it first came out in 2005. I don't know the current price, but I think at the time it was about 120 quid (which for 160 CDs is not bad). Since then, the individual Volumes are being sold separately. A lot of the performances are very good, but many are (I think) poor. On no account even listen to Leon Berben's so-called "performance" of the WTC. It blurs the dividing line between comedy and tragedy too much for the semantics of the English language to describe. On the whole, the Cantatas are done quite acceptably, and many are outstanding performances. I am not particularly happy with the Organ Works performances (Hans Fagius) which I find a little dry and precious. But it's nice to have the complete corpus to hand! Baz Thanks for that, Baz. They appear to be going for anything up to £75 on Amazon (now repackaged down to 155 CDs with some newly recorded performances), although Amazon France look a better bet pricewise [Ed. Amazon.de are even cheaper!]. It'll be worth keeping an eye on eBay. I'm collecting the Bach Pilgrimage discs from JEG, which I enjoy. |
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« Reply #1483 on: 10:45:51, 24-03-2008 » |
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Are we mistaken or are Mr. Sudden's three puzzles due to expire within the next two minutes?
Member Grew is seldom mistaken on these matters. Alas we have not had much time here in the last few days. We hope that some Members have at least had a go at them. Foxed us completely, I'm afraid, Ollie, but they were an intriguing trio, especially the hunting horn 3rd snatch.
396 was from Telemann's Alster-Ouverture.
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« Reply #1484 on: 11:18:57, 24-03-2008 » |
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Out of interest Mr Grew, why do you think this? Er . . . the repeated notes on the woodwind are too fast too staccato and expressionless; the singer is much too loud and insufficiently accurate; the oboe (is it?) does not seem to be connected to anything at all; and we do not care for the muddy sound of the bass line - it sounds like a "jazz" band from the 1920s - perhaps it is! I don't think a 1920s Jazz band normally consisted of: 2 oboes 2 flutes cembalo 2 viole da gamba 2 lutes but I wasn't around at the time really to know! Baz |
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