Today's Classical Music Playlist

The Play of St. Nicholas - A 12th Century Liturgical Drama
MHS824437 LP box

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If they had played this stuff at my church, I so wouldn't have ditched the meetings.


Moving on:
Claudio Monteverdi Madrigals Vol.1
MHS 4196/98 LP box
 
[h=1]Pergolesi--Stabat Mater/Salve Regina

A Scholl
B Bonney
Les Talens Lyriques
C Rousset[/h] A CD inspired no doubt by Decca's marketing department. Barbara Bonney, somewhat out of her usual romantic repertoire, paired with Andreas Scholl, doing what he does best, in an attempt to get their then (1999) two big soloists together on one CD. The result is actually better than you would think, although there are better performances out there.

Ray
 
I've been going backwards on the musical timeline. i'm at a point where eastern instruments have arrived, and the western composers are trying to figure do what to do with them. Its quite of lot of weird hybridization of earliest western musics, that sound distinctly eastern due to the "unrefined" instruments, that we now know in western classical.

Listening to gothic and medieval dances.
 
Hi Mike,

Nice to know my memory almost works. :)

It's called "Dance Music Through the Ages" on the Archiv Label ( a DG sub).
Ulsamer Collegium Ensemble--Edward Melkus Ensemble

It's 6 LPs (12 sides!!). It's also available as 6 separate LPs.

1) Renaissance 2)Early Baroque 3) High Baroque 4) Rococo 5) Viennese Classical 6) Biedermeier

Ray
 
mfrench;n3395 said:
I've been going backwards on the musical timeline. i'm at a point where eastern instruments have arrived, and the western composers are trying to figure do what to do with them. Its quite of lot of weird hybridization of earliest western musics, that sound distinctly eastern due to the "unrefined" instruments, that we now know in western classical.

Listening to gothic and medieval dances.
This is often the best time for a period's music. Call it cross-pollination, or the result hybrid vigour, but it's possible to get a new sound with the grounding/structure of old.
 
thanks for that , Ray!

BBG, Indeed.
I hit the local pair of thrift stores fairly regularly (the wife way more; friends with the entire staff at one). I was poking around the record rack one day, and these three popped up. The text is all in Spanish. The group is from Mexico, and academics.
The music on the records just blew me away. Western renaissance music, played with Tabla and Sitar, and other instruments. I'd never heard a sitar in such context before. I'd heard the drums, but, not with the low end wonderment of the table; blorp, blorp.
From what I've been able to find out, I lucked into their entire catalog for $1.50, and in great condition.

These guys are wonderful!
Los Tiempos Pasados - Musica Antigua

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Vivaldi-Bassoon Concertos
Daniel Smith
English Chamber Orchestra
Zagreb Soloists

If you're really in to bassoons...

Ray
 
OK,. so i was listening to some counter-tenor duets this morning, wondering just how the heck those guys get that high.
I'm a baritone, and might even go to bass. tenor would be stretching it.
Out of curiosity I tried to reach high just a bit ago.
Its probably best to stick your natural range, Mike. That hurt, and it sounded awful (not that I'm a singer in the slightest).
 
[h=1]Dufay--Musique Sacree & Ballades[/h]

Capella Antiqua Munchen
K Ruhlan

Produced by one of my personal heroes, Wolf Erichson, founder and producer of SEON records and later Sony's Vivarte label. Anything on this label is brilliantly recorded on period instruments.

Ray
 
Stravinsky-- Pulcinella/Renard/Suites Nos 1&2/Ragtime
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
John Aler (tenor)
Jan Opalach (bass)
St Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff


Ray
 
Telemann--Complete Trumpet Concertos
Otto Sauter
Kurpfalziches Chamber Orchestra of Mannheim
Nicol Matt

Ray
 
Offenbach--Tales from Hoffman
N Gedda
G D'Angelo
E Schwarzkopf
Victoria de los Ángeles

Rene Duclos Choir
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
A Cluytens

Lots of big names, a big production, all living up to the promise. Probably couldn't be done today, so marvel at the good old days!

Ray
 
Hovhaness--Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 'Mysterious Mountain'
Stravinsky--The Fairy's Kiss
Prokofiev---Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60

Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Fritz Reiner


Ray
 
Dvořák:

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Franck:

Piano Quintet in F minor


Clifford Curzon (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic Quartet:
Willi Boskovsky (violin I)
Otto Strasser (violin II)
Rudolf Streng (viola)
Robert Scheiwein/Emanuel Brabec (cello)

Decca/London CD

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Rossini:

Il viaggio a Reims


Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mezzo Soprano), Lella Cuberli (Soprano), Cecilia Gasdia (Soprano), Francisco Araiza (Tenor), Edoardo Giménez (Tenor), Leo Nucci (Baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (Bass), Samuel Ramey (Bass), Enzo Dara (Bass), William Matteuzzi (Tenor), Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor), Luigi de Corato (Baritone), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Alto), Antonella Bandelli (Mezzo Soprano), Raquel Pierotti (Mezzo Soprano),
Oslavio di Credico (Tenor), Giorgio Surjan (Baritone)

Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado

Live Recording: Pesaro, Italia, 1984

DG CDs

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Looks like you guys could use more company in here :) New purchase, will be my first listen tomorrow morning:

 
RichPA;n4921 said:
Looks like you guys could use more company in here :) New purchase, will be my first listen tomorrow morning:

Welcome Rich!! Glad you're here. A few more guys and the gang will all be here!

Ray
 
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