What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.IX)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2013
With 2013 upon us, it's time to start a fresh thread. I've gone back to an earlier thread title because often the "why" is the most interesting part of the post.
Anyway, links:
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLB6RAZCnBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB_ietnfBDE
Absolute winner of theese days.
Friends shocked - me too.
Sound quality is one of the best I've ever heard from CD disc.
Never-heard-before rhytm and ornamentation.
Well-done, Glossa!
Highly recommended.
Total escapism after a heavy day at work. Cold beer in hand and loud! G.
On original vinyl:
steve
Leoncavallo is primarily known as the writer/composer of Pagliacci, but he wrote another nine operas - none of which held repertoire. Medici was written the year after Pagliacci, in 1893. It's a historic opera in the style of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, and deals with a conspiracy against the Medici family. I think only one recording exists, and fortunately it's a cracker of a performance.
Cheers,
EJ
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Rêveuse, & autres pièces de viole
Sophie Watillon - basse de viole
Friederike Heumann - basse de viole
Xavier Diaz - thèorbe & guitare baroque
Evangelina Mascardi - guitare baroque
Luca Guguelmi - clavecin
Recorded March 2002,
Eglise de Franc-Warêt à Namur (Belgique)
Alpha CD © 2003
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On CD:-
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Rêveuse, & autres pièces de viole
Sophie Watillon - basse de viole
Friederike Heumann - basse de viole
Xavier Diaz - thèorbe & guitare baroque
Evangelina Mascardi - guitare baroque
Luca Guguelmi - clavecin
Recorded March 2002,
Eglise de Franc-Warêt à Namur (Belgique)
Alpha CD © 2003
~~<<>>~~
Debs, amazing disc. A beautiful memento of the late Ms. Watillon.
EJ
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Rêveuse, & autres pièces de viole
Sophie Watillon - basse de viole
Friederike Heumann - basse de viole
Xavier Diaz - thèorbe & guitare baroque
Evangelina Mascardi - guitare baroque
Luca Guguelmi - clavecin
Recorded March 2002,
Eglise de Franc-Warêt à Namur (Belgique)
Alpha CD © 2003
~~<<>>~~
Debs, amazing disc. A beautiful memento of the late Ms. Watillon.
EJ
Entirely agree - lovely music and a quality recording. Slowly adding to my little collection of Alpha recordings................
Vlad
Gosh! i didn’t know she’d actually passed away…
Sophie Watillon (7 December 1965 – 31 August 2005)
Died aged only 39 due to cancer, so very tragic at the age.
Debs
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Rêveuse, & autres pièces de viole
Sophie Watillon - basse de viole
Friederike Heumann - basse de viole
Xavier Diaz - thèorbe & guitare baroque
Evangelina Mascardi - guitare baroque
Luca Guguelmi - clavecin
Recorded March 2002,
Eglise de Franc-Warêt à Namur (Belgique)
Alpha CD © 2003
~~<<>>~~
Debs, amazing disc. A beautiful memento of the late Ms. Watillon.
EJ
Entirely agree - lovely music and a quality recording. Slowly adding to my little collection of Alpha recordings................
Vlad
What a pleasure that the crew likes it.
My favourite Marais-Folia on it - seems they are really folly at the end of track No. 7.
Go for her viola bastarda disc - a miracle.
Handel's sixth opera and first masterpiece, Agrippina, is also Handel's best pastiche: not much music was originally written for this opera. It's claim to fame is the rather good, and still (darkly) funny, text - which completely avoids the moral-preaching that became the norm in post-Monteverdi Italian opera. Brilliant performance and recording, too.
EJ
I copied this on to HDD years ago. Contains their best song September.
If you haven't guessed it is a Scottish evening in my household.
Anne Maria Jopek ....... talking about brilliant female voices ... pfff
On Original Black!
Original Vinyl