What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

3rd time playing this today and it just gets better.

Played it on Spotify today, CD should be here tomorrow.

Earlier today..

Wonderful vinyl.

Very nice performances of some of Brouwer's orchestral and chamber works - less than £4 delivered via Amazon Marketplace.

This man could write a great song about anything.

This is the first CD i have played from my MONO  box set that i have since it came out in 2009 and just opened.

Larry Goldings - In My Room ... (mostly) solo piano, incredibly beautiful and soulful, as Larry always is. Originals, some Beatles, Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Foster, and Take Me Out To the Ballgame. Highest possible recommendation.

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Antonio Valente (v.1530-1585)
Diego Ortiz (v.1510-v.1570)
Andrea Falconiero (v.1585-1656)
Salomone Rossi (1570-1630)
Biagio Marini (1587-1663)
Tarquinio Merula (1594/95-1665)
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1576/77-1654)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

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Hespèrion XXI
Manfredo Kraemer, violon ...David Techler 1734

Pablo Valetti, violon ...anon. allemand v.1750 

David Plantier, violon ...anon. école tyrolienne v.1750

Jordi Savall, violes de gambe ...italiennes soprano & basse v.1500 & Venise 1550

Bruno Cocset, violoncelle

Sergi Casademunt, violone ...catalan anonyme fin 18e s.

Michael Behringer & Luca Guglielmi, orgue & clavecin 

Arianna Savall, arpa doppia

Xavier Díaz, théorbe, guitare & vihuela

Pedro Estevan, Eliseo Parra, percussions

Direction Jordi Savall

Recording December 2000 and June 2001 en la Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona (Catalunya)
Available format : AliaVox 1 CD Classique

..."Following the astonishing success of La Folia, Jordi Savall began work on an in-depth study and reappraisal of the most interesting works created around the basso ostinato. The musical journey of Ostinato, covering 150 years and crossing the lenght and breadth of Europe, takes us from the early works of Diego Ortiz to Johann Pachelbel's Canon. This recording gives us insight into two types of composition. On the one hand, there are the richly improvised works which were built around the raw material provided by Ortiz, with the added development of a single-voice part (for viola) - such as Greensleeves to a Ground, Canarios and Gallarda Napolitana. On the other hand, we have those compositions which were constructed along the more elaborate lines of chamber music, allowing a free, uninterrupted interplay among the instruments (Falconiero, Marini, Purcell, Pachelbel).
Ostinato is an anthology which brings together the most representative works of the art of improvisation and of a musical form based on a unique concept of the basso, which is repeated sequentially throughout the compositions.
The multiplicity of solutions developed on the basis of the system which is common to all the works included in the anthology results in a disc full of contrasts, variety, verve and surprise."

On CD:-

Disc 2

Is it on vinyl, if so what's it like?

Cheers, Andy.

Pearl Jam 'Fox Theater, Atlanta 1994' compiled from various promo releases, FM, and single B-sides. Great performance.

Yeah, beautiful album. I especially love his version of And I Love Her ... outstanding.

I got this and Larry Goldings' In My Room at the same time ... they make great companions.

Thanks Fred, let me look into the Goldings.

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Book 1

24 Preludes and Fugues BWV846-869, no.s 1-24

Angela Hewitt piano

Recorded: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Sept 2008

CD no.s 8 & 9 from 15 x CD box-set of
Angela Hewitt plays Bach

Complete Solo Keyboard Recordings

This Compilation (p) Hyperion Records Ltd 2010

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