What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

very '80s.

More great music.

Spoon
"Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"

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Originally posted by seagull:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by DenisA:



Porcupine Tree - nil recurring

Denis, is it any good? I'm waiting for the limited edition vinyl edition of Fear of a Blank Planet which has this on one side.

Probably have to wait for my birthday though as Mrs S caught me ordering it and she will almost certainly get to the postman first.[/QUOTE] Same here Seagull

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
(1685-1750)

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Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, Strings and Basso continuo
in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"

Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Concerto in C minor
(Reconstruted after the Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1060)

Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Basso Continuo in A major
Reconstructed after the Concerto for Harsichord, BWV 1055

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LISA BEZNOSIUK, Flute ~<>~ SIMON STANDAGE, Violin
TREVOR PINNOCK, Harpsichord ~<>~ DAVID REICHENBERG, Oboe d'amore

THE ENGLISH CONCERT ~<>~ on autentic instruments

[DDD] 1984 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg * {50'14}

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I am very glad there is nothing but rubbish on the telly tonight...
this musik is quite delightful!

Did you like the A Major Oboe d'Amore Concerto!

My favourite Bach Concerto, in my favourite performance of it on records!

ATB from George

Just finished:


John Mayer
"Inside Wants Out"

now playing:


John Mayer
"Heavier Things"

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
Did you like the A Major Oboe d'Amore Concerto!

My favourite Bach Concerto, in my favourite performance of it on records!

ATB from George

The 3 parts of this Concerto Oboe d'amore are all superb!

It follows the two previous Concertos on the '4th' CD in this set.
Part 1... what does, "without tempo indication" actually mean?
I like to think that Reichenberg was allowed to do his own thing without any help from a conductor? (but i dunno).
Part 2... Larghetto - heavenly.
Part 3... Allegro ma non tanto, this is the shortest passage on the CD and it's only the shame for that.
To my mind, this oboe is emulating the human voice and comes across with sympathetic feel.
An excellent reproduction quality and musical form that i wouldn't dare to criticize on account of my limited knowledge of classical music... This music is still absorbing into the depths of my brain with a mind to make itself at home. (It's already the best of friends with my audio system and it's clearly growing on me too). I don't believe Bach composed this to grab peoples attention but rather to soothe and... embrace the soul.

kind regards to you George : )
nymph

"...embrace the soul." That is it! Exactly what I find Bach's music does. Sometimes with joy, and sometimes with sadness, but always uplifting...

ATB from George

All that "without tempo indication" means is that Bach thought the speed was so obvious in the music that no guidance is needed! How times change. Every nuance of expression is nowadays marked. Bach leaves his markings to just the occasional loud or soft, and rare dagger accents! Sometimes he marks bowing for the strings but not always...

Well, aside from the Rugby, today's listening has been as follows: Vernon Handley conducting Robert Simpson's 10th symphony, Kondrashin conducting Shostakovich's 4th (a really impressive performance) and the second disc of this excellent box set of George Szell's Mozart recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra (some lovely recordings, beautifully packaged).

I've also been catching up with the last concert from Radio 3's Sibelius broadcasts last week (see other thread for more details) and enjoying some of Osmo Vanska's Beethoven symphony cycle from Minnesota thanks to a free offer from emusic.

regards, Tam

Michael Stanley
"Eighteen Down"

From my high school record collection.

Janis Ian - Breaking Silence - just in the edge of audiophile crap and music bliss.

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Originally posted by naim_nymph:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Concerto in C minor
(Reconstruted after the Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1060)

Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Basso Continuo in A major
Reconstructed after the Concerto for Harsichord, BWV 1055

SIMON STANDAGE, Violin
DAVID REICHENBERG, Oboe d'amore

[DDD] 1984 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg * {50'14}

A propos the great oboist David Reichenberg:
http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR11.1/DR11.1.Reichenberg.Memoriam

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Originally posted by Fernando Lezama:
Janis Ian - Breaking Silence - just in the edge of audiophile crap and music bliss.

Fernando!

Nice to see you loitering on the Naim Forum.

quote:

Originally posted by pe-zulu:
A propos the great oboist David Reichenberg:
http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR11.1/DR11.1.Reichenberg.Memoriam

Thank you for this interesting post Poul, I did not know he was deceased.
His death is very tragic for 36 years of age, (1950 - 1987). What did he die of?

kind regards ~
nymph

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
Last night



this

Devon Sproule

and this morning a nice World Music Compilation donated by a friend to a needy cause

Diccus I see the Cowboy Junkies are doing The Trinity Session in concert at the Albert Hall shortly.

ewemon,

Also at the Sage 8/10/07, Diccus has already booked tickets for us to go.

Diccus,

Glad you are enjoying the compilation

Regards

Nic