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Category Archives: Recorded music

Dancing Bach

After the great concert by Hantaï last Sunday, I couldn’t help ordering some of his CDs… Besides his Scarlatti Sonatas and Bach’s Le Clavier bien tempéré and Goldberg variations (all heaven!), I got his version of the Bach Suites 1 & 4 (with him conducting Le Concert Français): a masterpiece, and hard to refrain from [...]

Posted 20 May 2010 † Lola § Dance ‡ Comments (0) °

Paolo Pandolfo

Just got back from seeing Paolo Pandolfo improvise on the viola da gamba at the London Baroque Festival. He was jaw-droppingly good; I’m not sure I can pick out any of it as the high point — it was all high points! — but if forced, perhaps I could pick on the ciaccona after [...]

Posted 14 May 2010 † Giles § Events ‡ Comments (0) °

Teatro d’Amore by L’Arpeggiata

Although this is not a new recording, I just came across it following up on links to the astonishing countertenor Philippe Jaroussky. Mesmerizing music (by Monteverdi), mesmerizing voice, mesmerizing performance, don’t miss the video they have on their website.

Posted 12 March 2010 † Lola § ‡ Comments Off °

Linn Records - high quality music downloads

We were looking at the website of the Retrospect Ensemble (previously known as the King’s Consort) and noticed that their recordings are to be published by Linn Records, a Glasgow-based record label.
It looks like Linn publish some great artists as well as Retrospect, but what’s particularly exciting is that they offer much higher-quality downloadable music [...]

Posted 02 June 2009 † Giles § Publishers ‡ Comments (0) °