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2021-11-01 04:16:00
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (CD review)
[…] secure, the harpsichord certainly. I loved what the group did with both Nos. 4 and 5.Finally, there’s Concerto No. 6, which uses the smallest ensemble, yet never seems to feel small. Its only real drawback is its melodic similarity to Concerto No. 3 and its consequent lack of much real distinctiveness. Nevertheless, it’s hard for one seriously to dislike it, particularly in the lively yet tasteful manner the Akademie approach it.Producer Florian B. Schmidt and sound engineer Aki Matusch recorded the music at Médiapôle Saint-Césaire, Arles, France in March and May 2021. There is enough hall resonance (sometimes too much) to make even the smaller ensembles sound big, which can produce a pleasing, even soothing effect but does tend to obscure some inner detailing in the larger ensemble pieces like Nos. 1, 2, and 3. The sound is also slightly warm and soft, so ultimate transparency in the larger pieces is sometimes […]
2021-11-01 04:16:00
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (CD review)
[…] secure, the harpsichord certainly. I loved what the group did with both Nos. 4 and 5.Finally, there’s Concerto No. 6, which uses the smallest ensemble, yet never seems to feel small. Its only real drawback is its melodic similarity to Concerto No. 3 and its consequent lack of much real distinctiveness. Nevertheless, it’s hard for one seriously to dislike it, particularly in the lively yet tasteful manner the Akademie approach it.Producer Florian B. Schmidt and sound engineer Aki Matusch recorded the music at Médiapôle Saint-Césaire, Arles, France in March and May 2021. There is enough hall resonance (sometimes too much) to make even the smaller ensembles sound big, which can produce a pleasing, even soothing effect but does tend to obscure some inner detailing in the larger ensemble pieces like Nos. 1, 2, and 3. The sound is also slightly warm and soft, so ultimate transparency in the larger pieces is sometimes […]
2021-06-01 00:00:01
Aulis Sallinen: Six Operas and One Chronicle - Okko Kamu & Ulf Soderblom
[…] with French subtitles, can currently be seen here. Aulis Sallinen - King Lear 'Kuningas Lear', opera in 2 acts (1999)01. - 05. Act I. Prologue and scenes 1 to 4 [85'25]06. - 11, Act II. Scenes 5 to 10 [80'41]12. Applause [1'04] King Lear - Matti Salminen- bass-baritone;Cordelia - Lilli Paasikivi- mezzo;Goneril - Taina Piira- soprano;Regan - Satu Vihavainen- soprano;Albany - Petri Lindroos- bass;Cornwall - Kai Pitkänen- tenor;Gloucester - Jorma Hynninen- baritone; The Fool - Aki Alamikkotervo- tenor;Edgar - Sauli Tiilikainen- baritone; Edmund - Jorma Silvasti- tenor; France - Hannu Forsberg- bassFinnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu From Ondine DVD ODV4010 [recorded live at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki in August 2002. Recording engineers: Pentti Lakksonen & Pertti Vikio; Producer: Aarno Cronvall][DVD-rip - PCM stereo audio track extracted to flacs using VLC media player; booklet, cover and back scans] King Lear 'Kuningas Lear' was commissioned, and […]
2020-10-16 23:35:00
Altered States - Music by Corigliano - Reich - Vaughan Williams - Hartmann - Feldman - Schoenberg
[…] Munich Chamber Orchestra Christoph PoppenECM 2000 Steve Reich Remixed Tracks by DJ Sooky. Andrea Parker Coldcut, Howe B, Tranquility Bass, Mantronik, Nobukazu Takemura, D*Note and Ken Ishii Nonesuch 1999 Ralph Vaughan Williams Job - A Masque for Dancing The London Philharmonic David Nolan violin Stephen Trier saxophone David Bell organ Vernon Handley EMI 1984 Morton Feldman Piano and String Quartet Aki Takahashi piano Kronos Quartet Nonesuch 1991 flac, cue, logs and scans
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