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December 31, 2007
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The intriguingly named Martin Peudargent (meaning ‘Little Money’ in French), was born around 1510 in Huy in the Prince-Archbishopric of Liège. From the mid-1530s he is recorded as owning a house in Düsseldorf, where he probably worked as a master of music at a convent school. Starting in the late ... more |
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November 26, 2007
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The Russian period instrument orchestra, Pratum Integrum, has made a number of splendid recordings on the Caro Mitis label, but none is as delightful yet than this disc - apart from the companion recording, "Telemann in Minor", that is!
Sonically, this is a superb production in both stereo and ... more |
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November 25, 2007
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Purely from the point of view of performance, this is a disappointing recording. The instrumentalists are proficient and polished, but the voices, especially the solo singers, are poor. Especially the upper voices are riddled with excessive vibrato which sometimes even shakes them off key and always ... more |
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May 15, 2013
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| It doesn't look actually dirty to me, just untidy and incredibly uncomfortable and uninviting. Tailspin, have you thought about moving into the house next door to listen to what you're playing in that room more comfortably?
I think we should start a post showing the listener's point of view in our listening rooms. Based on Tailspin's photo, it ... more |
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May 13, 2013
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| Hear, hear about vols 2 and 3. I shall be seeking out vol 4 with eagerness. Brautigam is in great form (though I would love to hear more elaborate ornamentation from him) and the Kolner Akademie (which I had not heard before) is wonderful.
While the concertos are slowly being released, we also need to persuade Bissie that a Mozart complete string ... more |
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May 13, 2013
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| I don't mean to start a riot, but yes, you have got this wrong. Zeus and his Pantheon never existed. As for the rest, the real people, if you are suggesting that they are damned solely because they lived and died before JC came along, you are very, very wrong. At least from the Catholic Church's (and I think a lot of Protestant churches') point of ... more |
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April 16, 2013
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| In addition to converting via PCM, it offers only stereo playback. At that price, it should not be hard to include multi-channel playback as an alternative - even if a majority of buyers of this particular machine may not be interested in multi-channel.
It's players like these and the companies that make them that are helping destroy SACD. ... more |
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January 21, 2013
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| Thank you, Robert. I have been away so this might look like returning to an old discussion; but this is the first time I have been able to look at the forum since I did my post. I was sympathizing, as a fellow linguistic pedant with Robert's comment about solecisms in Swedish. I know extremely little Swedish and was surprised to learn that these ... more |
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