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Name:
  Osbert Parsley
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  Early Music fan - nothing interesting after 1800
Location:
  Sydney, Australia
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  Krell SACD Standard
Bespoke spherical concrete speakers ("Pontifex") by Michael Brown, Gunning, NSW, Australia
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Reviews
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Martin Peudargent - Capella '92, Rabaskadol        (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  December 31, 2007

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
Telemann in Major - Pratum Integrum Orchestra        (8 of 8 found this review helpful)
  November 26, 2007

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
Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis - Manze      (5 of 8 found this review helpful)
  November 25, 2007

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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The SA-CD in 2008
August 5, 2008
Part of the marketing needs to concentrate on multi-channel issues, a very confusing aspect of SACD to anyone coming new to the medium. Then, there is the added expense of the extra speakers, which in a high-end system can be prohibitive. (Do you spend as much on the 2 rear speakers as the front ones, can you get away with slightly lower quality ... more
Discussion: The Devil's Trill - Palladians
August 4, 2008
It certainly is. I had not noticed any similarities (not having really listened to Paganini, who is outside my area of interest), but I am interested in trying out a comparison following your comment. ... more
Discussion: Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo - Lara St. John
August 4, 2008
Given she is American, I would think her name is pronounced Saint John with both syllables equally accented (i.e. not even "S'nt John"). It is a strange photo, but not unexpectedly so in her market. She isn't pouting enough to make it truly objectionable. And would it have hurt them to have her winking slyly at the camera as well? ... more
Discussion: The Devil's Trill - Palladians
August 4, 2008
Polly Nomial's review includes the interesting comment that Veracini's music pre-dates Paganini in some of its features. it is rather like the frequent comment, intended to praise Mozart, that elements of this or that piece by him foreshadow Schubert or some other later (and probably lesser) composer. I wonder why everyone puts it that way instead ... more
Discussion: Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo - Lara St. John
August 4, 2008
You may be right about the miking. The difficulty is getting the right balance between catching the room's acoustic and all the detail of the instrument's sound. The room acoustic is important in period instrument recordings - although why it should be less important in modern instrument recordings is unclear. ... more