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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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March 9, 2010
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| From the samples, they seem to be period instruments. Whatever they are, the performances of these works, which are amiable and not terribly demanding on the audience, sound nice. The SACD sound should pick up the subtle textures of the instruments, particularly the baryton, very clearly. It sounds like a recording in a smallish salon rather than ... more |
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March 8, 2010
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| Period instruments or just a baryton with a modernised violin and cello? ... more |
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March 3, 2010
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| I think it is a SACD-re-mastered re-issue of the recording that was originally on the Astree label.
If I am right, I have always found the sound quality a little flat and woolly, I have to say. On SACD that should improve a great deal, unless the master recording was terrible. I look forward to hearing it on SACD.
However, I have always also ... more |
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March 3, 2010
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| Not being entirely crazy, I point out that regardless whether BIS recordings are pure DSD or PCM, they do sound appreciably better(*) than any RBCD recording I have heard, even if the difference is still subtle. I am willing to accept the largely theoretical compromise of BIS SACDs being the product of editing via PCM/DXD in order to have such a ... more |
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March 2, 2010
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| The problem with Telemann is that he was a very prolific composer.
However, there are a few orchestral works of his that are well known and recorded several times over. Unfortunately for SACD fans, relatively few are on SACD and you have to go to RBCD recordings for them. There are quite a few good Telemann recordings on RBCD of the Suite in A ... more |
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