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  Brett
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  Enjoy just about any type of music, but tend to listen to classical the most. Big fan of medieval, renaissance and baroque eras...and of course all the rest!!
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  Tokyo, Japan
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  Denon universal player, Marantz amp, B&W speakers; multi-channel.
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O Gladsome Light - The Krysostomos Chamber Choir      (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  May 17, 2013

O Gladsome Light is the Krysostomos Chamber Choir's second SACD, following . And it is mesmerizingly beautiful.  It is a celebration of Finnish Orthodox church music.  This program of music was inspired by the monasteries of Valaam in Russian Karelia and the New Valamo monastery in Finland.  It is ... more
Nemesio Otaño: Obras para órgano      (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  March 16, 2013

Beautiful, meditative music for pipe organ by the Jesuit priest, Padre Nemesio Otano. While he may not be that well known, he is nonetheless an important figure in 20th century Spanish music. Along with composing sacred music, he published several books on the subject and gave concerts as choir ... more
Maggio Valente - Ensemble Micrologus      (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  February 3, 2013

A medieval banquet of sounds & sensations is what awaits the listener in this LIVE recording of the Italian group, Micrologus. Like the wandering minstels & troubadours of old, they give impassioned performances of the secular works of various composers from the medieval and renaissance eras. No ... more
Kapsberger: Li Fiori - Ensemble Vivante      (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  February 2, 2013

"Li Fiori" or "The Flowers" is a lovely collection of songs in praise of flowers and other sundry subjects. The hyacinth, narcissus, granadiglia, jasmine, anemone, amaranth, and white rose are among the garden delights celebrated here. Interlaced with these are other songs on the subjects of pearls, ... more
  January 14, 2013

An enchanting collection of dance and other court music from the late renaissance & early baroque eras. Various composers from this time are represented here... Urreda, Verdelot, Palestrina, Guerrero, Lasso, Striggio, Holborne, and Schein...just to name a few. As was common at the time with ... more

 
 
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Discussion: Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 - van Zweden
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Discussion: Wagner: Tannhauser - Janowski
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I thoroughly enjoyed Jarvi's Parsifal. Years ago.. DG had a good overture & prelude compilation on RBCD that I believe was rereleased on SACD as... [t=2857] According to the reviews, that transfer seems to have been a disaster. That is a pity because most if not all were analogue recordings, which could provide excellent material for ... more
Discussion: Bach: Goldberg Variations - Perahia
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Sony's series with Volodos is excellent, too. [t=19] [t=4409] [t=6240] Now that Sony is back (in black) maybe...just maybe we will get some more SACDs from them. ... more