Bach: Cantata BWV 36
Bach: Cantata BWV 36, “Schwingt freudig euch empor” — Comparing 2 recordings: Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2002), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2007, DVD)
CD Reviews
Bach: Cantata BWV 18
Bach: Cantata BWV 18, “Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt” — Comparing 2 recordings: Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (1995), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2009, DVD)
Bach: Cantata BWV 140
Bach: Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” — Comparing 5 recordings: Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices (1981), Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus (1984, partial), Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists (1992), Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2006), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2008, DVD)
Britten, Tischhauser, Tignor / Brooklyn Rider (Diary 2012-07-31)
Britten: Vocal Works — Christophers/The Sixteen, Cantalea; Tischhauser: “Die Hampeloper” — Tschupp; Tignor: “Together Into This Unknowable Night” — Brooklyn Rider
A Look at Amazon Video Ads for Music
(…) Sometimes, such videos are excerpts from interviews and other collaterals (…). The first experience that I want to talk about here is about a recording of the Beethoven piano concertos with unnamed artists (…). I had certainly heard about all the artists, but I did not have any recordings with that pianist at all so far…
Forqueray: The Attraction of the Deep
Totally addicted!! In most of baroque Europe, the number of chamber music works for deep string instruments is rather small. Also, viols were very popular in France and in England (to some degree), but rarely used in Italy in baroque times, but at the French Court there was an entire school of famous viola da gamba players…