All just my personal opinion
Review (Listening Diary) — Lucile Boulanger performing Solo works for Viola da gamba: 11 Solos by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 – 1787), as well as the artist’s own transcriptions of solo works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
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Media Review — J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027 – 1029: Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman (1977), Anner Bylsma / Bob van Asperen (1990); Lucile Boulanger / Arnaud De Pasquale (2011); includes “collateral” reviews of works included with the aforementioned CDs, such as J.C.F. Bach’s Sonata in A major, J.S. Bach’s violin sonata BWV 1023, and the Toccata No.2 in C minor, BWV 911
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Jojo Mayer, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2021-06-27 — Frank Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (1984), Get Whitey (1992), Dupree’s Paradise (1984); Oliver Waespi: Volatile Gravity (2021)
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Harnoncourt / Ponnelle’s legendary Zurich Monteverdi cycle on DVD — and memories of getting addicted to its live performances at the Zurich Opera in the late 1970’s
Keyboard Music by John Bull (“Dr. Bull’s Jewel”), played by Kathryn Cok, with a glimpse on related works by William Byrd (“Have with yow to Walsingame” BK 8, “Quadran Paven & Galliard” BK 70), included in the recording of all of Byrd’s keyboard works with Davitt Moroney
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)