What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

This was album of the week at Presto Classical.
A special experience and not for every mood.
Streaming it via Qobuz 24/96.

[Toccata]

[Antonmb]

À Portuguesa: Iberian Concertos & Sonata
Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música Porto, Laurence Cummings principal conductor
Andreas Staier, harpsichord & direction
Harmonia Mundi (2018), 24/96 files

Here’s a fun collection of concertos and sonatas with an Iberian theme, very well recorded.

[cma29]

From the latest Presto haul...

Geminiani, F: Concerti grossi, Op. 7
Café Zimmerman



First listen: this is outstanding and I like the recorded sound.

[cma29]

Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830
Menno van Delft (clavichord)



The recorded sound on this disc is so muffled and badly done that I cannot get past it. Avoid.

[Toccata]

This must be Bach Partitas day! Great playing and sound.

[cma29]

Originally Posted by Toccata

This must be Bach Partitas day! Great playing and sound.

You are right, John.

Originally Posted by cma29

Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830
Menno van Delft (clavichord)



The recorded sound on this disc is so muffled and badly done that I cannot get past it. Avoid.

Ok, I needed an antidote for the bad recording above so I pulled out the Trevor Pinnock version. Ahhhh. Much better.

Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

[Toccata]

For the record, Janssen plays them on the piano.

[Toccata]

No.32. Excellent playing and good sound. (It varies from decent to excellent since all are live performances in different venues.)

[eljr]

I got a small boxed set of Jeremy Summerly and The Oxford Camerata.

It is silly good.... this one of the 6 discs in the set.