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Bach - Sonatas 1 & 2 - Partita 1
Hillary Hahn, violin Qobuz 24/88.2  
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10-09-2018, 04:06 PM
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Lulier - Cantate e Sonate
Francesca Boncompagni, soprano Accademia Ottoboni, Marco Ceccato Qobuz 24/96  I had never heard of neither the composer nor the ensemble with the magnificent soprano. This is a very fine album, with the usual Alpha recording quality, thus excellent. In Rome between the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth, academies and ‘conversazioni’ (artistic gatherings) organised by aristocrats and cardinals attracted the leading writers and musicians. The names of Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and the young G. F. Handel stand out among many others. Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (Rome, c.1660-1700), a cellist and composer known as ‘Giovanni del Violone’, participated in this intensive musical activity. [...] When he entered the entourage of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, in 1690, Lulier already had a decade of compositional activity behind him in the genres of oratorio, opera and above all the chamber cantata. Originally consisting of a succession of strophic arias, the cantata gradually established itself as a poetic and musical genre characterised by alternating recitatives and arias. [...] As is well known, the conversazioni of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries also included the performance of instrumental music. © Alpha Classics
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10-09-2018, 04:37 PM
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lol. Same album, two divergent reactions. I will say that the recording was good, but I just couldn't buy into Hahn's interpretations on this one. I've really enjoyed some of her other albums, though.
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 That being said, I also like Amandine Beyer's interpretation a lot. And Szeryng's. And many others'. I commented more extensively on those recordings much earlier in this thread. This time I only gave a thumbs up. Because I like Hahn in general, but also because I did enjoy it, but not as much as the others I mentioned.
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10-09-2018, 06:06 PM
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Just listened to these wonderful pieces of Couperin. Qobuz 24/88.2.
 An older recording, as is my Kuijken version. Will have a listen to that one soon. This one, a re-release is wonderful.
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10-10-2018, 06:24 PM
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Listening to this box set from the ensemble Oxalys.
We just saw them live. They were absolutely brilliant! Soprano was Claire Lefilliâtre, who also sings with Le Poème Harmonique. Terrific voice.   So far so good, the 2 CDs we have listened to are splendid!
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10-11-2018, 11:26 AM
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Chopin: The Nocturnes
Nelson Freire Decca (2010) Chopin’s Nocturnes are among my very favorite pieces of music, and to my mind this is one of the best recordings. Freire has a beautiful touch, and his pedaling adds just enough atmosphere. The Decca sound is excellent. 
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