mikeweil

Excellent recording on a somewhat more crisp sounding piano than the often preferred Walter copies. Very good impression of how these pieces might have sounded when played by a Haydn pupil in Vienna at the end of the 18th century.

It was recorded for Riverside, but among the albums - about half of his Riverside output - that Cannonball acquired after Riverside's folding and took to Capitol, which reissued some of them. Somebody else her might have more detaled knowledge.

By far the best recording of violin sonatas from this era on modern instruments I have ever heard. Precision, clarity, and humor, no expressive overload. The Vorisek sonata is an overlooked gem. Reinhard Goebel contributed the excellent liner notes and was consulted by the artists. Highly recommended.

2019

Bought a bottle of this one on the occasion of our wedding anniversary - very tasty!

Yes to both. Sad news. R.I.P.

Perfectly played, sung, and recorded! Has a mostly sleepless (last) night, and put on headphones to listen to these:

The weekend bottle - by far my favoutite rosé

Main problem is, if you buy one of the boxes, you want to have them all. Six boxes is a lot of music, but all of it is fun to listen to. I succumbed and got me all of them over the years.

Excellent new release! Indispensable for anyone interested in the genre. The booklet essay is first class. The music is more "modern" than what we know from Abel, bordering on early classical. These were his last compositions before his health failed due to many years of alcohol abuse.

They turned up today - two each of the four were filed in different places. What was I thinking?

That's why I NEVER leave discs in the player, no matter if car or home. And I never let dics lay around out of their cases. So logically the discs missing are lost complete with cases.

I recently spent hours looking for a CD that was in my collection according to my discogs account, but it was nowhere to be found, Three classical composers, thus difficult to file, but checking all the oiptions did not help. Maybe I sold it and forget to delete it form my collection file. Same for two of four Bach SACDs by Aapo Häkkinen - filed as in my collection, but nowhere to be found. I guess my age starts to catch up with my memory. A good friend wanted to loan me a DVD of Stravinsky conducting, but again, no trace. It drives her crazy.

Found out that Strawinsky indeed conceived music for the pianola that was unplayable for humans. https://www.discogs.com/release/19600819-Stravinsky-Rex-Lawson-The-Rite-Of-Spring-Petrushka https://www.pianola.org/history/history_stravinsky.cfm

I have to correct myself: the blend only includes 20% Blue Mountain beans. Still an excellent espresso blend that got high ratings.

I gradually learned how to dose it correctly. Not top, but nice.

TTK recommended this to me a while ago. It's really good. Sometimes the jazz police simply should shut up.

Will play this next, another excellent recording.

Seconded. These CDs on Le Chant du Monde were very good. Played this one last night: