Larry Kart Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 I'm going through/sampling all my classical CDs chronologically step by step, beginning with 11th Century figures like Leonin and Perotin. I've passed through Are Subtilor stuff now. Many interesting, even hair-raising at times, twists and turns along the way. Don't think I have many gaps historically, in terms of continuity, allowing for the possibility that there may be some significant missing pieces in terms of what's come down to us. Most surprising figure so far has been Cicconia. The stylistic gap between his relative smoothness and sophistication and in some respects modernity and the flavor and procedures of the immediately preceding music is considerable. Moving on now to not that well-known (at least to me) Renaissance composers of the early to mid-16th Century (e.g. Crecquillon, Phinot, De Monte, Schoendorf, Vaet, et al.) most of whom I only have single CDs of on the Hyperion label, I should say that my generally positive response to their music may be conditioned in good part by the fact that the performers are in every case the superb six-man European vocal ensemble Cinqueconto. Interesting -- and this is only my subjective response -- but I'm finding s distinct dropoff in quality and freshness of inspiration as I move into the 16th Century, i.e. the 1500s. Styistically a good deal seems re-cycled and rather stale. In particular, for one, the often primarily contrapuntal methods of previous eras have now resolved into what might be called contrapuntalism -- a screen of imitative textures that sound like there on automatic pilot. One can almost smell the advent of Montaverdian monody to come. Even in Palestrina's contrapuntal wizardry one can detect a drive toasted plainness and simplicity. Quote
Referentzhunter Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) Thriftstore find of today. I drove back to buy it because it is good ! Edited June 8, 2020 by Referentzhunter Quote
Referentzhunter Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) Grieg - Piano Concerto No dynamics killing the experience overall. I do not click with this recording and i am going to sell it. Edited June 8, 2020 by Referentzhunter Quote
soulpope Posted June 8, 2020 Report Posted June 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Referentzhunter said: Grieg - Piano Concerto No dynamics killing the experience overall. I do not click with this recording and i am going to sell it. Excellent .... Quote
HutchFan Posted June 9, 2020 Report Posted June 9, 2020 Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses; Sonate en Si Mineur / François-Frédéric Guy (Zig-Zag Territories) Unwinding with this after a long, hard day at work. Otherworldly music. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted June 9, 2020 Report Posted June 9, 2020 Mozart - Piano Quartet K.593 / Beethoven - String Quartet Op.74 Quote
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