An often overlooked CD.
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was a big Pollini fan in the 1970s-1980s, and purchased at least a dozen of his albums during those years
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This delectable recording from 2010 (released in 2012) is difficult to obtain in CD format but, possibly, easily streamable. However you access it, it’s worth the effort. Top flight in all respects, especially if, like me, you’re easily seduced by music from that fascinating period where the Baroque was rapidly evolving into the early Classical style, as I am.
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703 – 1771)
TRIOS
Les Récréations
Matthieu Camilleri – Violine / violin / violon & Viola / viola / alto
Clara Mühlethaler – Violine / violin / violon
Emily Robinson – Violoncello / violoncelle
Philippe Grisvard – Cembalo / harpsichord / clavecin
Atsushi Sakai – Viola da Gamba / viole de gambe
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One of the best-sounding Rite recordings out there.
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Presto Music lists the CD for sale, but out of stock. Unusually for them, no downloads appear for sale. Odd.
I got the CD through Amazon for free using my points. It took about a month for it to arrive.
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Craig, great to see you here sharing your listens.
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Thanks, Rick. Things are improving pretty rapidly. I’m about 2/3 done with cardiac rehab (it goes through the end of April), and all the doctors think I’m doing very well. I don’t mean to suggest I doubt them - in fact, I have to say I feel great at rehab, and just walking around day-to-day - but I know as soon as I bring muscle groups other than those in stationary cycling and treadmill walking into it, it’ll be a little rough for a while. In fact, they just added some light free weights into my routine, and as small as they are, they’re plenty tiring. But I’ll get there. Having a great system that plays beautiful music has been a key part of my recovery, too.
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All good news, so happy to hear your recovery is going well.
A very good and new Compilation from Leipzig. For good Friday. Following Bach’s first edition performed in Leipzig, good Friday, 1724. 300 years ago …
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Excellent choice
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Playing this old LP this morning in honor of the late Maurizio Pollini, whom I just learned this morning had passed last week at age 82. Always one of my favorite interpreters of Chopin, this LP got a lot of play in my college dorm room.
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I saw Pollini in Chicago in the early 90s. I was (still am) a fan of his late Schubert. Though these days Maria-João Pires has me.
Onto an unrelated two-fer except both use pianos. I stumbled onto the Wagner. I love what Nikolai Lugansky did. It reminds me of the young Zoltán Kocsis. The Tessa Lark/Amy Yang recording was mentioned in a recent review by Andrew Quint at TAS. My little ProAcs aren’t in the same ball park as the Minissimo Forte speakers Quint was reviewing, but the recording sounds really nice.
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