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De la grotte de Grumpy… à Versailles
Fastes et divertissements de Versailles Volume V: l’instrument soliste Louis Marchand, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Pièces de clavecin Marcelle Charbonnier (harpsichord) rec. March 1955, Paris Philips L1L...
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By the ungracious condescension of His Grouch the Archgrump
Beethoven Piano Trio in Bb Op.97 ‘Archduke’ Loveridge-Martin-Hooton Trio rec. 1958/59? World Record Club T[P] 36Grumble. Mumble. Wumble! Mutter. Splutter. Whinge. Grizzle. Grouse. Kvetch. Rouspète....
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No sewing-machine here!
Domenico Scarlatti 8 Essercizi per gravicembalo Eliza Hansen(‘Christophori’ model harpsichord by Neupert) Archiv 13 001 (rec. 22 & 23 October 1953)Apologies, I’ve had this on the stocks for some...
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Cape with Good Hope (8 Down, 1 To Go!)
Josquin 14 secular chansons Pro Musica Antiqua, dir. Safford Cape EMS 213 (rec. autumn 1950, Brussels)On Thursday 26th April, I finished the penultimate chapter of my PhD thesis, which is the main...
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Le retour de Madame Guerre… plus Grumpy
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (Not) Complete Harpsichord Works Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, 1704 Thurston Dart (harpsichord by Thomas Goff) L’Oiseau-Lyre OL...
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Forgive them, Father, for they have not a clue…
A corner of the Cave (snapped by Grumpy, with his lovely new lens…)William Byrd Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Fritz Neumeyer (harpsichord) Archiv 13 026 AP (rec. 24 & 25 May 1954)Once...
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Nuper doctus, saepe dolens
Once again, as so often before, I must apologise for my long silence. I suspected that finishing and submitting my thesis and finally being awarded a PhD would not make me more efficient, dynamic,...
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One out, Ten in
Vivaldi 6 Concertos for flute, strings & b.c. Op.10 Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord), Louis de Froment Instrumental Ensemble Felsted L 89003 (rec. 1953/54?, Paris?,...
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Frozen
I know, I do almost nothing on this blog, except apologise for doing nothing…But now I’m really frozen. Not as frozen as this fox, which we found one morning 18 months ago, in the green patch behind...
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“Buxtehude, Headmaster!”
Buxtehude Herr, nun läßt du deinen Diener BuxWV 37 Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, ciaccona BuxWV 92 *Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BuxWV 71 Helmut Krebs (tenor), instrumental ensemble / *Berlin Bach...
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Albert Sammons plays Fauré REMOVED
Over the last year I’ve received a few requests for access to the transfer of Fauré’s Violin Sonata Op.13, recorded privately by Albert Sammons in 1937, which I shared and wrote about in October...
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Dept. of Unabashed Pluggery
Variations on a Theme by Scarlatti Matan Porat (piano) (recorded 28 to 30 January 2013) Mirare MIR 213Some time ago I was given the above CD, which is very, very fine. I haven’t met the pianist, who’s...
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La grotte engloutie
Debussy Préludes, Book 1 - (x) La Cathédrale engloutie Chopin Etude in e minor Op.25 No.5 Marie Novello (piano) (rec. c. May 1926, issued July 1926) Edison Bell VF 674(My wonky framing of the label,...
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A disc of two halves
Dvořák Piano Trio in e Op.90 ‘Dumky’; Trio in g Op.26 Jean Fournier (violin), Antonio Janigro (cello), Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) rec. mid-(?) and late 1950s first issued 1958(?), on Westminster XWN...
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Not waving but WAVing – and DAWing
Brahms String Quartet in B flat Op.67 Quartetto Italiano: Paolo Borciani & Elisa Pegreffi (violins), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) Columbia 33CX 1244 (rec. July 1954 or January 1955?,...
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A Pox on Grails
The only grail I own is this tiny cup. I won it at school in 1976 – yes, don’t laugh, in them days I was quite nippy – on account of being in the winning under-17s 4 x 100m house relay team. I was the...
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Merry Moonlighting
Pathé PAT 36 Pierre Danican Philidor (1681-1731) Suite for treble instrument & continuo in e Op.1 No.5 Pathé PAT 37 (also issued in Japan on Columbia J 8584) George Frideric Handel Sonata for flute...
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Dragon’s head, snake’s tail
Béla BartókString Quartet No.2 Op.17 (Sz.67) Amar Quartet (Licco Amar, Walter Caspar, Paul Hindemith, Rudolf Hindemith) rec. 1926, Berlin commissioned and first issued privately by 大日本名曲レコード制作頒布会...
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Pini Aroma
Mozart Divertimento in E flat K.563 Jean Pougnet (violin) Frederick Riddle (viola) Anthony Pini (cello) rec. 12 to 18 September 1952, Konzerthaus(?), Vienna by Westminster (USA) transfer from 1965 UK...
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Une poignée de Pougnet
Beethoven String Trio in E flat Op.3 Jean Pougnet (violin) Frederick Riddle (viola) Anthony Pini (cello) rec. 12 to 18 September 1952, Konzerthaus(?), Vienna by Westminster (USA) transfer from 1964 UK...
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Der Alte ja vergangen ist
‘Festival in Haiti’ Déclaration Paysanne (Meringue)Pétro-Quita (Drum Rhythms)Shango (Invocation)Pennywhistle FantasieSolé Oh! (Invocation-Yanvalou) MéringueMacaya Gimbo (Work Song)Dié, Dié, Dié...
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Glut glums
Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682) 6 sinfonie for stringed instruments and basso continuoArranged by Nunzio Montanari (1915-1993) as ‘Six Trio Sonatas’ for piano trio (piano, violin, cello)Trio di...
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Delman and boys
Michael Haydn Missa Sancti Aloysii in Bb MH 257 J.S. Bach Weichet nur betrübte Schatten BWV 202 Jacqueline Delman, Emerentia Scheepers (sopranos) Kathleen Joyce (contralto) Hampstead Parish Church...
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The firsts shall last
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartEine kleine Nachtmusik in G K.525I. Allegro; II. Romance. AndanteNicolas Lambinon String Quartetmatrices: XXBo 8016-2 / XXBo 8017-2recorded: c. November 1923, BerlinOdeon O-6068...
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Allegresse Postillons
Georg Philipp Telemann Musique de Table, Troisième Production Ouverture-Suite in Bb TWV 55:B1 (excerpts); Conclusion in Bb TWV 50:10 Wiesbaden Collegium Musicum, Edmund Weyns recorded: 15 October 1936...
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