Dissonance in baroque and renaissance music.
How much were 16th and 17th century composers trying to avoid dissonance in their compositions, and how much was dissonance an essential part of the music? I notice that when Leonhardt plays Byrd's...
View ArticleJacques Hotteterre - "Premier Flûtiste Français"
This is primarily a 'note' to Huilun and other flutists & aficionados of the instrument. The CD release from 1997 is, for instance, here:...
View ArticleBach and Cafe Zimmerman
I have listened to the Bach recordings of cafe zimmerman and in short I did not liked it.Everything is in such a high tempo that to my taste, it kills the poetry so to speak.I have a Bach cantate with...
View ArticleGustav Leonhardt
Among the unpopular musicians out there, Gustav Leonhardt is becoming one of my favorites. His recordings of the Goldberg Variations and the Well-Tempered Clavier are my favorite ones, and I also like...
View ArticleInterpretation Or Authenticity? What do you look for?
I was comparing Gustav Leonhardt playing The Well-Tempered Clavier to a version by Helmut Walcha. Leonhardt really cracks through it compared with Walcha. I also noticed Casals playing Suite No. 1 in G...
View ArticleNikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor and Early-Music Specialist, Dies at 86
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, a pioneering and influential early-music specialist and respected mainstream maestro, died on Saturday in the village of St. Georgen im Attergau, east of Salzburg, Austria. He was...
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