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[Ahmonge]

A couple of vocal works (a motet, "Silete Venti" HWV 242, and a cantata, "Cecilia, volgi un sguardo" HWV 89) composed in the 1720s and 1730s by Handel with his customary mastery and brilliance. Both the sound quality and the performance are excellent, featuring Jennifer Smith and John Elwes as soloists and The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock.

Ripped from the original 1986 CD in FLAC format.

 

[Andolink]

A couple of vocal works (a motet, "Silete Venti" HWV 242, and a cantata, "Cecilia, volgi un sguardo" HWV 89) composed in the 1720s and 1730s by Handel with his customary mastery and brilliance. Both the sound quality and the performance are excellent, featuring Jennifer Smith and John Elwes as soloists and The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock.

Ripped from the original 1986 CD in FLAC format.

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An old favorite from my first decade of CD collecting. Very good stuff!

 

[Fidji]

Dream come true .... Tickets bought ....

Gardiner Messe H Moll and Herreweghe with Gent ....

 

[EERecordist]

I have a soft spot for double reed instruments. A recent discovery is Valeria Curti in Switzerland, soon to move to Rome for a principal chair. Musical prodigy.

Unusual Debussy piece:

She is doing a project of historic works on historic bassoons and pianos:

https://wemakeit.com/projects/portrait-cd-evolving-sounds

 

[Ahmonge]

And it is with "Rinaldo" that the surprising and fascinating musical story of the relationship between Handel and London begins.

Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music have chosen the original 1711 (HWV 7a) version. The principal soloists are David Daniels (Rinaldo) and Cecilia Bartoli (Almirena).

Qobuz (16/44.1):

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[Soundproof]

There is one particular album I have an relationship to. I passed my vinyl collection on to my sibling more than 2 decades ago, and one big favourite was Albert Schweitzer and one of his Bach recordings - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and more. I have tried to find a digitalised version a few times, with no success. Might be memory having a go at me, but none of the digital alternatives I have heard are as good and passionate as the recording i had. My German was never good and now it's not even bad, but as far as I can recall the album title was along the lines of "an dem / aus dem gutes domtal" or something. Believe it was recorded in one of the great cathredals in Germany or France - Schweitzer was from Alsace.

I have only heard that piece of music live once as a youngster, sunday morning 03:30 in a empty church, full throttle. An acquaintance - friend of a friend - had keys, for practice. When he was warming up, I walked around to find the seat with the best acoustics. And I did. Fantastic.

 

[Ahmonge]

There is one particular album I have an relationship to. I passed my vinyl collection on to my sibling more than 2 decades ago, and one big favourite was Albert Schweitzer and one of his Bach recordings - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and more. I have tried to find a digitalised version a few times, with no success. Might be memory having a go at me, but none of the digital alternatives I have heard are as good and passionate as the recording i had. My German was never good and now it's not even bad, but as far as I can recall the album title was along the lines of "an dem / aus dem gutes domtal" or something. Believe it was recorded in one of the great cathredals in Germany or France - Schweitzer was from Alsace.

I have only heard that piece of music live once as a youngster, sunday morning 03:30 in a empty church, full throttle. An acquaintance - friend of a friend - had keys, for practice. When he was warming up, I walked around to find the seat with the best acoustics. And I did. Fantastic.

Qobuz lists 26 records of Albert Schweitzer, with several recordings of this Bach piece. Perhaps one of these is what you're looking for.

 

[Soundproof]

Qobuz lists 26 records of Albert Schweitzer, with several recordings of this Bach piece. Perhaps one of these is what you're looking for.

Thank you

Qobuz do indeed list several recordings of the piece, and I have listened through them. Cleaning up and digitalising may have had concequences and I am listening throug very different "gear"which makes it challenging to identify? And of course, I am not trained in classical music genres at all. Typically, digitalised cover pictures would be the (or strongly related to) the original, and I cannot find any image of the cover online.

Possibly, the recording could only be found in collections, and whereas it is important to me, it might not be important for collectors or the Albert Schweitzer historical aspect.