Immersing Myself in Bach's Trio Sonatas: Keyboard and Ensemble
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A thousand years ago a friend raved about E. Power Biggs' Columbia Trio Sonata set played on Pedal Harpsichord. He loaned me the Lp's but I just didn't get into the music at time. Fast forward to the release of Vikingur Olafsson's "Bach" on DG a few months ago: while sampling, one track really grabbed me, a rather new age-y arrangement of the Andante from the fourth Trio Sonata. It's quite lovely. (Please forgive the visuals, including the woman from the garbage dump in "Walking Dead," apparently before her big break.) Intrigued, I went ahead and downloaded Florilegium's Trio Sonatas (Channel) and the London Baroque's (BIS). I wouldn't want to be without either but overall I prefer the cleaner, clearer counterpoint projected by the LB. Florilegium's more diverse and colorful instrumentation in some of the trios occasionally blurs the lines IMHO. Both ensembles vary instrumentation depending upon the Sonata being played. Unfortunately I can't post a preview of the BIS because there are no Youtube freebees, but a link is provided below for your sampling pleasure. I'm especially fond of LB's perky performance of first mov't of the first Sonata. Their Andante from the fourth Sonata is moving as well, vibrato notwithstanding! : ) Finally, I'll end where I began: E. Power Biggs performing the first mov't of the first Sonata:
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| OMG I'm less popular than Zukerman or Masur! Babe pic enclosed to increase marketability!! , posted on September 14, 2020 at 06:43:05 | |
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| Another bad day today, jdaniel? [nt] ;-), posted on September 14, 2020 at 11:07:22 | |
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| Come on, now you're being delusional. Sample the London Baroque 1st Trio Sonata and try to convince anyone , posted on September 14, 2020 at 15:17:50 | |
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in here that there isn't ample vibrato.
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| Yes, and there's more coming. You can't just focus on the most extreme Branch Vibridian Sects. Nt, posted on September 14, 2020 at 16:19:21 | |
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| Who says I can't? [nt] ;-), posted on September 14, 2020 at 16:55:46 | |
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| Thanks, I was unable to find a recording or sound sample on the Web. nt, posted on September 14, 2020 at 18:11:07 | |
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| Because it reveals the you have no HIP street cred. nt, posted on September 14, 2020 at 18:46:57 | |
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| Hey - I'm PROUD of that! [nt] ;-), posted on September 14, 2020 at 20:24:57 | |
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| I wasn't interested in Masur's conducting until, posted on September 14, 2020 at 21:02:47 | |
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I heard his Eterna Beethoven series. I listen to one of them and found I enjoyed a lot so I went on for another, and another... I don't know if his recordings sell well either but I would guess not because his style doesn't seems to elicit impulse buying. His New York Beethoven series was said to be even better than the earlier east German recordings, but I haven't dig into those yet. Another surprise came from his Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies. How can such a moderate, lukewarm, lacks of sparkle treatment be good for these? But it worked again. The orchestral sings nicely, charming melodies, everything connects well, it's like cruising down the street on a bike in the sunset, just pleasant.
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