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In Reply to: RE: Sir Christopher Hogwood has passed away. posted by C.B. on September 24, 2014 at 10:54:41
L'Oiseaux-Lyre has just released a 50-CD boxed set that is one of my Holiday Gift Guide December-issue Stereophile recommendations.
30 of the 50 CDs are his, and they are so organic and lovely, and such a reminder of one's idealistic Baroque-Renaissance aspirations.
I am sniffling as I type this.
Eternal rest, grant him, O Lord.
I can hardly see...
jm
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That's how I hear him, too.
I've always wondered why Hogwoods's name is not mentioned more often. As for L' Oiseaux-Lyre, it has always been one of my favorite classical labels.
I only recently discovered his work on L' Oiseaux-Lyre through my love of Emma Kirkby and immediately began to collect all I could of the Florilegium Series and beyond. The Vivaldi Gloria and Nulla, Mozart's Exsultate and Handel Messiah, in particular are a delight to listen to.
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What a coincidence! I had just put on my L'Oiseaux Lyre/Hogwood CD entitled "J.S. Bach, "Coffee & Peasant Cantatas" before I read your post. What a great sounding disc. I am reminded once again of how perfect Kirkby's voice is (or was) for this music.
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