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except it makes me want to turn off the stereo and head to The Rising Sun (one hundred and twenty yards away on the canal)
I like elgars ghost new avatar
except it makes me want to turn off the stereo and head to The Rising Sun (one hundred and twenty yards away on the canal)
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Best throw some salt over your shoulder and get rid of the red guy!Originally Posted by Clayton
'...a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without a single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity...' - Leigh Hunt on the Prince Regent (later George IV).
ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος [Those whom the gods love die young] - Menander
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If anyone likes cider and lands in Berko (it was actually once known as the port of Berkhamsted) do go there. It is not actually on the canal but it is a tiny pub on the towpath, well worth a visit on a summer's walk
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Another magnificent work from RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and René Jacobs
Bach - St Matthew Passion - René Jacobs 2012, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor.jpg
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I've been spellbound by Cherubini's Messe Solennelle no 2 in D minor. If I may exaggerate and provoke a bit, let me say: it's like the Haydn masses, only better. What it lacks in profundity or religious sentiment it makes up in sheer musical precision and perfection of expression (just like the aforementioned Haydn masses).
Also Liszt (Hungarian Coronation Mass, Via Crucis, St. Elisabeth), Dvorak (St. Ludmila, Te Deum), Haydn (Schöpfung), Beethoven (Mass in C major), more Cherubini (Requiem in C minor).
Wäre das Faktum wahr, – wäre der außerordentliche Fall wirklich eingetreten, daß die politische Gesetzgebung der Vernunft übertragen, der Mensch als Selbstzweck respektiert und behandelt, das Gesetz auf den Thron erhoben, und wahre Freiheit zur Grundlage des Staatsgebäudes gemacht worden, so wollte ich auf ewig von den Musen Abschied nehmen, und dem herrlichsten aller Kunstwerke, der Monarchie der Vernunft, alle meine Thätigkeit widmen.
F. J. Haydn's Stabat Mater - seems to be quite an underrated piece. Any Haydn fan should take a listen - the 1st movement is masterful but there are plenty of other excellent moments here. This work is similar in vein to the Seven Last Words, except it also has a number of wonderful faster-paced movements.
Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium. I absolutely love it. Such an incredible effect with all of those voices.
I've also been listening to a lot of Du Fay and Josquin.
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Krzysztof Penderecki, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Antoni Wit -- Canticum canticorum Salomonis, Kosmogonia, Strophen, Hymne an den heiligen Adalbert, Song of Cherubim
Song of Cherubim is great. I like the eastern motive in the composition and the transparent texture.
Ēriks Ešenvalds: Passion and Resurrection, Rihards Dubra: Te Deum
State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais
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We certainly share some tastes there, Mr.(?) Azol !
Thought I'd stay in the Baltic States, with Urmas Sisask Magnificat (can only find a link to a small segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJueK6zhNf0 ),
& Erkki-Sven Tuur Requiem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6kt3ux5M00
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Another from that corner of the world is Eduard Tubin. His Requiem for Fallen Soldiers is very affecting and beautiful, it ends with the unusual combination of soprano and organ. Only the start on youtube.
The soft complaining flute in dying notes discovers the woes of hopeless lovers.
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Unfamiliar with this work, I am going to have a listen to this.
Ditto; thank you to all members participating in this thead.
I can also recommend this by those enjoying late 15th/early 16th C renaissance polyphony
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The Tallis Scholars sing William Byrd - Gimmell
I've pressed the buy button on Josquin by the Tallis Scholars; I will report back.
I don't even think of choral music as being in this specific contextual genre, but most lately:
Robert Moran ~ Requiem; Chant du Cygne, a gorgeous work for four choruses and four chamber ensembles. (the performance in the link the only recording.)
Ca. one month ago, I thought of it, having not listened to it in about one year, and finding it both remarkable and engaging, listened to it again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89DS3UxKrcE
Just yesterday, I found and listened to:
Pergolesi ~ Stabat Mater, in a stellar performance with: Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor · Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor / Emöke Barath, soprano / Orfeo 55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzOmPUu-F_M
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