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The beautiful Catherine Deneuve

Ready-made for a Christmas gift!

So much color...

Features Jerry Weldon on tenor sax/

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John Coltrane, Copenhagen 1962, disc 6

“Dizzy’s Big 4” Pablo/OJC cd

love that early cover design...

Anthony Branker & Imagine “What Place Can Be for Us?–A Suite in Ten Movements” Origin cd This is a fascinating disc. Great sound too! Alison Crockett. Spoken Word, Vocals Anthony Branker. Arranger, Composer, Music Direction, Primary Artist, Producer Fabian Almazan Piano Linda May Han Oh. Bass (Electric), Double Bass Pete McCann. Guitar Philip Dizack. Trumpet. Remy Le Boeuf. Sax (Alto), Sax (Sopranino) Walter Smith III Sax (Tenor)

A gorgeous album.

Coleman Hawkins “The Hawk Returns” Savoy/Denon cd 1954 Sessions recorded in Chicago with Herman Blount aka Sun Ra on piano on the second session.

I like the "warmer' sound with a bit of vibrato that is often missing from period instruments. There is also (at times) a whining quality I hear from period instruments. Though I must admit, that a number of the more recent recordings i have heard by period instrument groups strike me as much better sounding than some earlier recordings. My impression is that some more recent Period Instrument quartets have moderated their approach a bit and incorporated a modest bit of vibrato and sound less whiney. At the same time a number of string quartets who do not identify as Period Instrument groups have also modified their playing to become more sensitive to some period instrument performance concepts.

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The best bit of Rome is the way that if you don't want to go to the tourist spots, you can just turn any corner and the random church you find will be more impressive than any that you have ever seen anywhere, anyway. Also, even for Italy the food is really good, with easier restaurants than e.g. Tuscany and very child friendly.

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Yes, the Haydn Box by the Schneider Quartet is very good. I am not generally a big fan of performances by groups using Period Instrument string quartets. However, having listened to so many many string quartet recordings by various groups using modern strings, I decided to give some of the Period Instrument groups a try. So am now turning my attention to Haydn Quartet recordings by these 3 groups. Festitics Quartet Buchberger Quartet London Haydn Quartet

Beethoven - Violin Sonatas No.2 and No.9 - Coop & Dawes