mikeweil

It is in the field of pre-1600 keyboard music that historically informed performance practice has probably made the greatest progress during the last twenty years. What earlier generation players presented as a dry, scholarly music, now sounds passionate and playful. Corina Marti sounds like a musician from the past who travelled to us to show us how this music can sound when approached properly. Magnificent playing, beautifully sounding instruments and excellent recorded sound - and inexpensive. A perfect introduction to this type of music. Buy any of her CDs with confidence.

The download link doesn't work anymore - I'm in the process of typing all the data into BRIAN and will make it available again after I'm done. Added some new issues and details I found out in the meantime.

I'm close to thumbing through all of my vinyl ...

No overlap.

reissue of:

Same here - all the vinyl I have was bought second hand at Crocodisc in Paris, and it was played!

..... and it drives you mad that you cannot find them. Latest case in point: Must have displaced it after typing it into my collection database at discogs or The Jazz Discography Online ........

I have much of it on single LPs and CDs but will immediately get one as soon as it runs low, or during the next three months. One of the best piano trios in jazz history, IMO.

The times had changed when Francis Wolff took over, the pure hard bop era was over, so using that as a yardstick wouldn't do him justice. I love many of the albums he produced.

Three times Gary McFarland, all in glorious mono:

That album is titled "Silver Blue" ...

Ruby Braff's tone is simply gorgeous.

Don't know his music, but I am a fan of his wife, and wish him all the best. If he was able to start the tour after surgery he should be able to recover - take your time!

go to http://www.encelade.net/index.php/fr/ for ordering - the label gets the most that way. I never bought a disappointing disc from them.

This is the most inspiring Haydn keyboard disc I have heard in decades. Pierre Gallon approches him from the right direction, i.e. the Italian stylistic influences he was exposed to, and chooses the right model harpsichord, a German - perfect for a blindfold test. The liner notes put this into the proper historic context. This pre-1770 Haydn belongs to the pre-classical, not the classical style. Highly recommended for a renewed look at this composer.