The greatest catches of that Vivarte box have to be the JS Bach Cello Suites by anner bylsma and a few of his other recordings, which have become prohibitively expensive as CD singles ... I also do not like many of the MAK recordings.
Yes, Bijlsma is generally excellent. Unfortunately, I don't have many of his recordings, but I do have his 2 Bach cello suites recordings. He seems to be largely forgotten these days.
He enjoyed a very close partnership with Leonhardt and Harnoncourt in many baroque recordings ... But then many people were close to Leonhardt. Hogwood actually was a harpsichord student of the great Leonhardt.
Yes, but I was referring to the "first generation" in response to your remark about Leonhardt and Harnoncourt - and there were Brüggen, Bijlsma and his wife Vera Beths and others, of course.
I have never been too familiar with Brüggen, even though I have a few of his recordings on LP, i.e. have known him as an artist since the mid 70's ...
...and Moncayo's "Huapango" is tremendous fun. One of those "want list" items that has eluded me for years is a two-78 set of Maria Barrientos, among my favorite coloratura sopranos, singing these very Seven Popular Songs with the composer at the piano. (Yeah, I know, it's been reissued, but as the saying goes, owning a copy of somebody else's record is like kissing your sister. )
So "Bijlsma" is the Dutch spelling? I've invariably seen "Bylsma" here in the US. Probably sensible; I seriously doubt most English speakers would quite know what to do with the letter combination "ijls." Fabulous player--I'm especially fond of his whirlwind take on Haydn's C Major cello concerto (Jean Lamonde and Tafelmusik doing the orchestral honors). I have a feeling we may have discussed this before, but I have a record of his teacher, Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp, on the 78 RPM Anthologie Sonore label, playing excerpts from the Bach sixth suite (cello piccolo) and another playing something by Ortiz on gamba. I was astonished to stumble across my very Bach issue on one of those auction results Web sites; it had gone in some sale for several hundred dollars. I got it for a dime or two when I bought a complete run of the first 10 volumes of l'Anthologie Sonore (10 records per volume) at a benefit sale maybe 20 years ago. Don't remember for sure, but I *think* by that point in the sequence the pressings had gone from purely l'A.S. labels to l'A.S. issued under auspices of The Gramophone Shop in New York, which used to issue selected foreign recordings under its own name.
Yes, Bijlsma is the original Dutch spelling. The "ij" (one letter, not two) is the Dutch equivalent of "y". Anner Bylsma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia » By the way, Jeanne Lamon was musical director of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. She stepped down in 2014. A frequent guest conductor was Bruno Weil.
Yeap, nice! I found the LP recently in a thrift store, this is one of the best recorded piano LPs in the DG catalogue.
Re-visiting one of my only Bijlsma recordings now: Classical Corner - Classical Music Corner (thread #51) » (BTW, I've gone to "HIP" rather than "HIPP" as the last P for Practice is redundant.)
Now listening to "Danyel - Lute Songs, 1606" performed by The Consort Of Musicke directed by Anthony Rooley on Decca Eloquence. Featuring: (the lovely and talented) Emma Kirkby - soprano Martyn Hill - tenor John York Skinner - countertenor David Thomas - bass
Now listening to "Enesco - Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1/Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6" performed by the London Symphony Orchestra led by Antal Dorati on Mercury. (image shows SACD; I have the regular CD)
Now listening to "Debussy - Orchestral Works Vol. 1" performed by The Philharmonia led by Geoffrey Simon on Cala. La mer Premiere rapsodie Clair de lune Duex arabesques La cathedrale engloutie Petite suite Pagodes
