On 5 Dec 2009, at 13:02, Philip Gruar wrote: > The sound of musette with harpsichord, also on the same youtube "page" is > just a wonderful noise! -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9GBXCe1LZg Hi Philip and all, Well, this video is interesting but possibly not for its musical qualities. The musette seems fairly out of tune. By 5.45 the pitch is rapidly losing altitude, finally crashing at 6.30. This lady plays far better than I can (that's not saying much) but I don't think she was really ready for a professional performance of that kind. The performance is pretty hard driven (the harpsichordist too) and I suspect she was playing at an unduly high pressure with insufficient bag control. > > The Palladian Ensemble have recorded the Vivaldi/Chedeville Four Seasons, on > a CD called Les Saisons Amusantes - haven't checked to see if it's still > available - with Jean-Pierre Rasle on musette and Nigel Eaton, hurdy-gurdy Yes, it's a lovely CD . . . Amazon are listing one copy (used) as of today. For my taste, though, the best performance of Nicolas Chédeville's arrangement of 'The Seasons' is by Matthias Loibner playing hurdy-gurdy which is indicated by Chédeville as the alternative instrument. Calling the instrument a vielle always improves the sound of any hurdy-gurdy in my view. The truth of that can be judged here where there are several samples of this recording: http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-les-saisons-amusantes-Les-Eclaires-de-Musique.aspx Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
