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Forgive them, Father, for they have not a clue… 13 Jan 2013 | 10:50 pm
A corner of the Cave (snapped by Grumpy, with his lovely new lens…) William Byrd Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Fritz Neumeyer (harpsichord) Archiv 13 026 AP (rec. 24 & 25 May 1954) Once a...
Le retour de Madame Guerre… plus Grumpy 10 Sep 2012 | 12:15 pm
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (Not) Complete Harpsichord Works Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, 1704 Thurston Dart (harpsichord by Thomas Goff) L’Oiseau-Lyre OL ...
Cape with Good Hope (8 Down, 1 To Go!) 29 Apr 2012 | 12:17 am
Josquin 14 secular chansons Pro Musica Antiqua, dir. Safford Cape EMS 213 (rec. autumn 1950, Brussels) On Thursday 26th April, I finished the penultimate chapter of my PhD thesis, which is the main t...
No sewing-machine here! 7 Apr 2012 | 12:47 am
Domenico Scarlatti 8 Essercizi per gravicembalo Eliza Hansen (‘Christophori’ model harpsichord by Neupert) Archiv 13 001 (rec. 22 & 23 October 1953) Apologies, I’ve had this on the stocks for some ti...
By the ungracious condescension of His Grouch the Archgrump 21 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am
Beethoven Piano Trio in Bb Op.97 ‘Archduke’ Loveridge-Martin-Hooton Trio rec. 1958/59? World Record Club T[P] 36 Grumble. Mumble. Wumble! Mutter. Splutter. Whinge. Grizzle. Grouse. Kvetch. Rouspète. ...
De la grotte de Grumpy… à Versailles 3 Feb 2012 | 11:22 am
Fastes et divertissements de Versailles Volume V: l’instrument soliste Louis Marchand, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Pièces de clavecin Marcelle Charbonnier (harpsichord) rec. March 1955, Paris Philips L1...
The Kindness of Strangers, Part 10 12 Oct 2011 | 07:05 am
Miriam Escofet, Olive Tree II, 2009 gouache on paper, 50 x 60 cm Actually, not strangers but the parents of my dear friend, the artist Miriam Escofet. Kindness, though, definitely: recently Mr. and M...
Screwier than Archimedes 11 Sep 2011 | 08:57 am
Anon. and Sermisy arr. Attaingnant and Gervaise Chambonnières, Daquin, Grigny, Dandrieu, Rameau, Balbastre Claude Jean Chiasson (harpsichord by Chiasson, after classical models) Lyrichord LL 19 (recor...
Uninspired? 27 Aug 2011 | 01:42 am
Mozart Piano Concerto in A K.414 Heinz Scholz (fortepiano by Anton Walter, c.1780, from Mozart’s Birthplace, Salzburg) Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Bernhard Paumgartner Archiv 13 021 (rec. 1-2 Septem...
Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien 29 Jun 2011 | 10:06 am
François Couperin Pièces de clavecin Claude Jean Chiasson (harpsichord by Robert Conant, 1950) Lyrichord LL 12 (recorded c.1950-51) Having been driven way beyond grumpiness by a recent tantrum of mea...
