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Exclusive DSD Download, Never released on SACD or as a DSD Download Rachel Podger – Twelve Fantasies for Solo Violin from G.P. Telemann In November of 2001, one of my first recordings using the DSD technology was in a small unknown church – Dorset England. Rachel Podger had chosen the church as she had played a concert there as some point and thought it would be perfect for the solo Telemann Sonatas. I agreed sight unseen.The church turned out to be very small with very close side walls with no place for me to sit with my equipment. Granted it was very silent ( in the middle of fields) but I was just not happy with the acoustics so that I decided to only release this album on normal 44.1 pcm. A couple of months ago I listened to the DSD master again and have now decided to still bring this out on DSD stereo and multichannel. DSD does give the extra dimension of imagery and honesty to the sound which in the end does enlighten the music listening. Jared Sacks Johann Mattheson in Der Vollkommene Capellmeister (Hamburg 1739) says about a fantasia: “Even though they (the fantasias) all give the impression of being played ad-lib, most of them are nonetheless written down properly, however, they are so very little kept in place and order that no one could hardly find a better general term to designate them than the one describing a good idea.” Good ideas they are indeed, and plenty of them! They often occur in rapid succession, chasing each other across the page in vibrant fast movements, pausing here and there to give room for the next inspiration, or unfolding gradually and reflectively in poignant slow movements. Unconnected ideas stand next to each other, unaware of each others presence: motifs, rhythms, sequences of intervals and melodic lines change direction and character at a whim. Broken chords alternate with agitated scales and passagework, grave and solemn passages appear next to dance-like ones. The musical story throughout the movements is always clear as you become aware of Telemanns ingenious way of giving free reign to his imagination within a cohesive underlying musical structure….
Additional information
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Mastering equipment | B&W 803 diamand series |
Recording type bit rate | DSD64 |
Recording location | St. Micahels Church, West Compton, Dorset UK |
Recording engineer | Jared Sacks |
Producer | Johnathan Freeman Attwood |
Mixing board | Rens Heijnis custom made |
Microphones | Bruel &Kjaer |
Mastering engineer | Jared Sacks |
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Digital converters | DCS 950 AD converter |
Cables | van der Hul |
Type | DSD 64 fs, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 44.1 kHz, MP3 44.1 kHz |
Format | Download (Stereo), Download (Multichannel), Download (Stereo + Multichannel) |
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Recording software | Pyramix |
Press reviews
Klassieke Zaken
Rondo
Rachel Podger zet 12 mooie miniatuurtjes neer () Luister () Podger spielt die Barockvioline so sinnlich, so blut- und so glutvoll, wie man es sonst bei diesem Instrument nicht unbedingt gewohn ist ()
Turoks Choice
American Record Guide
she naturally flows from one inventive musical thought to the next with never a rushed moment. () Wet paint () Podger certainly shows both the technique and the temper for these works, in carefull shaped and thoughtful performances. ()
Fanfare
BBC Music Magasine
Het Parool
Deze violiste kan ik 2002 zonder enige opsmuk de 12 Fantasien voor soloviool op de plaat zetten. () () Podger laat er geen misverstand over bestaan dat Telemann minstens zo inventief was als zijn lichtend voorbeeld J.S. Bach
Gramophone
she dances her way easily and gracefully through the music () () clean intonation, pleasingly resonant tone and a palpable sense of natural and spontaneous enjoyment.
Fanfare
(…) Strongly recommended.
Wet paint
(…) she naturally flows from one inventive musical thought to the next with never a rushed moment. (…)
American Record Guide
(…) Podger certainly shows both the technique and the temper for these works, in carefull shaped and thoughtful performances. (…)
Turoks Choice Performace/Sound
vividly played (…)
Gramophone
(…) she dances her way easily and gracefully through the music (…) (…) clean intonation, pleasingly resonant tone and a palpable sense of natural and spontaneous enjoyment. (…)
BBC Music Magasine
(…) Podgers tone is warm and it is a manner of sensitive declamation that I find convincing and affecting (…)
Klassieke Zaken
) Deze violiste kan ik 2002 zonder enige opsmuk de 12 Fantasien voor soloviool op de plaat zetten. (…) (…) Podger laat er geen misverstand over bestaan dat Telemann minstens zo inventief was als zijn lichtend voorbeeld J.S. Bach Parool (…) Podger speelt het allemaal met zwier en gevoel voor theater en dat is door de technici van Channel prachtig vastgelegd. (…)
Luister
(…) Rachel Podger zet 12 mooie miniatuurtjes neer (…)
Rondo
(…) Podger spielt die Barockvioline so sinnlich, so blut- und so glutvoll, wie man es sonst bei diesem Instrument nicht unbedingt gewohn ist (…)
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