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Sunday Listening: January 29, 2023

Sunday Listening: January 29, 2023
Untitled (fire-color painting), Yves Klein (1962)
  • "Marin Marais" - Alexandre Tharaud and Jean-Guihen Queyras give their take on music from Marin Marais, the late-17c French composer and viola da gamba virtuoso
  • "Magic Square" - beautiful, simple, unpretentious works from pianist and composer Melaine Dalibert
  • "Avant l'orage: French String Trios" - Chicago-based Black Oak Ensemble performs four clever pieces for violin, viola, and cello from Tomasi, Françaix, Samazeuilh, and Pierné
  • "Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil" - the New York-based Clarion Choir and Artistic Leader Steven Fox make their Pentatone label debut with Rachmaninoff's powerful, nocturnal hymn
  • "Piatti Quartet" - Irish composer Ina Boyle's String Quartet is a nice new listen, paired with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, and Ernest John Moeran
  • "Haydn 2032, Vol 13: Horn Signal" - energetic accounts of three Haydn symphonies from historical performance ensemble Il Giardino Armonico and conductor Giovanni Antonini