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Rev. Hale:

We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise.

Arthur Miller

CDs & downloads

Two amazing recordings from Musica Antiqua Köln. The Telemann was apparently one of their big achievements, and it is marvelous. But the Veracini recording held my attention for the better part of a month. According to Reinhard Goebel's excellent note, this is the first recording of these pieces. The music rivals (and maybe supersedes) Vivaldi & Handel for invention & energy. Goebel's humble Wikipedia article hardly does justice to his enormous influence. For me there hasn't been such a musician since Glenn Gould. I found the Hindemith choral recording as a follow-up to a post here, and it is lovely. The music a little somber & austere. Someone found the Jimmy Yancey recording in a drugstore sale bin and gave it to me. Yancey was a groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox & a piano man on the side. His simple, primitive style has an airy touch that I really like. I plan to get to know him better.