Whats on your turntable tonight?

RF and Montepilot, the Clemencic performances are always reliable and enjoyable. If this genre appeals, I'd also recommend any of the recordings by Gregorio Paniagua (Atrium Musicae de Madrid).

My favorites among the Clemencic recordings are:

The Carmina Burana series (5 volumes)
Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie
Dances Du Moyen-Age
Feast of the Ass
Roman de Fauvel
Danses de la Renaissance

...all on Harmonia Mundi.

Of the recordings by Gregorio Paniagua, I'm very fond of:

Villancicos (an instrumental collection of 15th-16thC Spanish Songs)
Tarantelle (collection of Italian ancient dances)
Musique de la Grece Antique
Musique Arabo-Andalouse (Music of Arabic-Spain of the 9th-13th Centuries)
La Folia (collection of Spanish Renaissance Dances, with some wild additions)

...all on Harmonia Mundi

Plus "La Spagna" on BIS LP163/164 (a desert island LP for me).

Cheers!

"Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie" and Dances Du Moyen-Age" are two recordings that spend a great deal of time on my turntable. (Rushton introduced these to me - and I have his duplicate copies)

In addition, more music in this vein that is well worth pursuing is "Trumpet and Organ Music Of The Baroque" on the Water Lily Acoustics label. Kavi Alexander did a marvelous job of capturing these two instruments and the space in which they were recorded.

The Mercury Golden Import of Respighi's "Ancient Airs & Dances" spins a lot at my home too.

While not early music, the following recordings also offer the type of atmosphere we are discussing:
Both on the Argo label
Holst "Choral Songs Of The Rig Veda" and "Savitri"
Holst "Hymn Of Jesus"
Wonderful examples of small ensemble choral and instrument music.

Rushton and Slipknot1, I write bearing very interesting news apparently Elusive Discs' server said the album "il cornetto" was out of stock. Truth was, one copy remained and by entering an order anyway (yesterday), I will receive this last copy. I called to confirm the email that had me on the edge of my seat today! Let this be a lesson to all of us in ordering from Elusive Disc, some times if the record is still listed, there is one left regardless of the notation to the contrary. I'm elated to share in the experience of this sound recommendation from you. I would also like to thank you both again for all of the recommendations most recently. I will research each of these and hopefully find a few nice copies to expand on my classical catalog and mostly on our enjoyment here in Detroit. Winter's not over yet and with a set of ten Sylvania NOS 6SN7 GTB’s for my Atma’s in the mail to me it sounds as if next weekend will be a grand one.
Happy Listening. Cheers!

Great news about this LP, Foster! What a surprise, I'll be interested in your reactions to it. As Slipknot cautions, it is fairly quiet and subtle.

Congratulations on the Sylvania NOS 6SN7 GTBs for your Atma-Sphere. I run these in my MA-2s and love what they do for this amp.
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A favorite teacher of mine in high school was fond of gently pointing out my errors in papers I submitted. He had various sized stamps with the word "BONEHEAD!>>" on them that he would use to subtly mark my papers. The more egregious the error, the bigger the stamp. I think the biggest I saw had 1" block letters.

Well, last night I just awarded myself the 5" tall BONEHEAD!>> stamp as I managed to snap off the cantilever to my beloved Magic Diamond cartridge. Oh, was it ever so easy! and ever so quick! A moment of carelessness, a misplaced waive of the hand, and zip - gone! Snapped clean off.

We're ordering a replacement, but vinyl will sit quiet around here for a while until the replacement arrives. Take what lessons you will for your own purposes, my friends.
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