JACQUES LOUSSIER TRIO — Baroque Favorites (2001) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Jacques Loussier has spent most of his career blending jazz and classical styles into a lightly swinging and highly melodic hybrid. He is most well-known for tackling Bach, but here he covers a range of Baroque composers. Loussier, bassist Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac, and drummer Andre Arpino play pieces by Handel, Pachabel, Scarlatti, Marcello, Albinoni, and Marias. Loussier has a very light touch and the trio is laid-back, never distracting from the melodies. You can hear the influence of Dave Brubeck in Loussier's playing (especially on Marais' "La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont"), and much like Brubeck's best work, there is a strong sense of warmth and intelligence on Baroque Favorites. The only complaint one might have is that the brevity of some of the songs breaks up the flow of the record. Nevertheless, Baroque Favorites is a very nice album. Tim Sendra
Tracklist :
Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, No.4 in D minor, HWV 437 2:16
1 Theme and Variation No. 1
George Frederick Handel
2 Variation No. 2 1:36
George Frederick Handel
3 Variation No. 3 1:33
George Frederick Handel
4 Variation No. 4 0:42
George Frederick Handel
5 La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont à Paris, for violin, viola da gamba & continuo in D minor 5:37
Marin Marais
6 Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33) 4:55
Domenico Scarlatti
7 Sonata for keyboard in F sharp minor, K. 67 (L. 32) 1:30
Domenico Scarlatti
8 Largo in F major, instrumental arrangement ("Ombra mai fu" from the opera Serse) 3:21
George Frederick Handel
9 Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement 3:39
Johann Pachelbel
Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor)
10 Andante e spiccato 2:32
Alessandro Marcello
11 Adagio 2:23
Alessandro Marcello
12 Presto 3:09
Alessandro Marcello
13 Adagio 4:33
Tomaso Albinoni
Work(s)
14 [Unspecified] Concerto in F major for organ 4:08
George Frederick Handel
15 [Unspecified] Concerto in F major for organ 5:15
George Frederick Handel
16 [Unspecified] Concerto in F major for organ 2:39
George Frederick Handel
17 [Unspecified] Concerto in F major for organ 4:25
George Frederick Handel
18 [Unspecified] Concerto in F major for organ 3:48
George Frederick Handel
Credits :
Piano, Arranged By – Jacques Loussier
Bass – Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac
Cover [Image: "Angel with inscription INRI from the Cross" (1669)] – Bernini
Drums – Andre Arpino

HEINZ HOLLIGER - Heinz Holliger Edition (2010) 10CD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

CD 1
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto in C RV452 [6:23]; Concerto in D minor RV454 [8:17]; Concerto in G RV545 [10:03]; Concerto in C RV446 [8:48]; Concerto in A minor RV463 [9:31]; Concerto in C RV447 [14:33]
Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) (RV545): I Musici; recorded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in July 1975 and August 1981

CD 2
Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Concerto in E minor [11:24]; Concerto in D minor [8:43]; Concerto in C minor [9:15]; Concerto in F minor [7:37]; Concerto in D [8:42]
Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Iona Brown (director): recorded in London in November 1981

CDs 3-4
Tomaso ALBINONI (1671-1751) Concertos Op 7 No 1 in D [3:56]; No 2 in C [4:29]; No 3 in B flat [8:00]; No 4 in G [7:22]; No 5 in C [4:56]; No 6 in D [7:15]; No 7 in A [5:07]; No 8 in D [6:00]; No 9 in F [6:09]; No 10 in B flat [5:59]; No 11 in C [6:41]; No 12 in C [8:08]; Sonatas a cinque Op 2 No 5 in D [8:20]; No 6 in G minor [7:29]
Maurice Bourgue (oboe); I Musici: recorded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 1990-1991

CD 5
Concertos Op 9 No 2 in D minor [12:22]; No 3 in C [11:52]; No 5 in C [10:23]; No 8 in G minor [11:02]; No 9 in C [11:02]; No 11 in B flat [11:38]
Maurice Bourgue (oboe); I Musici: recorded in Italy 1966-7

CD 6
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Oboe Concerto in C Hob.VIIg:C1 [22:48]; Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Oboe Concerto in D minor on themes by Domenico CIMAROSA (1749-1801) [10:11]; Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Concertino for Cor Anglais [10:54]; Andante sostenuto for oboe and harp [3:32]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Zinman; Ursula Holliger (harp): recorded 1986-9

CDs 7-8
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Oboe Quartet in F k370[17:23]; Adagio in D K580a [5:48]; Divertimento No 11 in D K251 [27:19]; Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b [28:22]; Oboe Concerto in C K314[19:44]
Orlando Quartet; Hermann Baumann, Michel Gasciarrino (horns); Henk Guldemond (double bass): recorded Enkhuizen, The Netherlands and elsewhere in 1984

CD 9
Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835) Oboe Concerto in E flat [6:28]; Bernard MOLIQUE (1802-1869) Oboe Concertino in G minor [14:49]; Ignaz MOSCHELES (1794-1870) Concertante in G for flute and oboe [14:05]; Julius RIETZ (1812-1877) Konzertstück in F minor Op 33 [13:42]; Josef FIALA (1748-1816) Concerto for cor anglais in E flat [11:13]; Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Adagio, theme and variations in F minor [14:37]
Aurèle Nicolet (flute); Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal (conductor); English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (conductor): recorded in London in November 1968 and in Germany in August 1975

CD 10
Frank MARTIN (1890-1974) Trois Danses [17:06]; Petite complainte [3:58]; Pièce Brève [2:20]; Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955) Concerto da camera [17:11]; Petite Suite [2:45]; Antigone [2:40]; Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959) Oboe Concerto [17:20]
Ursula Holliger (harp); Aurèle Nicolet (flute); John Constable (piano); Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner (conductor): recorded in St John’s, Smith Square, London in October 1991