Gurn Blanston
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Classical music lover, writer, braider of leather, old guy sitting on his porch and yelling at the kids to get off my lawn. I resist and always will!
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Tartini is so well known for concertos that it's easy to forget his first-rate sonatas! Chandler is best known for his excellent Vivaldi, but his Tartini is no slouch either. A Devil's Trill to rival Manze! 🤠
Tartini is so well known for concertos that it's easy to forget his first-rate sonatas! Chandler is best known for his excellent Vivaldi, but his Tartini is no slouch either. A Devil's Trill to rival Manze! 🤠
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Tartini is so well known for concertos that it's easy to forget his first-rate sonatas! Chandler is best known for his excellent Vivaldi, but his Tartini is no slouch either. A Devil's Trill to rival Manze! 🤠
Tartini is so well known for concertos that it's easy to forget his first-rate sonatas! Chandler is best known for his excellent Vivaldi, but his Tartini is no slouch either. A Devil's Trill to rival Manze! 🤠
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An excellent realization of these works. The Quintet is especially good, Neidich plays the smoothest sounding Basset Clarinet you're likely to hear, Robert Levin on the fortepiano and L'Archibudelli are all right on too. 🤠
An excellent realization of these works. The Quintet is especially good, Neidich plays the smoothest sounding Basset Clarinet you're likely to hear, Robert Levin on the fortepiano and L'Archibudelli are all right on too. 🤠
January 23, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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An excellent realization of these works. The Quintet is especially good, Neidich plays the smoothest sounding Basset Clarinet you're likely to hear, Robert Levin on the fortepiano and L'Archibudelli are all right on too. 🤠
An excellent realization of these works. The Quintet is especially good, Neidich plays the smoothest sounding Basset Clarinet you're likely to hear, Robert Levin on the fortepiano and L'Archibudelli are all right on too. 🤠
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Gottlieb, son of Georg, continued the tradition of Austrian organ playing. He was the Emperor's Own organist during the high point of the Viennese Baroque, from 1717 until he retired in 1764. As you can hear here, he writes a mean toccata! 🤠
Gottlieb, son of Georg, continued the tradition of Austrian organ playing. He was the Emperor's Own organist during the high point of the Viennese Baroque, from 1717 until he retired in 1764. As you can hear here, he writes a mean toccata! 🤠
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Gottlieb, son of Georg, continued the tradition of Austrian organ playing. He was the Emperor's Own organist during the high point of the Viennese Baroque, from 1717 until he retired in 1764. As you can hear here, he writes a mean toccata! 🤠
Gottlieb, son of Georg, continued the tradition of Austrian organ playing. He was the Emperor's Own organist during the high point of the Viennese Baroque, from 1717 until he retired in 1764. As you can hear here, he writes a mean toccata! 🤠
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Although they were overlooked for 175 yrs, Haydn's Keyboard Trios are finally getting the attention they just ly deserve. These are really fine realizations, and include both some flute trios and some violin ones also. 🤠
Although they were overlooked for 175 yrs, Haydn's Keyboard Trios are finally getting the attention they just ly deserve. These are really fine realizations, and include both some flute trios and some violin ones also. 🤠
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Although they were overlooked for 175 yrs, Haydn's Keyboard Trios are finally getting the attention they just ly deserve. These are really fine realizations, and include both some flute trios and some violin ones also. 🤠
Although they were overlooked for 175 yrs, Haydn's Keyboard Trios are finally getting the attention they just ly deserve. These are really fine realizations, and include both some flute trios and some violin ones also. 🤠
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From the early 18th on, Rebel was one of the top violinists in France. His music is a pleasing blend of contemporary French style with Italian style blended in. These trio sonatas really give a feel for where chamber music was heading ca 1734.🤠
From the early 18th on, Rebel was one of the top violinists in France. His music is a pleasing blend of contemporary French style with Italian style blended in. These trio sonatas really give a feel for where chamber music was heading ca 1734.🤠
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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From the early 18th on, Rebel was one of the top violinists in France. His music is a pleasing blend of contemporary French style with Italian style blended in. These trio sonatas really give a feel for where chamber music was heading ca 1734.🤠
From the early 18th on, Rebel was one of the top violinists in France. His music is a pleasing blend of contemporary French style with Italian style blended in. These trio sonatas really give a feel for where chamber music was heading ca 1734.🤠
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Known primarily as a keyboardist, Schaffrath followed the example of many of his peers in Berlin and wrote for other instruments as well, as we hear with these lovely little orchestral suites, string symphonies & concerto for Traverso. 👍🤠
Known primarily as a keyboardist, Schaffrath followed the example of many of his peers in Berlin and wrote for other instruments as well, as we hear with these lovely little orchestral suites, string symphonies & concerto for Traverso. 👍🤠
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Known primarily as a keyboardist, Schaffrath followed the example of many of his peers in Berlin and wrote for other instruments as well, as we hear with these lovely little orchestral suites, string symphonies & concerto for Traverso. 👍🤠
Known primarily as a keyboardist, Schaffrath followed the example of many of his peers in Berlin and wrote for other instruments as well, as we hear with these lovely little orchestral suites, string symphonies & concerto for Traverso. 👍🤠
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An interesting idea (from an historical POV), and some very nice music I never heard before. You can't beat that! 🤠
An interesting idea (from an historical POV), and some very nice music I never heard before. You can't beat that! 🤠
January 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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An interesting idea (from an historical POV), and some very nice music I never heard before. You can't beat that! 🤠
An interesting idea (from an historical POV), and some very nice music I never heard before. You can't beat that! 🤠
Great. Now you're giving them ideas! Matter of time before they pull this one off. 🤠
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Great. Now you're giving them ideas! Matter of time before they pull this one off. 🤠
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I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
I heard, not long ago, that Leclair wrote a mean Trio Sonata. So I am embarking upon this new acquisition on the basis of 'trust, but verify'. I hear so much great "new" music this way. 🤠
* compatriot here meaning 'not the ancestor of the clarinet, but a littermate which succeeded'. 😏🤠
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So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
* compatriot here meaning 'not the ancestor of the clarinet, but a littermate which succeeded'. 😏🤠
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So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
So I couldn't just run off to Darmstadt, as it were, without having another listen to the chalumeaux here. Graupner was one of the earliest and most prolific composers for the instrument. Overall very nice sound, no wonder its compatriot* hit it big!🤠
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One of the more interesting composers of the first half of the 18th was this Capellmeister from Darmstadt. His music rocks, really! This suite of Tafelmusik is very entertaining, as it should be, & also superbly realized here, as it must be! 🤠
One of the more interesting composers of the first half of the 18th was this Capellmeister from Darmstadt. His music rocks, really! This suite of Tafelmusik is very entertaining, as it should be, & also superbly realized here, as it must be! 🤠
January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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One of the more interesting composers of the first half of the 18th was this Capellmeister from Darmstadt. His music rocks, really! This suite of Tafelmusik is very entertaining, as it should be, & also superbly realized here, as it must be! 🤠
One of the more interesting composers of the first half of the 18th was this Capellmeister from Darmstadt. His music rocks, really! This suite of Tafelmusik is very entertaining, as it should be, & also superbly realized here, as it must be! 🤠
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As I was in Berlin listening to Emanuel Bach, it seemed timely to have a listen to some further Trio Sonatas by his peers. Most satisfying. 🤠
As I was in Berlin listening to Emanuel Bach, it seemed timely to have a listen to some further Trio Sonatas by his peers. Most satisfying. 🤠
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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As I was in Berlin listening to Emanuel Bach, it seemed timely to have a listen to some further Trio Sonatas by his peers. Most satisfying. 🤠
As I was in Berlin listening to Emanuel Bach, it seemed timely to have a listen to some further Trio Sonatas by his peers. Most satisfying. 🤠
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Emanuel Bach certainly wrote his share of Trio Sonatas. This set is played by a flute and a violin, blending the classic sound, whch was just violins, with the newer addition of the traverso for a different and novel tone color. 🤠
Emanuel Bach certainly wrote his share of Trio Sonatas. This set is played by a flute and a violin, blending the classic sound, whch was just violins, with the newer addition of the traverso for a different and novel tone color. 🤠
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Emanuel Bach certainly wrote his share of Trio Sonatas. This set is played by a flute and a violin, blending the classic sound, whch was just violins, with the newer addition of the traverso for a different and novel tone color. 🤠
Emanuel Bach certainly wrote his share of Trio Sonatas. This set is played by a flute and a violin, blending the classic sound, whch was just violins, with the newer addition of the traverso for a different and novel tone color. 🤠
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IMO, Bach's finest effort with symphonies. Like he cast all his inhibitions to the wind and wrote what he imagined. Gli Incogniti and Beyer play it superbly well, too. Definitely a treat you would enjoy!🤠
IMO, Bach's finest effort with symphonies. Like he cast all his inhibitions to the wind and wrote what he imagined. Gli Incogniti and Beyer play it superbly well, too. Definitely a treat you would enjoy!🤠
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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IMO, Bach's finest effort with symphonies. Like he cast all his inhibitions to the wind and wrote what he imagined. Gli Incogniti and Beyer play it superbly well, too. Definitely a treat you would enjoy!🤠
IMO, Bach's finest effort with symphonies. Like he cast all his inhibitions to the wind and wrote what he imagined. Gli Incogniti and Beyer play it superbly well, too. Definitely a treat you would enjoy!🤠
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Not to disrespect any ensemble, but there is only 1 British group that plays Italian music like Italian groups do, and this is it! Italian music was popular among Northern cognoscenti, enough so that it couldn't fail to influence them. Like here...🤠
Not to disrespect any ensemble, but there is only 1 British group that plays Italian music like Italian groups do, and this is it! Italian music was popular among Northern cognoscenti, enough so that it couldn't fail to influence them. Like here...🤠
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Not to disrespect any ensemble, but there is only 1 British group that plays Italian music like Italian groups do, and this is it! Italian music was popular among Northern cognoscenti, enough so that it couldn't fail to influence them. Like here...🤠
Not to disrespect any ensemble, but there is only 1 British group that plays Italian music like Italian groups do, and this is it! Italian music was popular among Northern cognoscenti, enough so that it couldn't fail to influence them. Like here...🤠
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18thC "Germany" was not one country but many tiny ones, few with kings. There were a few composers working towards unifying musical taste, but most were not. Telemann was one with both the desire & talent to make this happen. King of the Trio Sonata!🤠
18thC "Germany" was not one country but many tiny ones, few with kings. There were a few composers working towards unifying musical taste, but most were not. Telemann was one with both the desire & talent to make this happen. King of the Trio Sonata!🤠
January 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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18thC "Germany" was not one country but many tiny ones, few with kings. There were a few composers working towards unifying musical taste, but most were not. Telemann was one with both the desire & talent to make this happen. King of the Trio Sonata!🤠
18thC "Germany" was not one country but many tiny ones, few with kings. There were a few composers working towards unifying musical taste, but most were not. Telemann was one with both the desire & talent to make this happen. King of the Trio Sonata!🤠
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I always get a lot of enjoyment from Boccherini's music, especially when they are played as well as these. Nice company for an afternoon. 🤠
I always get a lot of enjoyment from Boccherini's music, especially when they are played as well as these. Nice company for an afternoon. 🤠
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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I always get a lot of enjoyment from Boccherini's music, especially when they are played as well as these. Nice company for an afternoon. 🤠
I always get a lot of enjoyment from Boccherini's music, especially when they are played as well as these. Nice company for an afternoon. 🤠
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I recently got the companion disc to this one, Trio Sonatas. The primary difference is the inclusion of a slow intro, alla Corelli. But more like "Corelli does galant". The more I hear from this composer, the higher he rises in my esteem! 🤠
I recently got the companion disc to this one, Trio Sonatas. The primary difference is the inclusion of a slow intro, alla Corelli. But more like "Corelli does galant". The more I hear from this composer, the higher he rises in my esteem! 🤠
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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I recently got the companion disc to this one, Trio Sonatas. The primary difference is the inclusion of a slow intro, alla Corelli. But more like "Corelli does galant". The more I hear from this composer, the higher he rises in my esteem! 🤠
I recently got the companion disc to this one, Trio Sonatas. The primary difference is the inclusion of a slow intro, alla Corelli. But more like "Corelli does galant". The more I hear from this composer, the higher he rises in my esteem! 🤠
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Beautiful tone colors! This is 18thC chamber music at its finest. While the informative notes give great info on instruments, dates and locations are omitted, so I will venture early 1720s, Dresden. Violas d'Amore, Oboes d'Amore, Chalumeaux; splendid!🤠
Beautiful tone colors! This is 18thC chamber music at its finest. While the informative notes give great info on instruments, dates and locations are omitted, so I will venture early 1720s, Dresden. Violas d'Amore, Oboes d'Amore, Chalumeaux; splendid!🤠
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Beautiful tone colors! This is 18thC chamber music at its finest. While the informative notes give great info on instruments, dates and locations are omitted, so I will venture early 1720s, Dresden. Violas d'Amore, Oboes d'Amore, Chalumeaux; splendid!🤠
Beautiful tone colors! This is 18thC chamber music at its finest. While the informative notes give great info on instruments, dates and locations are omitted, so I will venture early 1720s, Dresden. Violas d'Amore, Oboes d'Amore, Chalumeaux; splendid!🤠
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When considering Fux, the first thing to leap to mind is either Church music or his book "Gradus ad Parnassum" from which so many classicists learned to compose. But he also had a substantial corpus of chamber music, like these excellent trio sonatas.🤠
When considering Fux, the first thing to leap to mind is either Church music or his book "Gradus ad Parnassum" from which so many classicists learned to compose. But he also had a substantial corpus of chamber music, like these excellent trio sonatas.🤠
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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When considering Fux, the first thing to leap to mind is either Church music or his book "Gradus ad Parnassum" from which so many classicists learned to compose. But he also had a substantial corpus of chamber music, like these excellent trio sonatas.🤠
When considering Fux, the first thing to leap to mind is either Church music or his book "Gradus ad Parnassum" from which so many classicists learned to compose. But he also had a substantial corpus of chamber music, like these excellent trio sonatas.🤠
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A particular pet peeve involves mentioning a composer and hearing back "oh, he's ok but he's no (pick one) Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven; you know who I mean. So when I say I really like Michael Haydn, well, he's no Joseph! Very nice music though.😏🤠
A particular pet peeve involves mentioning a composer and hearing back "oh, he's ok but he's no (pick one) Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven; you know who I mean. So when I say I really like Michael Haydn, well, he's no Joseph! Very nice music though.😏🤠
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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A particular pet peeve involves mentioning a composer and hearing back "oh, he's ok but he's no (pick one) Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven; you know who I mean. So when I say I really like Michael Haydn, well, he's no Joseph! Very nice music though.😏🤠
A particular pet peeve involves mentioning a composer and hearing back "oh, he's ok but he's no (pick one) Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven; you know who I mean. So when I say I really like Michael Haydn, well, he's no Joseph! Very nice music though.😏🤠
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Any music by Tausch is worth seeking out, though you won't find much. Or the chamber music piece on here by J Stamitz, which doubled the amount I had before I discovered this super album. Period clarinets & horns! 🤠
Any music by Tausch is worth seeking out, though you won't find much. Or the chamber music piece on here by J Stamitz, which doubled the amount I had before I discovered this super album. Period clarinets & horns! 🤠
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Any music by Tausch is worth seeking out, though you won't find much. Or the chamber music piece on here by J Stamitz, which doubled the amount I had before I discovered this super album. Period clarinets & horns! 🤠
Any music by Tausch is worth seeking out, though you won't find much. Or the chamber music piece on here by J Stamitz, which doubled the amount I had before I discovered this super album. Period clarinets & horns! 🤠
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Of the many fine composers coming out of Mannheim, by far the majority wrote Symphonies & Concertos, or their hybrid offspring the Sinfonia concertante. But Danzi is a fine exception to the rule; his chamber music is first rate, like here.🤠
Of the many fine composers coming out of Mannheim, by far the majority wrote Symphonies & Concertos, or their hybrid offspring the Sinfonia concertante. But Danzi is a fine exception to the rule; his chamber music is first rate, like here.🤠
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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Of the many fine composers coming out of Mannheim, by far the majority wrote Symphonies & Concertos, or their hybrid offspring the Sinfonia concertante. But Danzi is a fine exception to the rule; his chamber music is first rate, like here.🤠
Of the many fine composers coming out of Mannheim, by far the majority wrote Symphonies & Concertos, or their hybrid offspring the Sinfonia concertante. But Danzi is a fine exception to the rule; his chamber music is first rate, like here.🤠
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Whenever I get started on Scarlatti's sonatas, I'm reminded of the old ad for crisps: bet you can't eat just one! Sometimes I CAN listen to 1 ... disc. 😏🤠
Whenever I get started on Scarlatti's sonatas, I'm reminded of the old ad for crisps: bet you can't eat just one! Sometimes I CAN listen to 1 ... disc. 😏🤠
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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Whenever I get started on Scarlatti's sonatas, I'm reminded of the old ad for crisps: bet you can't eat just one! Sometimes I CAN listen to 1 ... disc. 😏🤠
Whenever I get started on Scarlatti's sonatas, I'm reminded of the old ad for crisps: bet you can't eat just one! Sometimes I CAN listen to 1 ... disc. 😏🤠