Tag Archives: jacqueline du pre

My Ongoing Obsession with the Bach Cello Suites

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Daniel

At the tail end of 2014 I came across a book I had been previously been unaware of at a library liquidation sale and bought it for less than the price of a cup of coffee. That the book aroused … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, Essays, Music, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged alchemy, Anner Bylsma, Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Baroque, Catalan, cello, Cello Suites, classical music, Composer, Compositions, double bass, Elgar, Eric Siblin, German Composer, German Music, guitar, Heinrich Schiff, Hungary, J.S. Bach, jacqueline du pre, János Starker, Mischa Maisky, Mstislav Rostropovich, music, Nature, Pablo Casals, Paolo Pandolfo, Paul Tortelier, Pierre Fournier, Pieter Wispelwey, Ralph Kirshbaum, Shakespeare, Spain, Steven Isserlis, Suites for solo cello, The Cello Suites, Truls Mork, viola, Viola da Gamba, xylophone, Yo Yo Ma | 4 Comments

How Much is My Strad Worth?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Daniel

Back in the days when I worked in a luthier’s shop selling and restoring violin family instruments there was an oft occurrence. About once or twice a week someone would come into the shop positively beaming and bearing and old … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Music, Recommended reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Amati, antonio Stradivari, cello, Cremona, cremonese violin, Giegenmacher, Guarneri, Guarneri del Gesu, instruments, italian violin, jacqueline du pre, luthery, luthier, Mantua, Mittenwald, Mstislav Rostropovic, music, Nicolo Amati, Strad, Stradivarius, stradivarius violin, stringed instruments, strings, Venice, violin, violin case, violin family instruments, violin maker, Yo Yo Ma | Leave a comment

The Singularity of Whirring Vinyl Joy

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Daniel

Ah the joy of collecting vinyl… the crackles and pops while you scan through ghost-written liner notes only four record nerds in the entire universe have read in totality… that non-compressed precision in an oh-so-slightly humped side one… where horns … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Recommended reads, Uncategorized | Tagged afro celt, alternative music, ambient, classical music, elgar concerto, indie music, jacqueline du pre, jazz, jumble sales, LP, music, musicology, new age, rare bootlegs, record, record collecting, record collections, sir john barbirolli, thrift shops, vinyl, vinyl audiophile | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: jacqueline du pre

My Ongoing Obsession with the Bach Cello Suites

How Much is My Strad Worth?

The Singularity of Whirring Vinyl Joy

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