This feature was not available in the Baroque harpsichord. Initially called the fortepiano, then the pianoforte, and now the piano was capable of dynamics from soft to loud the player needed only to adjust the weight applied when depressing a key. The Classical period saw new performing forces such as the piano and the string quartet and an expansion of the orchestra. In the case of a symphony or operatic ensemble, the texture might be described as homophony with multiple accompanying lines or polyphony with a predominant melodic line. The homophony of the Classical period featured predominant melody lines accompanied by relatively interesting and independent lines. Composers included more expressive marks in their music, such as the crescendo and decrescendo. In the music of Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven, we find tuneful melodies using question/answer or antecedent/consequent phrasing flexible deployment of rhythm and rests and slower harmonic rhythm (harmonic rhythm is the rate at which the chords or harmonies change). The Classical style of music embodies balance, structure, and flexibility of expression, arguably related to the noble simplicity and calm grandeur that the eighteenth century art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann saw in ancient Greek art. Greater use of contrasting dynamics, articulations, and tempos.New emphasis on musical form: for example, sonata form, theme and variations, minuet and trio, rondo, and first-movement concerto form.Question and answer (aka antecedent consequent) phrases that are shorter than earlier phrases.New genres such as the symphony and string quartet.Continued increase of music among merchant classes.Continued presence of music at church and court.New genres such as opera, oratorio, concerto, cantata, and fugue.Rise of instrumental music, including the violin family.Rise of homophony polyphony still used.A Shunyata Everest 8000 conditioner ($9900) contributed clean power.\)ĥ.4.1 Music Comparison Overview Baroque Music Shunyata Research provided the loom, including cables from its Typhon and Omega lines. Transients were snappy and precise, meshing well with a lush, effortless midrange that was about as good as it gets.ĭriving the speaker were a Constellation Inspiration amp ($17,995) and preamp ($12,995), fed by an Aurender N20 server/streamer ($12,500) and a dCS Rossini CD player and clock ($39,998 for the combo). On "Stolen Car" by Lauren Jenkins, the Minuets showed their velvety side, but the presentation never got sleepy. I was quietly snapping my fingers the whole way through. The Minuets proved their abilities with a brash, punchy rendition of "Hit the Ground Running" by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, a recording by a large jazz ensemble whose playing is as tight as Speedos on Pavarotti. I can report that the new Minuets' sound is beautifully balanced: easy-going but not laid-back, revealing but not etched. New in 2023 is a neodymium-magnet version of the speaker, but having never heard the previous generation, I can't tell you what changed sonically. What's lovely on the Minuet's outside is mirrored on the inside, where there are carbonite resistors (built in-house), as well as Jantzen capacitors and custom-made inductors and copper-foil circuitry. The Minuet, introduced in 2021, is a ribboned two-way with a double-sided bass panel in an aluminum subframe-exoskeletonsimilar in some ways to the fantastic French Diptyque speakers that I wrote about here. (Apogee went out of business in 2000 after a memorable 19-year run.) The Clarisys crew eventually decided to design and market its own loudspeaker products. The Swiss company has been around since 2011, initially building replacement parts for the legendary Apogee speakers. The Clarisys Minuet speakers ($38,800/pair) look like high-tech heaters in a 1940s film noir, and I mean that in the best possible wayI love how they seem simultaneously retro and thoroughly modern. Room 352 at AXPONA, where cable constructors Shunyata Research and speaker builders Clarisys had joined forces, was something of a feast for the senses.
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