What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (VOL V)

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

Great choice, haven't played it in a while.

Guitarist Ralph Towner (who also plays a bit of piano) teams up with the highly sympathetic bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette for five of his originals on this 1978 date. The music unfolds slowly but logically, and Towner's quiet sound displays a lot of inner heat. Highlights include "Waterwheel" and the 16-minute "Batik." Well worth listening to closely, at a high volume.

1 Waterwheel Towner 9:20
2 Shades of Sutton Hoo Towner 4:34
3 Trellis Towner 8:18
4 Batik Towner 16:17
5 Green Room Towner 6:16

1978 LP ECM 1127
2005 CD Universal International 847325
2001 CD Universal/ECM 3021
2008 CD ECM 001183202
(All Music Guide)

US 180g reissue. But the fidelity is a lot to be desired. ( a CD copy sounds better )

Let's hope the MOFI version is better than this.

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Originally posted by kuma:

Let's hope the MOFI version is better than this.

The MoFi CD sounds very good, don't know about the vinyl.

~<>~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) ~<>~

ASCANIO IN ALBA

Venere... Lilian Sukis
Ascanio... (her son) Agnes Baltsa
Silvia... (nymph of the line of Hercules) Edith Mathis
Aceste... (a priest) Peter Schreier
Fauno... (a shepherd) Arleen Auger

Salzburger Kammerchor
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Conductor/harsichord ~ Leopold Hager
(Performed in 1976)

~<>~

Deutsche Grammophon
3 x mintymintyminty LP Box-set @ 1981

Lots of funny goings on in this opera with a very queer bunch of 'carry-on' style characters.
But it’s all perfectly respectable really! ; )
The musik, composed by a very teenage Wolfgang, is a sheer delight, and imho a seriously underestimated opera! : )

nymph

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Originally posted by ewemon:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

What's it like Oliver? Worth getting?

Ewen,

I'm just playing it again, a must have IMHO. I didn't expect much but this is one of my favorite new releases so far this year.

Cheers ... Oliver

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Originally posted by Luxen:
The best debut ever???

That would make a great thread - even though an impossible question.

Arrived this morning. Adobe Media Player is required to play the videos (on your computer). It's available to download/install when you pop in the CD. The videos do not play on your DVD Player.

all the blue changes video from the Bush Hall gig is excellent, so the live DVD looks promising

It includes Cristy Moore which is reason enough.

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Originally posted by DenisA:


Arrived this morning. Adobe Media Player is required to play the videos (on your computer). It's available to download/install when you pop in the CD. The videos do not play on your DVD Player.

all the blue changes video from the Bush Hall gig is excellent, so the live DVD looks promising

Missing Cover Artwork

Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile by Lisa Ekdahl
Silver Tree by Lisa Gerrard (AUZ Import)
Sea Sew by Lisa Harrigan

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Originally posted by naim_nymph:
(CAMEO Word Up!)

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Originally posted by Paper Plane:
What do you think of it, nymph?
steve

I rather like it!
It's another one of those grubby albums i purchased as a box-lot for a tenner (about 100 albums in all)
But it cleaned up very well and plays very nicely...
suprised me how old that music is though, or it is me!

nymph

Hmmm...perhaps I'll blow the dust off my copy & give it a spin. Time for a re-evaluation I think.

steve

Had this for years, just giving it another go. Always struck me as a bloke who was all technique and no soul