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

El Cant de la Sibil·la

Mallorca - València (1400-1560)

Montserrat Figueras voice
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Dirección: Jordi Savall

Recording 1998 en la Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona (Catalunya)
Available format : CD & SACD Hybrid Multichannel Stereo

Throw open the windows, let some air in, grab a bottle and crank this ear candy right up...your neighbours may not thank you. Try some Swarfiga.

quote:

Originally posted by Voltaire:

Now that is one I do not know or have. I am getting the impression you are a Kuhn fan. How is this one?

quote:

Originally posted by Lontano:
Now that is one I do not know or have. I am getting the impression you are a Kuhn fan. How is this one?

Mesmerizing, utterly mesmerizing. I am firstly a music fan, then a piano fan, then a jazz fan and then a hifi fan and this guy ticks all the boxes.

IMHO Kuhn's pedigree is without question and his phrasing is ethereal and seductive and avante garde (whatever that means) and intense and wonderful. His attention to detail is like Art Tatum slowed by a factor of 10. In short, he forms a cymbiosis between human and piano which is staggering in it's intimacy.

G

Only one place to go next, the bastardization of Othello which I adore...



13. Act Four, Scene Three: Chi E La? Otello? - Katia Ricciarelli/Placido Domingo
14. Act Four, Scene Three: Aprite! Aprite!/Scene Four: Quai Grida! Orrore! Orror! - Petra Malakova/Placido Domingo/Katia Ricciarelli
15. Act Four, Scene Four: Niun Mi Tema - Ezio Di Cesare/Justino Diaz/Petra Malakova/Edward Toumajian/Placido Domingo

Surf Rock, Khmer style

"But don't you ever ponder
On things we never said?
Yes I did, but when we were kids
Now it's too late because were dead"

Bafflingly, my first Oregon CD. What are their best albums?

quote:

Originally posted by droodzilla:


Bafflingly, my first Oregon CD. What are their best albums?

Just checked and I have 15 of their albums and I should probably get them out and play them a bit more. I like Northwest Passage. The track Claridade is one of my favourites. Troika is good as well. Beyond Words I think is one Stefan likes a lot. Crossing on ECM and Distant Hills are well regarded. Stefan is placed to recommend some more.

Both artist's have produced great tunes and album covers.

I think Robert might have had the edge with female admirers though

UK compilation of the defining New York House sound.






Dean...

Bruckner - The Three Masses

The Chopin disc. Marvellous.

quote:

Originally posted by Lontano:

quote:

Originally posted by droodzilla:


Bafflingly, my first Oregon CD. What are their best albums?

Just checked and I have 15 of their albums and I should probably get them out and play them a bit more. I like Northwest Passage. The track Claridade is one of my favourites. Troika is good as well. Beyond Words I think is one Stefan likes a lot. Crossing on ECM and Distant Hills are well regarded. Stefan is placed to recommend some more.

Thanks Adrian. I had no idea they'd made so many. Good to hear Ralph Towner with such a sympathetic group of musicians. Where is Stefan these days?

On vinyl

First listen

On the Black Stuff:-

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention.

quote:

Originally posted by droodzilla:
Where is Stefan these days?

Out taking photos and riding his mountain bike.