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

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Someday, progress will come to the US too.

Have you tried Pandora?

Haim, nice choice above. I quite like the Pires Bach as well!

I had a listen to the Grimaud Brahms on Denon and this one as well earlier today. You are right about the sound; very nice albums to have. I especially like the lower registers where you get that nice growly Steinway character. Coupled with the wide eyed youthful élan and exuberance of Grimaud here these are all very nice albums.


1) Fryderyk Chopin: Ballade for piano No. 1 in G minor ("Polish") Op. 23, B. 66


2) Franz Liszt: Apres une Lecture de Dante, Fantasia quasi sonata - Années de pèlerinage, 2nd Year ("Italie"), S. 161


3) Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor ("Grosse Sonate"), Op. 11
I. Introduzione:Un Poco Adagio-Allegro vivace
11: Aria
III. Scherzo e Intermezzo: Allegrissimo
IV. Finale: Allegro un poco maestoso

Leopold Godowsky: The Complete Studies (53) on Chopin's Etudes performed by Marc-André Hamelin on Hyperion

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Originally posted by Florestan:
Haim, nice choice above. I quite like the Pires Bach as well!

I had a listen to the Grimaud Brahms on Denon and this one as well earlier today. You are right about the sound; very nice albums to have. I especially like the lower registers where you get that nice growly Steinway character. Coupled with the wide eyed youthful élan and exuberance of Grimaud here these are all very nice albums.

Doug,

Unfortunately, the only other Denon recording of Grimaud which I have is the Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 recorded much earlier in 1974 when she was fifteen years old.

I have none of her current recordings, how is she these days?

By the way, this is a must Denon to have if you can find it:



http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer...r=1-2&condition=used

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Originally posted by BigH47:

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Someday, progress will come to the US too.

Have you tried Pandora?

Hi Howard

Dabbled a bit but really haven't spent too much time there. Will have to investigate further.
Thanks

Jeff A

I think I will transition to a quieter Sunday night menu, no better place to start than a Haim recommendation !

Herbie Hancock

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
I think I will transition to a quieter Sunday night menu, no better place to start than a Haim recommendation !

Herbie Hancock

Thanks, Jeff. You are probably still enjoying daylight in the far west but that Hancock will work at all times.

Regards,

Haim

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

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Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
I think I will transition to a quieter Sunday night menu, no better place to start than a Haim recommendation !
Herbie Hancock

Thanks, Jeff. You probably still enjoying in the far west daylight but that Hancock is music for all times.
Regards,
Haim

Small amount of daylight remains, has been a darkish, dreary, rainy day.

This album is just plain gorgeous each time I play it. And I am amazed it can sound like this as an mp3-burned-to-cdr.

I shall try several of your classical piano recommends soon (when the bankcard is back in-line) as downloads and see if the format continues to hold-up in these genre.

Edges was an amazing photo, what music would you play with that ?

Jeff A

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Originally posted by patk:
Neil Young


Not sure why I didn't have this before. Picked up the remaster edition.

Some great tracks on this,I heard The Loner at a mates house & just had to buy it, I have it on the original Black Stuff! Sounds good on Vinyl. Apparently the remix for CD was appalling!

Wynton Marsalis w/Kenny Kirkland on piano

Jeff,

Thanks again. Any soft and slow music would go with Edges.

How about Epigraphs?

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/d...igraphs/hnum/2279598

Interesting recording using vintage microphones in a old church in more of a classical style. Quite good sound quality. Music is OK, but probably not his finest hour.

One of my favourite records ever. To say that Joni seemed "unlucky in love" is a massive understatement.

One of my favorites, on the black stuff.
Anthony

Underworld ‘i’m a big sister, and i’m a girl, and i’m a princess, and this is my horse’ part of the Riverrun project.

Melodic indie rock.
Some songs could be MLTAIATC.

MLTAIATC - Most Likely To Appear In A TV Commercial

Quote from one of their songs: "Music is cheaper than therapy."
They are right.

Prog-rock meets electronica.
And then electronica kicks prog-rock's butt.

High MLTAIATC factor.

Tongue tied. Listening to that song is like an adventure.

I love this CD.

On Spotify

Rosanne Cash will begin touring behind "The List" on 10.09.2009. She applies her considerable interpretative talents to a collection of covers which proves that she has overcome her sadness. This album is, then, a step forward for her.

The origin of "The List" is a very special tale that brings us back to 1973. Rosanne had, up to that time, primarily been a dedicated fan of, among others, the Beatles [she was president of a local Beatles' fan club long before scoring a hit with her cover version of "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"], the Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. At that time, Johnny Cash - aware of his older child lack of knowledge regarding Country/Folk American music - wrote down his own list of the hundred more important American songs and handed it to her. The "man in black" encouraged her to learn them. Rosanne kept the list but, at the time, she was too eager to forge her own path to follow the recommendation. This was a wise decision as she achieved success on her own terms, not thanks to her "pedigree".

The twelve songs included on this album were on Johnny Cash's 1973 list. As she testifies: "these songs are now in my DNA". She is also convinced that it is useful to let people hear these older songs so that they stay alive in the current public's memory. She really sings her heart out on these well-known tunes. Of course, Johnny Cash had conservative tastes in music. This means that all the tunes on this album have already been covered quite often by any number of famous artists.

I'll give that try too.



I saw her (I think) doing Motherless Children, but I can't for the life of me remember where or when it was on.

More Black Stuff!

Stu I see there is a Warrior [30th Anniversary Special Edition] [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered

On vinyl:-

Turned on the tuner and heard a piece by Janis Joplin, really took me back but next piece not so special so hankering for some western country type music.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i...nc0TmemL._SS400_.jpg

Then I found this in the stack, been there 2 years without a listen, just wonderful taking me back to the 70s in Colorado.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i...JV8PRSZL._SS500_.jpg

and being late Sunday gentle music I dug around for this, not difficult to do as it was near the top of recent pulls.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i...C1CZkInL._SS500_.jpg

I sure did have a good sleep last night.