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

On CD:-

Djivan Gasparyan - Moon Shines At Night

Armenian duduk music.

Since coming to many people's attention (including mine) through Peter Gabriel's Passion, and subsequent Real World label releases, the Armenian duduk has become widely used on cinema soundtracks--it's almost mandatory for scenes of desolation or despair. (For example to accompany Lisa Gerrard in the soundtrack to Gladiator). Hollywood doesn't do it justice.

The various recordings by Djivan Gasparyan are probably the most widely available duduk recordings. But I sometimes find his playing a little 'sweet' (often it depends on my mood)--perhaps akin to Itzhak Perlman on the violin.

From the Box set:

Musicians: Gianluigi Trovesi (bass clarinet), Gianni Coscia (accordion). Composed by Gianni Coscia & Gianluigi Trovesi.
Recorded: Perugia, Italy, 1995

Haim,

Looks like you've survived today.

Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Ustvolskaya:
Concerto for Piano, Timpani & Strings
Ingrid Jacoby (piano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Dutton - CDSA6804

One of my favorite trumpet players from his Gardiner days. Superb piano sound too.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

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Originally posted by KeanoKing:

Was playing the new AF earlier today, had some time on my hands to run through all the recent releases.

Ewen mentioned this to me. It's in my basket - maybe a ittle Christmas treat to myself.

ATB
KK

With kind thanks to KeanoKing on this one.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Still have to get some of their discs yet.

All last night's listening.

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

Divertimento in B flat KV.186/169b
for 2 oboes, 2 cors anglais, 2 horns and 2 bassoons

Divertimento in E flat KV.166/159d
for 2 obeos, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons

Divertimento in B flat KV.411/484a
for 2 clarinets, and 3 basset horns

Adagio in F KV.410/484d
for 2 basset horns and bassoon

Adagio in C App.94.580a
for clarinet and 3 basset horns

Member of the Holliger Wind Emsemble
Heinz Holliger, Andrew Malcolm oboes
Hans Elhorst, Emmanuel Abbuhl cors anglais
Ulf Rodenhausern, Elmar Schmidt, Gerhard Starke clarinets
Radovan Vlatkovic, Alan Jones horns
Klaus Thunemann, Sergio Azzolini bassoons
Manfred Preis, Barbara Noller, Elmar Schmidt, Gerhard Starke basset horns

(Recordings from Oct 1989 London)
Philips Complete Mozart Edition Serenades/Diverimenti @ 1990

playing cd3 of 6 x cd box-set : )

For the first time in about 15 years. Oh the nostalgia.

I think the revisiting the music of your youth is some kind of ghastly portent of the weary onset of middle-age, but what the hell?

really like this one.... this is added to my 2009 albums / finds of the year. Need more like this!

Picked it up at the Porcupine Tree concert last night..(john Wesley always joins them as touring guitarist).. Steve Wilsons Mixing and Mark Prats Engineering make it shine but the musics damn good too, good old fashioned rock music with no frills but riffs that grab you straight away and just a hint of southern country thrown in.. And at £5 an absolute must have..