What are you listening to right now? (VOL II)

Dear Tam,

I am so glad that the things are pleasing! I feel much happier about my memory of Furtwangler's many great recordings now I don't have them! I am sure you understand the difficulty for me as it was, but he was a tremendous musician, and I am happy enough to say so at one remove!

ATB from George

Stokowski - Rhapsodies

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Originally posted by munch:

A very good choice IMHO.

Apart from 1or2 tracks I'm afraid it's all Snake Oil & Mirrors to me with The Emporers new clothes thrown fo good measure !

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Originally posted by Blueknowz:

The picture obviously displays the backside of the disc. What do they play on the frontal side?

~<>~ Henry Purcell (1659-1695) ~<>~

Odes for St Cecilia's Day · Music for Queen Mary

Emma Kirkby soprano

Michael Chance, Kevin Smith counter-tenors

Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels
Paul Elliott, Neil Jenkins, Andrew King tenors

Michael George, Simon Grant,
David Thomas, Richard Wistreich basses

Roger Woolley organ

TAVERNER CONSORT, CHOIR & PLAYERS ~<>~ Andrew Parrott direction

Recording Abbey Road Studios London August 1988 (cd 1) - 1985 (cd 2)

Finding this very formal and stiff upper lip for my taste but plenty of tracks where the going is more relaxed, even dreamy and this is actually quite good. I’ve never really liked the brash trumpety fanfare stuff that Purcell produced but here and there tucked away on these 2 cd’s are very nicely sung performances that are, imho, up there with the best of ‘em.
Kindly lent to me by my colleague friend…
glad this double CD didn’t cost me what he paid for it! : )

nymph

I love you postman!

Great album from one of my favourite singer songwriters.

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

No Quarter.

What???
I can't hear you!!!!!

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Originally posted by munch:
Now one of my all time Faves.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Couldn't agree more. Your next one is also 'spot on'. Well played.

I think it'll be mostly Glastonbury on BBC3 this weekend!

Munch,

No, I didn't know such a video existed.
I was lucky and picked up good original s/h vinyl copies of RK and P&COHH on ebay.
ATB

George.

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I LOVE THIS ALBUM



Couldn't agree more. Your next one is also 'spot on'. Well played.

Oh well. One man's meat etc....personally I feel Amused To Death is his finest and one of my favourite Cds, especially the Jap edition I have which is a cut above my older UK one.

Thanks for that Munch, it's ordered.

Japanese press, one of their lovely mini album packages going cheap at HMV

's funny how often I play this after one of the albums proper, almost as if I want to hear some of the songs the way they should be..!

Was

Now

Bought in the HMV sale today:



Not bad, so far...

Nigel