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

Posted by: Adam Meredith on 23 March 2008

VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38019385/m/6532968996

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by sjust

Sounds great

quote:
Originally posted by droodzilla:

John Surman - Glancing Backwards

A 3CD compilation of his early 70s work on the Pye label - a bit different from his recent output, but even an ECM loving pansy like me occasionally needs a blast of free jazz!

Weird recording though - (seismic) bass and cymbals hard in the left channel, sax and the rest of the drum kit hard to the right.

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by JamieL

It has been a long while since I have been in a mood for Joni Mitchell, thankfully this last week several of her albums have been making a welcome return to my CD player at home, and also at work.

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by naim_nymph

~<>~ Marin Marais (1656-1728) ~<>~

Suitte d'un Gout Etranger (Suite in a Foreign Style)

Jordi Savall ~ basse de viole a sept cordes barak Norman, London 1697
Pierre Hantai ~ clavecin anonyme mis au grand clavier par Joseph Collesse, Lyon 1748
Rolf Lislevand ~ guitare baroque Hendrick Hassenfuss, 2004
Xavier Diaz-Latorre ~ guitare baroque Peter Biffin 1997
Philippe Pierlot ~ basse de viole a sept cordes Barak Norman, London 1718
Andrew Lawrence-King ~ harpe "di tre ordine" Christopher Barlow, 2006

Performed in 2006 (i think)

[Hybrid SACD] 2 cd-set

I've played both of these two discs at least a dozen times now and each time it's been more enjoyable : )

nymph

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by MilesSmiles

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by kuma

Don't really care much of guitar rock, but this one is all right along with the Wired.

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by MilesSmiles

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by kuma

Beastie Boys does funky down tempo jazz.
Sounds absolutely fabulous on record.

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by BigH47

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by MilesSmiles

First time in a while I listened to the whole album, wow, I think I like it today more than I did when it was released - one for the ages.

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by MilesSmiles

quote:
Originally posted by kuma:

Beastie Boys does funky down tempo jazz.
Sounds absolutely fabulous on record.

Sounds absolutely fabulous on CD as well - have it as one of my standard system test CDs.
Like to play it blind to folks and have them guess who they are listening to.

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by GML

Jude Cole - I Don't Know Why I Act This Way.

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by MilesSmiles

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by GML

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by naim_nymph

quote:
Originally posted by naim_nymph:

~<>~ Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) ~<>~

Piano Trio no.2 in E minor Op.67 (1944)

String Quartet no.1 in C major Op.49 (1938)

Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 (1940)

ST PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET

Alla Aranovskaya ~ violin
Ilya Teplyakov ~ violin
Alexei Koptev ~ viola
Leond Shukaev ~ cello
Igor Uryash ~ piano

Recorded in the St Petersburg Recording Studio in December 2003

[DDD] Hyperion cd @ 2004

I've been wanting to buy this cd ever since a few months ago when BBC Radio 3 played the 'Allegretto' track - piano trio no.2 ...i heard this while out in the car.... What a fantastic piece of music!!
Piano-sandwiched in the middle the string quartet with bright and fleeting melodies playing delightfully on the mind, it’s nice when the piano returns on the following quintet too, this music has good a art deco architecture to my mind but has a good engaging flow from start to finish.
The 76 minutes and 15 seconds of play on this cd shouldn't disapoint but my copy goes into a clicking fit about a minute from the end... the cdp turns it off early! : (

will have to speak to those nice people at Hyperion about this! : )

nymph

I sent an email to Hyperion yesterday (Monday) morning about this faulty disc...

Today (Tuesday) morning delivered by 1st Class main on my door-mat a replacement copy!

This copy works fine, the music is superb from start to finish, and i'm very impressed with Hyperion too! : )

nymph

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by bishopla