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

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz. What a fine record this is, always sounds fresh.

Regards

Nic

Live disc, not their best songs IMO. Tuneless noodlings for the most part didn't even finish it.

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Thankyou SmilingMiles,

I bought this CD today and I like it...

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

1-3 Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E flat
'Kegelstatt-Trio' K.498

4-7 Quintet for clarinet and string quartet in A K.581

Pascal Moragues clarinet
Frank Braley piano
Vladimir Mendelssohn viola

(Prazak Quartet)
Vaclav Remes & Vlastimil Holek violins
Josef Kluson viola
Michal Kanka cello

Studio Recorded in Marseille DSD SACD Praga Digitals @ February 2003

Just finished the Concert Overture "Cockaine" by Elgar in the 1933 HMV recording where the composer conducted the BBC SO in Abbey Road at one of his very last recording seesions.

The recording proves rather fine and entirely lucid, but the point is really his very direct driven view-point on the music. A powerful corrective to modern Elgar performance practice.

Edward van Beinum's wonderful Decca 1949/50 recording with the LPO rivals Elgar's in every way, but this is the only modern performance [ie.post 1945] which seems to completely avoid the grandiose pomposity so often inflicted on this music nowadays.

Perhaps the gramophone still has something to teach us!

ATB from George

Oh yeah and can't wait until the gig in December

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A bootleg from NY's concert at Coburg, Germany 23/08 this year.

And it sounds fantastic!!

That reminds me Ewemon. Did anything ever come up for the gig in Edinburgh?

Regards

Diccus

Apologies just haven't cut them to disc.

Have 3-4 recordings of the show so will work on them for definite this week.

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Originally posted by Chillkram:

So, d'ya think it was worth the punt?

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Any thoughts to share on this, and I believe you have Lindsey's new one as well.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

Any thoughts to share on this, and I believe you have Lindsey's new one as well.

Jeff - I have read a couple of three star reviews for the Jackson Browne so i did not have very high expectations for it. However, first run through last night I thoroughly enjoyed and I thought it was excellent. It will definitely be getting a lot of airplay chez Lontano.

I need to play the Buckingham a bit more as first run through I was not listening properly so did not really form an opinion. In fact I'll give it a spin in a moment when I have finished with

as played in TomTom's room at Heathrow on Sunday courtesy of another of James' visitors



Must stop going to these things, they end up costing me money...

C Kleiber's Beethoven 5th on my nice old vinyl - as prompted by GFFJ's symphony thread.

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as played in TomTom's room at Heathrow on Sunday courtesy of another of James' visitors



Must stop going to these things, they end up costing me money...

A lot of bass I imagine. Any good?

Yes it is. I'm enjoying it in a freeform blended with melodies kinda way.

Bloody good musicianship.

Very HiFi too.

Now E Kleiber's Beethoven 5th on a nice CD - as prompted Kleiber Jnr.

Not as immediate for me as his last album but very good.

Lontano - is the Live Bona Cd good ? I like his stuff a lot but haven't heard this one. Is it new material or is he playing tracks from his other (excellent) albums? I imagine him being great live but never had the chance yet.

Ian

and now C Mackerras Beethoven Symphony nr 5 with the LPO - why quit when you are on a roll. :-)