What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.IX)

Lugansy's persuasive accounts of the two Rach sonatas are characterised by suave playing, with a sense of tremendous power being held in reserve. Compared to him, Kocsis and Ashkenazy sound almost pedestrian.

Cheers,

EJ

..keep on listening the trios, very good music for the Sunday monring..

Lovely Sunday morning.  House still has the feint aroma of last nights delicious curry so this seemed appropriate. G

This groundbreaking album on original vinyl released in 1973.

G 

Professor Longhair CD from this fantastic box set.

G

Good choice Graeme. You're obviously feeling better. This album is great on 45rpm vinyl.

Steve

Vinyl

Some girl blues...G

Followed by..

On CD. One of the best recent piano albums, fantastic performances all round. It's difficult to make an impression in music as often played as the Debussy but while listening to Blechacz, there's a feeling that this is the one and only way to play these works, if only for an hour or so. Beautiful recording, too.

EJ

Takes me back to my first 'proper' hi-fi. G

Great recording with a wonderful spacious sound in 96kHz/24-bit

Finally got my CD deliveries after an unusally long wait.....

Excellent so that it got 2 plays (once yesterday and CDs 3 and 4 this morning).

On Saturday following the Haydn discs, the Chopin piano sonatas from Adam Harasiewicz

Don't you just love the Fire and Farewell Symphonies which I heard also live in Eindhoven with Richard Egarr conducting the Academy of Ancient Music

Regards,

Mark

Massenet's early style was that of the French Grand Opéra. Hérodiade covers approximately the same biblical subject matter as Strauss' Salome (the death of John the Baptist) but in this version, Salome and John are madly in love with each other and she commits suicide when he is executed. The musical style is also completely different: think Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, Rossini's Guillaume Tell or - and this is stretching it - Verdi's Les Vêpres Siciliennes (I Vespri Siciliani). This is one of Plasson's more inspired recordings, and the recording is almost old-fashioned EMI; naturally distant with space around the singers, and unfortunately, also a lack of deep bass.

Cheers,

EJ

Frédéric CHOPIN
Nocturne
Nocturne, Op. 72, No.1 (1827) (arranged by Sergei Taneyev) [4:43]
Prelude, Op.28, No.6 (1836-38) [1:58]
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (1845-46) [30:06]
Prelude, Op.28, No.4 1838) (arr. Mørk & Stott) [2:29]
Waltz, Op.34, No.2 (1831) [6:27]
Nocturne (after Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. Posth (1830) arr. Mørk & Stott) [4:39]
Introduction et Polonaise brillante in C major, Op.3 (1829, Introduction 1830) [9:05]
Nocturne, Op.55, No.2 (1843) [4:58]
É tude, Op.25, No.7 (1836) (arr. Glazunov) [5:41]
É tude, Op.10, No.6 (1830) (arr. Glazunov) [3:56]

Truls Mørk (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
rec. 21-23 September 2006, Østre Fredrikstad Church, Norway

CD

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'The Way You Look Tonight' is one of the best live Jazz recordings I've heard. G

Bonkers. G

Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri former members of Japan

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Continuing what I started yesterday evening ...

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (180g) (634/1000)

Adele Stolte, Anneliese Burmeister, Peter Schreier, Han-Joachim Rotzsch, Theo Adam, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Erhard & Rudolf Mauersberger

Eterna recording from 1970.  My biggest problem with this is with the spindle hole being too small.  First LP's I've encountered that have given so much grief to get on and off.  I suppose after a while this should improve or maybe I'll just throw them on the drill press and ream them out good.