What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.IX)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2013
With 2013 upon us, it's time to start a fresh thread. I've gone back to an earlier thread title because often the "why" is the most interesting part of the post.
Anyway, links:
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
While they both are singer-songwriters, at the time this album came out MCC was much more pop/country than her later work and sold a ton of records. Shawn Colvin is a bit more folk. My opinion of course. I have seen both in the last year and half. Shawn Colvin was solo. MCC brought a really good band. Both shows were great albeit in different ways.
Mary and Shawn have frequently played together in the past and are currently on tour playing as a duet in the US.
More sensual than Bernstein but percussive elements are entirely missing. So it kind of misses the whole point of the tune. It's a better fit for the soundtrack for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
More sensual than Bernstein but percussive elements are entirely missing. So it kind of misses the whole point of the tune. It's a better fit for the soundtrack for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Kuma
I would recommend the 1967 version by Stravinsky himself and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra as the 'best' one:
This SACD version has terrific sound quality as well.
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Aleg
Aleg,
I had a sneaking suspitions his Sacre would be rather good. My favourite Firebird is Stravinsky's conducting his own. No frills but he plays the score through with maximum impact and dynamic expressions.
Does the SACD you recomend can be played on a Naim CD player?
I am on a hunt for the mint 6 eye Columbia vinyl.
..different from all he has done before, but still interesting..
Aleg,
I had a sneaking suspitions his Sacre would be rather good. My favourite Firebird is Stravinsky's conducting his own. No frills but he plays the score through with maximum impact and dynamic expressions.
Does the SACD you recomend can be played on a Naim CD player?
I am on a hunt for the mint 6 eye Columbia vinyl.
Kuma
I'm sorry about that, but it is a single layer disc, so only SACD-layer and no CD-layer, and cannot be played on a CD-player.
The 'problem' with this Stravinsky's-own-performance-from-the-sixties is that mastering of the CD's is of changing quality.
I haven't heared the version you're looking for on vinyl, it is available on hybrid SACD however (so SACD and CD layers). It is also produced by John McClure (as is my SACD) so could be (nearly) as good as mine 
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Aleg
Mary and Shawn have frequently played together in the past and are currently on tour playing as a duet in the US.
I missed them when they played about an hour and a half away in western Massachusetts earlier this month. I somehow heard about it a couple of days after the fact.
On CD:-
On CD:-
On newly cleaned vinyl:-
Vinyl. Eighties-tastic!
Arrived in the post this morning a gift from my father in law
Heavy riff driven blues with gruff vocals and pounding drums.
Goldfrapp's "Seventh Tree" on vinyl. I had forgotten how stunning this record is. Was there a better LP released in 2008? I don't think there was...
Post work - Pre news chill. G
"Deceit" by This Heat - early 90s CD.
CD (1995)
On CD:-
Double LP from 1975 containing their first two albums, "Kraftwerk 1" and"Kraftwerk 2":
..interesting, still needs a couple of spins to grow on me..
Er
A very Fine Recording of Great medtner piano Music!
Disappointingly underwhelming:
Much better:
steve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opcq0ZqX6Es
An excellent Symphonia record from 1998.
Highly recommended.
Mary and Shawn have frequently played together in the past and are currently on tour playing as a duet in the US.
I missed them when they played about an hour and a half away in western Massachusetts earlier this month. I somehow heard about it a couple of days after the fact.
I have a recording of a show of theirs where Shawn is lets say has had too much sauce. Slurrying words etc.