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

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Leopold String Trio

Isabelle van Keulen, violin

Lawrence Power, viola

Kate Gould, Cello

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 for String Trio(arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky)

Front cover illustration is Ancient Harmony by Paul Klee (1925)

There is always fascination with this music on my part.

Doug,

How is it in comparison to Sitkovetsky's earlier (1995) string arrangement?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-glnQONHQY

Haim, the NES Chamber Orchestra version has some similarities to the String Trio version but on the whole the two are distinctly different.  The former being quite full bodied and smoother sounding and the latter being lean and focused.  I like the String Trio version but occasionally I found it hard to find balance with the violin tending to be so shrill (to my ear) and overbearing next to the much more beautiful rendering from a viola or cello (my opinion only).  I like going in to foreign territory with music like this by I always long to come home to the keyboard.  Currently Tureck has me transfixed but I admittedly have unique and eclectic tastes.  If the general listening audience were polled they would probably equate Tureck to watching paint dry.  Now that I'm currently in this mode, I find the string versions quite quick, in comparison, with me secretly wishing them to slow down.

while working streaming wav from cd rip

Double 180gm  'splatted red & grey'  Vinyl. 

Ordered this fantastic album on the heads up from Denis A. This is a fantastic album, but not only the music, the artwork - paintings by Salustiano are also sublime. This is the most beautiful piece of Vinyl Art I have bought in years.

On CD:-

On CD of a record I burned.

This is a must for any Jazz Guitar fan. G

Bouncy

Foot tapping a go-go

More a curiosity than a pleasure. It has a kind of niave freshness and charm because you know what comes later. G

streaming continues with 

And

Bach on cello and piano. Wonder why Hyperion didn't produce this disc, but it sounds fine.

Cheers,

EJ

For those who like their music tags to include - pop; sommarfågel; wintergatan; accordion; bass; drums; instrumental; theremin; vibraphone; Gothenburg

Wintergatan by Wintergatan (CD now, Vinyl late Summer)

http://wintergatan.bandcamp.com/album/wintergatan 

Buy - http://www.wintergatan.net/store/ 

Roskilde Live Stream -  http://www.wintergatan.net/ 

PJ Harvey  Is this Desire?

John Hiatt  Bring The Family  on vinyl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMVSfHkbSls

Pace and swing unlimited. Highly recommended.

1973 MFP Vinyl

Original 80s vinyl, still sounds v good.

Just about as perfect as an album can get. G