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
Good band making good albums but there are times when I just wish they would cut loose and rawk out a little.
Contains one of my all time fav songs Natural Disaster.
More Tragically Hip.
Have to wait until January for the release in the US. How do you like it?
Pat
Personally I don't like as it is sounds like she is trying to be a cross between Kathleen Edwards, Lucy Kaplansky and Nanci Griffths and hasn't gotten the right material or the voice to carry it off.
Nowhere near as good as her earlier albums.
Hi ewemon,
Thanks for the review. That is disappointing to hear. I have all her previous albums and was looking forward to this one after seeing your post. Sounds like I will take a pass on it.
Pat
Second spin - interesting..
Cheers,
EJ
...performance and sound in general are excellent (I have the 24 bit issue). However, please note there is some intrusive non-musical noise during orchestral climaxes - not sure whether this is Isserlis breathing in his mike or something else (if you listen carefully, it is there from approx. 0:46 onwards in the sample of track 1 on their website). I've asked Hyperion to shed some light on this, and report back to this group if they have a reply for me.
On CD:-
Cheers,
EJ
...performance and sound in general are excellent (I have the 24 bit issue). However, please note there is some intrusive non-musical noise during orchestral climaxes - not sure whether this is Isserlis breathing in his mike or something else (if you listen carefully, it is there from approx. 0:46 onwards in the sample of track 1 on their website). I've asked Hyperion to shed some light on this, and report back to this group if they have a reply for me.
Hyperion was kind enough to provide an explanation. An extract: "There’s nothing amiss with your equipment, or with your download - the ‘noises off’ are part of the recording. Performance can be a very physical process and sometimes the end result bears witness to this, especially where, as here, the overall balance is quite close. I hope it won’t detract from your enjoyment of what is surely one of the great recordings of the Dvorák." Nothing to add from me!
Cheers,
EJ
First class acoustic music from their excellent 'Barton Hollow' album..
On Vinyl
fantastic ......
First play on vinyl. As a bonus it came with the CD too 
New reissue vinyl arrived today. Cleaned on the RCM and sounding great. 
Thought I would play an album of theirs since I just gave them some funds towards their next studio album due to be recorded in Nashville and also a Live one as well.
On CD:-
4 disc set.
First play on vinyl. As a bonus it came with the CD too
Mine hasn't arrived yet - and it was cheaper on Amazon than from Ms Obel's website 
It's really good though
because I listened to Skin Trade on the radio on the way home from work - the record might do with a proper clean though.
Hello Doug,
I was writing a short review when you beat me to it! I'm sorry to see you a bit hesitant regarding this disc, and I hope you don't mind me using your post as a springboard (so much easier than to start fresh...) to offer my contrasting personal view.
To start with the best: the great G Minor sonata is by far the most ambitious work on this disc. The first and last movements encourage a player to give it all until he or she is stretched out of control, and Uchida complies - she is no Pollini (he didn't record it, did he?) but no slouch either in the speed department. The two middle movements don't exactly offer repose: the Andantino has a restless undercurrent and the Scherzo is a rather stocky affair - both brought out well by Uchida, I think.
The other works, both from Schumann's later period and less accessible than Kreisleriana and the other great youthful works, are played very well, too. The Waldszenen are nice but for me not Schumann's most memorable music, but the Gesänge are quite an ear opener for people who haven't yet appreciated the quality of Schumann's late output. I first learned about the work from Pollini's recording and Uchida plays him under the table where I'm concerned, very impressive.
Sound is pretty good but not brilliant. On my system it doesn't sound congested, but there is a lack of sparkle at the top. A bit similar to her Schubert recordings.
Cheers,
EJ
Trying to keep the volume down - slumming it and watching Bayern Munich win
Somehow I missed her performance in Chicago two weeks ago.