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

Alan Feinberg (Piano) 

20.Bull’s Goodnight by John Bull 

 

As one can see this all just amounts to basically a lot of Bull.  Some interesting stuff and some not so interesting stuff.  Maybe in small doses it is easier.  I can't say that I've ever heard a virginal or am very familiar with very much Elizabethan music so this was an education.  A lovely sounding piano though - (Steinway Model D, s/n 590904).

 

Johannes Brahms:  Hélène Grimaud (Piano), Conductor:  Andris Nelsons, Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 

Of course, I find Hélène Grimaud to be an interesting performer and so it will come as no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed her latest take on Brahms.  I would never say of anyone though that anything could ever be the last word.  There is no such thing.  I also wonder why Grimaud tends to provoke many.  I'd venture to guess that such views are a little harsh and maybe self fulfilling prophecies.  I like her style and understand what she is doing (which is always interesting in its own way) and so I have enjoyed this recording as I do any of her other recordings.  And those eyes....

Antonio Pompa-Baldi (Piano)

1.Léocadia: Les chemins de l'amour by Francis Poulenc 

Arranger: Antonio Pompa-Baldi. 

My guilty pleasure this evening- the wonderful melodies of a time long past now.  The piano is the same one from the Bull recording (Steinway Model D, s/n 590904) and so it goes without saying it is a warm and inviting sound.  I guess I liked Tharaud's swinging Paris album so it is natural that I have no Le Boeuf with this one either.  When I need a break from the constant serious music that I listen to I find these albums like a breath of fresh air.

On vinyl.

Alan Feinberg (Piano) 

 

 

As one can see this all just amounts to basically a lot of Bull.  Some interesting stuff and some not so interesting stuff.  Maybe in small doses it is easier.  I can't say that I've ever heard a virginal or am very familiar with very much Elizabethan music so this was an education.  A lovely sounding piano though - (Steinway Model D, s/n 590904).

 

Doug,

My copy is on its way (ordered it four days ago). The short samples I listened to sounded quite promising.

The Steve Miller Band. Brave New World from 1969. On orange label Capitol vinyl. Funky, bluesy rock.  Nice SQ, but would like to find an original issue.

Psychedelic,Acid,Garage,Space rock.

Monster Magnet-Last Patrol on vinyl. 

New this week....One of five from the Blue Note Official Collectors T Shirt & Vinyl Collection.

I Iver, just checked you are living in Belgium - so I don't know which online possibilities you have available. But here in Germany I just buy the album via amazon.de. I just quikcly checked for you they are also sold through amazon.com and bol.com (I assume bol is also oriented on Belgium).... So I guess that should help you.

On vinyl (and a very fine album IMO) George Michael "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" - 

Inspired by joerand....Steve's seventh album Recall The Beginning... A Journey From Eden was produced by SMB occasional keyboard player and co-writer Ben Sidran, and released in March 1972. The album featured another new line-up, with long standing bassist Gerald Johnson appearing for the first time. Bed Sidran and Jim Keltner guest on keyboards and drums, and arranging legend Nick DeCaro handles the horns and strings.

Original Vinyl

Florestan, Grimaud certainly has a flair for Brahms. Not easy for smaller womens hands, I believe. I really like this too :

And you are right, what a lovely sight she is too

CD

Deluxe vinyl edition.

Just gets better every time you hear it.

K... Where did you get your Deluxe vinyl edition from? G

Reflex in Newcastle G - but Sister Ray also had it last week when I popped in. Rough trade East also. It was exclusive to indie shops. It usually costs about £25 or so.

Alex Parks "Introduction"

Andras Schiff (ECM): Robert Schumann-Geistervariationen

PapillonsOp. 2 
KinderszenenOp. 15 
WaldszenenOp. 82 
Geister Variations(
Fantasiein C major Op. 17 

"András Schiff has chosen a selection of pieces which span the whole of Schumann’s creative output for this recital. They range from the earlyPapillonsto theGeistervariationswhich was the last piece of music Schumann wrote before his mental breakdown and incarceration in an asylum. In the programme notes, he makes clear that Charles Rosen alerted him to a manuscript of the third movement of the C major Fantasie in the Szechenyi Library in Budapest which has an alternative ending. In this version - which was ultimately rejected by Schumann - the composer quotes Beethoven’sAn die ferne Geliebteat the end of the movement. Schiff plays both versions to allow listeners to compare and contrast."
 

Keith Levene and Jah Wobble: Back on the Block, because I want to hear how low split Briks driven by  2 x NAP 250s can go... (The answer is VERY).

Matthew Perryman Jones "Land Of The Living"