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

Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by DenisA

Steven Wilson - Radioactive Toy (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) As posted by SW on Facebook,

https://soundcloud.com/steven-.../radioactive-toy-rah

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by DenisA

Steven Wilson Soundcloud page - Live in London, 31st October 2011

https://soundcloud.com/steven-...-london-31st-october

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Tony2011

Great concert at the Brixton Academy(one of my favourite venues) back somewhere in the late 80s'.

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by kuma

Listening to the No.28 Sonata again.

Never paid much attention to it before but I am enjoying it. Particularly the 1st movement is lovely. Beethoven marked it as "Somewhat lively and with innermost sensibility" and Pollini does a great job interpreting it.

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Stevee_S

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

Originally Posted by joerand:

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

Originally Posted by Bunbury:

This has started to grow after years of being undecided.

I agree Bunbury, I started playing it again recently its a really good album and continues to grow.

What format do you two have? I love his first two LPs on vinyl and this one has been on my radar while digging second hand . Seems the vinyl is all but impossible to find at a rational price.

I have mine on CD Joe, picked it up off Amazon S/Hand. The SQ is very good imo.

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Lou Rhodes "One Good Thing" (iTunes download)

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Tony2011

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by kuma

Yet another Haskil Mozart No.20 & 23. This is a decent Mercury mono altho so far the best sounding Haskil Mozart is the Philip pressing with Markevitch.

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Jeff Anderson

M Ward "Hold Time" (cd rip to iTunes)

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by achique99

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Haim Ronen

Originally Posted by kuma:

Haim,

How is it?

Pollini's Beethoven No.28 Sonata. Not as funky as his later sonata, but actually there is a lot going on and playful than I remember. Thoughtful and sensibly played. Pollini leaves no ambiguity for sure.

Kuma,

Richter along the Chicago Symphony are more powerful and energetic but Arrau shines in the third 'andative' movement. I grew up with Richter so I am partial.

Are you getting more snow like we are?

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Haim Ronen

Paul Galbraith Plays Haydn
Paul Galbraith, 8-String Guitar
Sonata for Piano in A-Flat, Hob. XVI: 46 (mvt 1. Allegro Moderato, mvt 3. Finale – Presto) • Sonata for Piano in B-Flat, Hob. XVI: 2 • Sonata for Piano in F, Hob. XIX: 47 • Sonata for Piano in G Minor, Hob. XVI: 44

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Maeve O'Boyle "All My Sins" (iTunes download)

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Maeve O'Boyle "Being Patient" (Spotify Premium US - first listen)

Posted on: 01 March 2014 by kuma

Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Richter along the Chicago Symphony are more powerful and energetic but Arrau shines in the third 'andative' movement. I grew up with Richter so I am partial.

That's a Grammy winning famous Richter Chicago debut concert but I wasn't too enamoured with it. In spite all that glitter and pyrotechnics, Richter maintains a distant and reticent.

So not too difficult to think Arrau's Andante wins you over. If I remember Ricther's 3rd movement had this surreal Ravel's La Valse like ominous mood.

I thought you were a *Gilels* man.

Gilels/Reiner Brahms No.2 is good, too. Very different from Richter/Leinsdorf. ( Optimistic rather than ominous )

I also love later Haitink with Vienna Phil and Ashkenazy. This was EJ's reco. He was right on. I love this one to my surprsie. ( I usually do not care for Ashkenazy's piano playing ) This one is so damn beautiful I have nothing terrible to say.