What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013
On the cusp of 2014, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
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
UK Mono 1st press vinyl. 
The Heptones...arrived today, another great reggae album for under a tenner!
There is some real good reissues from the great 1970s/80s reggae era from Greensleeves in particular.
Richard
This has infected me as I cant stop playing it. It makes me smile, feel good, just reggae along and all for £8.31 from Amazon.
Rastafari!
Richard
Advance Sony Legacy CD. Landmark recordings from the Fillmore East, NYC in 1970. Astonishing music which makes the original double LP redundant. Four CDs, over 135 minutes' worth of unreleased music, extra tracks recorded at Fillmore West the same year. Comes out later this month and at around £16 is an absolute steal. Great SQ as well.
CD 2.
G
Prompted by a fascinating edition of "Building a Library" on Radio 3 earlier, I thought I'd drag out this old (ancient) LP I inherited off a relative. A bit crackly but still sounds fantastic - the energy and commitment of the cast and orchestra is phenomenal and it pisses all over that terrible and pretentious 1980s version with Carreras and Te Kanawa, and the film soundtrack:
I have this on CD. Marvellous. Just put it on ...
ATB from George
Sharon Van Etten "Epic" (Spotify Premium US)
The Heptones...arrived today, another great reggae album for under a tenner!
There is some real good reissues from the great 1970s/80s reggae era from Greensleeves in particular.
Richard
This has infected me as I cant stop playing it. It makes me smile, feel good, just reggae along and all for £8.31 from Amazon.
Rastafari!
Richard
Just ordered this thank's for the recommend Richard.
Graham
Haim, you sure know how to schedule my time. I can never watch this and just move on. From 7:47 to 11:29 I watch this over and over and over and can not stop. I've lost count of how many times in the past two hours. The first four minutes (nouvelle etude no. 2) a few times only because it is in a major key bit especially this op. 10, no. 6 in the proper key is just as profound as it gets with music for me. And now I'm on to Ragna as well.
Doug,
If you are interested in watching a much younger musician & composer. The girl's father is Israeli and the mother is British so you get a bit of Hebrew (with translation) and some English:
Haim, this is simply extraordinary. Alma Deutscher leaves me speechless. To bad about geography as my son is still available and she would be perfect....
Such intelligence - you can see it in her eyes. My favourite quote from this eight year old is, "If it's serene all the time, it's not interesting enough." Of course, this is a nod to minor key tonality vs major key. You can not teach these things; you either understand them or you don't. She is a natural.
Thanks for this. It has made my day.
Doug,
Don't let distances deter you. eHarmony is always there to do the bridging.
Not sure I get this but it gets an airing now and again to see if I feel differently.
G
in high res...., nice
G
Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig: Kammermusik der Bach-Familie
Early this Saturday morn I invite the he Bach family over - and what a family they are...
Hires download. G
Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin), Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Another Analogphonic release of 180g vinyl pressed by Pallas in Germany. Recorded in Beilefeld in July 1988 at the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Großer Saal.
The Strauss sonata is a work that I have long appreciated and wonder why it is not much more well known or appreciated. It is a difficult work and maybe even slightly quirky at times but with some resilience it becomes worth the effort to get to know it but this is true in all things.
There is dogma and there is music; oil and water.
Thanks for this. It has made my day.
+1
Wonderfull to see such talent still exists.
It is a rarity to have such a talent and the skills of expressing clearly one's thoughts and feelings.
Bach time now:
The History of Apple Pie - Out of View
Making its way across the pond. Heard a few tracks on wknc & decided to pick it up. First listen. Indie pop/rock.
Roger Glover - Butterfly Ball - Vinyl
Haven't played this for a while. Forgot just how good it is.
Prompted by a fascinating edition of "Building a Library" on Radio 3 earlier, I thought I'd drag out this old (ancient) LP I inherited off a relative. A bit crackly but still sounds fantastic - the energy and commitment of the cast and orchestra is phenomenal and it pisses all over that terrible and pretentious 1980s version with Carreras and Te Kanawa, and the film soundtrack:
I have this on CD. Marvellous. Just put it on ...
ATB from George
I have to say that I was disappointed how dismissive Edward Seckerson was of the Carreras / Te Kanawa / Bernstein version. I rather like it!
Each to his own, I suppose.