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
I only found out (relatively) recently that Jim Fitzpatrick who did most of Lizzy's LP covers did that iconic Che Guevara poster that adorned so many walls in the 70's and 80's.
One of Lizzy's best
SJB
Hi SJB. This was my first Lizzie album and I would have bought it for Emerald alone. We used to sneak home from school at lunch time to play it very loud on my mate's stereo while everyone was at work 
Hi Richard. A brilliant album. Saw them at Cropredy a couple of years ago, they were excellent 
On Spotify Premium. Hungry Lucy - Before we Stand we Crawl. Making sure I like all their albums before I buy the package from their website. So far I love it all
Eric Clapton "Unplugged"
(iTunes download)
A nice album from Mr Waters, this one.
Joy Kills Sorrow - This Unknown Science
CD. Folk/Americana/Bluegrass genre.
Laura Cantrell - No Way There From Here
CD. New release from Laura. I didn't take to it right away like I have with her previous albums, but starting to like it.
This new discovery is very nearly on continuous play at the moment.
I only found out (relatively) recently that Jim Fitzpatrick who did most of Lizzy's LP covers did that iconic Che Guevara poster that adorned so many walls in the 70's and 80's.
One of Lizzy's best
SJB
Love that album.
Although Fitzpatrick did that "pyschedelic" graphic it in fact used the famous photo by Alberto Korda, Guerrillero Heroico. Some time ago he (Fitzpatrick) handed over the copyright in perpetuity to Guevara's family, IIRC.
Bombay Bicycle Club - so long, see you tomorrow
CD. First listen.
With Peter Erksine, the master pacemaker.
This Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 has a springy youthful outlook contrasting to Schnabel's old fashion filigrees. Gould puts in his own take on the cadenza as usual. Intimate and sweet Largo taking unusually slow and rather overly elaborated. Lenny's orchestration here is beautiful and maintaining a necessary tension. Rondo is measured rather than dashing out of the gate remaining steady.
Perhaps it does not have the sophistications of others, but Gould's piano playing always makes me smile like I am having fun WITH him.
Stile Antico - Passion & Resurrection
Hybrid SACD.
Todd Garfinkle: Prayers, Wishes, Illusions
This catalyst for the label presents a collection of lushly exotic, but simple piano and bass chamber jazz duets by MA producer and founder Todd Garfinkle with bassist Shigeo Sugiyama. Much of the music was composed for a documentary about the survival of the Japanese crane on the northern most island of Hokkaido, known for its beauty and grace. The piano used was the Bösendorfer Imperial at the Harmony Hall in Matusmoto, Japan. The startling cover photo is of a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka.