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
quite nice... in higher res....
Ahronovitch's 7th.
Interestingly, this does not start out with usual chunky militaristic style for a Russian conductor. Instead it has an ebb and flow to it which is very different from anything I have heard to date on the 7th. The 1 st movement feels like a wide river slowly moving. An intelligent use of pauses creates sense of story behind the score. The march does not have that typical 'goose step' feet and done in legato. Notes do not stop abruptily and sustains in a split second. So I see why a critic panned it for lacking precision. Yet there is a sense of menace black lava like invasion as if a huge tsunami engulfing anything in front of it. The way this is directed is almost Mahler like.
Unconventional reading, but I find it just as powerful.
CD
Excellent disc...
in high res - almost like they are sitting still in the room :-)
Can you tell us what this album is ?? Looks like Ella, but I don't know unless you tell us.
It's Ella & Louis Armstrong - I think the name of the album was "Ella & Louis"
| 1. Can t We Be Friends (Swift-James) 3:48 |
| 2. Isn t This a Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin) 6:17 |
| 3. Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn) 3:43 |
| 4. They Can t Take That Away From Me (George & Ira Gershwin) 4:40 |
| 5. Under A Blanket Of Blue (Livingston-Neiburg-Symes) 4:18 |
| 6. Tenderly (Lawrence-Gross) 5:08 |
| 7. A Foggy Day (George & Ira Gershwin) 4:33 |
| 8. Stars Fell On Alabama (Perkins-Parish) 3:34 |
| 9. Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) 5:54 |
| 10. The Nearness Of You (Carmichael-Parish) 5:43 |
| 11. April In Paris (Duke-Harburg) 6:32 |
Probably have not listened to this album since the release. I even forgot I had it in vinyl.
I still think Moon Safari was their best.
Maybe they'll have a come back hit like Daft Punk did.
Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
New purchase. Exploring more of the catalog. My introduction was 'Swim'. On first listen it is quite good. Looking forward to playing it some more.
CD
After his passing, Tennstedt seems to have been forgotten.
I love his *Titan* for its dynamics, expressions and gutsy earthy colours. This makes everyone else look pale in comparison.
On CD:-
24/96 Flac. This is a stunning hi res copy Original 1972 Mix
IQ - The Road of Bones. First listen on Spotify, not sure yet, maybe need to listen again.
Streaming ... Great version of "The Meaning of the Blues"
Calexico. Forgot how much I like this album.
[cd ripped to iTunes]
Cd ;- Their influences can be clearly felt on Biffy Clyros' albums and others . Great Band.
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
24/96 Flac
first run via the NDS - all runs before via Spotify and earbuds...
IQ - The Road of Bones. First listen on Spotify, not sure yet, maybe need to listen again.
Hi Sorren, I have this one. It's not outrageously good but it is on a typical high IQ quality. For me IQ has become a bit repetitive....... So I don't dislike it, but I wouldn't also give a 100% recommendation.
Cheers,
Bert