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
Dave Matthews Band
"Away From The World" (2012) mp3
Robyn Hitchcock and Venus 3
"Propellor Time" (2010) mp3
EJS, Are you there?
Yesterday I received the " Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas" by Claudio Arrau (Decca version).
Thanks a lot for your post.
Regards.
Erich
Erich, you must mean his complete cycle from the '60s? Those are great performances, which he himself did not improve upon when he re-recorded many of them in the '80s. I personally love his later, more considered, even ponderous recordings, too - for Arrau's carefully considered readings, and the superlative sound that Philips gave him. Copies are hard to come by, but that's part of the fun.
EJ
I would try to find one of the Philips 1998(?) edition that was issued 24b a/d, that also incudes some concertos and a Rondo.
I understand that Arrau was recording for Philips the complete set again but the project was not finished because of his death in the early 90s. I don't know if that set was published or not.
Regards. Erich
P.S. Now enjoying CD1, Sonatas 1, 2 & 5 
Hi Erich,
Great to see a fellow Arrau fan. All boxsets that have appeared under the Philips and Decca banners are in fact the 60s recordings that you have. The later set wasn't completed, and the incomplete set has never been issued in a box. If you're interested, you need to look for the eight discs of sonatas that appeared separately (long out of print, sadly), plus one sonata that appeared on the disc with concerto #3 (with Colin Davis at the helm), plus the two discs of Beethoven sonatas that appeared as part of the 'final sessions' series. I do hope Universal will come to their senses one day and collect Arrau's complete Beethoven legacy.
Cheers,
EJ
Walter Salas-Humara (The Silos)
"Curve and Shake" (2014) mp3
Vivaldi cello concertos separated by other works. When this disc came out, I was a bit disappointed by the programming as I was mainly interested in the works for cello. But over the years, I have come to appreciate the variety. The Akademie für Alte Musik doesn't have the most alluring sound as baroque ensembles go, but their interpretations are full of life, and Queyras is at his best in these works.
EJ
Tori Amos
"From The Choir Girl Hotel" (1998) mp3
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
I have been playing this since '69 when it first came out on vinyl, pure nostalgia.
Great album. Now I will be singing White Bird all evening.
+1 After a listen on spotify I had to have a copy... then found out the cheapest was something like sixty quid on Amazon!! In the end ordered a copy of Marrying Maiden from a supplier in Germany for less than a tenner.
But you should get this album it is a classic, I've had a copy on record or cd format since 1969. Worth every penny.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Live Anthology (2009)
Streaming: CD FLAC rip
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Tangerine Dream ~ Stratosfear
A little krautrock from 1976, this is the '95 remaster.
One of Dire Straits' under-estimated albums in my view. Only five songs on the whole album allowing the band to develop each one beyond what was at the time the standard three to four minutes for a single. I remember being irritated at the time of release when the shorter version of Private Investigations was the one DJs played on the radio. Quality of the reproduction of this SBM CD is also very good.
Natalia Zukerman
"Gas Station Roses" (2011) mp3
This forum is a very confusing place, I just spent some time reading threads in the Streaming section and I am afraid I may have hurt myself. Ouch. Nasty peoples. Listen to the music !!!!
Downloaded from Naim - 24 bit. Making a serious effort, to get into this radikal, and most outragious album. The work is paying off, after 3 listens. If you think your system, ears, brain, partner, and neighbours can handle this, AND, you are extremely broad minded, then dowload it, at my risk. I'll buy you a drink, if you don't find it usefull, for some occasion or mood .Worth it, as a test album, if nothing else.
http://www.naimlabel.com/artist-triovd.aspx
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Tangerine Dream ~ Stratosfear
A little krautrock from 1976, this is the '95 remaster.
You have got me back on the early Krautrock again Stevee
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Original Vinyl
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Iron Butterfly ~In-A-Garda-Da-Vida
Getting its annual run out this iconic album originally released in 1968 was my first introduction to "underground music". This remaster (with extra tracks) from '96 replaced my lost / stolen original '68 vinyl.
Top of the pile:
Van Morrison
"Keep It Simple" (2008) mp3
Amon Düül II - Wolf City (1972)
Early Krautrock - Original vinyl
Very audiophile - like them playing in front of you, very enjoyable
EJS, Are you there?
Yesterday I received the " Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas" by Claudio Arrau (Decca version).
Thanks a lot for your post.
Regards.
Erich
Erich, you must mean his complete cycle from the '60s? Those are great performances, which he himself did not improve upon when he re-recorded many of them in the '80s. I personally love his later, more considered, even ponderous recordings, too - for Arrau's carefully considered readings, and the superlative sound that Philips gave him. Copies are hard to come by, but that's part of the fun.
EJ
I would try to find one of the Philips 1998(?) edition that was issued 24b a/d, that also incudes some concertos and a Rondo.
I understand that Arrau was recording for Philips the complete set again but the project was not finished because of his death in the early 90s. I don't know if that set was published or not.
Regards. Erich
P.S. Now enjoying CD1, Sonatas 1, 2 & 5
Hi Erich,
Great to see a fellow Arrau fan. All boxsets that have appeared under the Philips and Decca banners are in fact the 60s recordings that you have. The later set wasn't completed, and the incomplete set has never been issued in a box. If you're interested, you need to look for the eight discs of sonatas that appeared separately (long out of print, sadly), plus one sonata that appeared on the disc with concerto #3 (with Colin Davis at the helm), plus the two discs of Beethoven sonatas that appeared as part of the 'final sessions' series. I do hope Universal will come to their senses one day and collect Arrau's complete Beethoven legacy.
Cheers,
EJ
Well. actually the later set was issued in a box, this one:
http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven...ords=arrau+beethoven
The sonatas no.s 14 and 29 are from the 1960es set, as Arrau did not live to rerecord them.