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

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Maurizio Pollini (Klavier)

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major Op. 31 No. 1

Piano Sonata No. 17 in d minor Op. 31 No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major Op. 31 No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49 No. 1

Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major Op. 49 No. 2

Well, I survived 40 years, which is long enough to finish the Pollini Beethoven Sonatas set and as it happens also gave me enough time to pay off the 11 full price discs along the way (yes I have a few duplicates due to the repackaging efforts of those pesky marketers who obviously were also looking for something to do over those 40 years while keeping Pollini's pockets full).

Good thing I had other recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas to keep me going.

Wolfgan Amadeus Mozart:  Martha Argerich, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466 

Recorded just 9 months prior to the passing of Claudio Abbado last January 20th 2014..

Jakob Dylan

"Women + Country"     (2010)     mp3

Neil Young- Mirror Ball on vinyl.

Rossini's 12th opera, coming from the same good year as L'Italiana in Algeri and Tancredi. As with all Rossini, whether it's good depends entirely on the performance - and once again Opera Rara came to the rescue with the first commercial (studio) recording, with an excellent cast.

EJ

Funnily enough When I am Dead and Gone was the first song I ever played on stage.

Thom York - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes (2014)

On vinyl

Scorpions - Blackout. (Original Harvest UK press)

Somehow I ended up with two copies of the same vinyl, both purchased before 1983. The playing is just exemplary to go along with a clean and warm sound of the piano.

 The Gathering

(2011)

CD

Christmas themed bluegrass/folk/americana

MA Recordings has it available on their catalog now only as a HiRez download, don't ask me why.

Hi Gary,

I discovered the band a couple of months ago. You can also by 24 bit downloads from their site. I also bought this interim release ( home made CD & hand written case! )they made in the 2nd half of this year.

FD - Summer  https://frequencydrift.bandcamp.com/album/summer 

On MFSL vinyl. 

Back to back:

Joe Henry

"Scar"     (2001)      mp3

John Hiatt

"Master Of Disaster"     (2005)    mp3

It's becoming increasingly annoying to publish what you are listening to due to the copy and past problems with photobuckets (which seems to be an iOS problem). So again without picture, Marcin Wasciliesky with Faithfull - also a great album, like his last one which I published this morning.

No problem!

FKA Twigs - EP2 (2013)

Vinyl

Managed to again copy it. In it's beauty and style quite similar to the music of Marcin W. - so give it a try if you are in the corner of Tord Gustavsen and alike...

Looks good, especially as I really like both Wasilewski and Gustavsen. It's now on its way from the U.S. to my US. Thanks for the tip.

Polly Jean's really on form with this one. Love the duet with Thom.

Let England Shake is equally great.

Kate Tempest - Everybody Down (2014)

Streaming: CD FLAC rip

Performance poet / rapper

Nice CD.