What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
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
Heard Rob Holl on the radio today, together with a song from his Winterreise with Grubert, so decided to give it a spin after all these years. Holl's approach is in the vein of Hotter, offering more of an outside perspective than usual, and also not seeing Leiermann as the end, but rather a low point in the wanderer's life, with a hopeful, open end.
EJ
One of a great new generation of trumpet players. Christian Scott, Ambrose Akinshmure and him..... Have a listen, you might like it...
The brilliant 90125, 24 bit flac streamed via Hugo
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Great album.
Going Back To School then Tony?
Originally Posted by George J:
But star billing is today and was even in the 1960s more important for record sales than any particular natural affinity between the artists playing! Few critics dared be disparaging of Karajan in his lifetime, though since he died his recorded legacy has been view much less lopsidedly reported, so reasonable and apt criticism [sometimes seriously critical in detail of various failings] is now much easier to find.
George,
Karajan was a very successful *brand* and he miximised DG's marketing machine to realise fully.
I even knew who he was when I was a kid. My father idealised him as he represented the ultimate cool. ( well dressed, good looking with gorgeous wife, too! )
All the classical records we had in the house were by Karajan/Berliner. Perhaps this is why I was so disenchanted with classical music for all these years! ( read: boring )
David Oistrakh; Lev Oborin: Sviatoslav Knushevitsky / Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent
Thanks for the tip. I will give it a listen when I have an opportunity.
Couldn't publish this, this morning. Great album of two exceptional artists...
Very mature album, also from this morning...
Great album.
Going Back To School then Tony?
CD present from ex-girlfriend. Haven't listenedto it for ages. Good band. Not so keen on LP though.
Bobby Mitchell's Haydn is playful, ornamented and masterfully played. The programme is presented without break, with improvised transitions between the works. As always with Alpha, sound is exceptional.
EJ
On vinyl.
What a voice!
Paul McCartney and Wings. Red Rose Speedway (1973). CD remaster from 1993 with four bonus tacks. Seems somewhat overlooked these days, but I think one of McCartney's better albums notable for the fantastic sounding guitars throughout.
Melissa Etheridge. Yes I Am. On CD from 1993. I used to listen to this often back in the day but have not played it in possibly decades. Still a solid album today!
Bruce Springsteen. Wrecking Ball. Special Edition CD from 2012. I guess what makes this edition 'special' is supposed to be the two bonus tracks, but the packaging is annoying. Too tall to fit on a standard CD shelf and the stiff paper jacket opening towards the gatefold spine makes it terribly cumbersome to extricate the disc. It's going back in a jewel case so I can enjoy this good music without frustration in the future.