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
CD.
Full bass heavy sound...
Vol. 12 streamed FLAC.
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Streaming | CDFLAC rip
Ten Years After ~ Watt (1970 )
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Fleetwood Mac ~ Men of The World (2005)
If only life and "events" had allowed this line up to have stayed together longer. Playing disc 3 of 3 at the moment.
Suits my gloomy, post-match mood:
Fascinating instrumentation and sound colours.
Track: Chaque Ligne de ta Peau Fut Aimée
Track: Afro Jojo Part One
Track: When We Were Free
Track: Shake the Disease
Inspired by DrMark's thread 'Zeppelin-as-you-ve-never-heard-it-before', I had to have a dose of Kashmir.
Chailly is the unsong Mahler director. Both violent and het cristal clear, with attention to the smallest detail without losing sight on the score.
The cd box is a bargain and the recordings are superb. Listen to the fifth, you can picture the Concertgebouw hall while listening.
Fully agree re: the fifth, I attended the concerts that preceded the recording in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and was bowled over. The box is a bargain, but the individual issues in this series did get some of the best classical music cover art ever (IMO).
EJ
Track: Are You Down
'The Chopin Album' indeed, because you'd be looking far and wide to find a more complete collection of Chopin for cello and piano. That is this disc's strength and weakness, since none of this music, by Chopin himself and as transcribed / recomposed by others, is as good as the originals (for piano, obviously) with the exception of the miraculous cello sonata. A fantastic work, which has received relatively little attention and has suffered some pretty mediocre recordings as well. I really like the high octane performance it gets from Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou, and it tips the balance in this disc's favour (IMO - clearly my opinion always applies when I write something about music, but with some of the venom being spewed in the Bach thread by both sides of the discussion, better add it just in case). So, on balance, worth it!
Cheers,
EJ
Track: Momento Magico
Track: I Love You
'The Chopin Album' indeed, because you'd be looking far and wide to find a more complete collection of Chopin for cello and piano. That is this disc's strength and weakness, since none of this music, by Chopin himself and as transcribed / recomposed by others, is as good as the originals (for piano, obviously) with the exception of the miraculous cello sonata. A fantastic work, which has received relatively little attention and has suffered some pretty mediocre recordings as well. I really like the high octane performance it gets from Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou, and it tips the balance in this disc's favour (IMO - clearly my opinion always applies when I write something about music, but with some of the venom being spewed in the Bach thread by both sides of the discussion, better add it just in case). So, on balance, worth it!
Cheers,
EJ
I fully agree with your assessment, except of the Bach precaution....