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
Groovy Grace Jones' 'Living my Life'. '82 release.
I can already hear some similarity to her next album 'Slave to the Rhythm'.
21 year old Kissin with Ozawa/BSO recorded live.
This set feels awfully genteel and too well behaved. Both the orchestra and pianist are both walking so gingerly feeling cagey especially after hearing Rachmaninoff or Horowitz where they take it to the limit.
Lush and beautiful but this is a distant, low energy, low impact paring where I would have liked to see more fire in the belly.
A great live record with top notch sound quality.
Vinyl
A vintage recording of Rachmaninoff playing his own Piano Concerto No.1 with Ormandy in 1939.
No.1 isn't popular as his other 3 concertos but I am rather digging this unfamiliar tune.
Ormandy's orchestration now sounds very dated like Max Steiner-ish. Rachmaninoff enters with a crisp and firm style, usual frenzy is kept to minimum in the 1st movement yet he pulls off plenty of excitement and drama along with inner torment underneath.
Oddly I hear some similarity to Horowitz style where he almost lets it go but pulls back in a nick of time. I guess both pianists have confidence in their playing that they can push the boundary. The ascending chromatic scale in top of Andate reminds me of Tristan leitmotif. Gorgeous rich harmony from yester-years.
Late night special in the vein of Webster and Hawkins.
Sensual opening track 'Blue and Sentimental' is quite intimate.
But what's nice is there are a few groovy up tempo tunes keeping the album nicely balanced.
Clean and snappy Paul Chambers bass line emerges from a pitch black background keeping the tune crisp.
Ike on the left, Grant on the right. ( but they switch on some track )
Tasteful Philly Jones on drums.
Quebec never had his own *sound* but this is very nicely done. I love the ending riff of Grant Green on the 'Count Every Star'.
My favourite weekend wake-up.
G
In the last days I have become more familiar to his work. I before only had his Scarlatti Cd. I should have known this work much before. Across the board I like what I hear. Great storytelling...
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Tangerine Dream ~ Cyclone (1978)
I have been listening to a lot of modern (good) Berlin School electronica of late but this morning go back to one of the originals.
The sun is shining and spring is finally here. Seems appropriate to listen to some jazz with piano.
And "Belonging" is such a nice album!
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Tangerine Dream ~ Force Majeure (1979)
Remastered version from 1995
Amon Düül II - Live In London (1973)
Original vinyl
Sonatas for violin & piano No 1 in A Major Op. 13 and No 2 in E Minor Op. 108.
A sad week for all fans of Free....
I've been reading the forum for many years and this is
my first post.
Some very mixed artists here, thanks for the inspiration.
Ben Harper, Both Sides of the Gun, listening via my
ND5XS from a ripped CD using XLD.
Can't for the life of me add the picture. Doh!
Hopefully this might work for you. From an earlier post:
*****I may be able to help on a Mac - find the album cover at amazon or wherever, with the cursor on the cover, control/click (same time)and you will get a drop down, scroll toward bottom and choose copy image address.
come to the thread and click post replay, click the icon to the left of the smiley, paste (command key/"v" key same time) the image address into the top URL line, click in the preview window and the image should appear. Click "insert" and the image should show in the reply window, add any remarks and click Submit Reply.*****
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adapt as necessary for windows (mouse, clicks, etc)
from amazon
Again very good
