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
On vinyl...
A piano dialogue between Baroque and contemporary works.
César Franck: Alice Ader (piano), Ensemble Ader (Isabelle Veyrier (Cello), Christophe Poiget (Violin), Pascal Robault (Viola), Christophe Ladrette (Violin))
Prelude, Fugue & Variation op. 18
Prelude, Choral & Fuge
Piano Quintett in F minor
Building my war chest up with Franck recordings and in particular my focus has been on the piano quintet. The first movement especially has taken control of me. A wonderfully gripping bit of music making in a French style reminiscent of the late nineteenth century when music still mattered.
On vinyl: awesomely played, hyper-disciplined funk grooves:
Great record!
On CD. I came across this in a box of old CDs while tidying up a closet.
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Leonard Cohen ~ Dear Heather (2004)
You'll find something that does not go far from tunes you already know.
But Mark Knopfler gives his best on stage so i think this is only the aperitif.
I hate compilations but having not a TT i have to take what comes on cd.
On vinyl. UK pressing.
This is a new acquisition; an album I was unaware of until yesterday. Completely improvised, and very good too.
Wonderful evening music!
Guilty pleasure.
Chris
Today's needle drops and listening:
I have this as a 24-192 set of files I ripped from my DVD-A ...be interested to do the comparison a bit later - just uploaded the files.
There was another album, but I have deleted it ....Olivia Newton John. I had some friends who worked at EMI and so I got tranches of LPs given to me, and this MUST have been one ....oh dear. No redeeming music, even the covers were poor.
A few weeks ago I tried ripping a couple of Captain and Tennille albums. I thought these were interesting as they are pure Musak but there was some excellent musicianship, didn't save them ....just no point in keeping digital files of music that will NEVER get played.
Melissa Manchester: Hey Ricky 1982 release.
Very 80s sound and dated ( Vangelis cover! ) but this original pressing sounds pretty good.
Recorded at various studios ( and no mention of digital equipment ) around the countries and highly engineered with a fleet of mixing engineers but the mastering was done by George Marino ( he has done many good sounding albums ) at Sterling Sound NY.
Very proof that an 80s record can sound good.
Here's a fun Steely Dan influenced 'Hey Ricky'. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics.
His latest on vinyl.