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

Posted on: 25 April 2015 by joerand

C'mon DrMark,

You have to tell us the other two

Posted on: 25 April 2015 by kuma

Brahms:Variations On A Theme By Haydn

Much lighter touch than Furtwanger like someone just opened the window wide open. Sharper focus and incissiveness. No cushy ride on a Toscanini set.

Posted on: 25 April 2015 by kuma

Beautifully orchestrated void of monotony and pretension which probably suits the composer’s personality well. Sounds more proper and well mannered than Toscanini/NBC but the Elgar piece finishes with a glorious pageantry.

. This 1965 budget reissue sounds pretty good, too.

Posted on: 25 April 2015 by ragman

Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:

Same here

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by Stevee_S

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Big Big Train ~ Far Skies Deep Time (2011)

An earlier prog' rock album from this very impressive band. Sometimes it's almost like listening to early Genesis.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by solwisesteve

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

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Big Big Train ~ Far Skies Deep Time (2011)

An earlier prog' rock album from this very impressive band. Sometimes it's almost like listening to early Genesis.

I never really got into this album. Probably because my first intro to BBT was EE1/2 which are brilliant. Everything else I listen to by BBT always seems to pale by comparison. Perhaps I just need to try harder. Promise to give this a play this evening.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by kuma

More Satie.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by Stevee_S

Originally Posted by solwisesteve:

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

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Big Big Train ~ Far Skies Deep Time (2011)

An earlier prog' rock album from this very impressive band. Sometimes it's almost like listening to early Genesis.

I know exactly what you mean Steve but its worth "trying" to put EE 1/2 / Full Power to the back of your mind if you can and give this a chance.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by Stevee_S

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Marblewood ~ Marblewood (2014)

Not quite sure how to describe the style of this Swiss band but I have been enjoying it for a while and will let another Bandcamp patron describe it:

"...if The Doors teamed up with Ted Nugent and Deep Purple for a collaboration of classic rock, but in different bodies and with different names of course? Well, this has the psychedelic jams of The Doors, the guitar slaying of Nugent and the Organ filled atmosphere of Deep Purple. There's even female vocals on a couple songs."

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by dav301

On CD:-

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by osprey

This is still a fine album.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by Bert Schurink

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by EJS

Ashkenazy-lite to illuminate a drab Sunday morning

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by osprey

Another one from the last year which is still on rotation.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by hungryhalibut

Just right for Sunday morning.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by hungryhalibut

Originally Posted by osprey:

Another one from the last year which is still on rotation.

Might I suggest that it would be helpful to say what it is, so that others can investigate?

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by osprey

Originally Posted by Hungryhalibut:

Originally Posted by osprey:

Another one from the last year which is still on rotation.

Might I suggest that it would be helpful to say what it is, so that others can investigate?

I thought this was universally known

Spoon: They Want My Soul

Pitchfork:
"Spoon's soul is theirs alone. It's not James Brown's soul, and though Daniel was raised Christian in conservative small-town Texas, it's not God's soul, either. It's not exactly classic rock, not quite post-punk. It's not the soul of indie idealists blindly conflating modesty and virtue. Instead, this band is about capturing the unknown—those "finer feelings," as Daniel once put it—and simply letting it float. Many of their songs are meticulously crafted, but they also breathe and break with crackling spontaneity. Theirs is an in-between soul happily seeking limbo as its own destination. It's manly in an old-fashioned way, but still scuffed-up and vulnerable. It's allergic to empty sentiment. It's smart but not eggheaded, tough but not dumb. It's Costello, Lennon, Can, and the Cure. It's all-knowing and hopelessly fallible, mysterious with a purpose. It's going to be crushed by life and love, and it's going to endure."

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by hungryhalibut

Thanks - it certainly wasn't known by me! That's why the 'and why' part of the thread title can be so useful. I've picked up lots of new things from here. On reflection, perhaps it's best not to know what things are, as it can help to save money! The description sounds fascinatiing - anything with references to Elvis and The Cure has to be worthy of investigation.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by EJS

And now, in the category 'quite often recorded, yet still unknown' music, a new recording by the Trio Nota Bene and friends of Dohnanyi's two piano quintets. Great music, in reference performances and sound.

Posted on: 26 April 2015 by ragman