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: 10 January 2015 by Iconoclast

Phantom of the Panther

Run Around

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by EJS

One of the great winter journeys: Fassbaender's dramatic and intense 1988 recording, with Aribert Reimann.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Iconoclast

Somebody's Gotta do it

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by dave4jazz

Top draw modern jazz piano trio.

Rec. January 1999

"At its best, "These Are Soulful Days" feels like a lost classic from the Blue Note vaults, and that's the highest praise that can be said about a project like this". AllMusic.com

Dave

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Tony2011

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Lloydy

Not listened to this for some time. Great album

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by sjbabbey

Runs "Stormcock" a close second. Side 2 is a masterpiece: a love poem to an England now long past.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Char Wallah

YES -FRAGILE- on c.d.

reminds of a lot of Porcupine Tree stuff, just more free and easy in sound, and less intense.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by kuma

Before attending Paul Lewis' Emperor Concerto tonight.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Tony2011

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by EJS

Tchaikovsky's last opera about the blind Iolanta, in a 90s studio recording from St. Petersburg. In the Kirov series, this is one of the best recorded and best sung entries. The music is glowingly beautiful but the story is episodic and dramatically shallow (but clocking in at a short 95 mins, it doesn't overstay its welcome).

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Haim Ronen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ9zOLlYflI

Piano and viola as daylight diminishes.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by Sloop John B

from a shiny disc on my 555, sounding sublime.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by DrMark

Based on seeing it here & reading what others had to say - I had heard this in the past in college but I am glad someone brought it to the front for me.

Posted on: 10 January 2015 by joerand

The Beatles Anthology 1. On CD from 1995 (yes, it's been 20 years). These tapes are always fun to revisit. The energy, creativity, and quick maturation of the lads is striking on this first set of CDs.

Posted on: 11 January 2015 by solwisesteve

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

Originally Posted by GraemeH:

Worth the qobuz streaming fee alone. A great discovery.

+ 1. Their Second album "First Pull Up Then Pull Down" is worth finding too.

Steve

Just clicked on buy now for the pair at eight quid on amazon.

Posted on: 11 January 2015 by Bert Schurink

Interesting fresh music, good start for the Sunday

Posted on: 11 January 2015 by Hmack

CD Rip (FLAC) from my NAS:

Murray Perahia - "Chopin Etudes"

Classical music currently does not constitute a huge amount of my listening time, but it is impossible not to be moved by this music and the technical ability of Murray Perahia. To cap it all, these discs are beautifully recorded with no apparent dynamic compression.

A great way to return to my system from my Christmas holidays.

Posted on: 11 January 2015 by Bert Schurink

Triggered by the Winterreise Post