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
Mary's best album in my view, and she's got lots of good ones. The title track and Carolina Rua are particularly captivating.
A great live album, tapping and melody....
It's always a delight to hear these three guys, finding each other blindly...
Great solo piano album.
Mary's best album in my view, and she's got lots of good ones. The title track and Carolina Rua are particularly captivating.
No mention of the sublime 'Columbus'?!
So, if you have this super listening conditions at home and a system to match, this recording will probably blow your socks off.
Do you have an SACD player?
Originally Posted by jmtennapel:
No, I don't. I bought the high res file and played it on my Naim ND5XS/Nait2 combo.
Ah ok. 24/96 native or higher res.?
CD - Berlin Classics "edel" 1996 issue
Karl-Heinz Passin - flute
Siegfried Pank - viola da gamba
Maria Bräutigam - harpsichord
Recorded: Leipzig, Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche 1980
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Joni Mitchell: Miles of Aisles 1974 Release.
This isn't my favourite Joni record but a great 99 cent first pressing find at Dave's.
Rattle/Berliner: Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges
The voices take over orchestra so Rattle's polite direction isn't a deficit here.
Whimsical yet sophisticated colourful fantasy opera. Meticulous orchestraion and scoring by Ravel, there are a lot of small details and sound effects create this magical kingdom.
Classy quiet ending where the whisper carries more weight than the big bang finale.
So, if you have this super listening conditions at home and a system to match, this recording will probably blow your socks off.
Do you have an SACD player?
Originally Posted by jmtennapel:
No, I don't. I bought the high res file and played it on my Naim ND5XS/Nait2 combo.
Ah ok. 24/96 native or higher res.?
I bought the 24/96. I cannot hear the difference between a 24/192 file and a 24/96, so since the higher resolution file takes more storage room and is more expensive, I always go for the 24/96 option.
There is a surround mix available as well for those people who enjoy that. Or a DSD file, since they record and mix using DSD streams.
They really nailed the mix for the performance this time. Channel Classics is very dedicated to maintaining a high standard anyway, but this one is even by their standards a gem. But most importantly, so is the performance. In an ocean of Mahler 9 recordings, this one stands out for me. And the colour and the 'eastern' sounding of the Budapest Festival Orchestra really works for their Mahler performances. I always hear how much of an eclectic mix of music traditions Austria must have been at the time Mahler lived.
Fischer's approach makes so much sense to me.
Good start of my Friday off
On period instruments which creates a complete different atmosphere from what you are used to. I am not a forte piano fan due to it's limitations, but it works pretty well in the context of this album. The violin playing is an absolute delight with also this dark tonality.
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
ZZ Top ~ Tres Hombres (1973)
Their third album and still very much in their blues days.
IMHO still their best.
Remembered seeing this here, when I found a cleaned vinyl copy for £2.99 in my Oxfam, yesterday. Bought it. Playing now. She's sweet!
Chris
LP - WaxTimeReords 2014 re-issue : )
I've been around the world, seen everything
And if it's love you want baby just give me a ring
I can't lose with the stuff I use
I'm the king of the blues
I've loved in sunshine, I've loved in the rain
All of the women who know me call that loving man
I can't lose with the stuff I use
I'm the king of the blues
Some people go to school to try and learn their trade
Yes, but I'm a lover, a lover by nature
That's why I know, I know, I know I've got it made
Yes, you might think I'm jokin' or just havin' fun
But they tell me the reason I'm the king
I'm a lovin' son of a gun
I can't lose with the stuff I use
I'm the king of the blues
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From this morning 
I hadn't listened to this album for a while (Stunning BTW if you like their particular mix of Floydish prog, electronica, ambient, and trip-hop) but did so on my iPod last week while on the train to Crewe. I realised it was the first time I'd really spent time listening to it on headphones - I felt it worked really well on headphones - and made a note to listen on the Stax 404 Signatures when I got home. So this afternoon I'm trying to write a report but finding it really hard with this playing in and around my head...
Archive - Controlling Crowds The Complete Edition Parts I - IV
Reminds me, I have their latest album on vinyl, which I haven't yet unwrapped...
On CD:-
