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
Lovely album, Gianluigi. Excellent reproduction, too.
M
192 kHz FLAC download and sounding really good tonight.
Nigel
Now streaming in wav... I was lucky to see her perform most of this incredible album in London and I have to say she sent shivers down the spine, an amazing soulful songstress and consummate performer truly memorable.
I haven't put this one on for some years. When it came out I thought it was wonderful, beautiful, but wasn't sure I was in the right place for it to really move me as much as it might. I came back to it about 4 years ago and it blew me away, but it was heady stuff and I haven't really dared go back since. I'm still not entirely sure; it's either a work of utter genius, or possibly just too self-indulgent for comfort. Whatever, I'm enjoying now, free of whatever baggage I may have been carrying in the past...
No Man: Together We're Stranger
Not come across this one, Richard. There's quite a few versions on the sites of the usual on-line vendors. Any advice on what year recording to go for?
M
Lovely album, Gianluigi. Excellent reproduction, too.
M
It never stops amazing me!
Enjoying the relaxing, slow-tempo music of Volume 1: Love Songs from the talented Suzanne Vega. Hoping to see her live next month.
On CD:-
On CD:-
Great album...
Symphonies nrs 5 and 6 from Norrington's pioneering HIP set. Woodwind out of tune, weird balances, thin-sounding string section, fast tempos, all contribute to very engaging and atmospheric performances - Norrington didn't get enough credit for his quite ingenious use of dynamic and tempo accents to keep the music from ever growing stale. These hold up well over time.
EJ
On vinyl.
Listened to this triggered by an article in gramma phone
What did you think? I can't find the article in Gramophone online. Do you have link?
Joni Mitchell: Mingus
This was Mingus' last work. Lyrics written by Mitchell.
Lovely music. No sure about Michell's lyrics sort of comes out of place to me.
Listened to this triggered by an article in gramma phone
What did you think? I can't find the article in Gramophone online. Do you have link?
Couldn't open it right now - this app is really a problem. But it's one of the first pages in the Grammaphone Magzin. Ps while I find her approach to the whole topic of making and publishing music interesting I do prefer other recordings. But you can try it for yourself by downloading this on bandcamp, it's not costly.
Ambient sound during workout
As always enjoying a piano album, she plays it a bit too machine like for my liking....
Streaming | FLAC Download
Amazing Tales of Time and Space ~ Cousin Silas, Kevin Lyons (2015)
"Ambient music that paints pictures in the mind, music that conjures up the places and spaces that one can only read about in sci-fi novels and weird fiction." Downloaded from Bandcamp
Whatever, I'm enjoying now, free of whatever baggage I may have been carrying in the past...
No Man: Together We're Stranger
It's strange how many of the records we own seems to tell nothing to other people. I can't remember dates, tel numbers and sometimes names etc but if i listen to a song i can tell you exactly the weather, the place, the people and the feelings..... Listening to those records is like to watch pictures i do not have.
Good record.
I understand Richard's comments - also have a strange relationship with this album. For now I would guess it's special as it left an impression.
Based on the comments in this forum - listening through Spotify, quite good and entertaining..
