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...
On vinyl. Great guitarist.
Joe Walsh. But Seriously Folks. On the Asylum clouds label vinyl from 1978. My copy was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound and based purely on its sonic qualities is one of the top five or so pressings I have. Musically its a brilliant album as well.
CCR. Cosmo's Factory. On the Fantasy blue label vinyl from 1970. A fantastic album and I think "Ramble Tamble" might be the best of the bunch on this one; it has a very edgy, sinister sound to it.
Idiosynchratic interpretation of the Appassionata. The entire score runs over 30 mins.
Reading up on his liner notes, he does not rate this score heavily. I have a feeling CBS/Columbia execs. probably made him play this popular piece. He's playing it with his tongue firmly planted on his cheek. In spite highly unorthodox rendering there’s something fresh and endearing about it. I am having fun with him.
Personally Moonlight is what I have trouble listening due to over exposure over the years. ( sort of like Debussy's Clair de Lune.
I have never heard a convincing Beethoven performance from Rubinstein even when he was younger. ( this is recorded when he was 82 so considering the age, he's good but oh boy all the corners are rounded off )
Artur playing it like Chopin piece.
Altho, I enjoyed his documentary film 'Love of Life'.
I am convinced that he's just not angry enough to pull off Beethoven pieces.
Maria Muldaur: Sweet Harmony 1976 Release
Mixtures of many style of music from country western to vintage torch songs and charleston.
I loved her fay voice.
Horowitz's '72 recording of Appassionata.
Not as clean as his last 1959 RCA recording of this piece there is a slight hesitation and lagging of timing. Big swing and grand dynamic contrasts are still there and more madness than sedate and mellow Rubinstein. A breath of fresh air than many but his older performance are much fluid and transparent. This set comparatively sounds a bit laboured and constricted. Tell tale sign is that I am losing interest in the slow movement where the RCA set kept me hanging all the way to the end.
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Tangerine Dream ~ Alpha Centauri (1971)
Some early original krautrock to stir my coffee.
First run from B&W's society of sound
First run from B&W's society of sound
Don't smell the smoke from the canon's....
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Airbag ~ The Greatest Show on Earth (2013)
Joining in with the earlier Airbag appreciation.
Deezer Elite stream. Takes me back...
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On vinyl...
On vinyl...
Late 80s double vinyl. By way of an FA Cup Final warm up...
Easy for the bass to get out of control on this recording with a less than optimal room/speaker/amp configuration.
My favourite of the later albums.
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Funky koto and harp on vinyl:
On vinyl...