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
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Gentle harp play by a superb musician. Apparently this was his first recording and debut album back in 1984.
An early CD. Verdi's Il Trovatore has been described as Verdi's last, best, look to the past before he would continue on the path set in with Luisa Miller and Rigoletto - which is a simplification but fact is, Joan Sutherland sings here as if she is in a Rossini opera, with vocal pyrotechnics that have little to do with the drama or her character's state of mind. Everything else, from conductor to chorus to Pav and the other singers, and the SQ, are absolutely top tier. This opera has not been lucky on record, and all round this remains one of the best recordings. Personally, I continue to have a weak spot for the old Erede / Tebaldi / Del Monaco recording from the 50s.
Cheers,
EJ
On Music Matters vinyl...
Changing gear.....
Can: Cannibalism
Your father hasn't been born yet......
and Mother Sky doesn't half move along... Takes me back to some long haired, smokey bar In Liverpool.
...and I am in York tomorrow for a hair cut... How the world has changed.
Richard
My first Can LP, Richard - an Xmas pressie in 1978. Love at first hear, have been a Cannite ever since...
First press vinyl. 'Cause it's Nordicana this weekend!
As Gary Shaw is embroiled in his Streaming project, I thought this Podcast might give him a welcome break - https://www.mixcloud.com/ianfa...5-man-in-the-mirror/
This is the 155th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show. Your usual host, Eppy, is experiencing a busy period at work and is preparing for EppyFest 4, so Rebsie & Daniel from Alchymical Muse have kindly stepped in to bring you another of their takes on the Eppy Gibbon show. You can expect a typically eclectic musical mix, including a feature artist (rather than a feature album), XTC, and there will be three tracks from that band. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Cheers Denis! I'll follow these up over the weekend.
On vinyl...
More Scandi magic, on CD:
Original Liberty vinyl. Great late '60s blues rock. Not easy to find now, even on CD.
During workout - good consistent prog album
CD - this compilation: Demon Music Group Ltd 2013 : )
1. Just Around the Corner - Herbie Hancock 7:36
2. Coming to You Live - Charles Earland 6:12
3. Barbara Ann - Webster Lewis 6:00
4. Brazilica - Ramsey Lewis 7:16
5. In the Park - Lonnie Liston Smith 4:18
6. Hop Scotch - Harvey Mason 7:05
7. Zauis - Eddie Russ 5:32
8. Put It in the Pocket - Freddie Hubbard 4:23
9. Africano - Earth Wind & Fire 5:11
10. Sinbad - Weldon Irvine 6:23
11. Palos - Willie Bobo 5:14
12. Chicago Theme (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws 5:33
Total Running Time = 70:49
Conceived and compiled with love by Dean Rudland
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I wanted to listen to Chocolate Girl - but overindulged
I have decided, for no particularly good reason other than the fact that it's Nordicana weekend, to restrict myself to acts from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland.
So this, on CD:
Released in 1983. It would be interesting to computer it to his 2010 recording made in 2010 for ECM.
After all that jazz, here's some Danish pop/rock:
Bach & Beyond Part 2: Jennifer Koh (violin)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonate für Violine solo No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001
Bela Bartok: Sonate für Violine solo Sz. 117, BB 124
Kaija Saariaho: Frises
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita für Violine solo No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002
If memory serves me well, all Cedille Records out of Chicago seem to be recorded very well with marvellous sonics. They just get it right. It makes you wonder what is wrong with the vast majority of labels, producers, recording engineers?
Georg Friedrich Händel: Danny Driver (Klavier)
Suite No. 1 in A major HWV426
Suite No. 2 in A major HWV427
Suite No. 3 in A major HWV428
Suite No. 4 in A major HWV429
Suite No. 5 in A major HWV430
Suite No. 6 in A major HWV431
Suite No. 7 in A major HWV432
Suite No. 8 in A major HWV433
Suite (Partita) in C minor HWV444
Suite in E minor HWV 438
Chaconne in G major HWV 435
My love for the keyboard works of Händel continues to grow.
On vinyl...
Streaming wav ages since I played this not a bad album
On vinyl...
Chance to listen with the wick turned up so what better album? Sabbath's first and in my view their best, though that maybe because this album made such an impression on me when I first heard it. The opening track starting with the heavy rain and thunder and then pow! Raw, dark, unapologetic - this was heavy metal alright. Sabbath must have inspired many other bands.