What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)

Gary Clark Jr.  -   Live

(2014)

CD

I always thought this was a killer album cover, and musically a real good ELO album as well.

Picked this up on new CD today for $4.99 at an outlet store...along with some new sheets!

The Doors. In Concert. On CD from 1991. A long overdue cleaning of my workshop late on a Saturday night. Two long CDs in my circa 1992 JVC boombox fit for the task.

Streaming | CD FLAC rip

Tangerine Dream ~ Exit 

First released in 1981 this is the 1995 remaster.

Streaming | Spotify Premium

NEU! ~ '86

Their fourth album from 1986

Completely different from some of the other version of others

It looks like you were spinning some great singles yesterday.  But this one by The Who  is an absolute classic IMO. I think it will be selecting this on the NDS later today. 

And still great

My Mother bought me the Amen Corner single and Sly and the Family Stone was the very first single I ever bought.

The Charlie Drake one was the very first single ever given to me.

Lonnie because my brother used to play in a skiffle band on the circuit.

My fav Zepp album as well.

Tangle Edge  "Eulogy"  

1. Walk Of The Frozen Ones 

     Part One : An Ancient Conception | Part Two : Escaping The Hard Chamber 

              Part Three : The Revocation | Part Four : Ensorcelled Departure

2. The Cryptic Empire And The Principle Sanctuary

3. Harem Shuffle  

on c.d.

The Who - The Seeker (loud, just as it was meant to be)

Followed by Magic Bus, Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again. 

Then I really must get out for a run!

Stephen Hough - The Piano Album

1. MacDowell: Hexentanz
2. Chopin, arr. Liszt: The Maiden's Wish [Zyczenie]
3. Quilter, arr. Hough: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
4. Quilter, arr. Hough: The Fuchsia Tree
5. Dohnányi: Capriccio in F Minor
6. Paderewski: Minuet in G
7. Paderewski: Nocturne
8. de Schlözer: Etude in A-Flat Major
9. Gabrilovich: Mélodie in E
10. Gabrilovich: Caprice-Burlesque
11. Rodgers, arr. Hough: My Favorite Things
12. Woodforde-Finden, arr. Hough: Kashmiri Love Song ("Pale Hands...)
13. Friedman: Musical Box
14. Saint-Saëns, arr. Godowski: The Swan (Le Cygne)
15. Rosenthal: Les Papillons (Butterflies)
16. Godowski: The Gardens of the Buitenzorg
17. Levitzky: Waltz
18. Palmgren: En Route
19. Moszkowski: Siciliano
20. Moszkowski: Caprice Espagnol

Rec. Abbey Road Studios, London, 6 October 1987

Virgin Classics Digital 1988

The picture is of the original release but I think the album has been re-released using different art work, etc.

To quote an online review "I could easily give the album the full five stars for its unique assemblage of short virtuoso piano pieces played excellently and recorded in fine sound. It's a valuable asset to the piano music lover's audio collection".

Dave

Debashish Bhattacharya

Just right for doing the ironing to....

Rory Gallagher - Live! In Europe (1972)

Original vinyl

Starndard CD version, AIFF rip of the latest from Seth, more of the same, but no worse for that, really good:-

Seth Lakeman - Word of Mouth

One of Jenny's finest .

CD. 

Recordings by Itzhak Perlman Live from RTE Lyric FM also available to stream.  

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Viola de Hoog (Cello)

Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010

Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Suite for Cello solo no 6 in D major, BWV 1012

When one thinks of the cello in relation to Bach's world this could be akin to ushering out the old and bringing in the new.  The viola da gamba and lute were the instruments of the day and the violin family of instruments were just gaining momentum.  I would propose that this is in the same way how the evolution of the klavier was occurring around the various keyboard instruments of the time.  It is true that instruments in the early days evolved to what they are today but what never evolves is the music itself.  Its intent never changes.  Bach only uses instruments to get you somewhere - a conduit for his brilliant creations of soul and spirit.

While there are physical mechanics of instruments that make them different from one another it may be like comparing different modes of transportation:  by walking, by horse, by horse and buggy, by a model T, by a VW Beetle, by a Porsche 911, by a Bentley.  Some are manual and some are automatic.  All of these various ways will get you from point A to B though.  But with some, it would be more difficult physically and even burdensome and with others with apparent ease and comfort.  Some enjoy the struggle and the effort while others prefer the latest innovations.  Some are practical, others sporty, others luxurious.  Some would argue that stylistically it matters how you get there.  Others are more pragmatic and believe getting there is the goal.  

In my view, the getting there part is the music itself.  If you only focus on style you may be missing the musical message.  Listening or playing music takes you somewhere.  It is a destination unknown but you have to choose a mode and be determined to let it take you somewhere.  Style is opinion and optional based on your pre-held views.

In my opinion, Bach's interest in new instruments, methods and forms meant that while he respected the past was also revolutionary and forward looking as well.  This is a characteristic that can be noted in all great composers that followed.

Viola de Hoog is playing on a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, c.1750 cello for Suites 1-5 and a five-string cello, Bohemia, c. 1780 for Suite number 6.  The combination of the music and the instrument is sublime.