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

Vinyl. 45RPM.  Listening to my new Lp12. Great!

Vinyl 45RPM

Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes. I Don't Want To Go Home. On original vinyl from 1976. An accomplished sounding debut brimming with R&B swagger. Final track is a duet with Ronnie Spector; what a voice!

The Beatles. Please Please Me (1963). On MFSL vinyl from the 1982 box set. 52 years old and still as vibrant as ever. Wish I could say the same for myself.

This is a Regis reissue of gorgeous early Denon digital from the mid 70s.

Perky and youthful outlook more in keeping in a spirit of cembalo than a Steinway piano. Left hand is restrained and the emphasis is on the right hand which is leading the tune. There is a simplicity and honesty in her Mozart that I adore.

This disc brings me back a painful memory of my piano practice days, tho. I had no idea I was playing Mozart back then.

Pink Floyd. DSOTM. Mobile Fidelity 2nd issue vinyl from 1981.

Great album!  Have seen Baaba Maal live twice - incredible voice and wonderful shows!

Gieseking's Mozart.

Delightful light fair sonata. Geiseking however adds unexpected weight on the left hand giving tune a bit more gravitas. His right hand is clear as a bell yet remain lyrical and even playful and usually strong left hand with gusto. 

Certainly not the wirely piano forte of Mozart era.

What's fun on this records are several variations ( improve ) Mozart composed. They are fun and show composer's fanciful side. 

Neil Young. On The Beach (1974). On vinyl from the 2014 box set.

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(1984)

Something to get me started this morning accompanied by some strong coffee.

Paul McCartney. NEW. On vinyl from 2013. Been a while since I played this. Definitely has a modern, compressed sound for a McCartney album but this is a quality pressing with good dynamic range and a room-filling soundstage. Musically it's very enjoyable and chock full of Macca's familiar toe-tapping pop hooks as well as a couple of fun electronica tacks.

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(1976)

Dipping into this one from TD for an hour or so, the sound quality so far is good.

Paul McCartney. McCartney II. On original vinyl from 1980. This is a much more impressive album to me now than it seemed after its release. Macca's raw talents on display through a wide variety of musical genres. He recently played "Temporary Secretary" from this album live in London. Tough one to do but he pulled it off well on the video I watched.

A great start of the Saturday morning. With him I have the feeling that there is a good balance between fluency in playing and the sensitivity of the tone, very beautiful. His Bach work is brilliant ...

Taking a prompt from Steve I'm closing out a splendid evening of all vinyl listening with DG's About Face, certain that the LP sounds superior to the FLAC . Maybe a strong imbibement more in order than coffee for me.

No disagreement from me Joe, I'm sure your vinyl does sound better than my FLAC ripped CD. Enjoy your drink 

Pleasant version while not the best I know...

DSD64 Stereo.

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(1973)

An oldie and goodie from one of the bands that pioneered Krautrock back in the day. This version was remastered in 2007.

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(1973)

This one is sounding very good ripped from a 1987 Warner Bros. CD.

Since Kuma mentioned Pires. I wish I would have bought the whole set of her Mozart sonatas.

Great album..

Trio Dali

Jack Liebeck (violin)

Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello)

Amandine Savary (piano)

Felix Mendelssohn:

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 49

Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Chorale Prelude Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (transcription for violin & piano)

Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu ir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (transcription for cello & piano)

First disc for Trio Dali on a new label Zig Zag Territories and a new violinist, Jack Liebeck.  Former violinist, Vineta Sareika moved over to the Artemis String Quartet.

What is not clear to me (it might be stated somewhere?) is who is responsible for doing the Bach transcriptions.  It may may implied that the players of Trio Dali did these but it should have been made more clear if they were. 

Having said this, I think it was a brilliant idea to blend in some Bach amidst the two trios.  Many may forget that Mendelssohn held the same position as Bach in Leipzig with the St. Thomas Chor among other positions in Leipzig.  Mendelssohn is also credited with popularizing the music of Bach again (who was nearly forgotten about at the time).  Most notably, he revived the St. Matthew Passion.

If you know the c-minor trio, you will no doubt be familiar with how the finale (Allegro appassionato) goes.  Right in the middle of it, the character of the piece abruptly changes and we are introduced to a chorale (from the Geneva Psalter (1551)) which could easily be mistaken for one of Bach's chorales.

While everyone is different and can surely have their opinion, it is for this very reason I give this example as great music is great music.  I could not dislike Mendelssohn (or other representatives of classical, romantic, impressionism periods etc.) and make a claim that the style and sensibility of Bach is exclusive of anything that followed.  Bach was at the core of setting the foundations of classical music but he was not alone and everything that came after will likely point to Bach himself anyway.

I get equal pleasure from Bach and every other great composer before or after him.

Streaming Wav really enjoying this album, one of if not their best albums with a psychedelic 70s laid back feel to it.

The Police, Greatest hits, one of those groups that I forget just how good they were in between listens. A bit of happy music for a Saturday morning.  Flac via audirvana/Hugo