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
ragman posted:
Why? Because it is one of the greatest recordings from an outstanding pianist of our times.
Maybe only 1 is comparable with his art.
I was lucky to hear him in concert this summer, he's an outstanding pianist indeed.
Been listening to this on Spotty & more recently Tidal most of the year - finally coughed up & bought CD. One of my favourites of the year .
2 x LP - FineMusic 2010 : )
A lack of the usual seasonal slushy sentiment is welcomed by relaxed and sympathetic melancholy, and as cool as fresh snow musicianship.
This is going to get a few plays this month : )
Debs
On vinyl. My 1960s pressing.
Sort of thing good for late night ears..
Stokowski/Symphony of the Air ( NBC Orchestra ): Brahms Serenade No.1 1960 Recording
First time listening to Brahms's Serenade No.1 which is written when Brahms was just 25.
It feels a bit of a hodgepodge of many different composer's style. Outer movements have Beethoven like feel ( Pastoral opening movement and he even quotes Ode to Joy in the final movement ) and Baroque style and Mozart influences on a strolling and expansive Andante whist he paints it over it with romantic lush orchestration.
The intro of Scherzo reminds me of his Piano Concerto 2 Allegro intro which he wrote 22 years later.
Stokowski's direcion whilst not lush it has an awful lot of smeared vagueness and pastel hues, I would have liked it with more liveliness and colours.
The Beatles. The Beatles (1968). On Capitol orange label vinyl from 1978. The music is much more creative than the album jacket lets on.
Tony2011 posted:
Was at the Glasgow Apollo gig they took most of this from. They were incendiary live with Bon.
Prompted by Tony my first AC/DC gig. (Not my ticket stub by the way)
WAV
(1978)
Something old and familiar to kick off the day.
This is up next cd version.
ewemon posted:
Prompted by Tony my first AC/DC gig. (Not my ticket stub by the way)
Don't you just love those ticket prices! 
Stevee_S posted:ewemon posted:
Prompted by Tony my first AC/DC gig. (Not my ticket stub by the way)
Don't you just love those ticket prices!
It was an even better price for their Apollo gig as it was free for me but yes those were the days.
Tony has got me started. Pulled out for playing in the car.
On vinyl - a (relatively) new purchase I hadn't got round to listening to yet...
CD rip AIFF:-
R.E.M. - UP
Streaming | Deezer
(2012)
CD 2 of 3 of what is a very nice discovery (for me) of Can's lost tapes, so far from CD 1 it has been mostly very good.