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

Appropriate choice for the time of the year...

Always enjoyable either in the background or the foreground...

The sun is shining here in Saarf Lundun this morning, so a blast of sunshine soul on US first press vinyl seems appropriate....

Bach's St-Matthew Passion in one of the best modern recordings on Channel Classics. The performance follows in the footsteps first left bij Herreweghe in the early '80s; light textures and flowing melodies, with soloists and two choirs. Veldhoven's selling point here was the position of the choirs, but since this release, this idea has been taken further by René Jacobs. In stereo, the effect is hardly worth the hooha but I'm told in surround it's great. Anyway, the recording doesn't need it. What Veldhoven does expertly, more so than Herreweghe and others I'm familiar with, is the energy management that is required to keep the tension going throughout the long work.

Happy egg-hunting,

EJ

After all thart talk of Humph, Samantha and Lionel Blair elsewhere - BBC Radio Cellection double cassette:

Why? because it's a beautiful sunny morning and this is...

Vinyl 

Followed by his because " you can never have enough reggae"

Vinyl

Joe Bonamassa

Blues of Desperation (Deluxe Edition)

Edward

Mark Knopflers solo albums are really growing on me.  CD rip.  Happy Easter weekend to all.

Continued with another great album of Steve Kuhn...

Borders Nick posted:

Mark Knopflers solo albums are really growing on me.  CD rip.  Happy Easter weekend to all.

+1   ...........   I have a lot & they all get an HDD spin on regular basis,  I really like them all with the exception of that Beryl song,  I just don't "get it".   With Mark its not so much the music,   & it has to be said its excellent,  you need to listen & get "into" the words,  he has a very deep, subtle, sometimes ironic & poignant poetic style.       

Wynton Marsalis "Wynton Marsalis"

Lovely reverb guitar on this one

Mike-B posted:

Borders Nick posted:

Mark Knopflers solo albums are really growing on me.  CD rip.  Happy Easter weekend to all.

+1   ...........   I have a lot & they all get an HDD spin on regular basis,  I really like them all with the exception of that Beryl song,  I just don't "get it".   With Mark its not so much the music,   & it has to be said its excellent,  you need to listen & get "into" the words,  he has a very deep, subtle, sometimes ironic & poignant poetic style.       

Slowly collecting them.  I "don't get" Beryl either !

1st run

Kevin-W posted:

After all thart talk of Humph, Samantha and Lionel Blair elsewhere - BBC Radio Cellection double cassette:

Great Stuff. Timeless wit and humour.

On CD:-

Allison Moorer - Miss Fortune

If anybody is interested this Good Friday, I am listening to Planet Rock. Warming up a 552 for a proper record session later 

Despite the 'difficult' score, John Holloway and his baroque violin produce an agile and flowing sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OBnhpzoq9U

Ahmad Jamal "Digital Works"

Johann Sebastian Bach:  La Petite Bande | Sigiswald Kuijken

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

No need to explain why.  One of the greatest works of music in the history of mankind.  Always overwhelmed by choices so lately I just blindly pick something off the shelf.  This was this morning random pick.

If you have about 50 minutes this weekend, I would also recommend taking a guided tour through the 'St. Matthew Passion' given here by NPR.  Click near the top of this page.

http://www.npr.org/sections/de...s-st-matthew-passion

I'm listening to this one. As it's the only version I have, there was no trouble choosing.

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