What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
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(2007)
No particular reason other than it being a superb debut album.
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(1969)
Not much needs saying about Abbey Road, in the mood to hear them again and this one is from a 2009 stereo remaster.
Arild Andersen: double-bass
Vassilis Tsabropoulos: piano
John Marshall: drums
“The Triangle” referred to by Arild Andersen in the title of his 15th album as a leader for ECM is one that could be formed by drawing lines on the map to connect Oslo, Athens and London – home bases for the three principals here, musicians who between them pool a great deal of information and channel it into a “European” jazz of their own making. Soundtrack is of Vassillis Tsabropoulos.
Moving on from Camel, I fancied something completely different (not) - Caravan. Richard Sinclair played in both these superb progressive rock bands. I could not be drawn on which I prefer.
Time for some Bach violin music, methinks. On CD:
On Vinyl
On Vinyl
Phantom Limb - The Pines.
This has grown on me veeerrry slowly. I like it (now). 
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(1987)
It's not often these days that I venture down Fleetwood Mac way if Peter Green isn't there, putting that right for a while... this one ripped from an original '87 Warner Bros. CD.
Love this Jordi Savall stuff - always well-recorded and played with zest and profound understanding. Here is his interpretation of those marvellous pieces Couperin created to cheer up the ailing Sun King. Witty, elegant, comforting and poetic. Marvellous stuff.
Streaming Tidal "Sleeping on the Bus" playlist.
wenger2015 posted:Finkfan posted:
Diana - Familiar touch
Who is this Diana? Will have to investigate....
Original Vinyl
Playing loudly in memory of Rick
Swans - The Seer on CD. Something scary to end 2016
Something to listen to whilst we get the house ready for guests.
Thanks for all the great music recommendations - I've made some fantastic new musical discoveries thanks to this thread.
Happy New Year folks
Phil Collins - Face Value
After the Second World War, Dmitri Shostakovich was Russia's most prominent composer. Although out of favour with the Soviet Communist Party, he was still sent abroad as a cultural ambassador. One such trip was to Leipzig in 1950 for a music festival marking the bicentennial of J. S. Bach's death.
As part of the festival, Shostakovich was asked to sit on the judging panel for the first International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. One of the entrants in the competition was the 26-year-old Tatiana Nikolayeva from Moscow. Though not required by competition regulations, she had come prepared to play any of the 48 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier on request. She won the gold medal.
Inspired by the competition and impressed by Nikolayeva's playing, Shostakovich returned to Moscow and started composing his own cycle of 24 preludes and fugues. Shostakovich worked fairly quickly, taking only three days on average to write each piece. As each was completed he would ask Nikolayeva to come and visit him in his Moscow apartment where he would play her the latest piece.
The complete work was written between 10 October 1950 and 25 February 1951. Once finished, Shostakovich dedicated the work to Nikolayeva, who undertook the public premiere in Leningrad on 23 December 1952. Shostakovich wrote out all the pieces without many corrections except the B-flat minor prelude, with which he was dissatisfied and replaced what he had begun initially. (Wikipedia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyURjdnYQaU
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(1977)
Oh Well! I had better give this a spin too. 
Changed my mind, sorry Phil- this'll do instead
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder
james n posted:Something to listen to whilst we get the house ready for guests.
Thanks for all the great music recommendations - I've made some fantastic new musical discoveries thanks to this thread.
Happy New Year folks
I'll second those sentiments James, Happy New Year to you and all on this fine forum. Is it too early to deploy the sausage? ... 
2011 - Triple CD....
Big Big Train - Folklore
Listened to this earlier, haven't played it for a while - what a great album.
Likewise this one.
Chris Stapleton - Traveller.
