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

Quick blast whilst kids being collected ...

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nigelb posted:

Because she is rather lovely....err....I mean this album is lovely, you know, the album.

As they say when you are in a hole, stop digging.

Cyrille (why I think I am on first name terms I'm not sure) is like a chirpy Melody Gardot.

Check it out - this is on Tidal.

 

I think I'll give that album a go, Nigel. Thanks.

The second of the two Dave Matthews Band albums I've borrowed from a friend. I think I prefer this to Under The Table And Dreaming.

dayjay posted:

Stevee_S posted:

Streaming | 24/96 WAV | Download

(2011)

I never really got this when it was released but I now realise that it's a fabulous work and to my mind could well be her best, which by the way, sounds great in Hi-Res.

I wish I got it, I so wanted to but I find it to be awful, sadly

I was very eager for this release after the lovely "Aerial" - it's clearly not as immediately engaging - but I do like it.  Giving it another listen now prompted by  Stevee's post.  CD rip.

Earlier this evening, I like the early Miles Davis more than the electronic type of years....

Very pleasant guitar jazz....., from Bandcamp..

Skalper - Transit. Latest from the Polish masters of nu-jazz. Vinyl version.

joerand posted:

It's becoming apparent to me that I need to bolster my Knopfler solo album holdings.

Thanks for the motivation chaps. Strait to the "K" bin next time I'm digging through used CDs.

Here is a list I would recommend all of them. In the order listed.

Solo albums

• Golden Heart (1996)
• Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)
• The Ragpicker's Dream (2002)
• Shangri-La (2004)
• One Take Radio Sessions (2005)
• Kill to Get Crimson (2007)
• Get Lucky (2009)
• Privateering (2012)
• Tracker (2015)

dayjay posted:

Rainbow, Rainbow Rising, not the best sq but a great album non the less, and worth the money for the fantastic Stargazer alone.  Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

Dayjay, I'm compelled to ask, after following this thread for a few months, what's on the end of the Hugo?

Momentary Lapse Of Reason

HELDON - STAND BY, 1979

• Hefner - The Fidelity Wars, 1999

1980

Haitink/London Philharmonic Orchestra: Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade  1972 recording

A good performance can make me sit up with just one note or bold brush strokes, this Haitink’s laid back  emotionally detached, aloof direction merely paints the cardboard back drop. Violin solo equally artificial. There is no organic instrument textures timing. The sound of harp also is much too light. Strings and winds equally gingerly. Even the horns sound tired. Not everyone is on the same page as the music isn’t together. Some notes too long or wrong emphasis or lack of.  The 3rd movement lacks lyricism and endearment.

The finale indeed is all at sea.

Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra: Rimsky -Korsakov Scheherazade  1984 recording

Extremely slow start yet so much more mysterious and dramatic than Haitink. Celibidache carries on a broad tempo into the entire score stretching to 55 min. ( that's about 10 min longer than normal ) Sensual, seductive violin mingling with mellow clarinet and oboe. Less structured than Reiner but there is a certain organic logic or natural flow as the story progresses which keeps me interested.

This is a mature reading as Reiner but Celi’s take is more muted, sepia toned or B&W approach but at the same time there is a certain emotional closeness without all that dazzling visual support.  The violin solo is creative and spontaneous.  Celi treats this score as an *adult* novel rather than a swashbuckling all singing, all dancing Technicolour production.

I remember when I first listen to this I was transfixed and recall it didn't not sound like at all the Scheharazade I know!

Boulez/Cleveland: Debussy Jeux  1991 recording

A short tune originally written for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Refreshing after a heavy Russian program I have been listening. 

This is extremely difficult to stay on because the melody line breaks up frequently. So not like other Debussy's other work, this is a bit schizofrenic. Boulez paces thorugh the score like a cool breeze. Ever ellusive and ellegant but plenty of wit. Very French. This is a fantasy piece that one never knows where he/she is going. Almost like a lost in a maze. Uncanny that I can hear a touch of  Petrushka (which was composed in the same year) like *super-natural* elements.

Ironically, Stravinsky's Le Sacre Printemps opened 2 wks after Jeux's premier and now noone remembers this little score Debussy wrote. 

Had this morning already an interesting music journey - using all benefits of streaming. This album was recommended by somebody like the best of 2016. I bought it and enjoyed a first run this morning, for me new music but very interesting...

Was reading an audio magazine through the album reviews and tried it out via Tidal, missing ECM's in their catalogue is an important miss by the way. Quite good, but not so much my style, but easy to like...

Then switched to the jazz album of the month. And I understand why. A modern and new sound, an album I will definitely aquire when available in high res...

I saw this lot last night and they were frickin' awesome. It was their first gig in 35 yeats I believe. This is their classic 1979 debut, re-released on CD by These Records in 1991.