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

24bit/192kHz download from Qobuz. Never sounded this good before.

Felt like a bit of Steve Hackett/Genesis, so these were selected:-

Please Don't Touch

Genesis Revisited II

Inspired by Nigel66...

Tidal via headphones 

Streaming | WAV

(2009)

An extraordinary album that really is worth trying if you haven't already. It can be tried on Deezer Elite, so perhaps those with Tidal or Spotify can get it from those catalogues?

Beethoven, Moonlight followed by Fur Elise.  I rarely listen to classical music, most of it I just don't get, but after a pretty stressful and in depth interview this afternoon I find this soothes the soul.  Sublime sounds.  Flac via Audirvana/Hugo

CD rip - WAV

CD 1 - prompted by Stevee-s's played earlier this week.

Had a listen to these Grammy winners in Tidal, not so much my music...

Now listening to this, quite varied and interesting..

Continuing with this one with the great ballad for e....

While the other ballad for e from Dan Berglund is even better...

On vinyl from the mono box set:-

Mark Knopfler : Privateering.  

Enjoying this one, drop-out-free via Tidal through the Lumin App.

Vinyl rip. Cranked up and sounding real fine.

On vinyl.

Borders Nick, can you give some info re: Lumin? Is the app stand alone or do you have to have their hardware player ?

Perhaps any answers should be in  Streaming thread?

Finishing a stressful day with, obviously, Rush and Presto.  One of those under rated Rush albums that grows on you and well worth a listen.  24 bit Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

On vinyl.  Because funk is its own reward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLcOVaAZTMs

Du Pre/Bishop: Beethoven Cello Sonatas No.3 & 5  1965 recording

This is an earlier recording by Jackie and much better performance over all than her later sets with Barenboim. 

Now I see why she was such a sensation back then and this album legitimise all the hype surrounding her. 

Du Pre’s playing is accessible full of life and passion. Refreshing and less stuffy. She exhibits a tremendous confidence at age 20 taking a few surprising bold moves throughout. 

Even a slow movement her ability to render astonishing amount of depth and various emotional states is uncanny for her age. Bishop’s piano sounds rudimentary comparatively.

This album is a break with there earlier style and too raw in my opinion..

Streaming | WAV | Download

(2014)

S/T by This patch of Sky

Instrumental post rock that's very enjoyable, multi textured cinematic like soundscapes.

This one I switched to later is much better..