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

Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2017

On the eve of a new year, it's time for a new thread.

Last year's thread can be found here:

https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...sted-vol-xiii?page=,

Posted on: 14 July 2018 by ewemon

Half the album.

Posted on: 14 July 2018 by TOBYJUG

Note to note Big Blues from a young upstart.

Posted on: 14 July 2018 by DrMark

ALANP posted:
The Rolling Stones - Stripped, a great concept that makes for a really good latter day Stones album

One of my favoriteStones albums ever

Posted on: 14 July 2018 by DrMark

Another guy who just really did great stuff in my estimation

Posted on: 14 July 2018 by Richard Morris

Paolo Fresu: Scores! Found in a charity shop in Lichfield - good trumpeter on a good label (Cam Jazz) so I took a punt. Film music so lots of short tracks but very listenable.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Dan Steel

Vinyl reissue originally released 1963 - GreT album to start Sunday off. ????

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Drikus

Kevin-W posted:
On SACD, the 30th anniversary edition. DSD stereo (I have no idea what the 5.1 mix sounds like, I haven't got a home cinema system.
OK, but nowhere near vinyl quality.

Strange, sounds great on my dCS. The problem with all in one players is that they usually do one thing very good and the rest is only mediocre.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by EJS

Maisky's second recording (1999) of the suites remains unique - I don't think many other cellists could have gotten away with such a personal approach. Surges of cello sound, extreme tempi (slow and fast) and exaggerated emphases add colour, but are applied with such care for balance and tempo, that it all feels inevitable and right. Maisky' deep, burnished sound is icing on the cake.

Cheers

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Christopher_M

Boz Scaggs - Two down then left

Somebody mentioned it here a couple of days ago or so. Vinyl morning.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by dave marshall

TOBYJUG posted:
Note to note Big Blues from a young upstart.

Nice to see that someone else appreciates Ian's music .......... I've previously posted albums from him with little response.

Not sure if they're on Tidal, but check these out for more great blues choons.

Ian Siegal - The Dust. A Bigger Plate of Meat & Potatoes. The Picnic Sessions.

I can't really recommend one over the other, as they're all great, and the rest of his catalogue merits investigation too.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Raider

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

On Vinyl

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Bert Schurink

A lot of different styles on this album, requires multiple listening sessions....

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Clive B

Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You.

Just checking out some favourites whilst I have the loan of a DR'd power amp. Sounding superb. It's possible to play at higher levels without things becoming blurred. The silences are so much quieter too.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Clive B

And now playing this masterpiece on vinyl. Superb.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by EJS

This is a classic Zauberflöte (1964), one of the finest ever recorded, but with a few problems. Fischer-Dieskau always risked sounding like a corporate suit no matter what he sang, but he surprisingly did pretty well as Papageno. Wunderlich on the other hand has become the definition of the ideal Tamino, and has never been equalled. Both he and Fischer-Dieskau clearly sing their own dialogues, but the other singers seem replaced by actors for the spoken parts - the dialogue is fortunately reduced to the bare minimum, but not omitted completely. Of the women, Evelyn Lear sounds slightly forced and constricted, and Roberta Peters sounds pretty and hits all the notes, but doesn't dramatically nail the part. The sum is much more than the parts, however, and overall, I feel this remains among the most enjoyable Magic Flutes on records.

Cheers,

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Kevin-W

Drikus posted:
Kevin-W posted:
On SACD, the 30th anniversary edition. DSD stereo (I have no idea what the 5.1 mix sounds like, I haven't got a home cinema system.
OK, but nowhere near vinyl quality.
Strange, sounds great on my dCS. The problem with all in one players is that they usually do one thing very good and the rest is only mediocre.

Hi [@mention:73370968263941422] - Oddly enough, every other SACD I've played on the Oppo sounds fabulous. This one is good too, it's just that for me DSOTM is really a 'vinyl recording'. No digital rendering of it I've heard measures up to an early UK vinyl pressing.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by Kevin-W

Before the big game, some music.

Second disc from this CTI Records compilation. There's a fabulous version of Gil Scott-Heron's "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" by Esther Philips, and Joe Farrell's "Follow Your Heart" features some superb guitar from a young John McLaughlin.

Posted on: 15 July 2018 by ewemon