What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol.VIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 29 December 2011
With 2012 almost upon us, it's time to start a fresh thread. I've gone back to an earlier thread title because often the "why" is the most interesting part of the post.
Anyway, links:
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
Earlier today all on the Black!
On CD - a gift from a good colleague friend.
Few of the guys i work with have musical taste this good! : )
Debs
Hi Debs
Did you see the documentary on BBC4 about her and her husband (John Heisman) coping with her Parkinson'd disease. My partner, who's mother has Parkinson's too, thought it was the best documentary on coping with it she had seen. probably still on I-player.
Jamie, i had a look on BBC iplayer but couldn't find it - maybe too late now?
...i think this Barbara Thompson cd may lead me to buying more of her albums.
does anyone have any recommondations? : )
Debs
latest from DJ Shadow, and i like it!
atb
kk
Stone. Cold. Classic.
Primus
V.U.
A little cross-section of many of the who's who in the piano world. I did have the opportunity to buy these one by one when they were coming out. One of the biggest mistakes I've made in not buying these.
Cheer up, Doug. This collection consists of a truly staggering amount of great recordings by many fine pianists (many no longer well known), but the producers made a couple of doubtful decisions, which for me at least significantly downgrades the value of this set. Is André Previn really one of the 20th century greatest pianists? Why were Tatiana Nikolaeva, Annie Fischer and Ivo Pogorelich excluded? (actually, apparently Pogorelich is said to have blocked his inclusion as he insisted to be represented by Chopin, who the producers felt was already overrepresented - good reason?).
Cheers,
EJ
EJ: Of course, I probably have the complete recordings of at least 70 or 80% of the artists that are in the series anyway but I somehow still wish I still had these. They make a nice little recital when I want a break from concentrated listening to complete sets. The other reason is that the 10 or 20% of the artists unbelievably are absent from my library or there is the odd gem here that cannot be had elsewhere with the recordings being long gone. By listening to this I realize how many pianists I need to still investigate further and find recordings. This sampler contains the only recordings I have of Josef Lhévinne, Robert Casadesus, Shura Cherkassky, Ignaz Friedmann, Grigory Ginsburg, Myra Hess, Josef Hoffmann, William Kapell, Nikita Magaloff, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Maria Yudina, Leopold Godowsky. All names that I know well but I just haven't had the opportunity to really get to know them.
You may be right about some major exclusions and definite mistakes in hindsight. I don't know this for fact but I've always assumed that most of the artists included were part of the Universal Group of artists? That is, anyone who had any involvement with Philips, Decca, DGG etc. and of course they most definitely had to play on a Steinway & Sons ! This might explain the Annie Fisher and Tatiana Nikolayeva? It was unfortunate about Pogorelich though...
Doug
Sublime
I am now going to start my journey this even in Switzerland and see how far I get?
A late night session with Laughing Lenny, after purchasing this fine box set today:
Very good songs, and an excellent recording too :-
Archive - Londinium
New to me and enjoying it.
Thanks for the earlier posts on this one.
Good for you Steve. Something tells me it won't be long before you explore their catalogue further. Live at the Zenith is something quite special. My thanks go to Michael at l'Audiodistribution for hooking me on this one...
For a live album it is very good, the atmosphere even seems to get through to the recording.
I just wish they would do some gigs in their home country, but if demand is not there who can blame them.
On now :-)
It's a new Bruce CD that's why:-
CD:-
Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) the Crafty Ape
On limited edition orange stuff.
One can still buy this album from hmv for £3.99 inc free post.