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
And
Love these albums, although 'Tilt' isn't an easy listen and my friends have yet to appreciate it's charms. It's many shades darker than Scott 1-4 albums, and he sounds like quite a troubled soul. I've been getting something new from every play of Sylvian's 'Blemish' & 'The Good Son...remixes'. The development of both Sylvian's & Walker's later albums, reminds me a little of the increasingly 'free' later recordings of many great jazz artists.
Sandoval at her best!
Amazing album, love it.
Very relaxing folk - love it.
Nikkiya, Speakher.
Great free mixtape from last year.
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade no.2 in F major, op.38 (dedicated to Robert Schumann)
Nocturne no.15 in F minor, op55, no.1
Nocturne no.7 in C sharp mior, op.27, no.1
Valse no.11 in G flat major, op.70 no.1 (posthumous)
Valse no.6 in D flat major, op.64 no.1
Mazurka no.21 in C sharp minor, op.30, no.4
Mazurka no.45 in A minor, op.33, no.4 (posthumous)
Mazurka no.25 in B minor, op.33 no.4
Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29 (dedicated to MIIe. la Contesse de Lobau)
Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor, op31 (dedicated to Countess Adele von Fürstenstein)
Witold Małcużyński (1914-1977) piano ~ A Chopin Recital
On CD:-
Todd Rundgren - No World Order
The music being played these days just gets better and better ELP, Can, Annie Haslam and Renaissance, Scott Walker, Soft Machine, Basia Bulat, Bob Wyatt and Genesis' finest moment ... all on the same page.
Meanwhile, this is superb .....
MFSL - Hall and Oates
The epitome of cool noir, paired with a Corryvreckan nightcap.
Orfeo, Monteverdi's take on the Orpheus story, was first performed in 1607 and is the oldest opera to be still regularly performed. Alessandrini and his band offer a passionate and moving performance that has everything except perhaps the sheer beauty of Gardiner's pioneering set.
Cheers,
EJ
Easy accompaniment for document reviewing
And over to another set ...
Wow! That's a coincidence, just what I'm listening to! (the CD layer). I'll have to give the surround sound a try sometime.
just found an immaculate very early US copy (A2/B1) of this in one of my local records shops. Deleted notch on the sleve but even so. a bargin and wonderful.
On vinyl.
Nikolai Demidenko made a splash with his early discs on Hyperion, then followed with a string of less critically acclaimed though no less fascinating recordings. This is one of his first, a grand performance of the Liszt b-minor sonata and other varied works. Like his other early discs, the overall feeling is one of objectivity, but a slight emotional detachment is offset by powerful piano playing and great feeling for the long lines and complex musical structures. This performance is as varied as Zimerman's or Pogorelich's, my two benchmarks.
Cheers,
EJ
New cd today. Liking it!