Lonts, I've looked at this a couple of times today, but just can't talk myself into it:

Sounding good on my iTunes though. Not sure about the remix at the end, but the first three tracks are excellent. Cheers.

Late quartets, played with style. I love the Italian's slightly acidic tone, it spices up this music that all too often becomes too sweet.

EJ

A fantastic Adriana Lecouvreur from 1977, arguably the high point of the Scotto/Domingo/Levine partnership that made many recordings in the 70s and early 80s.

Cheers,

EJ

Revelator

Derek Trucks Band, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band | Format: Audio CD

EJ,

I think that you are due to own at least one ECM album.

Why's that, Haim, something special with this label? There are two ECM albums on the shortlist, actually: Schumann quartets by the Zehetmair Quartet and chamber music by Shostakovich and Schnittke.

Cheers,

EJ

I guess not many on this forum have ever heard of Paul Juon or Friedrich Gernsheim? The Atlantic Trio, a Dutch group, jokingly calls them 'the Russian Brahms' and 'the Dutch Brahms', respectively. The music is much better than you'd expect, and the performance by the Atlantic is very good. The CD or download is highly recommended, if you can get hold of it.

Cheers,

EJ

Quite a lot.

playing disc 4 of:  4 x cd box-set of Herbie Mann 8 Classic Albums : )

Debs

Victoria de Los Angeles/Fistoulari-LSO: Turina Canto a Sevilla

My yard sale hunting friend dropped off a few vinyls today.
Amongst them was this opera album.

Wow. What a voice!
Soprano that does not get on my nerve.

I don't know anything about this composer but these Ravel influenced tunes are pretty.

An exciting early Sunday morning with a vinyl Beethoven throwdown of sorts: Symphony No. 6.

I haven't had so much fun in years.  I listen to copious amounts of music throughout a week but the highlights are tending very clearly to the vinyl side.  I did not expect ever to say that in my lifetime especially since the retirement of my vinyl aspirations more than 25 years ago.  So much has changed though since and I am only too glad to ignore the new trends completely and have a very nice (if not superior) compliment to CD's.

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

Evelyn Lear, Roberta Peters, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franz Crass, Fritz Wunderlich, Berlin PO, Karl Böhm, 

Highlights on vinyl simply to cleanse the ear palate in a marvellously effective way.

Solo guitar from the late Sonny Sharrock. This one is a first listen for me; I was thrilled to finally track down a used copy. Strikes me as an excellent record, but if you've never heard Sharrock's astonishing Ask the Ages, start there.

Philips Double LP from 1966 (Speaker Corner).

I am extremely pleased with the quality of this album.  I will dig out the CD equivalent tomorrow to compare but if memory serves me well I do not remember being enthralled by this recording on CD before.  I may be dreaming?  Recently I listened to another Philips recording with Richter / Rostropovich and Beethoven Sonatas for Piano & Cello.  I won't give up on it yet (after just one listen) but I was not very happy with that recording.  This Schubert is a completely different story

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Maag/LSO

Is that a Clearaudio Recrods reissue?

If so, how's the sound quality?

I like the performance on this record a lot but my later 'GT2' reissue is a bit noisy and overall a bit thin sounding so was wondering how the new reissue is.

Sonic bursts of electronic loveliness.

Cheers

Flettster

The first of the 958-959-960 triptych, the sonata is exceedingly well played by Leif Ove Andsnes, with beautifully judged dynamics and a sonorous left hand. On the original issues, Bostridge joined him for a couple of songs, and also here, Andsnes shows himself to be a master Schubertian. Closing out the series, they did a great Winterreise together.

Cheers,

EJ

The Telegraph review said.....

"An extraordinary debut from a new British-based band who combine a gipsy swagger with tremulous sensitivity and gothic rock drama"

And.......

"But when he drops to the fragile intimacy of an acoustic guitar, singer Peter Liddle’s choirboy tenor evokes the tender melancholy of Nick Drake while the group harmonies swell with the sacred hush and precision of 16th-century madrigals"

This really is worth a liste IMHO.

Cheers

Flettster

Ready to go for this one today. 

Have you visited Tonefloat yet? They are worth a visit :-) There are a few TF100 left which I think you will like. 

Well recorded, some minimalistic, some not. Nothing raucous though.

In HiRes 96/24.

Starting with Opus 70 No. 1 – Piano Trio in D major "Ghost"