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
Cheers
Flettster
Ginastera: Delgado
Haim,
I am finally got to one of your recommended disc!
Love the Danza Argentinas, but prefer Argerich version.
Have you listened to hers? This is a live recording and she plays the same tunes as encore pieces./artwork.jpg?m=cf264968-c2b0-4f9b-acb0-ef58bcd7d417)
She plays the dance tunes blazing fast and full of spirit and great sense of playfulness.
Just a quick listen before I'm off to work ....
Cheers
Flettster
Official Bootleg Vol.1-Live at Black Bear Winery by Randy McStine
downloaded (FLAC) today - http://rmcstine.bandcamp.com/ This is a very a talented guitarist and hope he tours the UK sometime soon.
lo-fi resistance is Randy's band - http://lofiresistance.com/lfr/
The Great Conniptions Of Saint Ignatious - http://thebigig.bandcamp.com/
The first meeting of these three musicians brings you this 100% live and improvised debut album. Randy McStine (Lo-Fi Resistance), Harris Thor (Unitygroup), and John Kanazawich paint atmospheric, sonic pictures throughout this 25-minute journey.
For fans of: Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, King Crimson, Fripp/Eno, etc.
credits
released 13 March 2012
Kanaz-Keys, Guitar McStine-Guitar, Bass, Sampler Thor-Guitar, Bass
2-track live recording by Thor
Chopped, formed, and mastered by McStine
A Randy McStine side project. My admiration for the guy increases.
On CD:-
Must get to watch the DVD as well soon!
Finish where I left off on this award winning performance of El Amor Brujo ....
Sometimes an album comes along that is so complete and just pushes all my right buttons...And I think, 'Why isn't this everywhere..?'
And why isn't it available on vinyl???
Sometimes an album comes along that is so complete and just pushes all my right buttons...And I think, 'Why isn't this everywhere..?'
And why isn't it available on vinyl???
Just played and very good albeit very full-on with tons of energy and big arrangements everywhere. On a big system this sounds great but I think it could veer toward an over-full 'radio mix' for some and I wonder if they would compress the life out of it if cut to vinyl? I know they shouldn't but in many cases they do.
I would like to hear her voice mixed further forward or with some of the arrangements back pulled back.
And if the music is not good enough, it comes with a picture of the homeland.
Ginastera: Delgado
Haim,
I am finally got to one of your recommended disc!
Love the Danza Argentinas, but prefer Argerich version.
Have you listened to hers? This is a live recording and she plays the same tunes as encore pieces.
She plays the dance tunes blazing fast and full of spirit and great sense of playfulness.
Kuma,
Never had a chance to hear Argerich do the Danza but I have a recording of her countryman, Daniel Barneboim, performing it on a tango disc. I much prefer Del Gado's voluptuous version.
According to Todd Garfinkle who recorded the disc, the pianist was playing so hard that his fingers were bleeding. This is one of the best piano recordings I have encountered. You probably appreciate it even more with your top gear.
Brandi's fourth album, and I think best since her first!
Recording: Théâtre de Poissy, 22nd September 2007
Debs,
Recently, I put four or five Alice Ader discs in one of my wish lists, including this one. I just have to get around to ordering them but in the meantime I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this recording?
Doug
Chopin: Evgeni Bozhanov
I am very pleased with the Fuga Libera recordings I have so far and this one is no exception. Bozhanov, a Bulgarian pianist who has endured the usual stupidity of a few competitions such as the 2009, 13th Van Cliburn, the 2010 Queen Elisabeth, the 2010 Warsaw Chopin competition etc. This being his first album I am deeply impressed. I hear intelligence, poetry, character, warmth, detail - all being very inspiring to me - and I am not even going to start talking about the beautiful Model D Hamburg Steinway. He is a true winner in my books and so is this recording.
Beethoven played by Plamena Mangova.
Another young, remarkable Bulgarian pianist whose playing enamours me. I think Beethoven is now the composer in which I have the most recordings of followed very closely by Bach. How could I ever slow down when it might mean I wouldn't ever have heard this pianist or others? Of course, I have a very wide latitude of what is acceptable to me and what gives me so much joy; I seem to like everyone. I think if one can listen to yourself playing for thousands of hours per year playing it isn't a far stretch to have humble admiration for just about anything that moves. Pollini, Kovacevich, Schnabel and the other thoroughbreds heavily promoted by the industry are great but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing until you lose your bearings and sense of the musical possibilities.
Mangova strikes me as the real thing (much in the same way as Vinnitskaya!). Fresh, interesting, spirited, focused and very in control - it is a breath of fresh air to me. Interestingly enough, the first thing I heard Vinnitskaya play was Beethoven and I've been hooked ever since. I'm going to listen to Mangova again tonight....
