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

Aleg, thanks for the suggestions.  I really like Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel too.  I have three CD's of them already (Saint-Saens, Grieg, Alkan/Liszt) but not these two.  I have put the Le Violoncelle Parle in my wish list now but in just looking briefly I could not find the Bloch.  I remember being interested in this one a few years ago but somehow it got missed when I bought the others.

Via the Grado's. Good performance of Mozart's last opera. Based on the at-the-time outdated form of the Opera Seria (this was the last opera to be written in this format), Tito lacks the immediacy of Nozze, Don Giovanni, Cosi or Zauberflote, although it rises to greatness in places. 

Cheers,

EJ

This recording, in my opinion is an essential recording to own.  Brilliant playing, fresh interpretation and last but not least the recording is simply superb.  I own most of Stephen Hough's recordings on Hyperion and unfortunately I am mostly never pleased with the sound quality so this is a case where I am quite happy to jump up and down for it.

But then I am always nitpicking about something because I am fussy about what I want and for sure one attribute of music is still sound quality.  For example, Stephen Hough's other disc last year was Chopin's Waltzes.  In less than 5 seconds, I was already bothered by the quality of the piano used.  It turns out it is a Yamaha.  It probably does not matter since I am probably the one person on the face of the earth that this bothers.

As for the bomb shelters Haim, keep digging!  I'll send my eight year old son over your way and he can tell you when you need to head for cover.  It isn't very difficult to see that this is one of his favourite recordings that we listen to over and over recently.  It has an emotional effect on him and I only wish most listeners of music could experience something similar and so naturally (if they allowed themselves).  After-all, listening to music should excite both the intellectual as well as the emotional senses just as if we were a barometer.  Admittedly, the Liszt Piano Concertos would probably damage any barometer from flying back and forth from extreme and repeated low & high pressures.

Anyway, this is an electric recording with equal amounts of unabashed energy and passion which I cannot get enough of.    

The Gaudier Ensemble

Marjeke Blakestijn violin

Lesley Hatfield violin

Iris Juda viola

Stephen Williams double bass

Jonathan Williams horn

Christiaan Boers horn

Recorded in All Saints Church, East Finchley, London

on 10th - 12th December 2002

[DDD] hyperion cd © MMIII

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On 2xLP vinyl...

First Mogwai album for me, just had to play it all the way through.

Great stuff!!

A Godfather moment

Much better on  180g...

Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia

Absolutely 10/10 superb,

(however the libretto is only in German...

leaving me wondering what this opera is about.)

But who cares when the quality of the singing and music are so high : )

The 24bit/96khz remastering is perfection too.

Debs

Florestan

I think the physical CD might be out of print now. I see it fetches over the top prices on Amazon Marketplace.

You can however download it in CD quality 44.1kHz/16-bit at Qobuz.com (at reduced priced as well this week)

http://www.qobuz.com/album/emm...1719822?qref=sre_1_1

For registration however, you do need a french postcode I believe, but that should be obtainable ;-).

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aleg

Refreshingly different. Excellent recording SQ too.

Played the track 'The Night' many times, I know when the drum kicks - but it manages to cause a make the heart jump in my chest every time.

DB.

In 96khz 24 bit.....

Another vinyl stash.

Atlantic Red/Plum !st issue. 'Go to' album. Sounds so good on Naim.

The Barry Diament  Master,With yellow print top left,and no Atlanic in botton right.German pressing.

Nice sound, good album art. I have most of their output.

On CD:-

On Vinyl 

Not played this in a while.......Now I am

Decca 1968, backed by Chicken Shack. Great blues piano.