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

Yes I know it is safe bet, as everybody from 9 to 90 seems to love this group (and some before and beyond those ages), but I have to admit I like 'em too - sometimes even commercial stuff hits a spot. I pften wonder what makes a group have such universal appeal. 

Claude Debussy: Angela Hewitt (piano)

Suite for Piano "Pour le piano"

Suite bergamasque 

Masques

L'isle joyeuse

Arabesques for Piano

Tarentelle styrienne "Danse"

La plus que lente

Children's Corner

On this wintery eve, I realize that I am still looking for this elusive L'isle joyeuse.

Doug,

I will be looking this weekend for the elusive feuilles joyeuses, the millions of them which have to be raked in our yard.

How is Hewitt with Debussy, as good as her Ravel?

Regards,

Haim

Jenny Lin playing Shostakovich's Piano Preludes.

Christoph Eschenbach: 12 Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", K.265

Shows Mozart's great sense of humor.

playing disc no.18 from The Perfect Jazz Collection - 25 Original Albums box

 Just the job while i slave in the kitchen over a hot okki nokki cleaning vinyl : )

Debs

Inspired by the other current the Beatles threads

"Hey Jude", on vinyl.

Bartok / piano concertos / Kovacevich, Davis (1967/76)

Been trying to come to terms with Bartok's three very different but difficult concertos. I believe there is a core of greatness in these works, but the outside is stingy and tough to crack. The performances are full of fire.

Cheers,

EJ

Bizet / Carmen / Rattle (2012)

Slowly coming to terms with Kozena and warming to this performance. 

Cheers,

EJ

On Vinyl

The finest radio comedy of our times. On BBC Radio 4 Extra:

ED REARDON'S WEEKEND

Hear a literary giant stomping around and complaining about sandwiches in Ed Reardon’s Weekend.

Twelve-year-old media charlatans, it’s time to tremble. Lynne Truss’s fiercest critic is about to appear on BBC Radio 4Extra in person. Ed Reardon, scourge of the railway fare tariff, has hand-picked six chapters of his life to share with listeners, in a retrospective already hailed as “a collection of programmes”. Finally the author of Who Would Fardels Bear is set to receive his due. Or would do, if we could keep him out of the betting shop and in the studio long enough to get his links recorded.

Ed’s recent output includes the Stig’s Xmas Book of Speed Camera Locations, but there’s no denying the sheer artistic power of the man, as he applies his singular talent to children’s television, misery memoirs, Original British Drama and even breaking a window.

CD. This is a good one for Saturday morning.

Graham.

Delightful string quartets. Highly recommended.

CD1 of this three-CD set.

Am contemplating whether to get the vinyl edition...