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
Chicago's own!! Great music and recording by an under appreciated artist. Good sonic test for any HiFi system.
Anthony
just finished: Imogen Heap "Speak For Yourself"
now playing: John Hiatt "The Open Road"
John Mayer "Room For Squares"
Josh Rouse "The Best Of The Rykodisc Years" disc 1
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Sonata in B op.Posth. (1892)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante molto tranquillo
III. Allegro con moto
Sonata no.1 (1905-1914)
I. With easy movement but not quick-
II. Slow
III. With vigour and animation
Sonata no.2 (1923)
Con moto - Lento - Molto vivace
Sonata no.3 (1930)
I. Slow
II. Andante scherzando - Meno mosso - Tempo primo
III. Lento - Con moto
Tasmin Little violin
Piers Lane piano
Recorded 18-19 February 1997, St.Silas's Presbytery, Kentish Town, London
CD Sony Music © 2009
Would have liked the piano to sound more grand and in focus but the violin is close with good tonal structure, and nothin shrill going on here.
Took me a while to search my taste and allow for some compositional adjustment... the beginning could wash away in the background as music that imo hasn't really aged well, but i found the later works become more intriguing after relaxing into the dreamy state my mind finds necessary to enthuse.
lucky i have my bubble-bath : )
Debs
Tracy Grammer "The Verdant Mile" ep
Tori Amos "A Piano: The Collection" disc A
Thanks Stu..
John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns"
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peepshow
Taken By Trees "East Of Eden"
Steve Tannen "Stopped At A Greenlight"
Robert Cray - Midnight Stroll
Sade "Soldier of Love"
LP1 take 2! 
Haitink was 31 when he made his first recording of Bruckner's 8th, one of classical music's summits. It sounds like work in progress, as if he was feeling his way into the music, not sure where it is heading. The result is fascinating, spontaneous and also uneven. He re-recorded this symphony many times, including two studio recordings (Amsterdam and Vienna), which show him on much surer footing. But this first one remains a great experience.
Cheers,
EJ
A dose of Baroque opera...
From this box set....
Great live PT album, but my newly purchased 'Anesthetize' box set blows it away!
Good classic stuff!
On CD:-
