what was the last cd you bought?
Posted by: AL4N on 13 March 2004
so to get things off and running
queen--the highlander sound track
Scarlatti: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
18 Sonatas
Mencelssohn, Felix & Fanny Hensel: Matthias Kirschnereit (piano)
Lieder Ohne Worte
Bartok: Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Tony2011 posted:
David O'Higgins posted:
One of my all time favourites and apparently highly thought of by David Bowie. Was only released on CD last year. Up to now I've been surviving on a copy made from vinyl, which was not optimal. Originally released 1969, the Rovi review in Nstream is less than complimentary, but pay no attention. This is a masterpiece (apart from the French additions in this 'expanded' edition, with cringe making pronunciation).
'Children of Fear' is a stand-out track for anyone who remembers the divisions brought about in America by the war in Vietnam.
Hi David,
Just had a quick listen on Spotify and I know what you mean. Good help from some well known musicians- Wakeman, Philips and Dunbar. Problem is there were quite a few people doing the same folky-protest thing in the sixties but some were better than others. That does not mean it is a bad album.
It does have a good fan base judging by the price of original vinyl. I will give it a proper listen tomorrow. Thanks for posting.
Tony
Tony, this is definitely not a 'folky protest thing'. It is quite quite a tour-de force. Needs a number of listens to appreciate, and yes, a formidable crew, but the songwriting and delivery is superb IMHO.
David
On 1987 EG label
Cate le Bon's latest
A new discovery thanks to BBC 6Music
On original 1986 Jive Electro label, first recorded in 1973 but never released until '86. Well recorded with good SQ and DR, found and purchased at Discogs.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Babette Hierholzer (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Anna Christiane Neumann (piano)
Felix Mendelssohn: Babette Hierbolzer & Jurgen Appell (pianos)
Franz Liszt: Dinara Klinton (piano)
Franz Schubert | Robert Schumann: Natalia Ehwald (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)
Schubert | Liszt | Schumann | Godowsky: William Youn (piano), Isabelle Catherine Vilmar (soprano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Stile Antico
Johann Sebastian Bach: David Watkin (cello)
Faure: Eric Le Sage (piano) et al
Alpha are starting to really tick me off. I purchased the first four volumes of this Faure series separately and now when volume 5 is released they seem to only offer it as a complete set. So if you want volume 5 you have to buy the whole set (at a very discounted price). They did the same with the Eric le Sage Schumann. I spent probably $350 buying the 13 volumes one by one when they were released. Then at the end they package the complete set for maybe 1/10th the price I paid.
Hmmph.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Swiss Piano Trio
News From the Street, Jerry Granelli
Airbag, Disconnected. Pre ordered for June release. I am really looking forward to this one.
Alfred Brendel, The Complete Philips Recordings, 114 CD's.
