what was the last cd you bought?

Arrived yesterday, "Live in Vegas" an Elvis double cd.

This is great - very impressed. NOt only stunning musically, but a well recorded CD too.

Coming soon to join it is Awkward Annie the new offering from Kate Rusby.

It's the old year that ends with 7 thing - brings out the best in the artists I like.

Sound of Music One:

JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Concerto in D Minor, Vavaldi/Bach
Concerto in A Minor, Vivaldi/Bach [Allegro only]Mozart Smal Night Music, [1st mov't only]
Bach Badinerie from Second Suite
Albinoni Adagio
D. Scarlatti Sonata in D Minor
Piazola "Libertango," and "Oblivion!"

Sound of Music Two:

Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, Bach
Concerto in F Minor, "Winter," Vivaldi,
and First mov't from "Spring," with the Presto from "Summer."
Rossini Figaro Aria
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Albeniz, Astoria
Mozart, Turkish March
Sabre Dance [quaintly called Dens with Solds]
V Semyonov, Sonata No 1, Finale only
M Orginski, "Polonaise."

All played on two accordians by Vitaliy Klemenko and Aleksander Drach but with a double bass in the Sabre Dance.

I bought these last Thursday in Krakow, having just heard these two young Poles play with a third player supporting the bass-line in the huge Medieval Old Square there. They brought people to rapt silence with their efforts...

This is the most inspired Bach playing I have ever heard, even from the great names. Muscular, and tender - so full of life. The performances really make one wonder what acoordians can possibly do! But more to the point there is music dripping off these performances. Live, alive, electrifying, and presenting the muscular tension and tender release that is so much the essense of this music.

Tremendous. ATB from George

PS: You would have to catch them busking! Necessary to visit Krakow for that I would guess. There is no contact detail at all on the dics, but the content is priceless. So often these old Warhorse pieces are performed in a stilted or kitsch sort of way. Here the music making is imaginative, passionate [very muscular and not always quite beautiful in the sense of sonority], and startlingly direct, as well as incredibly stylish! Either they are intuitive musicians of the first rank or real scholars. A bit of both I reckon...

Bought yesterday:
Madonna - Ray of Light (her only good album in my opinion)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (not really listened to yet)
Chris Rea - On The Beach (Nice and relaxed)
Jamiroquai - High Times Singles 1992-2006 (Singles...)
Zucchero - Fly (not really listened to yet)
Paul Carrack - The Story So Far... Greatest Hits (I saw this on this forum I believe)

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)

Mine arrived today!
Also from the US a box set of the BeeGees first 3 albums, in both mono and stereo mixes.

From Burning Shed

Gavin Harrison / 05Ric - Drop (cd preorder)
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet (dvda preorder)
porcupine tree - nil recurring (cd preorder)

Denis

Richard Hawley: Lady's Bridge

Marvellous, lush and sweet without being sentimental. Has just a whiff of Lambchop about it (or it may be me). Exceptional-must buy Cole's corner now I think.

The latest from Charles Thompson IV. Had quick listen this morning and sounds good to me.



SJB

Lou Reed - Transformer

Original Masters ( CD )

mastered by vic Anesini @ Sony Music Studios, NY - 2002

Sounds superb!... and (cost just 3 quid in tesco's)

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
Richard Hawley: Lady's Bridge

Marvellous, lush and sweet without being sentimental. Has just a whiff of Lambchop about it (or it may be me). Exceptional-must buy Cole's corner now I think.

A friend played me this the other day. I thought the arrangements were to die for, but the songs were everything I loathed about Tom Jones and Englebert in their chicken-in-a-basket days. In the end I begged for mercy! :-)

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Originally posted by DenisA:
From Burning Shed

Gavin Harrison / 05Ric - Drop (cd preorder)
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet (dvda preorder)
porcupine tree - nil recurring (cd preorder)

Denis

Hmm. That'll teach me to doze through my Burning Shed emails - hadn't noticed the nil recurring E.P., so ta!

Will you post a review of the Gavin Harrison?

4 from our local library sale:-
Bruce Hornsby - Hot House
Jethro Tull - Nightcap & Roots to Branches
Super furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic

Today

Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
Marcus Miller - Free
Thievery Corporation - Richest Man In Babylon

ordered from amazon and cdbaby today:

Joe Henry - Civilians (finally, the time has come)

Jose Gonzales - Veneer (recommend from JWM)

Bill Deasy - The Miles (new one from a favorite of mine, I own his catalog)

The Long Winters - Putting The Days To Bed (another favorite band from Seattle)

Jeff A

Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

.....just arrived from amazon today

Tindersticks - can our love...
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Port-Royal - Flares

Just ordered this:



I am impatient...!!!!

EW

Pink Floyd Piper
KT Tunstall Drastic Fantastic
Rodrigo& Gabriella

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Originally posted by Gary Shaw:

quote:

Originally posted by DenisA:
From Burning Shed

Gavin Harrison / 05Ric - Drop (cd preorder)
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet (dvda preorder)
porcupine tree - nil recurring (cd preorder)

Denis

Hmm. That'll teach me to doze through my Burning Shed emails - hadn't noticed the nil recurring E.P., so ta!

Will you post a review of the Gavin Harrison?

Gary,

I'll let you know in early october, in the meantime some samples

Denis

Jose Gonzalez - Indy CD.

Originnaly downloaded from ITunes.
Nice indeed

"Live in Les Baux de Provence" John Illsley with Cunla & Greg pearle.

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Originally posted by Earwicker:
Just ordered this:



I am impatient...!!!!

EW

Just taken delivery and it's living up to expectations! A nice alternative to my Brendel recordings, especially in Années de pèlerinage where Brendel sounds a bit scruffy and not altogether poetic. Bolet is superb.

EW

By the way, if anyone is interested, this droolsome 9 CD set is practically being given away by Amazon at the moment at £19.99 (it's £61.99 from HMV...!)

EW