What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Sounds even better on the recently remastered CD. Plus you get the extended version of Shadow of the Hierophant.

What! Longer than 11:45??

Watching a Paul Simon concert that was on Sky Arts HD.

Bob Dylan "Rare and Unreleased"
Bootleg Series Vol. 2

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What! Longer than 11:45??

All 17 or 18 mins....

In my top albums of 2010.

Epic...

And yet this is damaged beyond the Denon's errorcorrection. O, wait: it has NO errorcorrection

On Spotify:



I don't usually like music that is so clearly derivative (of Carpenters/Bacharach in this case). But this is good - very good in fact. She has an excellent voice and knows what to do with it, the arrangements are classy, and the lyrics aren't rubbish. The mood seems a little one note (wistful, melancholy) - contrast the Carpenters who occasionally fraked out with electric guitar, or did something plain weird ("Calling Occupants..."??). Also, the sound is so rich and creamy that I might not be able to listen to the whole album in one sitting. Still, I have a feeling this woman's going to be around for quite a while.

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Arrived in the mail yesterday and having a first real listen. It's one of those albums that makes me realize I have still so much to discover from the past. All those missed beauties...

I have to agree there HiFi, I've been doing that for the past couple of years and here's a favorite from the 70's, my kind of Jazz.

Pure Pleasure re-issue, don't beware this one its a cracker of a re-issue as always with PP.





Dean..

O, yes, thanks Dean!

Now I'll have to check that album too

On SHM CD, which I've bought a few of but am getting the distinct whiff of snake oil in the room when I play them!


SHB

Katie Sawicki

Bought a week ago. Has to grow on me some more

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Dar Williams - Many Great Companions



Disc 1.

Cheers Pat

What's it like Pat?

Cheers

Diccus

Hi Diccus,
The second CD is a greatest hits collection and nice overview.
The first CD the songs are minimalist with just guitar and vocals. There are guests on a few tracks, and rather being overpowering, they blend in nicely. I like the way it is done.

Some songs are repeated on both, but it nice to hear the different version on the first CD.

Regards,
Pat

Cheers Pat

Listen to the album here.

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Listen to the album here.

Thanks for the link. Another purchase to make!

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Have not heard this in years!

May dig it out!

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Listen to the album here.

Thanks for the link. Another purchase to make!

Hi Lloydy

Bleu is a wonderful musician, who has also made these equally addictive CDs...

samples samples

I'd recommend buying from the US.

Denis in Epping

Christmas through the ages

1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night ~ Thomas Clark
2. Die Hirten auf dem Fleder ~ Heinrich Schutz
3. Procedenti puero ~ Anon
4. Riu, riu chiu ~ Spanish Traditional
5. La luz de vuestros ojos ~ Francisco Guerrero
6. Gavotte from Festive Suite in A major ~ Telemann
7. In the bleak mid-winter ~ Harold Darke
8. Salvator noster ~ Giovanni Gabrieli
9. In the bleak mid-winter ~ Benjamin Britten
10. The Coventry Carol Traditional, arr. ~ Kenneth Leighton
11. Carol of the children ~ John Rutter
12. There is no rose of such virtue ~ Bejamin Britten
13. O magnum mysterium ~ Francis Poulenc
14. Omnes de Saba Orlandus Lassus
15. Allegro from the "Christmas Concerto" Op. No. 8 ~ Arcangelo Corelli
16. Hark, the herald angels sing ~ Felix Mendelssohn
17. L'Adieu des Bergers ~ Hector Berlioz
18. Die Konige Peter ~ Cornelius
19. O come, o come, Emmanuel Traditional, arr. ~ Andrew Carter
20. Noel No. 1 ~ Louis-Claude Daquin
21. Hodie nobis de coelo ~ Pedro de Cristo
22. Quem pastores laudavere ~ Michael Praetorius
23. The Horned God of Death is with us: A Yuletide Proclamation ~ John Tavener

[DDD] Hyperion cd @ 2001 (Duration 79'20)

Purchased this years ago...
didn't think much of it at first, but it's a grower.

Debs

"Brahms's late piano pieces exude mystery. The surrounding biographical details are unclear: we don't know exactly when they were written, whether they were conceived as they are or developed into their final form over time, nor whether Brahms intended them to be played individually or grouped together. They have vague titles like 'Intermezzo', 'Ballade' or 'Rhapsody', although there are some hints that Brahms may have had programmes in mind for some of them. The music is unsteady, halting and unsure of itself, often winding down obscure tonal pathways or tailing off without firmly saying 'that's the end'. It also has a complex relationship with the wide range of past musical styles it references, part of the reason Brahms is often mistakenly thought of as a conservative. However, in these pieces he doesn't seek to reproduce, say, Baroque polyphony or Scottish folk music but, by refracting it through his own harmonically and rhythmically experimental style, to mourn its irretrievable loss.

With all the noisy student favourites – the three Capriccios, Op. 116 Nos. 1, 3 & 7, the G minor Ballade, Op. 118 No.3 , and the E-flat Rhapsody, Op. 119 No.4 – Anna Gourari displays a faultless technique: speed, agility and the power to make the piano ring in those vigorous fortissimo passages. However, it is her playing in the more numerous, intimate pieces that makes this disc special. She shows no hint of impatience at Brahms's sparse textures. The way most pianists race through the E minor Intermezzo, Op. 116 No.5, for example, you would think they wanted to get the tedious little piece out of the way as quickly as possible. It is based on a simple, but ingenious idea: the chords in right and left hands are mirror images of one another, and these consonances resolve onto dissonances, the opposite of the standard practice. Gourari takes an unhurried tempo and proceeds to show how sensitive phrasing can turn it into a delightfully graceful and appealing piece.

..Gourari's interpretations of Brahms's late piano works are original and there is a wonderful sense of freedom, but this is never achieved by imposing her own personality at the expense of the composer's. She is able to communicate her thorough understanding of the ebb and flow of the pieces with playing that doesn't seek to dominate the music, but allows it to speak for itself."

By Marc Brooks

Lissie - Catching A Tiger