What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 30 December 2009

On the cusp of a new year, it's time to start a new thread, I think...

VOL V - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/9962941917/p/1

VOL IV - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/1832985817

VOL III - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/6192934617/p/1

VOL II - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/3112927317

VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...8019385/m/6532968996

AND - this might be of interest:
http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...962920617#1962920617

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

quote:
Originally posted by Voltaire:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Pay notice to Gabriel Gordon[QUOTE]

My fault Jeff, I should have said I don't know his SOLO work...

Great guitar player, great vocalist (ie: harmonies with Natalie), but unfortunately, not a great songwriter.

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

Edna Stern
Schumann

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by Haim Ronen

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Edna Stern
Schumann

Jeff,

How is her Schumann?

Haim

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by Haim Ronen

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by patk

Patty Griffin - Downtown Church

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Edna Stern
Schumann

Jeff,

How is her Schumann?

Haim

Gosh, Haim, I don't know classical music well enough to say much.

I simply like Edna's sound or style. She seems to have a light touch, crystalline clarity to her playing, to my ear, that I find most enjoyable. There is a "beauty" there that I don't always find in other pianists.

There certainly is a more confident style to her playing on the Bach and Schumann relative to the recording of her at the Van Cliburn 2001 competition nearly 10 years ago. She has some fairly extensive comments on Schumann's music at her site here

regards
Jeff A

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

Alicia Keys

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by Haim Ronen

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:

Gosh, Haim, I don't know classical music well enough to say much.

I simply like Edna's sound or style. She seems to have a light touch, crystalline clarity to her playing, to my ear, that I find most enjoyable. There is a "beauty" there that I don't always find in other pianists.

There certainly is a more confident style to her playing on the Bach and Schumann relative to the recording of her at the Van Cliburn 2001 competition nearly 10 years ago. She has some fairly extensive comments on Schumann's music at her site here

regards
Jeff A

Thanks, Jeff.

Looks to me like you are entering the Romantic era... I will probably get the Schumann since I am enjoying a lot her other two discs.

Regards,

Haim

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by Haim Ronen

Piano Trios by Tchaikovsy & Rachmaninov on DG.

Stars, or no stars, these guys can really play well together:

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by nodrog

Pulp: We Love Life

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by matt podniesinski

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by u5227470736789524

Spoon

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by patk

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by Stephen Tate

Furney and Tayla - Jahman

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by winkyincanada

First listen. Liking it quite a bit so far, but I think it'll take a few listens to really get it.

Posted on: 01 February 2010 by naim_nymph

~<>~ Georg Fridrich Handel (1685-1759) ~<>~

Harpsichord Works

Suite no.1 in A major
Suite no.2 in F major
Suite no.3 in D minor
Suite no.4 in E minor
Prelude and Chaconne in G major (with 62 variations)

Isolde Ahlgrimm (1914-1995) ~ harpsichord

[ADD] edel classics cd @ 2001

Posted on: 02 February 2010 by Stephen Tate

Posted on: 02 February 2010 by Lontano

Posted on: 02 February 2010 by David

Fink - Sort of Revolution

Got this for Christmas and listened again last night - it is very good

Posted on: 02 February 2010 by ewemon