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
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
Tracy Thorn "Love and Its Opposite"
as recommended on this thread, thanks.
as recommended on this thread, thanks.
Jo Kerr "Morning Haze"
Another fine live recording, this one solo acoustic..
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Heavy Prog at Chez Whizzkid, well I never!
Dean...
Dean...
Neilson Hubbard "Why Men Fail"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Till Fellner (Piano), Heinrich Schiff (Cello)
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 3 in A major, Op. 69
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2
Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a theme by Handel, WoO 45
Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66
Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 3 in A major, Op. 69
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2
Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a theme by Handel, WoO 45
Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66
Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46
On CD, not normally in purchasing view, but for 99p, I thought why not?
It's not bad either:-
It's not bad either:-
Will Hoge "The Wreckage"
Second listen this week. Not sure how I will come to liking this one overall?
I'll admit that my first reservation is simply my own problem. I simply do not get the Fazioli piano sound. At times it can be quite compelling and maybe that is recording related? In softer sections it can be tolerable but in louder sections it doesn't seem to carry the strength and solid power of a Steinway.
Demidenko has many good ideas about Chopin that I like very much. At times he is spot on and presents a just interpretation based on the score (that most others simply miss or ignore) yet this doesn't carry him through to win me in the overall interpretation. Much of it seems too cautious. It feels to me like he is still probing or searching rather than staking his claim on certain points. This is most evident in the more demanding pieces like the F sharp minor or B flat minor Preludes, marked Molto agitato and Presto con fuoco, respectively, I'd certainly like more of it all around. Minor quibbles though....
I'll admit that my first reservation is simply my own problem. I simply do not get the Fazioli piano sound. At times it can be quite compelling and maybe that is recording related? In softer sections it can be tolerable but in louder sections it doesn't seem to carry the strength and solid power of a Steinway.
Demidenko has many good ideas about Chopin that I like very much. At times he is spot on and presents a just interpretation based on the score (that most others simply miss or ignore) yet this doesn't carry him through to win me in the overall interpretation. Much of it seems too cautious. It feels to me like he is still probing or searching rather than staking his claim on certain points. This is most evident in the more demanding pieces like the F sharp minor or B flat minor Preludes, marked Molto agitato and Presto con fuoco, respectively, I'd certainly like more of it all around. Minor quibbles though....
Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons "Badlandia"
quote:Originally posted by munch:Oliver,quote:Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
Do you like it?
Stu
Like it a lot.
Underworld '100 Days Off' I didn't like it when it first came out, but it is now my most played album by them, a slow grower. Yes 'Close to the Edge' an album that has been a favourite for over quarter of a century, I never tire of it.
And Sun Kil Moon (Mark Kozelek) 'Admiral Fell Promises' which is just living in the CD player at the moment.
Yes 'Boston Gardens 1974' (FM/pre-Fm broadcasts)
Firebird Suite, Sound Chaser, Close to the Edge, To Be Over, Gates of Delirium, And You And I, Roundabout.