What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

Following on from a documentary on Sky Arts, this on CD:-

tf  56 
artist  porcupine tree 
title  lightbulb sun 

format  2lp 
date  july 2008 
limited edition 0201/1000 on 180 grams marbled vinyl in gatefold picture sleeve

tracks
01. lightbulb sun
02. how is your life today?
03. four chords that made a million
04. shesmovedon
05. last chance to evacuate planet earth before it is recycled
06. the rest will flow
07. hatesong
08. where we would be
09. russia on ice
10. feel so low
12. disappear
13. buying new soul
14. cure for optimism
 

info:  this double vinyl lp is dedicated to the memory of michael piper, who passed away in april 2008.

When I bought this on CD in 2005 I think, I couldn't believe a band this good were still obscure after 10+ years of toil. I really like this song based cycle of PT (+ Stupid Dream), before they went on a Drop-D guitar fest for the next four albums. I would not expect any PT release until the end of 2012. I think the break from each other will do them good. A new direction will be most welcome and show that the band are still progressing.

~<>~ Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) ~<>~

CD no.7 "Formspiele"

Sonate no.30 (Divertimento) in D major Hob XVI:19
Sonate no.46 in E major Hob XVI:31
Sonate no.30 (Divertimento) in D major Hob XVI:30
Sonate no.42 in G major Hob XVI:27

Christine Schornsheim harpsichord (Kirckman)

Recordings from Wuppertal, Immanuelkirche, 2003, 2004

[DDD] Capriccio 14 x cd box-set (p) 2004

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Very glad i purchased this set, i keep on dipping back into them : )

Debs

A great album. Newton sure knows how to craft songs that demonstrate his unparallelled acoustic guitar playing & clever lyrics.

Have a look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpanipkxbwA ,which hopefully proves the point.

Cheers

Flettster

I'm torn whether I like this one better than his earlier release. I think "Hand Built By Robots" might just egde it. Still a wonderful album for fans of acoustic music.

Cheers

Flettster

...a lot less bumping into someone else this way.  Although, with the good looking partners, I think that this is what Brahms had in mind to do with duets 

I like the playing of Tiberghien but unfortunately something in the recording quality bothers me with this CD.

Cheers

Flettster

A gorgeous smokey & sultry voice that tugs on your heart strings. Spanish copla fused with jazz.

Cheers

Flettster 

 Recordings from 1961, München musikhochschule

3 x LP box-set (p) 1962 Polydor International GmbH

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Found this set in the cupboard... can't remember buying it let alone cleaning the records almost a year ago (i always pencil in the date of clean on the new replacement poly-paper sleeve).

My first play... some class musik on here!

I really do need to catalogue my collection of vinyl : )

Debs

Bach's St. John's Passion was the first of his two big sacred operas. Smaller in scale and - in some performances - more vibrant than the St. Matthew's Passion. Both definitely apply to this performance by the Ricercar consort, the newest OVPP recording - maybe not the best sung ever but very moving in places.

Cheers,

EJ

From last night, and on Vinyl:-

Doug,

for some reason, my second play of this sounded far better than the first.

Perhaps i was in a more responsive mood second time around, or just gave it more focused attention… which is maybe what it needs… may also be a grower… presently my copy is not far from the cdp for a 3^rd listen very soon.

What do you think of this version?

...and did you notice the deliberate mistake on the back cover? : )

Debs

Ryan Adams - Gold

1st play. Much better than I thought it would be!

Cheers,

EJ

EJ,

The only two, very different, recordings of the Shostakovich's piano preludes that I have are the 1987 performance of Tatania Nikolaeva and the 2009 disc of Jenny Lin which I highly recommend if you don't have it.

Haim