What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

On 180g black stuff.

Over The Rhine "The Trumpet Child"

Disc 2: sonatas D.537, D.664 and dances D.820 and D.790. The "D" refers to the (chronological) catalogue numbering by musicologist Otto Erich Deutsch during the first half of the 20th century.

Cheers,

EJ

King Creosote "Thrawn"

 The Cure - Mixed Up

This is a spectacular program devoted to Mozart's solo piano music that, frankly, reminds the listener of very little of Mozart's other solo piano music. The A minor Sonata is a troubling work: nervous and unsettled in the first movement, seemingly relaxed in the Andante which then takes an unexpectedly dark turn, and with a finale which defines "anxious." The Rondo, K. 511, is one of Mozart's most gorgeous--and saddest--works, a 10-minute meditation. A little minute-and-a-half gigue is Bachian; the March, K. 408, is brief and melodic, and the concluding Sonata, K. 533 in F Major, is at first a contrapuntal challenge, then a seeming improvisation, and lastly a dainty start with a theatrical finish. Richard Goode, one of the least sentimental pianists on the planet, still manages to get all of the composer's emotional points and changes across vividly--this is playing of the highest order. A must for any collection.--Robert Levine

Tracey Thorne "Out Of The Wood"

Picked this up on vinyl today. On the Bella Union label, home to acts such as Midlake and John Grant, this is great Sunday afternoon listening - hard to put a finger on it but it is an accomplished album - maybe CSN meets a little prog.

Well this is what the Guardian says....

"As a sideman, Jonathan Wilson has worked with Erykah Badu and Elvis Costello, but as a solo artist, his heart is somewhere else entirely. The primary influence on his first album is the enclave of folk stars who colonised Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon in the 60s. Aptly recorded to analogue tape, Gentle Spirit engagingly takes up where the Graham Nashes and Joni Mitchells left off, with only the odd splash of electronics proving it was made this decade. The title track, a response to the modern-day ill of "all the explosions and carbombs", has a queasy sense of unease in its gentle lamentation: "peddled like cheap drugs, all this hatred", but otherwise he's not much of a proselytiser. In the main, he – and guests including Chris Robinson and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris – are content to navel-gaze, sing softly and weave mellow songs from lazily strummed guitar, Hammond organ and the subtlest percussion. Beautiful and bewitching."

Pearl Jam remastered double 180g black stuff.

Everything But The Girl

I thought this reissue turned out well.

Adrian,

Thanks for that heads up.

Is it a good pressing or pressings?

What do you think of the new Steve Hackett album?

You are missed on here man.

Hope you will post more in the music room now winter is on its way and you have sparked up the system.

Stu

Thanks Stu,

I guess I have got out of the habit of the forum after the balls up. Life is also very hectic work wise so I am rarely in front of the system in the week but with Autumn here the weekends will be a bit more musical.

The pressing on this album is fine and it comes with a download. Not heard the new Steve yet but a busy two weeks coming up with a load of good new stuff released.

Cheers

Julian Lennon "Valotte"

Jackson Browne "The Naked Ride Home"