What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Lily Allen, Alright, Still - a nice poppy way to liven up the day



On to Kate Rusby - The girl who couldn't fly. English folk music in safe hands



Ali Farka Toure - Savane. The king of the desert blues, top geezer laying down his last licks. A sad loss.



Closing out with the complete Reprise sessions from Gram Parsons. Have loved this music since forever. The remasters are very good and the bonus tracks genuine nice to haves. If you have 15 quid in your pocket and haven't heard him and Emmylou Harris harmonising then hie thee to Amazon toute suite.

BBC Radio 3. Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Currently playing the wonderful (Mackerras arr. of course) suite from Janacek's Cunning Vixen (and showing Nott and the Bamberg, who were featured playing a different arrangement on CD review this morning, how it should be done). To come, Mozart's concerto for two pianos, K.365, with Paul Lewis as one of the soloists and Dvorak's 7th symphony.

regards, Tam

quote:

Originally posted by Tam:
Dear Stefan,

I don't know if you've heard the Aimard/Harnoncourt cycle of the piano concertos but to these ears it's the finest of the modern cycles I've heard.

regards, Tam

p.s. Currently listening to Mackerras and the SCO play Schubert's 9th. Wonderful stuff.

Tam,
I was tempted to go out and buy the cycle you describe, and probably will, one day. Instead it was a Pink Floyd fest, today. Have most of their stuff on vinyl, but no deck... Bought at least WYWH and Atom Heart Mother...

So, currently listening to



Before (wrong picture, I had Kaplan's first recording, not his second):




cheers
Stefan

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Just re-visiting 'Jazz at the Pawnshop'

Never thought I would hear it again after getting rid of my vinyl copy, but found a new one on cd hiding somewhere.

Hell, this is bloody good jazz, and what a recording.

Well I woke up this mornin... uncomfortably warm, but luckily postie had delivered:-

STEVEN WILSON - Cover Version Singles CV1 and CV2, CV3, and the brand new release CV4 from headphone dust.
Scott Walker - 'Tilt' (When I first played 'The Cockfighter' last week, It felt like Carrie's arm had burst thru the briks)
The Dears - 'No Cities Left'

This afternoon...

John Mayer Trio = 'Try' (3rd play now, great recommendation chaps)
David Sylvian - 'Secrets of the Beehive: Remastered' (In the Car)
XTC - 'Wasp Star' (ITC)

Ella sings the Cole Porter songbook - absolutely true, "it's too darn hot!"

Colin Davis and the Dresden Statskappelle playing Beethoven symphonies 4 and 5. Wonderful stuff (and fully in line with my comments about earlier discs from this set). It baffles me as to why this has been so briskly deleted following its recent rerelease - perhaps this style of Beethoven is not in fashion. What a shame.

regards, Tam

quote:

Originally posted by Huwge:
Lily Allen, Alright, Still - a nice poppy way to liven up the day



On to Kate Rusby - The girl who couldn't fly. English folk music in safe hands



Ali Farka Toure - Savane. The king of the desert blues, top geezer laying down his last licks. A sad loss.



Closing out with the complete Reprise sessions from Gram Parsons. Have loved this music since forever. The remasters are very good and the bonus tracks genuine nice to haves. If you have 15 quid in your pocket and haven't heard him and Emmylou Harris harmonising then hie thee to Amazon toute suite.

Huwge

Top choices. What do you reckon to Ali Farka Toure's newie?

Diccus

Having a psychedelic breakfast. Nuff said...

Next:
Helene Grimaud recorded live at the Bodensee island Mainau. My parents have seen the concert, where she was playing Schumann (piano concert a-minor, et al), and it must have been a remarkable event.

SWR 3 (TV), 9:15 am^



cheers
Stefan

Hi Diccus - I like the new Touré, but then I have almost everything he has done that has been released in the West. Yesterday afternoon with temperatures in the 30s and high humidity, when I closed my eyes I could have been on a porch in Mali. That's the beauty of good music, its ability to transport you to another place.

Currently, Mozart - Divertimenti for winds and strings

Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth
Kid Loco - Jesus Life For Children Under 12 Inches

From the back of the big pile marked "old CD's I have not listened to recently":



Fantastic!

And now



Tindersticks - Curtains

quote:

Originally posted by Huwge:
Currently, Mozart - Divertimenti for winds and strings

Huwe, good morning.

How would you compare those Mozart's Divertimenti to his Wind Serenades?

When did the *ich occur? Is that permanent?

Regards,

Haim

Gian,

The other night some good friends came for an early dinner and ended up staying for eight hours. So of course, some music had to be involved.
I asked the husband (the wives were polishing a bottle of wine in the kitchen) what he felt like listening to, expecting something like: 'jazz' or 'classical'. Instead his answer was very specific: Beethoven's Sonata A Op 69 for piano and cello. I have a couple versions of the music, including Dupree, but he chose Schiff & Perenyi which he was not familiar with and loved it so much that he had me play it three times.

Upon leaving he wanted to know what were my resources and how I found my music and I just said that it was.. 'an ancient Italian secret'.

Thanks again Gian,

Haim

Haim,
will drop you an e-mail a bit later.
Huw

A promo CD with samples from Tom Koopman's complete recording of the Bach Cantatas. Very nice, but I wouldn't know how to handle 21 boxes with 3 CD's each. What to pick ?

Easier to handle for a simple mind like myself the magnificent:



cheers
Stefan