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

John Mayer - Room for Squares
Chris Rea - Dancing Down The Stony Road (songs from a survivor)
Rainer Ptacek - live at the performance centre(dobro & national steel gems from a man in remission). Sadly Rainer lost his fight 5 months later; but not before Howe Gelb assisted with his last recording The Farm.
See Rainer Ptacek 1951-1997 for more info

Denis

quote:

Originally posted by HR:
'an ancient Italian secret'.

Dear Haim!
The best in music is sharing!


So i just get the chance to thank you for this:




PS: how is Zehetmair Quartett cd?

Fabulous stuff






Happyman Dean

Boult and the LPO play Brahms 2 (second time's a charm - which only goes to show what an effect mood can have on music, I can think of no other good explantion why I found this dull the first time round).

regards, Tam

Dear Tam,

It is seemingly rather undemonstrative as a reading at first - nothing exagerated or pulled about - but it is actually a quite driven performance and full of subtle detail. Already at that time the result of forty years of undertanding and study!

It is still my favourite recorded performance of the second actually, so I am glad it is pleasing to you!

ATB from Fredrik

Dear Fredrik,

I think I slightly prefer Haitink and the LSO in the second (and it's been a while since I gave Mackerras a spin), but this is certainly, as with the other Boult readings, amoung the finest I have heard.

To be honest, I am sure the fact I was unimpressed first time around is due to a combination of hang over and lengthy hot journey across the country. (Certainly the this and the third are providing a nice distraction from niggling worries about my computer woes.)

regards, Tam

Dear Tam,

I just mucked up the begining of the Prom! Tuned in about ten past seven ready for the start (as I thought!) and twiddling the dial on the Tovoli found Jupiter from the Planets, which made me think it was a programme change - it was Radio Two! But the quality was terrible as I was off beam with my aim, ans so I twiddled again and In The South by Elgar came gloriously to life. I was expecting a seven thirty start. Doh!

I am very very fond of Elgar's In The South, but I spoiled this one. It is also on this months Cover mount CD on the BBC Music Mag - Proms issue, with a list of all the concerts and performers, which is better than more and the big book costs eight pounds, which was too much for me! I went into a book shop a few weeks ago when I was in Cheltemham getting my parking ticket, and helping one of my Polish friends get his National Insurance number correctly (!) issued!

The rest of the concert looks nice though.

Bliss: A Coulour Symphony, and,

Walton's Belshazaar's Feast!

All the best from Fred

PS: In The South just ended, so must concentrate now...

Dear Fredrik,

I wish they wouldn't mess about the start times like this (unless they're programming something that needs it - Wagner say). I had forgotten we were starting with the Elgar so I have missed it completely (was enjoying my Boult too much!).

Is it coupled with the Boult Elgar on the BBC Music or is that a new one (in which case I must find the old one before it is too late).

regards, Tam

Dear Tam,

The Bliss is fine and exciting, but not compelling, so I am going to do supper, get a bottle of wine, ready for Belshazaar!

The In The South is under Slatkin, and is tremendous, and comes before the First Symphony under Boult, both from very fine Proms BBC SO relays...

Do get it if you can. I's splendid.

Fred

Dear Fredrik,

I intend to (I want to broaden my Elgar - especially after than wonderful concert of the Kingdom - which I went to almost by accident since someone I know was singing in the choir).

I have never rated Slatkin that highly, so I will be interested to hear how he gets along.

regards, Tam

quote:

Originally posted by SteveGa:

Steve

Absolute classic, one of the very first records I bought as a young impressionable teen and wore it out.

Diccus

Hi Huwge

I only have the AFT's Green and Red album, which took me a while to get but i'm there now. Is there any albums better than others or should I just take my time a enjoy buying one at a time.

Cheers

Diccus

Yeah I only smoke weed when I need to
And I need to get some rest wheres the sex
I confess I burned a hole in the mattress
yes yes it was me I plead guilty
And at the count of three I pull back the duvet
Make my way to the refrigerator
One dry potata inside, no lie
Not even bread, jam
When the light above my head went BAM (bam bam)
I can't sleep, something's all over me greasy
Insomnia please release me and let me dream about
Makin' mad love to my girl on the heath
Tearin' off tights with my teeth
But there's no relief, I'm wide awake
In my kitchen, it's black and I'm lonely
Oh if I could only get some sleep
Creaky noises make my skin creep
I need to get some sleep
I can't get no sleep




Last night after a couple of Sov Bloncs...... well my wife did ask for something less miserable than my usual. Absolutely Bangin...... for me prob the best dance toon ever.

Happy Diccus

Diccus,

I like all of AFT but really love Niafunké and the disc he did with Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu

Huw

quote:

Originally posted by Huwge:
Diccus,

I like all of AFT but really love Niafunké and the disc he did with Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu

Huw

Cheers Huw, i'll get ordering

Thanks

Diccus

oh and while i'm on about Ali Farke Toure, Play.com have a sale on most of his albums

Buy AFT

Bloomin good value.

Diccus

quote:

Originally posted by Diccus62:
Steve

Absolute classic, one of the very first records I bought as a young impressionable teen and wore it out.

Diccus

For me it was


then I stopped. I guess I had gone from spotty youth to spotty rebel! Saw him last month in Nottingham and he can still bang them out.

I've put all of these albums on so I could post this, how sad is that?

Steve

Dear Friends,

The Belshazaar's Feast was simply the most fantastic performance I have ever heard of it. I wish I had been there!

For cheapskates like myself, we had better wait for this to appear as a cover CD on the BBC Magazine in a few years time when perhaps they review the amazing Richard Hickox' career! That is something to ponder! As an aside, a few Three Choirs Festivals ago, my five string double bass was used by David Daly, principal bass-player in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, here in Hereford in a Hickox led reading of Elgar's Second Symphony! I was sitting in the Choir-seats behind the Orchestra [which I should not have been, having a ticket for the Lady Chapel right at the other end of the Cathedral!], and I was aked by a Steward, "Do we know you?" I responded that "they" probably did, but that I did not know "them"! I was left in peace. Nerve is what is needed under such conditions! I actually had another 'orchestral guest' ticket which gave me the right to sit in any seat not already occupied! Happy days when I conformed... ish! Now I conform completely... ish!

Fredrik

It's been one of those nights when only the best will do.

I tried playing HMHB CDs in the car, but I have one of those doiby prologic things fitted as standard and the vocals are too far back - it's OK with some stuff, but not songs where the lyrics are paramount. So when I got home, I put them on the CDX2 and they sounded as wonderful as ever.

Dear Fredrik,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000025XXN/qid.../202-0467296-9159858

Didn't hear all of it myself, and what I did hear was on the kitchen radio whilst cooking so I got far from an idea picture of it. Made me wish my computer was in fine enough shape to tape the repeat on Wednesday!

regards, Tam

quote:

Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
PS: how is Zehetmair Quartett cd?

Delicious. I keep coming back to it.

Regards, Haim

Stefan,

How is your cat doing?

Regards,

Haim

quote:

Originally posted by HR:
Delicious. I keep coming back to it.

Regards, Haim

Ok.
It's in the list!


Thanks a lot, Haim!
Cheers
Gianluigi

After a walk in the park, with the wife, for a change.
Before putting the chicken on the grill.

Haim

Earlier...

21st Century Schizoid Band: Pictures of a City - Live in New York (Mayhem & Beauty for a 75 min stroll around Epping Forest on the trusty CD Walkman)

Piano Magic: The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic (Under the stars at home)
Porcupine Tree: Deadwing (UTSAH)
Steven Wilson: Cover Version IV (Havn't found out the original yet; it's beautiful but very disturbing)

Denis