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

Thanks Stefan, plunge taken. Ian

You won't regret it, Ian...

myself, now:



Haven't noticed, at first listens that this swings pretty well...

cheers
Stefan

Lamantations Of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis - in the HMHB song The Wedding on Saucy Haulage Ballads Nigel remarks at how refreshing it was when the dj stopped playing the usual fare and put on Lamantations Of Jeremiah which cleared the dance floor. Nigel approached the dj commended him and asked have you got any Dowland.

Well with a recommendation like that I had to give a listen - any record that clears a dance floor is all right by me - and this is very fine indeed.

I'd much sooner listen to this than Sugar Sugar, Mony Mony and the rest of the drab stuff they play at Weddings and the like.

Music from the man who inspired some of the greatest acts of today. If you haven't listened to some Dowland lately then you really should.

Another very good man we lost this year:

Hamza El Din / Escalay (The Water Wheel) / Oud music from Nubia / Nonesuch Explorer Series

Regards,

Haim

quote:

Originally posted by ROTF:
Music from the man who inspired some of the greatest acts of today. If you haven't listened to some Dowland lately then you really should.

Roft,

What are those great acts of today which were inspired by Dowland?

I listen a lot to ECM's 'In darkness let me dwell' Are you familiar with it?

Regards,

Haim

Beyond the Wall by Kenny Garrett

Montserrat Figueras et al. - Lux Feminae, music through the Middle Ages to Renaissance focusing on the role of women in the Hispanic culture of this time. A beautiful way to start a Saturday morning and another top recommendation from Haim and Stefan. Thanks!

Goldfrapp - Black Cherry

and then

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Good morning all!
A very grey morning here and more rain to come!
Time to get prepared for the long winter hibernation?

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Sweet Suite for a lovely morning.

Gian,

I am afraid to ask about your plans for the weekend. Starting the morning with Shostak... You must be very brave.

Regards,

Haim

Regards,

Haim

quote:

Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
I am afraid to ask about your plans for the weekend. Starting the morning with Shostak... You must be very brave.

Dear Haim!
Weekend goes for some more work here in the house.
I need something to put me in a "heroic mood"!

This evening is SBLs job to do.
I'll help my friend to dismantle, change gaskets, pads and the silicon sealant.
But i think i'll not sand the cabinets!
)

Good evening and good listenings to you and all the bunch!
Gianluigi

quote:

Originally posted by Huwge:
Montserrat Figueras et al. - Lux Feminae, music through the Middle Ages to Renaissance focusing on the role of women in the Hispanic culture of this time. A beautiful way to start a Saturday morning and another top recommendation from Haim and Stefan. Thanks!

Glad you like it, Huw.
And, isn't the packaging fantastic, also ? Where have all those great people gone, designing great LP covers...

But first of all, the music is really great. One of the more often played CD's I have.

myself:


some balsam to my ears after an Isotek and Nordost workshop at my dealer's...

cheers
Stefan

quote:

Originally posted by Gianluigi
Weekend goes for some more work here in the house.
I need something to put me in a "heroic mood"!

This evening is SBLs job to do.
I'll help my friend to dismantle, change gaskets, pads and the silicon sealant.
But i think i'll not sand the cabinets!
)
Gianluigi

Dear Gian,

You are making us all guilty. I cannot relax even with a good mug of Turkish coffee when I am thinking of all the projects you are handling every weekend.

I am willing to bet that your primary system is a set of top of the line Sthil power tools, each with its own dedicated PS and power cord!

Anyway, this is the Shostakovich I can listen to any time. Those Preludes (inspired by Bach's music) were performed for the first time by Tatiana Nikolaeva in 1952.



Best Regards,

Haim

quote:

Originally posted by sjust:
some balsam to my ears after an Isotek and Nordost workshop at my dealer's...

cheers
Stefan

Stefan,

That sounds to me even harder work than Gian's...

I am wondering if in the end of the workshop you were not discussing the Nortek and Isodost cables..

What was the verdict? I have been using for a while Nordost's Red Dawn interconnect.

Regards,

Haim

Haim, it seems that Shost and Nikolayeva were quite "near", and he had written some works for her. I have a CD of hers, where she performed in Salzburg



already showing her age, but also her routine (in a very positive sense). Must have been a very special moment...

cheers, enjoy the music,
Stefan

No verdict, yet, Haim, and - you're right: hard work, indeed ! (I forgot to mention that I helped the friend that I had led to the Nait5i/CD5i combo to buy speakers, before...)

But...

I had experience with Blue Heaven, in the past, and found it didn't solve problems for me. The new Nordost stuff is much more musical. Quite overwhelmed of their mains leads, in fact (connected to Naim gear)...

I had experience with a James Audio Conditioner, in the past, which didn't do it for me, then. The Isotek range was far more impressing (because: NOT so extremely changing the voicing, but doing some things, right...) that I might think to borrow some for a home dem. Shock, horror...

cheers
Stefan

Haim / Stefan - I have two recordings of Nikolajewa playing the Shostakovich, the earliest and latest recordings. My preference is the later on Hyperion. I am about to give Keith Jarrett another go, now that they are re-issuing his version. I didn't like the bits I heard first go round, but think it's worth another shot.

Today has been shared evenly between the Hilliard Ensemble and the Tallis Scholars - Byrd, Tallis, Josquin Desprez and Palestrina; balsam for the soul

Stefan, please let me know how you get on with the Isotek if you do borrow it. I am assuming you read the article in Image by their Naim user. Given what I have been experiencing with my single source experiments, this might be an answer.

To keep on thread
Caroline Henderson
- Made in Europe, wonderfully unpolished

A bit of culture before the footy comes on....

Ian

Huw,
Inspired by you, I play the Lux Feminae, again, and keep liking it...

What Keith Jarrett ? Did he record Shost ? Can't seem to find it.

Re:Isotek. I may borrow their "Sigmas" which impressed me quite a bit - and will keep you updated (moe likely by email), if/when it happens. They made a BIG point of having adjusted it to be "Naim friendly"...

cheers
Stefan