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

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Big Brother
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Big Brother



From 1993

An Intense year in the drug wars.

Former dealers turned rappers.
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by bishopla
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James Taylor - Live
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radio3 Im assuming its Late Junction
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by sjust
revisiting my latest CamJazz stack - with great joy (also, because I have exchanged my Maggie with - uhm - another Maggie, today... bye, bye 1.6QR, hello 3.6R)

cheers
Stefan
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Geoff P
quote:
Hey Geoff,..This is great. Could you have told growing up that John Surman was going to end up a famous musician, or was he just one of the bunch at the time?
Have you seen him perform lately?

Regards,
Haim
once we got into our mid teens and he motivated our little group to do the Jazz band thing it quickly became obvious he was set to be something quite special musically. He just lived and breathed it and could play saxaphone, trumpet, bass and piano at will. He was already composing stuff at 16 and it came as no surprise that he went to the Royal School of Music in london. He collaborated with Mike Westbrook to create the M.W. big band and at lot of what it did that was "new" was him from day 1. His documented career reads like he always came across. Restless exploring not sticking with one thing.

I have'nt seen hime perfrom in years. He is my age (early 60's) and last he told me he was taking a couple of years out of perfroming to referesh his composing talents.

His ouput on ECM is quite a good snapshot of the various directions he explores musically.

regards
geoff
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Tam
Earlier Beethoven's 1st and 2nd piano concertos from Uchida/Sanderling and the BRSO. Just now, Oramo and the CBSO with Sibelius's 1st and 3rd symphonies.


regards, Tam
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Haim Ronen
quote:
Originally posted by Tam:
Earlier Beethoven's 1st and 2nd piano concertos from Uchida/Sanderling and the BRSO. regards, Tam


Dear Tam,

I went sunday to hear the Quartet of end of time. It was quite an experience. Only by seeing the musicians live you realize how difficult it is to play this piece. The third (solo clarinet) and eighth (violin & Piano) movements were out of this world. My wife was wiping tears in the end of the concert.

We heard also a delightful piano trio (no 1, "Gypsy Rondo" Hob. XV:25) by Haydn and a piano trio (in B-Flat major, Op.11) by Beethoven that made me think of Ludwig as a structural engineer and not a composer...

Regards,

Haim
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Haim Ronen
quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
revisiting my latest CamJazz stack - with great joy (also, because I have exchanged my Maggie with - uhm - another Maggie, today... bye, bye 1.6QR, hello 3.6R)

cheers
Stefan


Stefan,

Bigger is always better, at least in America. Enjoy the 3.6s.

Haim
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Haim Ronen
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff P:
I have'nt seen hime perfrom in years. He is my age (early 60's) and last he told me he was taking a couple of years out of perfroming to referesh his composing talents.

regards
geoff


Geoff,

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Haim
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by Haim Ronen


Schumann / Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano / Hyperion

Papillons Op 2
Fantasiestucke Op 12
Carnaval Op 9

Music which I grew up with.

Haim
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by bishopla


Sony MasterSound Gold CD - Sounds Awesome!

Larry
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by bishopla
quote:
Originally posted by bishopla:


Blonde on Blonde

Sony MasterSound Gold CD - Sounds Awesome!

"Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

Larry
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by kuma
Posted on: 01 November 2006 by kuma

Feelin' Blue....
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My Way - Frank Sinatra
Posted on: 02 November 2006 by BigH47
Rush - Hemisheres CD. Ear infection nearly gone ie I can at least hear bit in my right ear now.
Posted on: 02 November 2006 by Big Brother
quote:
Originally posted by kuma:

Feelin' Blue....


No doubt their best.

Unless you include their Best of Vol 1.


BB
Posted on: 02 November 2006 by Tam
Dear Haim,

Sounds wonderful. Others have said much the same thing to me about hearing the work live (and I shall be taking the next opportunity that comes along). I think there are a number of works of which the same could be said (doubtless the Mahler's 8th, in a very different way, is one of them).

A few weeks back you recommended a recording of the Messiaen - I seem to have neglected to write it down....

regards, Tam
Posted on: 02 November 2006 by BigH47
U2 - Boy
BJH - Mocking Bird
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Fantastic production.

Paul
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PACE
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