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

cheers
Stefan

Michelangeli does Rach. Piano concerto no. 4
And his version of Ravel's Adagio Assai

Great remaster of an already great concert CD.

cheers
Stefan

PS: kuma - are you OK ? No Blood Sweat & Tears, neither Earth, Wind & Fire ? Only great music ? I'm worried...

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Michelangeli does Rach. Piano concerto no. 4
And his version of Ravel's Adagio Assai

Wow, Kuma. I was just going to suggest this and just listened to this myself. Indeed Stefan, great music as you say.

Just thru' the letterbox and promising.

Review blurb:
"Guitarist Ali Farka Touré and kora player Toumani Diabaté, both of whom come from Mali, are two of Africa’s greatest musicians. In the Heart of the Moon is their first full-length album collaboration and it is also the first new album by either artist in 5 years. The original idea was that they would duet on just one track, but their creativity could not be contained, and the result is an album’s worth of new material. There were no rehearsals, and the improvised performances were recorded over three magical two-hour sessions at the Hotel Mandé, on the banks of the Niger River, in Bamako, Mali.
With Ali on acoustic guitar and Toumani’s kora, there was some extraordinary interplay between the pair. The recordings also feature subtle contributions from Ry Cooder on kawai piano & ripley guitar, Sekou Kante and Cachaíto López on bass, and Joachim Cooder and Lekan Babalola on percussion."




also just arrived

Review blurb:
"The inspired collaboration of jazz singer Dianne Reeves and saxophonist/arranger/director Matt Catingub results in a CD which epitomizes much of the cabaret music of the '50s and '60s. Reeves's full, rich contralto is set off to perfection here by Catingub's sax, the timbre of her voice matching that of his tenor sax. Her ability to express the emotion of the lyrics while maintaining total control of her magnificent voice parallels that of some of the greats of the period--Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, Chris Connor--while her background in modern jazz gives a fresh sound to these songs from a generation ago."

Not far wrong - it's good




regards - Geoff

Kuma

Not beinging rude but you seem to have gone 'classical'on us lately. Is this a new adventure for you or a secret exposed

regards
Geoff

Good morning all!
Boys and girls!

I'm enjoyin' last Pierre Bolduc's Audiophile Sound issue CD: Schumann's Fairy Tales on Velut Luna.

Peer Gynt - Greig, it must be a Sunday morning..

Ian

Was, Julia Fischer - Russian Violin Concertos and Mahler 6 with Abbado and BPO

Heavy stuff for a Sunday morning but I feel awake and alive

Dreadful cover - nice album.

Disc 3

quote:

Originally posted by Voltaire:
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins, Verve Master Edition on cd whilst sipping freshly brewed Jamican Blue Mountain coffee and watching the fog lift over the fields through my newly installed french doors...

You're a happy man then?

Allman Brothers Band- Fillmore East. I have had this album on and off since it first came out and never tire of it. Briilliant guitar work.
Lucinda Williams- West been listening to this for 2 solid weeks now. Great album.
Howlin Wolf- Sings the Blues.
Tab Benoit- Fever for the Bayou
John Hiatt- Live at the Hiatt (Ltd edition)
Richie Havens- Dreaming as One(Ltd edition)

Bill Withers "Just as i am" and "Still Bill" on a 2 for 1 CD from Raven, the Australian company who do some great re-releases.

Music for violin & cello By Bach, Kodaly, Giordani, Martinu & Handel.

Arturo Delmoni, violin
Nathaniel Rosen, cello

Haim

M038A MA Recordings

'The first in a 2 volume set of compositions for piano by Argentina's premier composer Alberto Ginastera, performed by one of Argentina's premier pianists Eduardo Delgado. Ginastera, intrigued with his country's folk music heritage, used elements from this rich tradition, including songs of the Gaucho (Agentinian cowboy) and children's songs. This recording features Ginastera's earliest works composed between 1934 and 1947. Recorded in one day (!) on a Hamburg Steinway at Kirara Hall, Akiruno city, Japan.'

One of the best recordings I own in terms of the music, the playing as well as the sound.

Volume one was recorded in 1996 and volume 2 has not come out yet. I contacted lately Todd Garfinkel, the owner and recording engineer of MA and asked about the long delay with the second disc and he replied:

Shalom Haim

Ginastera Vol 2 was recorded a LONG TIME AGO, but the pianist wanted to redo some pieces as he thought he did not play them well enough. Actually, his fingers were bleeding at the end of the session as he really tried to get "his" sound out of the Bosendorfer, but could not. I was not able to get the same Steinway and hall as in Vol 2, but got the great Bosendorfer Imperial that was used in all the Harmony Hall sessions. In other words, I got the Harmony Hall, and had the pianist go up to play the piano in advance, which he did, and agreed to do the session on that piano.

We actually did record again the pieces he wanted to do again, but in a very bad hall in California. We moved his piano from him home, which is not a concert grand Steinway, but still a nice piano. HOWEVER, the sound is NOTHING like what we have for the other pieces and therefore, I am still stuck.

At some point, perhaps, I will go and find the good sections of the pieces from the first session, if they exist, and piece the thing together, if I can still hear......

thanks!

Stay warm

todd

Vivaldi : 4 seasons, LSO conducted by Abbado on DG vinyl. Bought on a student whim many moons ago. Perhaps there are better readings out there, but I never felt the need to go past this one.

Ian

On vinyl:-

Keith Jarrett Trio - "The Out Of Towners". Now, listening the whole stack I had prepared for the Quads in backward order on the Maggies.


cheers
Stefan

Recommended by Tam and truly stunning.

Thanks, Cyrene, excellent idea. Can't wait to see Paul Motian in two weeks from now...

cheers
Stefan

Joe Zawinul

Pretty flat production quality, but great tunes though

Graham