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

I should point out that MP3s really aren't good enough and I only listen to CDs or .flac especially now when it's getting late and the light has gone, my wife is away and the house is mine to fill with whatever sounds I feel like. It's a nice evening. (I hope Helen isn't reading) ;-)

MP3s are a "try before you buy" for me (And I've bought a lifetime's worth)

"Never Too Much" is such a great tune.

"A house is not a home" is pretty stunning too

Hmm - played this after tonight's results and I'll dedicate my favourite track to the Tractor Boys: Where Are We Going Wrong?.

Last one tonight...

oops, just sneaking in another one

Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B Flat: Lady Barbirolli [Evelyn Rothwell], Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli. [Out on Dutton Lab CDs now - 1956 Pye recording, being listened to from one of the very rare Pye CDs from twenty odd years ago!].

Evelyn Rothwell was one of the greatest Oboe players of the Twentieth Century, and was in the view of my one Music teacher {I studied the Oboe for a short while} not only technically finer than Leon Goosens, but a musician of comaprable grandness! ER an LG were contemparies.

Sir John's acompanymnets are a joy! His Orchestra loved Lady Barbirolli! The members would go and discuss personal problems with here. I wonder if Mrs Rattle is approached by members of the BPO in the same way?

Kindest regards from Fredrik

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Originally posted by munch:
Fredrik is that Tomaso Albinoni 1685 to 1750 ? regards munch

Yes it is! [Tomaso, but I don't know the dates that accurately!]

He did not write much, but what there is is from the top draw!

I wish I could pull the catalogue number up, but no doubt there is a dutton www.

Kindest regards from Fredrik

The most famous Albinoni piece is really not by him, in the sense that the famous Albinoni Adagio is really a piece written on the Albinoni's original bass-line by the Italian, Giazotto. I think, but don't know for sure, that this is a piece from the 20th Century, but it is lovely.

There seems to be some connection between the bass-line of Bach's First Prelude [and Fugue from Book One of the Well Tempered Clavier] and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina!" Those old bass-lines are amazing in what they offer structurally to any composer. Gounod found the same Prelude made a rather good inderpinning for his "Ave Maria." There is a funny thing about that though, because Czerny, Beethoven's pupil made an edition of it inserting an extra bar to soften one of Bach's stranger modulations, and Gounod used that as his basis. I once heard it, and the humourist of an accompanist played the Bach without the extra bar, with commic results for everyone except the singer! It was a rehearsal!

ATB from Fredrik

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

Haim,

I've picked this CD up today ( unfortunately not on a vinyl ) as well as this one.

It's lovely.

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Originally posted by Graham Russell:


oops, just sneaking in another one

Very good!

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

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Originally posted by Smifffy:


To my eternal shame - But I just like New moon on Monday for some odd reason. Argh.

Know what you mean!

Gian i have got there greatest hits cd, it has to be played loud though regards munch

Hi Smifffy and Munch!
I have good memories with those guys (some slow dances....................) and i still have this and play it sometimes

Jennifer Berezan "ReTurning"

Lisa Winn "Out From Under"

jim............

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Originally posted by kuma:

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

Haim,

I've picked this CD up today ( unfortunately not on a vinyl ) as well as this one.

It's lovely.

Snap! Sort off!
I've just bought the 2 CD box of the complete ABM Debussy. Such a pity he never recorded the Etudes.

Courtesy of the library on CD:-

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Originally posted by munch:
It came through the door today munch

Please Munch!
Tell me how you do it!
You just open the door or you say some magic words...........................?

Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy

Golden Smog - Down By The Old Mainstream

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Mark,

This is the only Debussy of Michelangeli I have. It is a wonderful LP, but unfortunately my two DG copies (one belonged to my wife in her single days) built in time a lot of static which I am having hard time getting rid of.

Highly recommended.

Regards,

Haim

Haim,

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm just about to order this, which seems to cover pretty much everything on DG label

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006YXP0/ref=or...TF8&m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

Regards
Mark

Hey.
Groovy night!