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: 04 May 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by BigH47
A recent charity shop purchase on vinyl Marillion - Season's End:-
Would appear to be fish free.
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Guido Fawkes
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Graham Russell
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Guido Fawkes
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by costello
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Stephen Tate
Buddy Guy - Bring em in. I'm there!
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Cyrene
quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
They play here, tomorrow.
Should I go ?
Shoudl I buy their new disc ?
Questions, questions, questions...
cheers
Stefan
You lucky, lucky man!
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Chillkram
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by sjust
Before:
Who recommende that to me ? It's great, but I haven't heard of any of the players. Good that I have ordered it...
Now:
That must have been Cyrene. 100 points, man....
cheers
Stefan
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Cyrene
quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
Before:
Who recommende that to me ? It's great, but I haven't heard of any of the players. Good that I have ordered it...
Now:
That must have been Cyrene. 100 points, man....
cheers
Stefan
Both of those I think!
Enjoy the Gustavsen!
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by sjust
quote:
Originally posted by Cyrene:
quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
Before:
Who recommende that to me ? It's great, but I haven't heard of any of the players. Good that I have ordered it...
Now:
That must have been Cyrene. 100 points, man....
cheers
Stefan
Both of those I think!
Enjoy the Gustavsen!
Hey, come around for the concert - it's not THAT far... Yesterday, we were three forum members (plus spouses) at the concert, too. Think about it, Cyrene !
cheers
Stefan
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Chris Kelly
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. Roger Norrington on EMI Angel from 1989. Lovely way to end the week.
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by JWM
Not sure whether this really belongs here or 'Great Albums'...
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by kuma
This album really tests my patience.
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by Sloop John B
"He always beat me a subbuteo
cos he flicked to kick and I didn't know"
SJBPosted on: 04 May 2007 by Haim Ronen
A very slow, much needed, pace.
Haim
Posted on: 04 May 2007 by smiglass
Gary Burton,
PassengersPosted on: 04 May 2007 by kuma
Laid back funk.
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by SteveGa
Looks like Hed Kandi day
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by northpole
A couple of new ones:
Peter
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by Haim Ronen
French lute music with some sighs and heavy breathing of Rolf Lislevand.
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by Graham Russell
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by u5227470736789439
Mendelsohn's Oratorio Elijah.
I love this piece, and in a good performance of it all the criticism of it as being too long, too dull, and too much of it in "four-four time" evaporates.
One such performance is the 1947 set under Sargent with the Huddersfild Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [one of the best at the time], and with Harold Williams as Elijah [Bass], who has not yet been eclipsed in the role he sung many hundreds of times throughout the English-speaking world. In this reading the drama is actually characterised as quasi-operatic, and it benefits from Sargent's fairly swift [very quick in the recitatives] treatment, and the gloriously full throated singing of the Chorus.
The other soloist are are wonderful, with Isobel Ballie [the incomparably pure voiced, even now, Soprano. You can easily hear all the words. "Pro-Jec-Tion" is not taught nearly so well nowadays!], Gladys Ripley [a proper deep Alto], and James Jonstone [a pleasingly masculine sounding Tenor]. This is to be treasured, though I think Dutton Vocalion have withdrawn their exemplary transfer now sadly. I am sure it will be back though, as it is has been in and out of their catalogue for the last ten years.
At the end are some bonus arias from Webster Booth [Tenor], Roy Henderson [Elijah, Bass] and Marjory Thomas [an exquisite Alto], who sang on the LP remake. Strangely this old set shows a considerable advantage as a technically fine recording over the LP/tape recording from 6 or 7 years later as the tape is severely distorted in vocal passages, and though it reappeered on MFP CDs a few years ago is not a patch on this older set in any way except for Miss Thomas's contribution - musically or technically.
No modern set seems to come close to the conviction if this old set, which is a link to an older more authentically full-bloody idea of the music than what seems possible in today's world of technical perfection and ignoring the words' meaning!
The only way you come across this sort of reading is in a live concert these days. I have played in a few Elijahs. I played it more often than anything except Messiah of old Handel.
I listened twice. Last evening, earlier on, and again from six this morning! Both times fully captivated.
ATB from Fredrik
Posted on: 05 May 2007 by patk
Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah
