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

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Originally posted by Huwge:
J.S. Bach - Sonatas; Viktoria Mullova and Ottavio Dantone. Haim, you will like this one.



JSB sounds great on pretty much anything - don't see the point in there being a definitive right or wrong to how he is played or appreciated. After all, the only one to comment objectively one way or the other would be he himself. You either like it or you don't, bit like most things really.

Thanks Huw,

The release date for the disk is July 20th, and you are already listening to it.

And I thought that being in Munich, you were only six hours and not six days ahead of us here...

How is the soundf on the Onyx label?

Haim

Luigi Boccherini must have been a man in a constant good mood, as all his music is so delightful.

Haim,
I have no complaints - Onyx and Naive are two very good, small labels at the moment. Probably should not forget Alpha. I was surprised - I pre-ordered on Thursday and got a message yesterday that it was in the post. Reviews were out in June, so I guess it's just been sitting in the stockroom. Definitely a highlight disc of the year to-date.
Huw

Neil Young
"Live At Massey Hall"

quote:

Originally posted by Huwge:
Haim,
I have no complaints - Onyx and Naive are two very good, small labels at the moment. Probably should not forget Alpha. I was surprised - I pre-ordered on Thursday and got a message yesterday that it was in the post. Reviews were out in June, so I guess it's just been sitting in the stockroom. Definitely a highlight disc of the year to-date.
Huw

Huw,

I will try it. The only Bach's violin sonatas version I have is being played on three instruments: Manze's violin, Egarr's harpsichord and Jaap ter Linden's cello on Harmonia mundi.

It is gray and very windy outside and not very likely to change. I will have to switch to B&W mode for the day.

Haim

38ºC here on the balcony, so have switched to Marc Johnson - the sound of Summer running, couldn't find my Savanne by Ali Farka Touré, must be in the office.

His Hands - Candi Staton

I spent the last 7 hours in the car driving south to and back from the coast under a ferocious sun in a never ending line of thousands burning tin cans like mine.
home sweet home

"Live-Bootleg, October 31, 2006"
John Vanderslice
Karlsruhe, Germany
www.johnvanderslice.com

SJB

The Who - Who's Next.

Earlier today it's been the 5th, 6th and 7th symphonies of Sibelius with Oramo and the CBSO.

regards, Tam

Pearl Jam
"Live At Benroya Hall
Oct 22, 2003"
a terrific (mostly) acoustic show/benefit

Jeff,
thats a great PJ album. Have you got At the Gorge 7 disc boxset?

Ryan

Metric-Live It Out

Now Walcha playing Bach's Goldberg variations (on the harpsichord).

regards, Tam

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
I spent the last 7 hours in the car driving south to and back from the coast under a ferocious sun in a never ending line of thousands burning tin cans like mine.

Gian,

I hope that you did not encounter any sand storms on the way and that the car was well stocked with good music.



Disc 3. Sonata 331 twice since our bird likes it so much that he never stops singing with it.

Dear Haim,

I think the way Uchida plays the finale of 331 is absolutely sublime. The only trouble is I love her reading so much I find it difficult to enjoy anyone else's.

regards, Tam

Stockholm Syndrome
"Holy Happy Hour"

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Originally posted by ryan_d:
Jeff,thats a great PJ album. Have you got At the Gorge 7 disc boxset?
Ryan

No I haven't, not sure I am a big enough fan to go there, but noted your earlier reference to it with interest. Most of my interest in PJ comes from my nephew - he flew out in 2001 and we saw them in a 20,000 seat arena. That show was released by them as one of their live tour series, so I have that and the Benroya and the newest studio album and a dvd made during some recording sessions.

But then I never say never.
Jeff A

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:


Gian,

I hope that you did not encounter any sand storms on the way and that the car was well stocked with good music.

Ciao Haim!
No sand but a storm of bikinis all around me.
Got home and forgot about all that "waving".

quote:

Originally posted by Tam:
Dear Haim,

I think the way Uchida plays the finale of 331 is absolutely sublime. The only trouble is I love her reading so much I find it difficult to enjoy anyone else's.

regards, Tam

Dear Tam,

You are absolutely right about Uchida. As long as she is so good who needs to listen to the other Goode (Richard)...

I also like her late Beethoven sonatas and her Schubert work.

Regards,

Haim

Finally getting a little cooler, here. Let's put on some hot music, then:


Stefan

Followed by



Stefan

Delia Derbyshire - the genius behind White Noise: An Electric Storm - and her friends from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. She never got the credit she deserved.

Haim, get your plastic ready...



Stefan