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

William De Rosa, cello
Li Jian, piano

Brahms Cello Sonata in F, Opus 99
Strauss Cello Sonata in F, Opus 6
Scuman Adagio & Allegro, Opus 70

Some German Romantics music for an icy (12F) Saturday morning on an Audiofon disc.

Haim

Waterson:Carthy - Broken Ground. Traditional folk from the first family of folk.

Howard

History of the Bonzos, the Bonzo Dog Band; I'm feeling very relaxed!

Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson

Looking On, the Move

Mozart Horn Concertos. Alan Civil with Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Civil is one of those natural artists, and at the end you just think that it could have gone no other way. Clearly Klemperer was of this opinion, as Civil's band provide wonderful support. This always was my favourite set (including the famous Brain/ Karajan colaboration), but listening again to these Civil perforamnces gives me pause for thought about not just the quality of musicians, even technically let alone musically, but also simply the business of making recordings that nicely capture the music making. In every way this is superb!

Fredrik

Mi ritorni in mente / Bollani, Bodlisen & Lund / Stunt Records

The same trio that did 'Gleda'. Instead of Swedish melodies this earlier one (2003) is straight jazz standards. Still very good.

Stefano Bollani, piano
Jesper Bodlisen, bass
MortenLund, drums

Haim

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Nic, thank you.

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Haim,

They might not be your usual cup of tea, but I think some of their stuff is oustanding, and unlike anything else around.

It is music that you need to be in the right mood to listen to, a bit powerful and gloomy. Check out some of the samples on Amazon for any of their albums. The Bends, OK Computer and Hail To The Thief are all excellent.

They are pretty successful both in the UK and the States, I'm surprised you have not heard of them, but they are some way out of your regular genres.

Give them a listen and let me know what you think.

Regards

Nic

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Originally posted by nicnaim:

Haim,

They might not be your usual cup of tea, but I think some of their stuff is oustanding, and unlike anything else around.

It is music that you need to be in the right mood to listen to, a bit powerful and gloomy. Check out some of the samples on Amazon for any of their albums. The Bends, OK Computer and Hail To The Thief are all excellent.

They are pretty successful both in the UK and the States, I'm surprised you have not heard of them, but they are some way out of your regular genres.

Give them a listen and let me know what you think.

Regards

Nic

Nic,

Thank you for the super fast response. I will check them first chance I have.

Regards,

Haim

Los Straitjackets-Viva! Los Straitjackets

Surfgarage at its finest. They are really fun live as well if they happen to stop in your town.

A nice hot 85F Sydney afternoon, a glass of chilled pinot, food on the barbecue all washed down with a good loud dose of

Some dancy, funky jazz for a summer's day



JUKKA ESCOLA

Eight violin sonatas and fractions of another two are 'masterpieces in miniature of a composer more famous for his grand structures'.

Haim

Dinu Lipatti playing Chopin, Ravel, Brahms et al. (Would post the cover, but don't know how!)

Graham

Bloody good it is too!

Joan Armatrading - Me-Myself-I (V)
Eliza Carthy - Cigarettes and Angels

Howard

Fool's Mate - Peter Hammill

Anouar Brahem - le pas du chat noir (ECM)

Djorg

Thanks to Adrian:

Kosmopolites / Paolo Fresu plays the music of Roberto Cipelli / EMI

Don Giovanni, da Ponte/ Mozart. Tito Gobbi, in the title role live at Salzburg in July 1950. Gobbi's Don is a viscious, woman-hating beast, and the whole end where he goes to Hell seems apt enough in this reading, whereas if the Don is a nice sort of rogue, you end up thinking that Hell is a bit tough, considering he was not all that bad most of the time. Ceasare Siepi was far too nice to be a real Don. Furtwangler and the VPO in the pit only add to the sense of occasion, while Elira is taken by Schwarzkopf, and Leporello by the inimitable Erich Kunz, who represents a real foil for his master, and not just a simpering little man-servant, less able to draw the audience away from admiring the roguish Don. This is indeed a revolutionary reading, either for its time or indeed even for today. EMI Fesstspieldokumente 566567-2

Please avoid disturbing me during it. It's about two and three quarters of an hour long! Fredrik

Recorded in Budapest, Hungary in 2003.

Markus Stockhausen, trumpet & flugehorn
Ferenc Snetberger, guitar
Arild Andersen, bass
Patrice Heral, drums & percussion

Haim

Naimless week over, so I needed some relaxation and mama don't allow no Naim hifi round here.............