My top 3 best sounding 2014 purchases.

Posted by: k on 29 October 2014

These albums are, at this moment, my best sounding purchases of 2014.

Dunedin Consort '' Mozart Requiem'' (Linn)

Batik ''The Old Man and the Sea'' (Sound Liaison)

Neil Cowley Trio (Naim)

Posted on: 07 April 2015 by k

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Not sure if this means albums one has purchased in 2014, or albums released in 2014 that one has also purchased.

If it's the former, I would say these (the first was recorded in 2004, the other two recorded in 1993; one is SACD, the other two vinyl):

Hi Kevin would you please name the albums above, so I know what to look for.

Posted on: 19 April 2015 by Peet

This courageous album deserves to be mentioned.

The Bad Plus;

Posted on: 02 May 2015 by Peet

and here they play it live....

Posted on: 23 May 2015 by Peet

Originally Posted by k:

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Not sure if this means albums one has purchased in 2014, or albums released in 2014 that one has also purchased.

If it's the former, I would say these (the first was recorded in 2004, the other two recorded in 1993; one is SACD, the other two vinyl):

Hi Kevin would you please name the albums above, so I know what to look for.

the pictures are from Division Bell

Posted on: 25 May 2015 by Peet

by Pink Floyd

Posted on: 26 May 2015 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by k:

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Not sure if this means albums one has purchased in 2014, or albums released in 2014 that one has also purchased.

If it's the former, I would say these (the first was recorded in 2004, the other two recorded in 1993; one is SACD, the other two vinyl):

Hi Kevin would you please name the albums above, so I know what to look for.

Hi k,

The Couperin is obvious, the album below it is the 2014 20th anniversary version of Pink Floyd's "The Division Bell", the bottom one is "The Endless River" by Pink Floyd also...

Posted on: 16 June 2015 by Jondhall

What a collection of music. Its good to know I am not the only one with broad tasts. Over the comming week I will track all these albums down and give then a listen. After all its about the music :-)

Posted on: 17 June 2015 by k

Thanks Kevin

Posted on: 02 July 2015 by christian u

Originally Posted by Peet:

May I congratulate you on your excellent choices.

The Batik album The Old Man and the Sea from the little Sound Liaison label, I find especially intriguing.

I think that the hand of the recording engineer has been crucial in making the gorgeous music of this download succeed to such a high degree.

It is an album ''translating'' the words of Hemingway to music and when you know that the head engineer Frans de Rond has a very successful background in radio plays it explains the visual character of this recording.

Very refreshing recording approach.

quote from the Sound Liaison website and a bit I found on his Linkin page;

Frans has received several awards for his work with radio plays. His ability to create an almost visual sound field has made him the most popular engineer for radio plays in the Benelux. The ability to make sound visual is also what makes the audio recordings of Frans de Rond so unique.
Prix Europa 2002 'Ik Zeeuws meisje' (Best European Radio Drama)
Prix Italia 2012 'Mama Tandoori' (Best Original Drama Radio)
Nominated 'Zilveren Reismicrofoon 2014

But this album is music alone, there is no ''spoken word'', that is not to say that it wouldn't be interesting to hear one of Frans de Rond's radio plays.

Posted on: 10 July 2015 by migo

Originally Posted by Peet:

May I congratulate you on your excellent choices.

The Batik album The Old Man and the Sea from the little Sound Liaison label, I find especially intriguing.

I think that the hand of the recording engineer has been crucial in making the gorgeous music of this download succeed to such a high degree.

Very refreshing recording approach.

quote from the Sound Liaison website and a bit I found on his Linkin page;

Frans has received several awards for his work with radio plays. His ability to create an almost visual sound field has made him the most popular engineer for radio plays in the Benelux. The ability to make sound visual is also what makes the audio recordings of Frans de Rond so unique.
Prix Europa 2002 'Ik Zeeuws meisje' (Best European Radio Drama)
Prix Italia 2012 'Mama Tandoori' (Best Original Drama Radio)
Nominated 'Zilveren Reismicrofoon 2014

Good making of video here;

Posted on: 20 July 2015 by Peet

R.I.P. John Taylor

2014 recording;

Posted on: 22 July 2015 by Peet

Such a beautiful last statement, he will be truly missed;

Posted on: 30 July 2015 by Peet

Originally Posted by Jondhall:

What a collection of music. Its good to know I am not the only one with broad tasts. Over the comming week I will track all these albums down and give then a listen. After all its about the music :-)

Yes, it great to see how audiophiles here listen to so very different genres.

Posted on: 12 August 2015 by migo

Originally Posted by Peet:

Such a beautiful last statement, he will be truly missed;

Posted on: 24 August 2015 by migo

I like this one ; Pat Metheny; Unity

nice feature article here

Posted on: 24 August 2015 by Bert Schurink

Originally Posted by migo:

I like this one ; Pat Metheny; Unity

nice feature article here

Agreed, a great recording....

Posted on: 28 August 2015 by Peet

Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:

Originally Posted by migo:

I like this one ; Pat Metheny; Unity

nice feature article here

Agreed, a great recording....

Posted on: 25 September 2015 by Peet

I think I will get the DVD as well.

Originally Posted by migo:

I like this one ; Pat Metheny; Unity

nice feature article here

Posted on: 02 October 2015 by k

Originally Posted by migo:

Originally Posted by Peet:

May I congratulate you on your excellent choices.

The Batik album The Old Man and the Sea from the little Sound Liaison label, I find especially intriguing.

I think that the hand of the recording engineer has been crucial in making the gorgeous music of this download succeed to such a high degree.

Very refreshing recording approach.

quote from the Sound Liaison website and a bit I found on his Linkin page;

Frans has received several awards for his work with radio plays. His ability to create an almost visual sound field has made him the most popular engineer for radio plays in the Benelux. The ability to make sound visual is also what makes the audio recordings of Frans de Rond so unique.
Prix Europa 2002 'Ik Zeeuws meisje' (Best European Radio Drama)
Prix Italia 2012 'Mama Tandoori' (Best Original Drama Radio)
Nominated 'Zilveren Reismicrofoon 2014

Good making of video here;

Yes, good video, I wish I could have been there.

Posted on: 10 October 2015 by Peet

Originally Posted by migo:

Originally Posted by Peet:

Such a beautiful last statement, he will be truly missed;

this is one of my favorite albums with John Taylor;

Posted on: 11 October 2015 by Peet

Wheeler sounds serenely poised amid Swallow's bouncy bass-walk and Taylor's copious and beautifully struck variations on Any How, pianist and bassist make a captivating duo exchange out of the lively Ever After, and the typically sighing slow themes of Now and Now Again and Old Ballad feature plangent Wheeler variations bathed in the brighter light of his clean upper-range phrasing. Its lyrical, low-key jazz chamber music, but much more evocative than its casual delivery might suggest.

Posted on: 27 November 2015 by k

Originally Posted by Peet:

Wheeler sounds serenely poised amid Swallow's bouncy bass-walk and Taylor's copious and beautifully struck variations on Any How, pianist and bassist make a captivating duo exchange out of the lively Ever After, and the typically sighing slow themes of Now and Now Again and Old Ballad feature plangent Wheeler variations bathed in the brighter light of his clean upper-range phrasing. Its lyrical, low-key jazz chamber music, but much more evocative than its casual delivery might suggest.

Thanks Peet

I will look for that album.