What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
The Beatles. Abbey Road (1969). On Capitol/Apple label vinyl circa 1975. One of my earliest Beatle LP buys and I wouldn't hesitate to say it's exceeded a thousand plays. Still sounding fantastic. Who says carefully handled vinyl isn't durable?
nigelb posted:Sean Rowe - New Lore
Another superb artist who has completely passed me by. Can't remember who mentioned this on here but what a great shout!
I seem to be playing catch up these days with recommendations. But what I can do is re-shout those albums that really stand out to me and this is definitely one.
It is on Tidal and I thouroughly recommend you have a listen. The opening track is stunning so you only need to listen to this to make a decision. But the whole album is superb. This chap seems to be a baritone and then he suddenly goes up a few octaves, simply stunning.
I picked this up from a post by Bert Schurink so I think that Bert needs the credit. As you quite rightly say Nigel, another great week of recommendations & discoveries. Thanks to all for continuing the search for album nirvana...
A nice start with smooth ballads...
Continuing, this is very nice with a laid back atmosphere while not being ballads....
I know it's a bit late, but since everyone else is doing it, I'm gonna join in... on CD:
Kubelik/Vienna Phil: Brahms Symphony 3
His Brahms Symphony No1 with CSO is one of my favourite yet how could he get all wrong with Vienna Phill?!
Dullville.
nigelb posted:Sean Rowe - New Lore
Another superb artist who has completely passed me by. Can't remember who mentioned this on here but what a great shout!
I seem to be playing catch up these days with recommendations. But what I can do is re-shout those albums that really stand out to me and this is definitely one.
It is on Tidal and I thouroughly recommend you have a listen. The opening track is stunning so you only need to listen to this to make a decision. But the whole album is superb. This chap seems to be a baritone and then he suddenly goes up a few octaves, simply stunning.
Listening to this on Tidal. Loving it. CD ordered. Thanks for the recommendation.
Some Hot Tuna at brunch...sounds very tasty.
G
Vinyl, UK first pressing. A random pick from the shelves:
The Stax Story / 1958 - 1962.
4 CD set of early Stax soul originals from Real Gone Music.
As with other remasters from this label, the SQ is excellent .................. and at £7.95, it's a bargain.
Two of the best reggae albums.
Time for some jazz.
Early 1970s vinyl pressing on the United Artists label:
Arrau before breakfast:
"Daniel Barenboim said that Claudio Arrau had a particular sound with two aspects: first a thickness, full-bodied and orchestral, and second an utterly disembodied timbre, quite spellbinding. Sir Colin Davis said: "His sound is amazing, and it is entirely his own... no one else has it exactly that way. His devotion to Liszt is extraordinary. He ennobles that music in a way no one else in the world can."According to American critic Harold C. Schonberg, Arrau always put "a decidedly romantic piano tone in his interpretations".
Arrau was an intellectual and a deeply reflective interpreter. He read widely while travelling, and despite the lack of any formal education[citation needed] outside of his musical training, he learned English, Italian, German, and French in addition to his native Spanish. He became familiar with Jung's psychology in his twenties.
Arrau's attitude toward music was very serious. He preached fidelity to the score, but also the use of imagination. Although he often played with slower and more deliberate tempi from his middle age onward, he had a reputation as a fabulous virtuoso earlier in his career, a reputation supported by recordings he made at this time, such as Balakirev's Islamey and Liszt's Paganini études. However, even late in his career, he often tended to play with less restraint in live concerts than in studio recordings.
Arrau was a man of remarkable fortitude; even towards the end of his life he invariably programmed very large, demanding concerts, including works such as Beethoven's Emperor Concerto and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwHzKLQCFxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_bVk3RMPyk
UK first vinyl pressing from 1992. Another random pick from the shelves...
Bobo Stenson - Underwear.
Whenever I want to listen to piano jazz Bobo Stenson is not the piano player I think of (nor the second or the third). But every time I listen to Bobo Stenson I say to myself that I should listen more to his music because he makes some good jazz music.
This recording is from 1971 and is more up tempo / closer to 'main stream' piano trio than his more recent work. In one of the tracks you can hear the typical Keith Jarrett solo style. Also the bass and drum really add value to the music instead of just being their to support the piano player.
An easy album...
dave marshall posted:
The Stax Story / 1958 - 1962.
4 CD set of early Stax soul originals from Real Gone Music.
As with other remasters from this label, the SQ is excellent .................. and at £7.95, it's a bargain.
Thanks for the heads up, Dave - I've ordered it, along with the Atlantic set.
Prince -The Truth.
An acoustic, (yes, really), outing from His Purpleness ................. a stunning album, which is almost impossible to get hold of, as it was a promotional exercise .................just as well it's on Tidal then ................... have a listen.