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;
Played this earlier whilst out at a friends house setting up his system.
latest Dave's Picks release...great show from December '71.
CD - Mercury Records 2003
One Second is Yello's fifth original studio album, having been preceded by a 'new mix' compilation the previous year. Released in 1987, the album is noteworthy for featuring both Billy MacKenzie and Shirley Bassey, the latter singing vocals on "The Rhythm Divine".
The songs "Call It Love", "Si Senor The Hairy Grill", "Moon On Ice", "Hawaiian Chance" were used on episodes of Miami Vice and the song "Santiago" used as a sample from Dunya Yunis' "Abu Zeluf".
The song "Si Senor The Hairy Grill" was used as theme song for the Fox TV show The Edge.
Released in 1994:
Marion Verbrrugen, recorder
Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord
This is my go to CD for Sunday late afternoon / early evening music. It creates a certain atmosphere that for me fits this moment of the week. It's (mellow) Jazz music in a medium tempo.
ewemon posted:Borders Nick posted:The War on Drugs - Thinking of a Place. Single from upcoming album - sounding very similar to the last album (that's no bad thing imo). Tidal.
They are calling the new album their Wish You Were Here phase.
Not being at all knowledgeable about the Floyd - is that a good thing ? 
Apologies for posting this yet again but this has to be my album of the year so far. Hell, I might even have to buy it rather than wearing out Tidal's files. 
Florestan posted:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (abridged)
Karl Erb (tenor) | Willem Ravelli (bass) | Jo Vincent (soprano) | Ilona Durigo (contralto) | Louis van Tulder (tenor) | Hermann Schey (bass-baritone) | Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir | "Zanglust" Boys' Choir | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam | Willem Mengelberg
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Well, I have a rather difficult situation. I have hundreds of Cantata recordings and dozens on Passion recordings and over a slow evolution of years I have increasingly become disenchanted with 'speed' in music (where it it not warranted). This year has been the tipping point as now I have a very clear vision in my head (and heart) of what I want and find it increasingly difficult to listen to 'performances' that tend to the speedy side for speedy sake. Everything else about the majority of the mainstream recordings over the past 40 or 50 years is perfect and very desirable - top performers, top recording quality - but it is tempo and the tempo alone that seems to draw the line in the sand with me as to what translates into an undeniable truth - especially in choral/voice music.
A further revelation for me this week is the lucky transaction that led me to pick up a Vocal Score for both the Matthäus-Passion and The Messiah. This means I can now follow the voices of the soloists (Chorus I & II) and to some extent the orchestration through the keyboard (orchestra) part plus have the German / English together. For me, this is just a way of seeing/hearing everything and allows me to understand the big picture better than just 'listening' blind.
The score also acts as a gauge to judge each conducter/ensemble to some unwavering guideline. Yes, it is quite clear that Mengelberg does make some bold moves which clearly stretch the limits of the score but in a context such as this you can understand (feel) his reasoning for doing so and it can be valid if you are willing to take this same leap of faith.
So this year for me, anyway, has been centered around Mengelberg, Klemperer, Münchinger, Richter and Rilling. I have put on various other recordings and all I need to do is go to my favorite selections and from the first seconds it is evident that the heart and soul is quite different and therefore has a different meaning.
An old classic prompted by hearing it in the car the other day. CD rip.
Bert Schurink posted:
As a men she didn't get a contract.
Compare her chopion preludes #16 with Beatrice Rana and you know everything
What a gentle person. Listen to her today during a concert at Steinway house munic organized by a friend of mine.
Great pianism.
