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;
Poemes: Irene Duval (violin) | Pierre-Yves Hodique (piano)
I can't end the evening in a bad mood and so to redeem myself I am going to listen to a brilliant chamber recital (plus a solo Schubert transcription). Other than the Schubert this is quit an eclectic set of music (read: probably not totally accessible for everyone without some effort). But if you are daring and can handle something that will challenge you then this is it. First, the recording quality is superb and second to none. Second the pianist Pierre-Yves Hodique is really quite amazing. Then, if you can top this all and put it together I would say obviously that Irene Duval is the highlight. Not in a nauseating showy way but in a purely grounded, solid and earthy way she is just superb. Here tone is to die for...
So as far as chamber music is concerned this is as good as it gets. Irene Duval is a player that I will be on the lookout for in the future.
See Haim, it is a costly business but I would never find these wonderful recordings without trying them and then I receive a lifetime of treasures and joy from them. The misses as mentioned earlier do frustrate as it is like a bad investment where you wish you knew better beforehand but that is life. You can never really know until you spend time with them. For me, this recording was a very good investment.
Here is an example of the Poulenc with its witty humour:
And the encore is the totally familiar Erlkonig in the form of a violin transcription. Brutally difficult to play...
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(2016)
Wolf People's latest album continuing their great run of good releases.
"As if a folk band have suddenly discovered distortion pedals and transcendental meditation; this is a blistering album of bliss out guitars, pounding rhythms and exquisite beauty. The song writing has a definite nod to folk, the arrangement a nod to prog and the delivery to metal. Its an album that should have been crafted from the ether in the early 70's perhaps, but never was."
The Band. Greatest Hits. On CD from 2000. An easy-to-listen-to 18-track compilation of The Band's best that meets a happy medium of SQ somewhere between compression and dynamic range.
Blade Runner (2013 on translucent red vinyl..
A complex piece of music, but revealing more every time you listen to it....
After Marius switching to something completely different, triggered by me ripping one of his cd's...
DAVID BOWIE Young Americans (1975 UK first issue 8-track LP, including John Lennon guesting on Across The Universe & Fame.
Played this last night as it is coming up to Blackstar's anniversary and the one-year anniversary of David's death. Its a great album but still quite an emotional listen.
Nigel 66 posted:
??? PLEASE ?!
One of the great rock albums, Def Lep and Hysteria, flac via Auudirvana/Hugo
Vinyl.
Really enjoying my holidays break - versatile - listening sessions so far:
yesterday evening "Fleetwood Mac" on vinyl :
and "Tusk"...
A really lovely album. Yet another forum recommendation - thanks. Tidal.
The Dame's most underrated album (Lodger) in an early 1980s Japanese repress:
Post Christmas & NY wind down music time.
G