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;
After a well spent weekend in the mountain it's tome for some favourite music of mine: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto trio - What a wonderful world.
Feeling chilly.
nigelb posted:ewemon posted:
What a lovely album. I am enjoying this one very much.
Nice tip Ewen - cheers.
He has a new one just out. I have a copy but haven't listened to it yet.
VladtheImpala posted:BBC Four - Proms 2017. Haitink conducting a programme of Mozart. Looking forward to Isabelle Faust playing the 3rd violin concerto.
Note to Florestan: this will also include Schumann's 2nd symphony. Or are you from Fidelio?
Regards,
Vlad
I just may be a little bit from Beethoven and a little bit from Schumann but then there is more. Next to being a political prisoner don't forget about Eusebius for starters. 
Get proper chilled out with this one. And it's official from this rag ..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...axing-tune-ever.html
2017 - Tidal...
She has a great voice and the last album I listened to was Neptune City which got a little tiring (over the top arrangements) after a few songs. This one, so far, sounds a tad more composed (no pun intended) and polished. Nothing to write home about though...
Just great jazz schmazz..
The Allmans at Fillmore East WAV CD Rip. Amazing live performances, Duane on fire, great blues-driven Southern rock, extended jams, one of the essential rock albums for me.
Florestan posted:VladtheImpala posted:BBC Four - Proms 2017. Haitink conducting a programme of Mozart. Looking forward to Isabelle Faust playing the 3rd violin concerto.
Note to Florestan: this will also include Schumann's 2nd symphony. Or are you from Fidelio?
Regards,
Vlad
I just may be a little bit from Beethoven and a little bit from Schumann but then there is more. Next to being a political prisoner don't forget about Eusebius for starters.
I try to avoid prison and mechanical contraptions to widen my finger reach.
Thoroughly enjoyed Faust in the Mozart. Not the most profound violin concerto by any means, but I've a soft spot for them, especially Nos. 3 and 5. Haitink looked like he could do with a nice cup of tea and a snooze!
2017 Tidal...
Listening to the extra material...
ewemon posted:nigelb posted:ewemon posted:
What a lovely album. I am enjoying this one very much.
Nice tip Ewen - cheers.
He has a new one just out. I have a copy but haven't listened to it yet.
Stu Larsen - Resolute. I assume you are referring to this, released a couple of days ago.
Amazingly, having only been released a couple of days ago, I am listening to it now on Tidal. It is a more serious effort than Vagabond, but still enjoyable for different reasons. This gentleman seems to be evolving his style very effectively. I like his music.
For any of those souls in the summer of original British houseness noise . This is the nipple....
2017 Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder.
Canada's finest. If you liked their self titled 2005 album, you'll love this one.
Lunatic Soul II, WAV CD Rip.
In need of a Soul fix.
Best yest ..
Last Dance
What did they know when they titled the last recording released before Haden’s death on July 11 the same year (2016)? That his boyhood polio had returned, fatally as it turned out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ff2HTMvfCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgStObm94w8
Soup, Remedies.
I think this is a Super album, worth checking out.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): French Suites BWV 812-817
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) vs. Murray Perahia (piano)
So this is a tough one. I never like pitting one player against the other as one has to use their 'opinion' to weigh various components and eventually pick a winner. In the end, it is meaningless as in a world full of opinions it can unfairly tilt the balance. I will say for certain that both artists are exceptional and have proven themselves time and time again over the course of decades.
I listened to the Ashkenazy twice today for the first time and while this recording is good and has many good points worth mentioning my overall impression is that Ashkenazy's heart is not totally connected with the music. It may be his view of Bach and stylistic choices but whatever the case it feels a little cold and mechanical. Tempos are quick standard for the most part but here and there he decides to go faster than I prefer.
Perahia on the other hand has a slightly different view of Bach and one that I prefer over the Ashkenazy. Warmer and richer in musical meaning you can see that Ashkenazy stays with a straightforward, non evasive view of just presenting the text but avoiding having an opinion about it. Kind of like a harpsichordist would tend to play it without any emotion. Perahia is clearly in love with this music and clearly has played and performed this music much more. Certainly they are both competent players but what I mean is that Perahia's overall vision takes us to a different and much friendlier destiny.
Of course, I still have the Ashkenazy and others as it is good to see what you can learn from all types of viewpoints but it is the Perahia that will remain one of my favourite recordings.
Radio Paradise as usual in the morning, BBC Proms later on and in between (all FLAC rips from CD):
Selections from Joni Mitchell - Love has Many Faces
Joseph Arthur - Could We Survive
Carrie Elkin - Call It My Garden
Free - Heartbreaker
It's been an odd day.........
Vlad
Extraordinary album, and makes my top 20. Love it, love it a lot!!
This was something that Haim had played yesterday and looked interesting.....
Kenny Barron Trio - Minor Blues
.....and it is, lovely album, and to quote the wife, "this is fun."
.....next in the queue
Fantastic Negrito - The Last Days of Oakland
Took a look at this after SONGSTREAM mentioned it above.
From the NPR review: "Blues with a punk attitude" is the tagline on Fantastic Negrito's website, and it's not an empty slogan. The Bay Area singer-songwriter, a.k.a. Xavier Dphrepaulezz, infuses Last Days Of Oakland with slide guitar drenched in overdrive, not to mention a hard-bitten perspective on life, love, art, commerce, class and society. It's an outlook he's earned.
The ninth track on the album "Lost in a Crowd" beat out 7000 other entries to won him the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest. Definitely worth a listen.
Next in the Queue......
Stu Larsen - Vagabond
A couple of mentions from Ewemon & nigelb regarding Stu peaked my interest so queued up to go when '*The Last Days of Oakland' finishes. (*and it was very good)