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;
I think my 500DR just went to another level and the Stravinsky Concerto here sounding just incredible. what a band !
Different type of music same lady. She is made for Mozart, but also controls this very well.......
Filipe posted:
Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room
I got thus CD at Oxfam yesterday for £2.99. I know quite a few of you adore her music and I have been on the lookout for months, but no success until yesterday.
The NPR music review of 2004 said "The release is a departure from her past work, in that it bypasses interpretations of jazz standards in favor of new songs written by Krall and her husband, Elvis Costello.
Critics have given the record a warm reception, saying it points Krall in an exciting new direction. Tom Moon has a review of the album, released March 27 by Verve records."
Base on the first 4 tracks it's very relaxing and seductive music, the kind one would enjoy listening to live in a club on a date with the person one loves.
What albums are your favourite?
Phil
This is indeed my favourite DK album, closely followed by Love Scenes, but I believe I am in a minority with this as a favourite. DK co-wrote the songs on TGITOR with her husband Elvis Costello who have her the confidence to write. I actually particularly like the last few tracks on the album.
Tony2011 posted:Ever had one of those days that you just don't know what to f.....g listen to?
This is one of them!
Even on those days, Tony, I NEVER want to listen to a fat whiny goth from Crawley... 
Finished Foxtrot. Now James Blake Colour of Anything
nigelb posted:
This is indeed my favourite DK album, closely followed by Love Scenes, but I believe I am in a minority with this as a favourite. DK co-wrote the songs on TGITOR with her husband Elvis Costello who have her the confidence to write. I actually particularly like the last few tracks on the album.
Not so Nigel, ask me for a favourite DK album & it's like being told to stand in a corner in a round room. My favourite DK is entirely mood dependant, I start with one then I play another, then I drift into the classic american song book, NKC, Sinatra & the songs of Porter, Berlin ... too many to mention ....... magic ....... One of these nights I will play them all end to end. It will be an early start & with a few glasses of mellow red & reminiscent deviations listening to the original artists, it will be a late finish.
Just finished.....
Miles Corbin - Musiaue de Paradiso
It was recommended by a friend, so I thought I would give it a spin.
Now playing......
Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five
A sweet voice with a strumming guitar, easy going soft jazz, quite enjoyable for a Friday afternoon.
Now Playing.......
The Salesman and The Shark
Moving from the sweet female voice to the rumbling baritone voice of Sean, love his voice, lyrics, and music.
Now playing....
Sean Rowe - Her Songs
Just wanted to continue with the great vibe of Sean Rowe - Love this man's voice
Tony2011 posted:
1974 - vinyl - UK first pressing...
Not their finest album but the opening track, with Blackmore/Paice intro, is pure Purple.
I have always enjoyed the live version of Burn on the Made in Europe album with its pseudoclassical intro, before exploding into that glorious double string riff.
Howard Shelley - Hummel piano concerto in c major
After rediscovering the second disc from 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' yesterday, I ploughed on with more Pink Floyd, this one on vinyl as I was updating the USB back-up of my NS01 server (that's my third back-up BTW!).
This album is a difficult listen for me.
And now this one. This was my first introduction to Pink Floyd. It holds some special memories for me. Consequently it's an album I like to listen to whilst alone.
Time to ease into the musical weekend with the third/ninth disc from the 1983 Working Backwards box...
Daniel Taylor - Voice of Bach.
From Allmusic.com
Hearing an album of Bach arias sung by a countertenor may not be essential for every listener. Many of the high arias from Bach's cantatas weren't the kind of operatic pieces that called for a muscular male voice comparable to those that have tackled Handel's arias in similar collections, and Bach, at least much of the time, wrote for female vocalists. If you enjoy countertenor singing, however, this release by Canadian singer Daniel Taylor may be the Bach album of choice. Taylor succeeds precisely because he doesn't try to hit you over the head with acrobatics. His voice is rich, smooth, and lyrical, and it is deployed to maximum effect in music that seems to reflect the almost sensuous approach Bach took to the depiction of religious contentment. The duet "Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten," from the Cantata No. 78, "Jesu der du meine Seele," in which Taylor is joined by soprano Agnes Zsigovics, is an addictive group of pearly arabesques. Taylor's most innovative move here is his departure from the usual lineup-of-arias program, with perhaps one or two instrumental selections included as entr'actes. Of the album's 11 pieces, no fewer than five are instrumental sinfonias or choral pieces, with Montreal's Theatre of Early Muisc and the Choir of the Theatre of Early Music taking an almost equal role with Taylor and serving, the way the program is ordered, to set a meditative mood that is intensified by his singing. The overall effect is lovely and increasingly hypnotic as you listen longer. This major-label release is something of a milestone for Canada's enthusiastic contingent of Baroque performers, who have accumulated technical skills but not always the nerve to break out of conventional ways of doing things. Taylor and his cohorts here are fresh and technically facile in equal measure. Beautifully recorded, and strongly recommended. Notes and texts are in German, French, and English.
A faint feeling of Steven Wilson, free on Bandcamp....
Now switched to my new buy - live...
A bit of Elvis always gets the weekend going. This is an all-tube remaster (by Steve Hoffmann) on DCC vinyl from 1997. The SQ is pretty stellar, as these RCA recordings tend to be:
