Music Room
This is the second Zenph "re-recording" of classic piano performances, the first being Gould's Goldberg Variations. While the case for the Gould recording was debateable (there were already good remasterings of his 1955 recording), this Art Tatum CD...
for those who bit-torrent:Robert Plant/Alison KraussLive at Bonaroo Festival, Tennessee June 15, 2008audience recording - bootleghttp://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=515973
We Are Motorhead?
Always been a big fan of industrial music, noise, dark ambient and grindcore, but having heard an episode of the Hour of the Apocalypse on Resonance FM about Sunn O)))) I’m finding myself exploring the various Doom sub-genres. All I can say is wow. I...
once again, i'm off in a few for the venerable ojai music festival. let me know if there are any comments. hosted by steve reich, dawn upshaw and david robertson (?) this time around.i guess i'm not supposed to post a url, but it's easy to find.
Recently I picked up their album Castaways and Cutouts having heard the song Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect in the background on a TV show.I enjoyed listening the album last night, though I don't think I liked any of the other songs quite so much....
Manchester Opera House Wednesday evening, a truly sublime and delightful event, my gig of the year so far (and I go to a lot of gigs), six piece band three girl singers, one 73 year old legend and 2 hours and 45 mins of bliss. Anyone who belives Mr C...
Van Morrison is playing the Brighton Dome on the 19th September but is charging £105 for a ticket.Is this good value? Apparently he's banned the sale of alcohol so I'm probably supplementing a closed bar
About a year-and-a-half or two years ago or so, I bought an EMI twofer on Youri Egorov playing piano works by Robert Schumann. A good number of Schumann fans and piano fans had written comments ranging from the strongly favorable to the dizzyingly...
Blimey - what a fun album. Dad rock slippers swopped for a far more adventurous approach and set of songs. After two good listens I think this one has the potential to be a classic. Weller fans should love it, especially the ones who think that some...
Possibly less high profile than Coldplay but non the less anticipated Streaming hear
The 2008 programme is now published, and full details can be found here. (Programme can be downloaded as a PDF here).At first glance, it looks a little superior to last year (and at least one of the glaring omissions has been corrected: Charles...
Disney Hall is always a great treat except for one performance last year when I was up in the balcony and one old man 12 seats in had a heart attack and the emergency people did their best to get him out mid concert. Those wood floors are very noisy....
On the Coldplay thread I remarked that there are certain bands that everybody seems to like, but I just don't see the appeal of. I remarked that Coldplay along with Radiohead and New Order were in that category for me; I could also add Frank Sinatra,...
Is anyone enjoying this recording as much as I am? I've been a big fan of hers for sometime and it took me several listens to get used to the album as it's a bit different. Her voice is as great as ever and the production quality is very...
I picked up a record yesterday of this group, "Best Of M-A" it's great. I remeberit from a friend's stereo back in late 70s, He had great taste in music and was always trading things in second hand vinyl shops in LA.Does anybody know anything more...
To the classical buffs around here... I have been asking myself this for about 20 years so here we go.Being a regular listener of classical music, I always had a soft spot for instrumental music (like solo piano) and concertos, usually for piano. I do...
Listening to Rocket 88 the other day I’m starting to have my doubts about the received wisdom that says that it’s the first rock’n’roll record. Undoubtedly it’s a great record and there are definite similarities to what...
Just got back from her concert at East Grinstead - absolutely brilliant.EG is Theatre in the Semi-Circle; intimate. The set opened with a harp player and her sister singing folk songs.EM came on with no backing - and she did use both electric lead and...
There is so much wonderful world music out there and I have been trying my best to learn more and buy more of it.I thought it would be good to have a thread of recommended world music that you have found so that others may go out and try if they are...
New Ry Cooder due on the 24th June called I, Flathead. It is avaiable as a normal cd or a limited edition deluxe. Here's what Amazon say about it.Product DescriptionRy Cooder’s I, Flathead, is the culmination of his ambitious and fascinating...
Whilst browsing the iTunes store I have noticed that a number of albums have the word 'clean' appended to the track names. DOes this mean that they have created a clean version of the track or that the standard version of the track is passed as...
Found this site -http://www.highdeftapetransfers.netHas 9624 files for download as flac. Scherezade cost me $10.Downloaded and used Lplex to burn a DVD.Well .....it works.Can't say I'm too bowled over by the SQ.The Good:The higher frequencies are VERY...
I have been listening for a couple of weeks to the 32 Beethoven sonatas played by David Allen Wehr on Connosseur Society. Very impressive playing, maybe the best modern set I have heard. The playing is confident and compelling, with complete technical...
Dvořák EighthI was given a recording of this symphony on CD last weekend, with the LPO under Sir Charles MacKerras.It is a splendid performance full of both wisdom and affection, and not the least messed about with in its ideas. Wonderful fresh...