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Think the cd is great but not that bothered about seeing them (unless they play Newcastle).Please, no 'twisting' at the back about ticket prices Tickets hereRegardsDiccus
Messiaen, Berio, Ligeti are all dead. Who would/should be considerred the greatest living composer ? [Based on an entire lifetime of output and not just current productions]. Stockhausen ? Tavener ? James H.
Tonight on BBC1 - 10.45pm(May be a repeat)
just thought people might like some ideas for stocking fillers....even if it's just for themselves!http://www.roughtrade.com/site/content.lasso?page=top100_2007.htmlInteresting that this year they've decided not to actually put the chart in any...
I'm putting on my fire-proof undergarments expecting to be flamed but........I like CD's, they don't have "a bowl of rice krispies with milk added" sound effects going on in the background. I can use my remote control to skip tracks or replay ones. I...
On the Christmas list...
well who is ?anyone ?
Reissue of a 1962 recording. Released by Concord on the Riverside label, from the Stax Archives.Even if you hate the idea of buying Christmas music, this is a great piece of work. If you were looking for a new one this year, better yet. Minimalist...
just had my night ruined when I logged on to the freak emporium site to check out any new releases, only to find that it's closed down. it seems they couldn't compete against the likes of Amazon etc and were priced out the market. A real shame as this...
Anyone have any recommendations for Podcasts.Personally I like the Hospital records bi-weekly podcast - when they just play music, not when they interview people, Sacred Dub podcast - plenty of Bill Laswell and other ambient stuff there, and the Otaku...
Topic title says it all.
I recently became familiar with a band Okkervil River that is excellent. Very dynamic and melodic with fine sonics, excellent pacing and utilizes some interesting sounds, mellatron, zylophone and pump organ to great effect.Reminds me of the Hives,...
I am not a hardcore fan, so please don't advise me to buy all the originals on vinyl, because I won't.I have Remasters on CD. Some wonderful music, but the sound quality on a high end system I think is poor. The track listing on Mothership is similar...
I'm sure we all have favourite artists and we cannot understand why they are so ignored and little known considering the excellence of their output.For me the most criminally neglected artist I know is Pierce Turner.A Wexford lad he went over to...
OK it's not the best album by eirther of them and it's not the best in either the Outland or Psycvhonavigation series (Psychonavigatiopn 2 and 4 are my favourites.)But it's still a great record. Typical ambient dub witbh a nice bit of middle eastern...
Stockhausen has just died ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,2224071,00.html... may he rest in peace.
For those who are not aware, it's nice to have Bob back presenting his Saturday night show on Radio 2.He's started costing me a packet in new CDs already.Wecome back Bob.John.
Last Sunday I heard a magical concert performance of this work from noted Messiaen pianist Peter Hill (whose survey of the composer's work is well worth a listen) and three principles from the SCO (David Watkin on cello, Maximiliano Martin on clarinet...
I bought this at the weekend and despite very favourable reviews I was a little apprehensive about whether it would be any good. Anyway, it is a really fantastic record, his best in years and I really recommend it. This will probably make it in to my...
...I am trying to track down a copy of the OST to a film version of Otello from the 80's featuring Placido Domingo & Katia Ricciarelli and I think directed by Franco Zeffirelli. If anyone can point me in the right direction much appreciated! Gordon
Tonight, at 11.10.
I like this album very much, but I've never been altogether happy with the way it sounds on my system (5x/122x/150x/Spendor S6e). It just sounds too "murky", for want of a better word, to be enjoyable, and eventually the effort of trying to like it...
Herewith is a review I posted on Amazon earlier:A friend has loaned me this new performance of the Elgar Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. I have over the years enjoyed the famous Menuhin set with the composer conducting the LSO in 1932, the later...
On Saturday I listened to a concert with Vespers by Mozart and Haydn.If you asked me beforehand I would have expected to have loved the Mozart and been left cold by the Haydn. As it happens I enjoyed the Mozart and loved the Haydn ...unexpected.In the...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have just announced their first series of tour dates for 2008 and will return to the UK for outdoor shows in May and June!In London Bruce will be the first artist to play at the Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal...