Album of the Evening

[austinpop]

Nice on a gloomy work day...

 

[AnotherSpin]

Trey sings and plays alone.

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/buim6088fta8a

 

[DuckToller]

10 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Yet one more after Blue Note tribute to L. Cohen, this time more ..classical in style.

Streaming mp3 fragments and as much as I love the former recording (I think it's one of very few interesting albums with LC covers), I don't know what to think of this one (but I have a problem with classical singing, especially with male vocalists so maybe you need to check it out for yourself..).

 

How did you get that?

[sphinxsix]

26 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

How did you get that?

 

I didn't. Being an educated man (it's such a game between us, gentlemen, everything is ok, I assure you 🙂) you probably can read.. 

 

10 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Streaming mp3 fragments (...) I don't know what to think of this ..

 

..but it's available since 04.11

 

here

 

You're welcome  😎

[Allan F]

And in the Darkness-Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Allan F said:

And in the Darkness-Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

 

I’m trying to get into this one. 

[Allan F]

2 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I’m trying to get into this one. 

 

It's available as a digital download in 24/44 on Bandcamp. I quite like it.

[cjf]

[cjf]

[The Computer Audiophile]

59 minutes ago, cjf said:

Such a great album. 

[AnotherSpin]

A rare gem of early ECM. A free-flying piano trio recorded just before Chick Corea took a radical turn toward more accessible electric jazz with Return to Forever group.

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0004228336782

 

[AnotherSpin]

Haven't listened to this ECM album since the glorious days of LPs in the '70s. Who would have thought in those fabulous times that in half a century my town would be living in war, blackouts, and cold? Everything has changed unpredictably, except the music, of course. 

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0060249871773

 

[firedog]

 

Recent addition at Qobuz.

Quite good. Slightly unusual version of the Ravel/Mussorgsky, supposedly more accurate to the original Ravel score.

Sound on the CD Version is good. At Amazon there were a lot of comments that the sound was awful. Maybe that's the SACD layer in that version. 

[AnotherSpin]

An early recording of Goldberg Variations by the celebrated German musician Karl Richter. The masterful performance on the two-manual harpsichord (as originally conceived) can serve as a reference for comparison with modern performances. In addition to this early version, Karl Richter recorded the Variations several times, including an album for DG in the early '70s and two or three albums for Japanese labels, but this debut version is particularly appealing. The sound quality is archival, of course. Which may or may not be a disadvantage.

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/py4fax7abwfqa

 

[WAM]

Did some Bandcamp Friday shopping.. Gorgeous music...

 

[austinpop]

[Nikhil]

Just got to hear of this band.  Supposedly one of the hot bands on the London Jazz scene right now.

 

 

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/blmd1v0s6k22b

 

 

 

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[AnotherSpin]

4 hours ago, austinpop said:

 

Did you like it?

[austinpop]

12 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Did you like it?

Yes! This is one of my favorite recordings of The Creation. The singing here is particularly outstanding.

[AnotherSpin]

Just now, austinpop said:

Yes! This is one of my favorite recordings of The Creation. The singing here is particularly outstanding.

 

I'm always interested in Christie's recordings, but his Sсhöpfung didn't stick in my memory...🙃 Will listen to it again.

[AnotherSpin]

I would like to know the reasons that prompted Herbert von Karajan to conduct Mahler's symphony. It seems to have been no more natural than forcing Richard Wagner to attend synagogue routinely. Who knows if this decision was voluntary, or if it was a kind of excuse for Karajan with his Nazi past: look - I'm conducting Mahler. Now we come to the difficult part. Is it any good at all? Well, I don't think so. Opulent Berliners, great conductor, but, you know, you can't fake the orga... musical excitement for real. A unique example that helps one understand why some people adore Mahler's music and others can't stand it. 

And yes, the adagietto is gorgeous, but this is Karajan after all.

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0002894794881

 

[WAM]

We have got a Aries G2.1 on loan from our dealer, it's now streaming this wonderful album:

 

 

[jiminlogansquare]

[semente]

 

I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991, produced by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Your_Fan

[DuckToller]

2 hours ago, semente said:

 

I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991, produced by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Your_Fan

I own the Vinyl version since Xmas '91 😇