Album of the Evening

[firedog]

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Robert Glasper: Double Booking.

Side one: Robert Glasper Trio - modern Jazz trio, contemporary take. Very good.

Side Two: The Robert Glasper Experiment: fusion mix of Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B. Innovative and interesting.

[christopher3393]

Speaking of which:

 

Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini, Concerti con molti strumenti

Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante

 

 

Lots of multi-instrument concertos, and also includes the famous mandolin concerto in C major RV425. Fabio Biondi and his ensemble are very good and can hold together at great speed, and his stuff often feels rushed and overdone. Not in this case though. The energy that shines through is amazing. The overview at AllMusic (click album picture above) compares this against Paul O'Dette's version on Hyperion and finds Biondi better at integrating the sonority of the mandolin and the ensemble. I happen to have the latter as well. While it is true that the solo and the orchestra integrates better, there is more to it than that. Comparing RV425 back to back, the Biondi version, even though faster, has the proper pulse behind it. The O'Dette version doesn't quite have the energy to move forward. Also, on the Biondi version, the solo mandolin has more ornaments to tie over the longer notes. This gives the piece much better flow. Overall, the pieces here demonstrate great control of rhythm and flow. Awesome.

 

+1, really enjoy this.

[Musicophile]

A Russian evening:

 

Rachmaninov 2 & 3 (cannot be bothered with 1&4...) this time from Leif Ove Andsnes:

 

[Blake]

I'll continue on this evenings theme of Miles Davis - Not an album per se but a sound track. I purchased the hi-res of this through Qobuz and it was horrible...if it wasn't upsampled, I'll eat a trumpet. Luckily this also included the redbook version as well which sounds fine. One of my favorite Miles albums...even if it is a soundtrack.

 

 

 

I had not heard of this album. Pulled it up last night on MOG and I really like it.

 

 

 

I also listened to this:

 

[accwai]

Tallis Scholars 25th Anniversary

 

 

Two disc compilation set. Only listened to the first disc due to time constraint. The disc contains polyphonic works by non-English composers, including Gregorio Allegri's Miserere, Tomás Luis de Victoria's Ave Maria and Antoine Brumel's Gloria. Sumptuous.

[Guidof]

 

"The Soul Of Ben Webster." Two CDs, one mostly Webster, one mostly Johnny Hodges.

Great music, excellent sound.

[accwai]

Corelli: Violin Sonatas op. 5 - Avison Ensemble (24/192)

 

Any thoughts and comments on this one that you could shared?

[Musicophile]

Any thoughts and comments on this one that you could shared?

I really like it. It is well recorded first of all. Compared to the Dantone recording, the continuo is lighter (and comprises some brilliant players like Richard Tunnicliffe), and I like the ornaments on the violin part.

[Miska]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (SACD)

[accwai]

Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Op. 6, Concerto "The Cuckoo"

Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Manze

 

 

This one doesn't have very good reviews. It certainly sounds a little off. But this is the only version I have.

[Boris75]

Weber violin sonatas by Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov in very good 24/96 sound from eClassical:

[rodaguilera]

Same cover image as used in this version of Pergolesi's "La Serva Padrona," where it certainly makes more sense!

 

 

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Yes it is! Poor classical labels...always on budget. It's not the first example of repeated imagebank images on album covers. I'll try to remember others.

[rodaguilera]

Same here. But this one does work very well. By the way, how does the Café Zimmermann's L'estro Armonico compares to the English Concert version?In any case, album of the evening:Johann Jakob Froberger Christophe Rousset44/16 download from QobuzSix keyboard suites by Froberger, played on historical harpsichord in Musée de la Musique in Paris. The sound of the instrument is glorious.

Hi accwai,I have not had time to compare. I'm out traveling and come back tomorrow. As soon i can, i'll inform you about my impressions.

[Snowmonkey]

Same cover image as used in this version of Pergolesi's "La Serva Padrona," where it certainly makes more sense!

 

 

 

Yes it is! Poor classical labels...always on budget. It's not the first example of repeated imagebank images on album covers. I'll try to remember others.

It's not quite an imagebank image. A trademark of Alpha Productions is their use of contemporary artworks on the covers of their early music releases. On this occasion they have used works by Flemish artist Peter Jacob Horemans for the covers of each of Café Zimmermann's series, Bach: Concerts Avec Plusieurs Instruments.

In the case of the Pergolesi, I guess it was chosen simply because it is a painting of a servant girl, also contemporary with the composer.

[coxhaus]

I thought this was a good CD to play for a gray day. It is very gray down here in Texas.

 

[tne]

I thought this was a good CD to play for a gray day. It is very gray down here in Texas.

 

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Probably even grayer here in Shanghai with a PM2.5 yesterday of over 500.

So this was my antidote -

 

Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio

 

[goldsdad]

[Savage]

Thimar

Anouar Brahem w/ John Surman and Dave Holland

 

North African jazz infused with a good dose of western via Surman and Holland

 

[Blake]

michna | moving mountains

 

[fallington]

 

Some really good alternative country.

[Musicophile]

Bach: Christmas Oratorio - Christophers - The Sixteen

 

 

A nice alternative to my go-to versions from Herreweghe and Gardiner. Mark Padmore is a beautiful evangelist.

[Musicophile]

And to continue the seasonal spirit:

 

Diana Krall: Christmas Songs (24/96).

 

[Savage]

And to continue the seasonal spirit:

 

Diana Krall: Christmas Songs (24/96).

 

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I knew that frog would give us excessive feelings of holiday spirit

 

Low

Christmas

 

Santa's coming over - not your typical holiday cheer but very Low

 

[Musicophile]

And to continue the seasonal spirit:

 

Diana Krall: Christmas Songs (24/96).

 

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I knew that frog would give us excessive feelings of holiday spirit

 

Low

Christmas

 

Santa's coming over - not your typical holiday cheer but very Low

 

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I'll never be able to hear Last Christmas without thinking of a little frog doing "ding ding ding" anymore, but probably this is not much worse than thinking of George Michael with an early 1980s haircut.

[Savage]

I'll never be able to hear Last Christmas without thinking of a little frog doing "ding ding ding" anymore, but probably this is not much worse than thinking of George Michael with an early 1980s haircut.

 

They are both the things nightmares are made of.

I was going to make a stocking stuffer comment but probably not very PC