Album of the Evening

[Musicophile]

Stile Antico: Music for Compline (24/88)

 

 

Even if you don't like early music, or even classical in general, you owe it to yourself to check out this beautiful recording, if only for the audiophile experience perfect sound of 13 singers in a beautiful church.

 

Thanks to whoever shared this album here first, I don't remember from whom I got this recommendation.

[oscarnr]

Charles Mingus - At Antibes (Atlantic)

 

Recorded live at Antibes Jazz festival, 1960. Amazingly powerful (jazz) music, well recorded. Essential.

[accwai]

Résonance Nima Ben David

 

 

MA Recordings CD bought directly from Todd Garfinkle at the TAVE show on Friday. Solo viola da gamba pieces from old to contemporary. Wonderful playing and top notch sound as usual for MA.

[Musicophile]

Very nice pairing tonight:

 

Bach: Arrangements - Angela Hewitt

 

 

with:

 

Fratelli Alessandria Langhe Nebbiolo Prinsiot 2011

 

 

Both smooth, but rather introvert and with a lot of hidden complexity.

[Blake]

London Grammar - If You Wait

 

 

[Musicophile]

Opera and René Jacobs time:

 

Mozart: Idomeneo

 

 

One of Mozart's lesser known operas, but his personal favorite according to some sources. Jacobs does a beautiful job here.

[Guidof]

 

A pleasant 'divertissement' in good, though not outstanding DSD sound from Acoustic Sounds downloads.

[g3act]

Just bought my first downloads from Linn Records Studio Master series. Absolutely stunning sound quality.

 

 

Mahler Symphony No 2 - Benjamin Zander / Philharmonia Orchestra - 24/192

 

 

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique - Robin Ticciati - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - 24/192

 

The Vivaldi Opus 8 ( Avison Ensemble ) and the Brandenburg Concertos ( Dunedin Consort ) are the next purchases planned....

[justaute]

 

[accwai]

Wherever you turn is the face of God Mevlevi Ensemble of Turkey

 

 

Recording of a Sama ceremony of whirling dervishes. The music itself is rather simple--singers and instruments all follow more of less the same melody plus a drum beat at the bottom. But overall effect is rather meditative, almost hypnotic. The solo prayer sung at the end has clear sign of overtone manipulation, although not nearly as strong as full blown harmonic chanting.

[Musicophile]

One of the downsides of the standard alphabetic sorting of my Albums view is that I play this one way to often:

 

Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple

 

[jerico]

Jackie Wilson / The Ultimate Jackie Wilson

[sauerball]

J.D. Souther - If the World Was You

 

A great performance that also happens to sound great.

[accwai]

Vivaldi: La Stravaganza

Rachel Podger, Arte dei Suonatori

 

 

Vivaldi Opus 4. 96/24 downaload from Linn Records.

 

This is a rather intense interpretation. For example, the slow movements are actually quite slow compared to other mellower versions but it don't feel slow at all, probably because of the strong grip on the pace. For going through the whole thing in one go, I'd personally prefer something a little less in your face (but just as precise). Still, this is an interesting and perfectly legitimate way of doing things, especially for shorter listening sessions.

[Booster MPS]

 

Eric Bibb - Troubadour

 

Many thanks to Snowmonkey for the introduction to a new to me bluesman. Very cool stripped down Blues performance by Eric. Excellent performance and surprisingly good sound quality for a redbook rip.

 

Absolutely worth a spin in MOG to give a listen. I will be buying more of his work.

[crisnee]

 

A musician exploring a photographer's works. Quiet, stark, lonely, consonant and dissonant; rural America via guitar (mostly).

[Blake]

50-piece orchestra combined with a just few elements of ambient electronica.. think Arvo Part meets Brian Eno

 

 

 

"The second installment in Jóhann Jóhannsson's trilogy of albums about technology and iconic American brand names, Fordlandia expands on IBM 1401, A User's Manual by chronicling, among other things, the failure of Henry Ford's Brazilian rubber plant with the power of a 50-piece string orchestra. IBM, which included recordings of its titular computer, could have been gimmicky or overly conceptual, but the results were remarkably moving and personal. While Fordlandia is slightly more straightforward musically, its concepts and emotional impact are much more involved and ambitious. Fittingly, ambition is one of the album's major themes, along with failure, mortality, immortality, and technology's potential for creation and destruction. Jóhannsson depicts these dualities with portraits of great heights and, mostly, deep losses. Ford's doomed project -- which he envisioned as a utopia but ended in disaster, with rioting workers and the development of synthetic rubber, ultimately costing him millions of dollars -- provides the thematic backbone for the album's major pieces. "Fordlandia"'s strings and subtle electric guitars are never less than majestic, but move gradually and naturally from hope to bittersweet doubt over the course of 13 minutes, keeping the intimacy that Jóhannsson's work has shown since Englaborn. That bittersweetness wells into sorrow on "Fordlandia -- Aerial View"; recorded in a Reykjavik church with no edits, its aching strings and low-rumbling percussion sound equally devastated and beautiful."

 

[christopher3393]

50-piece orchestra combined with a just few elements of ambient electronica.. think Arvo Part meets Brian Eno

 

 

 

"The second installment in Jóhann Jóhannsson's trilogy of albums about technology and iconic American brand names, Fordlandia expands on IBM 1401, A User's Manual by chronicling, among other things, the failure of Henry Ford's Brazilian rubber plant with the power of a 50-piece string orchestra. IBM, which included recordings of its titular computer, could have been gimmicky or overly conceptual, but the results were remarkably moving and personal. While Fordlandia is slightly more straightforward musically, its concepts and emotional impact are much more involved and ambitious. Fittingly, ambition is one of the album's major themes, along with failure, mortality, immortality, and technology's potential for creation and destruction. Jóhannsson depicts these dualities with portraits of great heights and, mostly, deep losses. Ford's doomed project -- which he envisioned as a utopia but ended in disaster, with rioting workers and the development of synthetic rubber, ultimately costing him millions of dollars -- provides the thematic backbone for the album's major pieces. "Fordlandia"'s strings and subtle electric guitars are never less than majestic, but move gradually and naturally from hope to bittersweet doubt over the course of 13 minutes, keeping the intimacy that Jóhannsson's work has shown since Englaborn. That bittersweetness wells into sorrow on "Fordlandia -- Aerial View"; recorded in a Reykjavik church with no edits, its aching strings and low-rumbling percussion sound equally devastated and beautiful."

 

 

This is great. Thanks!

[Musicophile]

Enrico Pieranunzi/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron: Deep Down.

 

 

As recommended on this thread. Beautiful music. Thanks again!

[Musicophile]

Anouar Brahem: Le pas du chat noir.

 

 

As already recommended by several on this thread, an amazing artist somewhere between Jazz and World music.

[sauerball]

Woman Child - Cecile McLorin Salvant

[Booster MPS]

Woman Child - Cecile McLorin Salvant

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Love a dub her. HD Tracks hi res download is recommended!

[budy]

The Chameleons - This Never Ending Now. Great post-punk.

[Musicophile]

Beethoven: Symphonies 6 & 2 - Paavo Järvi - Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

 

One of the best, if not the best, recent Beethoven cycles. His Pastorale is only good, not outstanding, but his 2nd is just 100% spot on.

 

[goldsdad]