Album of the Evening

[Musicophile]

9 minutes ago, Bystander said:

Though I own it, I think I've only listend to it once and not actually til the end. A little too cute for me, and I couldn't stand his adornments. The '81 Gould will always be the perfect version to me. Andrei Gavrilov's version is another favorite.

 

Here's mine:

 

I personally never fully fell in love with Gould, although the 81 recording was my first ever Goldberg.

 

We can agree on the Mehldau though!

[AnotherSpin]

11 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

I personally never fully fell in love with Gould, although the 81 recording was my first ever Goldberg.

 

We can agree on the Mehldau though!

 

+1 on Mehldau. My first Goldbergs ever were Gould's first recording.

[BacHolz]

11 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

I personally never fully fell in love with Gould, although the 81 recording was my first ever Goldberg.

 

My first exposure was the DG album of Wilhelm Kempff released in 1970.  I probably discovered it in my early ventures into classical music which, as a twenty year old, was an unexplored continent.

Gould, fascinating artist that he was, always distracted me with his background vocals with which I coped by engaging in my own vocal counterpoint as a sort of underlying figured bass.

 

[Musicophile]

Another Mehldau recording here tonight (from Tidal):

 

[Nikhil]

Eagles Unplugged 1994 - The Second Night

 

 

[Guidof]

Revisiting an old favorite, prompted by recent GV posts:

 

 

Bach: Goldberg Variations. Trevor Pinnock on the harpsichord.

 

Very good sound from a CD rip.

[duxservit]

[Theobetley]

This is a request. My wife has gotten me hooked on Turkish tv mini series on Netflix. The latest one is Filinta. The music is so captivating lots of cymbals and other stuff like guitar and other instruments I don't recognize. Does anyone have any recommendations of middle eastern music?

 

[christopher3393]

Another Gramophone Early Music nominee:

 

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame

Graindelavoix / Björn Schmelzer

 

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Theobetley said:

This is a request. My wife has gotten me hooked on Turkish tv mini series on Netflix. The latest one is Filinta. The music is so captivating lots of cymbals and other stuff like guitar and other instruments I don't recognize. Does anyone have any recommendations of middle eastern music?

 

 

There is a thread here - Amazing music of the world, lot of music mentioned, Middle East included

[Theobetley]

Thanks

[rando]

As an aside, I've been educating myself on the lesser known instruments that show up in rare and well conceived performances.  This one highlighted the delightfully named 'oboe d'amore'.  With the HIP movement in full bloom I certainly hope these less common currently produced instruments see more use when called for explicitly.  

 

Boult, LSO, and the almost unknown Holst works all shine on this disc.

 

[AnotherSpin]

59 minutes ago, Theobetley said:

Thanks

Welcome. You may want to try Omar Faruk Tekbilek

[ted_b]

3 hours ago, Theobetley said:

This is a request. My wife has gotten me hooked on Turkish tv mini series on Netflix. The latest one is Filinta. The music is so captivating lots of cymbals and other stuff like guitar and other instruments I don't recognize. Does anyone have any recommendations of middle eastern music?

 

Adding a little techno to Middle Eastern Traditions and you get two of my fave world music albums:

Mercan Dede - Nefes (aka Breath)

Hector Zazou and Swara - In The House Of Mirrors

[Theobetley]

Thanks

[rando]

Interesting old sound which concluded about the time I started finding some ken.  

 

[BacHolz]

I've been a fan pf Phantasm and have posted their works here before.

Just noticed this on Linn...

" We are very excited to reveal that Gramophone has named Phantasm's recording, 'Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears', the winner of the 2017 Early Music Award! Incredibly this is the third time Phantasm has triumphed at the Gramophone Awards and we are immensely proud of their achievements. Congratulations to director Laurence Dreyfus, guest star Elizabeth Kenny and all the players. "

[master]

 

 

One of the best progressive/alternative metal bands, excellent music that's also foot tappingly involving i.e. PRAT for us audiophiles.

 

Going to be a long Tool weekend (hopefully) with the goal of doing a run through of all their albums... and some whiskey for company.

[Melvin]

In honor of Walter Becker. A sad day indeed. 

 

[Musicophile]

 

Always good to go back to Bill Evans on a regular basis. Streaming from Qobuz

[Cornan]

Here is a new awesome album by one of my absolute favourite bands. You just have to listen! ?

 

"A Fever Dream" by Everything Everything

 

[rando]

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, rando said:

 

I would love to hear the arguments of marketing agent who convinced recording label to put a picture of naked lady with pretentious hairdo and vulgar make-up on a cover of Vivaldi album.

[BacHolz]

Poor Vivaldi, there is a whole series of covers ranging from the irrelevant to the ridiculous!

to whatever this is...

 

1 hour ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

I would love to hear the arguments of marketing agent who convinced recording label to put a picture of naked lady with pretentious hairdo and vulgar make-up on a cover of Vivaldi album.

 

 

[rando]

@AnotherSpin  You are much closer to France than I.  Yet the inherent silken crudeness and highly developed style on display is considerably more apparent to me as a skillful modernized portrayal of the musical narrative.  Perhaps renting the rights to a period painting with multiple nudes instead would've relieved the tension you feel built up in their choice of cover art?