Album of the Evening

[WAM]

Not the album of the evening, but the pint of the evening:

 

 

 

 

 

Now listening to

 

[Cornan]

9 minutes ago, WAM said:

Not the album of the evening, but the pint of the evening:

 

 

 

 

 

Now listening to

 

 

I'm confused. Listening to Meester Stuk and drinking Wes Montgomery? ?

[WAM]

Something like that..  Very  nice pint, great music.

[relaxwithjazz]

 

[relaxwithjazz]

 

[austinpop]

I've been enjoying the German series Babylon Berlin on Netflix, so fired this up for a listen on Tidal last night:

 

 

I particularly like Zu Asche, Zu Staub.

[rando]

Have you ever watched Deutschland 83?  This from someone who is adverse to television who found it quite different and enthralling.

 

More background music than album of the evening, again.

 

[austinpop]

3 minutes ago, rando said:

Have you ever watched Deutschland 83?  This from someone who is adverse to television who found it quite different and enthralling.

 

 

Yes! If you liked that, also check out "Same Sky" and "Generation War."

[Booster MPS]

Picked this up after the GRAMMY win, very solid big band album by Christian.  Chops to spare in this group.

 

 

[accwai]

On 1/31/2018 at 1:09 PM, Musicophile said:

[...] Mendelssohn [...], he's a completely underrated composer.

 

Actually you might have missed an 's' before the 'he', especially given the context we're in here... In any case, album of the evening:

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, et al.

 

[Musicophile]

6 hours ago, accwai said:

 

Actually you might have missed an 's' before the 'he', especially given the context we're in here... In any case, album of the evening:

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, et al.

 

Yes I know. Poor Fanny. She would have needed a #meetoo. 

 

How’s Haitink here? I have a sizable number of Don Giovannis but not this one. 

[Musicophile]

Inspired by the above, for the morning commute:

 

[accwai]

17 hours ago, Musicophile said:

[...] How’s Haitink here? I have a sizable number of Don Giovannis but not this one. 

 

I have nothing else to compare it to. But looks like it has good reviews, e.g.:

 

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/mozart-don-giovanni-45

 

Given this opera's grave subject matter, it's somewhat odd that it's formally classified as opera buffa. But many of the scenes are total chaos like Mozart's other opera buffa, e.g. Marriage of Figaro. The sense of out of control can be quite comedic. And the Don Giovanni character, is this guy for real? The guy's so out of it it's laughable. So opera buffa it is. And the performance flows well. All in all very enjoyable.

 

17 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Inspired by the above, for the morning commute:

 

 

Which reminds me: I have the same album and should get to it soon. But I have Handel's Rinaldo and Vivaldi's Il Farnace in the play queue now. After those I guess.

[Musicophile]

 

Back to Jazz. One of the best Jarrett solo albums, remastered in 24/96. 

 

Richard Lehnert has described it beautifully in Stereophile: https://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-march-2014-iconcerts-bregenz-m252ncheni

 

[BacHolz]

A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf:

French & German Baroque Music

Jakob Lindberg

An instrument with a remarkable provenance in the hands of a gifted artist.

Details at

http://bis.se/performers/lindberg-jakob/a-rauwolf-lute-french-german-baroque-music

 

[semente]

On 02/02/2018 at 2:32 PM, Musicophile said:

Out today, so checking it out right now:

 

Do keep us posted.

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, semente said:

Do keep us posted.

A review is underway. 

[rando]

Getting close to building a small jig I can drop booklet and camera into as needed.  200x00 is a thumbnail not cover art.

 

 

If you guessed that was the fourth release by the Washington Balalaika Society, located in our nation's capital, good for you.  About to follow this up with a test listen to first act from the digital remastering of this classic recording.

 

 

 

[Allan F]

Chopin's Last Waltz by Robert Silverman

Stereophile's Recording of the Month

(available as download from Native DSD as well as vinyl)

[Melvin]

[Musicophile]

 

GoGoPenguin v2.0. 

[slartybartfast]

[slartybartfast]

Still sounds great

[Guidof]

"Album" (actually a virtual box) of several evenings:

 

 

Mozart: Piano Concertos. Andras Schiff and the Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg conducted by Sandor Vegh. Amateurish cover design, but great music.

 

Fine sound, though the piano-to-orchestra balances tend to favor the orchestra. A 16/44 Qobuz download.

[zyberguran]

On 2018-02-06 at 6:41 AM, BacHolz said:

A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf:

French & German Baroque Music

Jakob Lindberg

An instrument with a remarkable provenance in the hands of a gifted artist.

Details at

http://bis.se/performers/lindberg-jakob/a-rauwolf-lute-french-german-baroque-music

 

 

And you can download the 24/96 version at 

http://www.eclassical.com/conductors/lindberg-jakob/a-rauwolf-lute-french-german-baroque-music.html