Album of the Evening

[Guidof]

 

Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, BWV 1014-1019. Played with polish by Nicolas Dautricourt (violin) and Juho Pohjonen (piano) -- though at times I wished for a touch more expressiveness on Mr. Dautricourt's part.

 

Excellent sound from a 24/96 Qobuz download. (And another incongruous cover art).

[WAM]

Now listening to the latest arrival:

 

 

 

I also like the MJQ-album Lonely Woman, it's great. Although I think MJQ never recorded " bad music" (I own 19 albums), there are favorites. One of them (and the perfect fit for my Bach & jazz-addiction):

 

 

 

 

[Nikhil]

Any Rod Stewart fans on here?

Having a blast listening to this album right now.

 

[BacHolz]

The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6

 

A four CD collection from the 1960 world tour. SQ at times falls short of what we have grown accustomed to. Given the historic import of these two artists at this moment in the evolution of modern jazz, I can heed the lesson of the Steppenwolf and  delight in the "laughter of the immortals" and not be distracted by any minor shortfalls of the recordings.

[rando]

6 hours ago, Nikhil said:

Any Rod Stewart fans on here?

Having a blast listening to this album right now.

 

Much as definitive was too strong a word.  Fan is right in the mix.  

 

I will admit being in an environment that lends itself to unbiased opinions of this style of music you can easily see how he stayed relevant on the popular charts for so long.  Even in that period between his voice starting to fall off and the now ubiquitous studio magic.  I don't do the Stones, Beatle's, Led Zepelin, Hendrix, The Dead, or have much to do with anything else from that period.  You won't hear much complaint about his music though.

[Nikhil]

4 hours ago, rando said:

Much as definitive was too strong a word.  Fan is right in the mix.  

 

I will admit being in an environment that lends itself to unbiased opinions of this style of music you can easily see how he stayed relevant on the popular charts for so long.  Even in that period between his voice starting to fall off and the now ubiquitous studio magic.  I don't do the Stones, Beatle's, Led Zepelin, Hendrix, The Dead, or have much to do with anything else from that period.  You won't hear much complaint about his music though.

 

I've always liked his voice and have been a fan of his recent works as well.  I like how he has adapted to the changing times and have no problems at all with his occasional misses.  I really liked his work in the American Songbook series and even the Motown inspired "Soulbook".   He just has a tremendous voice that transcends genres.  

 

Listening to Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) really touched a chord with me last night.

 

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Nikhil said:

 

Listening to Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) really touched a chord with me last night.

 

 

Did you hear Tom Waits with this song?

[Nikhil]

2 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Did you hear Tom Waits with this song?

 

Sure.  There are several versions on Youtube.  

[Cornan]

Jack Conman - Heddison

https://tidal.com/album/85416353

 

 

[Cornan]

Teen Men - Teen Men

https://tidal.com/album/46084038

 

 

[WAM]

Mehldau & Redman:

 

 

[RickyV]

This seems to be a nice recording.

 

 

The music too. Fink   Perfect Darkness

[graham]

via Tidal

Another great live album release from the trio.

It compliments Live in Hamburg well.

 

 

[Musicophile]

Streaming from Highresaudio in 24/192 (my DAC doesn't do DSD) with their new streaming subscription (trial week):

 

 

 

[biosailor]

Listening to the Modern Jazz Quartet's 'Fontessa', stereo version. A bit bright in the treble, should've downloaded the mono version that is said to be better. Nevertheless, the music is outstanding!

 

[austinpop]

5 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Streaming from Highresaudio in 24/192 (my DAC doesn't do DSD) with their new streaming subscription (trial week):

 

Do you have to use their desktop application, or can you stream from Roon?

 

[rando]

First you need to subvert their Euro only content geo-lock.

 

[Musicophile]

2 hours ago, austinpop said:

 

Do you have to use their desktop application, or can you stream from Roon?

 

I don't use Room, but Audirvana. Unfortunately HRA streaming isn't yet incorporated into A+, so I'm using their desktop app.

[BacHolz]

12 hours ago, graham said:

via Tidal

Another great live album release from the trio.

It compliments Live in Hamburg well.

Thanks for this. Since his untimely death, I have unwisely stopped looking for further releases from his trio.

12 hours ago, graham said:

 

 

[Guidof]

 

Barsanti & Handel: Edinburgh 1742. (Actually a 'Concerto' by Handel, which is made up of two movements from the Water Music that include two horns; also an aria from Alcina and a march from Tolomeo; and 5 Concerti Grossi by Barsanti). The Ensemble Marsyas is directed by Peter Whelan. Mezzo soprano Emile Renaud sings the Alcina aria.

 

The clear and airy sound complements the pungent tonality of the instrumentation which includes French horns as well as timpani. A 24/192 Linn download.

[DeathFugue]

Very Scriabinesque. Excellent playing and sound. (24bit/96k FLAC)

 

 

[christopher3393]

Machaut: Fortune's Child

The Orlando Consort

 

5th album in this series of Machaut recordings by the Orlando Consort.

 

 

 

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68195

[Booster MPS]

Got to underscore some mentions/suggestions by @Melvin that are just too good not to bring up again (I did not know about either of these albums)

 

The brand new Joey Alexander might be his best release yet and that is saying a lot.  If you dig him, got get this and don't think twice as he is still playing well beyond his years on this earth.  Also I had no idea that Bob Reynolds from Snarky had a solo career, his Hindsight album is a must pick up if you are a Joshua Redman/Ben Wendell/Chris Potter/Walter Smith listener.  He is in your wheelhouse, you just don't know it.

 

Yeah and that site by Daniel Marx Healthy Music Obsession has the best pound for pound suggestions on the music scene in one stop shopping I have run across in a while.  It will be a must read for me going forward.

 

https://healthymusicobsession.com/reviewsandfeatures/

[Musicophile]

Still enjoying my 1 week trial subscription to Highresaudio, so tonight:

 

 

Streaming in 24/192.

 

 

[accwai]

Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Frieder Bernius, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, et al.