Album of the Evening

[WAM]

Miles Davis for me this evening:

 

 

[Melvin]

A classic from 1964.

 

 

 

[rando]

@Musicophile Rather than out there, I'd classify this album under test files. It was bought for the Alphorn pieces with yodeling thrown in as a bonus.  

 

Maybe I should consider relaunching my album thread so as not to disturb the serious minded work being done in here for posterity.  

 

 

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, rando said:

@Musicophile Rather than out there, I'd classify this album under test files. It was bought for the Alphorn pieces with yodeling thrown in as a bonus.  

 

Maybe I should consider relaunching my album thread so as not to disturb the serious minded work being done in here for posterity.  

 

 

Sure. We don’t want no alphorn business here. Just create your own alphorn of the evening thread. 

 

Joke apart, I imagine properly reproducing alphorn probably is a serious challenge for most speakers?

[rando]

I should hope a trio of instruments that large pose difficulties.  They are not an instrument you expect to fit or perform in a recording space very well. Though certainly well played, you are correct they do not easily lend themselves toward audiophile recordings in the strict sense. 

 

[Musicophile]

2 hours ago, rando said:

I should hope a trio of instruments that large pose difficulties.  They are not an instrument you expect to fit or perform in a recording space very well. Though certainly well played, you are correct they do not easily lend themselves toward audiophile recordings in the strict sense. 

 

I hope you have horn speakers ?

[AnotherSpin]

On 12/14/2018 at 9:02 PM, accwai said:

 

Any chance of sharing the list of most important works in history of Western music for the benefit of us audiophiles not so well-versed in the subject of music?

 

Mariah Carey should top the list

[WAM]

Now listening to Wayne Shorter:

 

 

[Mayfair]

[christopher3393]

A Spotless Rose: Nordic Christmas

Sofia Vokalensemble, Bengt Ollen

 

 

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8022674--a-spotless-rose-nordic-christmas

[rando]

[sphinxsix]

15 hours ago, Musicophile said:

I hope you have horn speakers ?

I believe alp horn speakers would be perfect. Klipsch Alp Horn Series (incorporating Swiss made 4m horns) - isn't it a good idea.?

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

I believe alp horn speakers would be perfect. Klipsch Alp Horn Series (incorporating Swiss made 4m horns) - isn't it a good idea.?

They quite literally would blow you away! 

[rando]

Yes, this is me in my small stadium sized listening room, but in lederhosen and a trilby, with Klipsch Alphorn at an appropriate level. 

 

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, rando said:

Yes, this is me in my small stadium sized listening room, but in lederhosen and a trilby, with Klipsch Alphorn at an appropriate level. 

 

Anyway, I would recommend to keep either windows or doors closed

[sphinxsix]

9 hours ago, rando said:

Yes, this is me in my small stadium sized listening room, but in lederhosen and a trilby, with Klipsch Alphorn at an appropriate level. 

 

I guess you're using an alphorn subwoofer too!

[Sir Real B. Czar]

On 12/14/2018 at 1:02 PM, accwai said:

 

Any chance of sharing the list of most important works in history of Western music for the benefit of us audiophiles not so well-versed in the subject of music?

Sure, be glad too. 

However, to get a complete feel for the genre, you'll need important works from both Country AND Western...

 

?

[crenca]

This was actually last night, but I enjoyed it so I will point it out.  I admit I only listened to the 2nd movement of 41 because I just was not in the mood... ?

 

[rando]

Glad to see I have stirred so much interest. If only this was more frequent circumstance. 

 

2 hours ago, crenca said:

 

 

Was actually looking at this and the latest Vivaldi Edition releases last night. 

[christopher3393]

Shining Light--Music from the Aquitanian Monasteries

Sequentia

 

 

Aquitania: Christmas Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th century)
Sequentia - Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, dirs

 

 

"The two titles, Aquitania and Shining Light, containing the vocal art of 12th c. Aquitaine (also known as St. Martial de Limoges) bring to fruition a project which is as old as the ensemble: one of Sequentia’s first projects in 1979 was a concert programme devoted to music from St. Martial, commissioned by the city of Limoges. Together, these two discs they contain a large cross-section of music from this fertile period in European musical life: 38 pieces, polyphonic and monophonic, in celebration of Christmas and the mystery of Incarnation. This is Sequentia’s first recording project made in North America. These two CDs should have been released as one double-CD, but the record label preferred to keep them separate. Bagby & Thornton are joined by men’s and women’s vocal ensemble – 14 singers – and Elizabeth Gaver directs a large instrumental ensemble of fiddles, with Norbert Rodenkirchen playing the medieval flute."

 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/aquitania-christmas-music-from-aquitanina-monasteries-12th-century-mw0000713496

[Musicophile]

 

streaming from Qobuz

[sphinxsix]

Shai Maestro Trio - Live at Bimhuis, Amsterdam (22.11.218).

 

 

Streaming from :
Bimhuis Radio

More Bimhuis concerts here:

 

[qdwieertteyrujpo]

20 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

Shining Light--Music from the Aquitanian Monasteries

Sequentia

 

 

Aquitania: Christmas Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th century)
Sequentia - Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, dirs

 

 

"The two titles, Aquitania and Shining Light, containing the vocal art of 12th c. Aquitaine (also known as St. Martial de Limoges) bring to fruition a project which is as old as the ensemble: one of Sequentia’s first projects in 1979 was a concert programme devoted to music from St. Martial, commissioned by the city of Limoges. Together, these two discs they contain a large cross-section of music from this fertile period in European musical life: 38 pieces, polyphonic and monophonic, in celebration of Christmas and the mystery of Incarnation. This is Sequentia’s first recording project made in North America. These two CDs should have been released as one double-CD, but the record label preferred to keep them separate. Bagby & Thornton are joined by men’s and women’s vocal ensemble – 14 singers – and Elizabeth Gaver directs a large instrumental ensemble of fiddles, with Norbert Rodenkirchen playing the medieval flute."

 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/aquitania-christmas-music-from-aquitanina-monasteries-12th-century-mw0000713496

Thank you! I love Sequentia; got hooked with their interpretations of Hildegard von Bingen.

[Musicophile]

 

Not my go-to version of Rattle, some change for once. 

[rando]

Looking up classical titles on the MoFi site and somehow I end up in that most audiophile of quandary. Owning the same album in multiple formats.