Album of the Evening

[Melvin]

58 minutes ago, WAM said:

 

 

Love this!

 

[sphinxsix]

Nighttime Bach. No critical element, just enjoying it

 

 

[Melvin]

[Ralf11]

 

[Musicophile]

 

sowme greatHard Bop to start the year. 24/192

[WAM]

I wanted to post this one too.. gmta 😁

 

This one is also quite nice:

 

 

[rando]

[AnotherSpin]

On 1/4/2019 at 5:46 AM, sphinxsix said:

Nighttime Bach. No critical element, just enjoying it

 

 

Schiff’s Bach is very dear to me

[sphinxsix]

5 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Schiff’s Bach is very dear to me

Love his Bach too.

[Musicophile]

2 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Love his Bach too.

+2

 

[Hugo9000]

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Chansons perpétuelles

 

[Jud]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

+2

 

 

All right then, gentlemen, I have a couple of albums to check out.  🙂

[WAM]

I haven't seen the film, but the music is beautyful:

 

 

 

[Hugo9000]

Yma Sumac

Mambo!

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, Jud said:

 

All right then, gentlemen, I have a couple of albums to check out.  🙂

The new recording of the Well Tempered Clavier is good but not outstanding 

[SuperVesnak]

On 1/2/2019 at 3:09 PM, sphinxsix said:

There is an interesting concept behind this musician's work. Some say it's the jazz of the future. A couple of serious music sites have ranked this album among the top jazz recordings of 2018. IMO some fresh jazzy sounds for sure (and I don't mind the fact that this music has a strong 'dancefloor' element)!

 

 

 

First of all I apologize for my English.... thank’s a lot for your suggestion, today I bought the album

[sphinxsix]

3 minutes ago, SuperVesnak said:

First of all I apologize for my English.... thank’s a lot for your suggestion, today I bought the album

Glad you liked it.

[WAM]

37 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

The new recording of the Well Tempered Clavier is good but not outstanding 

 

May I ask what is your desert island choice?

 

I must say I like it. It is not my first choice (that's Richter), but it's good, very good. I listen a lot to the WTK, cannot imagine a life without it. I also like Hewitt (first recording), Pollini (damn, only book 1), Ashkenazy (lousy sq) and Tureck (dreadful sq, both recordings).

 

> I am not an expert, just a listener and an aficionado. Richter's WTK convinced me Bach invented the blues (and the rest). Everybody should own a version of the WTK: it's not about classical music, it's about GOOD music. It's about life.

 

I am afraid Donald T does not own a copy....

[Melvin]

Another favorite:

 

[AnotherSpin]

8 hours ago, Jud said:

 

All right then, gentlemen, I have a couple of albums to check out.  🙂

Comparing of his two versions of Goldbergs is a joy.

[Musicophile]

9 hours ago, WAM said:

 

May I ask what is your desert island choice?

 

I must say I like it. It is not my first choice (that's Richter), but it's good, very good. I listen a lot to the WTK, cannot imagine a life without it. I also like Hewitt (first recording), Pollini (damn, only book 1), Ashkenazy (lousy sq) and Tureck (dreadful sq, both recordings).

 

> I am not an expert, just a listener and an aficionado. Richter's WTK convinced me Bach invented the blues (and the rest). Everybody should own a version of the WTK: it's not about classical music, it's about GOOD music. It's about life.

 

I am afraid Donald T does not own a copy....

My current favorite is Céline Frisch. 

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2016/02/04/celine-frischs-beautiful-well-tempered-clavier/

 

Richter was my first love, Hewitt (as usual with Bach) has done two great recordings, and Schiff‘s earlier recording is also worth checking out. 

 

[rando]

Gold disc featuring a work by local composer Libby Larsen. 

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

5 hours ago, Musicophile said:

My current favorite is Céline Frisch. 

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2016/02/04/celine-frischs-beautiful-well-tempered-clavier/

 

Richter was my first love, Hewitt (as usual with Bach) has done two great recordings, and Schiff‘s earlier recording is also worth checking out. 

 

I glad you’ve done with Richter. When I see someone recommends Richter for whatever reason I skip all other recommendations from the same source. Need to check Celine Frischs, even if harpsichord is not so involving and  may be difficult to my ears sometimes.

[Musicophile]

9 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

I glad you’ve done with Richter. When I see someone recommends Richter for whatever reason I skip all other recommendations from the same source. Need to check Celine Frischs, even if harpsichord is not so involving and  may be difficult to my ears sometimes.

Two interesting articles, with quite different conclusions, on the harpsichord vs. piano discussion:

 

http://www.diabolus.org/myths/bachs-piano/bachs-piano.htm

 

http://www.tureckbach.com/publication-documentation/page/piano-harpsichord-or-clavichord

 

The latter reminds me that I need to listen to more of Tureck.

 

I can live with both, but would really have loved for Bach to touch a modern Steinway even once. Who knows what he would have composed?

[accwai]

37 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Two interesting articles, with quite different conclusions, on the harpsichord vs. piano discussion:

 

http://www.diabolus.org/myths/bachs-piano/bachs-piano.htm

[...]

 

Robert Levin's set in the Hänssler Edition Bachakademie was done on a mix of single/double manual harpsichord, clavichord, church organ and fortepiano.