Album of the Evening

Cornan · October 14, 2018

Very interesting artist performing mechanical techno. See the Youtube clip. ?

Graham Dunning - Replicator Intro (2016)

https://tidal.com/album/60798960

Musicophile · October 14, 2018

And one more for the evening; Trifonov's spectacular new recording of Rach 2.

24/96 from Qobuz. I've just reviewed it on my blog, check it out here:

https://musicophilesblog.com/2018/10/14/a-review-of-a-very-big-rach2-by-trifonov-and-nezet-seguin-stunning/

austinpop · October 15, 2018

I was introduced to this album at RMAF when a fellow audiophile requested a track from it in the room we were both in. Wow, this is good stuff!

https://open.qobuz.com/album/w27dushm2bsac

Hugo9000 · October 15, 2018

Maurice Ravel

Complete Piano & Orchestral Works

Samson François

André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Sociéte des Concerts du Conservatoire*

*aka Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

I think today I'll begin with CD4 of this marvelous 6-disc set, which includes Boléro, La valse, Rapsodie espagnole, and Ma Mère l'Oye

Some tape hiss, of course, but not too distracting, especially in light of the beauty of the music and the wonderful interpretations here.

For a taste, here is La valse:

sphinxsix · October 15, 2018

Another journey into timelessness.. A very good album IMHO (I can't really say right now if I prefer this performance of the central three compositions of the album or Kremer's on ECM - haven't heard it in a long time).

Hugo9000 · October 17, 2018

Nina Stemme and Placido Domingo

Richard Wagner

Tristan und Isolde

Antonio Pappano/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

This is my favorite recording of this opera. While I admire Birgit Nilsson immensely, I prefer tonal opulence in singers, so the two leads here fit the bill nicely for me. Placido Domingo was the first (and still one of very few--I prefer female voices as a rule) male singer I loved, and my love for the beauty and passion of his singing hasn't diminshed over the years.

Oh, and yes, I gave the singers top billing over the composer deliberately, because I actually like them, while Wagner was a pig! hahaha so sue me!

Hugo9000 · October 17, 2018

Oh, on November 16th, I'll be listening to Caution, Mariah Carey's upcoming album! She announced the title yesterday, and unveiled the cover art today:

qdwieertteyrujpo · October 17, 2018

My favourite composer for piano (Scriabin), played by the pianist quickly becoming my favourite performer for that composer:

(Is there a way to combine Sviatoslav Richter with Martha Argerich?)?

AnotherSpin · October 17, 2018

6 hours ago, Hugo9000 said:

Nina Stemme and Placido Domingo

Richard Wagner

Tristan und Isolde

Antonio Pappano/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

[...] Wagner was a pig! hahaha so sue me!

Now I see why you prefer this version

accwai · October 17, 2018

Schubert/Liszt: Schwanengesang, S560

Leslie Howard

rodrigaj · October 17, 2018

Tetzlaff: Bach Sonatas & Partitas. Listened to this last night on IDAGIO.

https://www.idagio.com/playlists/bach-sonatas-partitas-christian-tetzlaff

Musicophile · October 17, 2018

11 hours ago, dieterjp said:

My favourite composer for piano (Scriabin), played by the pianist quickly becoming my favourite performer for that composer:

(Is there a way to combine Sviatoslav Richter with Martha Argerich?)?

I once saw Richter live, playing Chopin and Scriabin. A memorable experience.

semente · October 17, 2018

WAM · October 17, 2018

42 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

I once saw Richter live, playing Chopin and Scriabin. A memorable experience.

I envy jou.. Richter got me hooked on Bach (WTK, my desert island disc). You are familiar with the the Bruno Monsaigeon doc " Richter The Enigma" ? If you like Richter, is well worth checking out.

Melvin · October 18, 2018

Go Go Penguin V2.0

Haven't listened to this in a while. I think it’s their best to date.

Musicophile · October 18, 2018

5 hours ago, WAM said:

I envy jou.. Richter got me hooked on Bach (WTK, my desert island disc). You are familiar with the the Bruno Monsaigeon doc " Richter The Enigma" ? If you like Richter, is well worth checking out.

Will check it out!

rando · October 18, 2018

rando · October 19, 2018

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Of course, many of the pieces on this recording were adapted in some way to accommodate the unusual instrumentation, but I would especially like to mention the "arrangements", which are more like completely original compositions, by harpsichordist Barbara Weiss. The term "crossover" doesn't begin to do justice to the originality of her pieces, which combine east and west, old and new, and classical, traditional, and popular, to make these pieces the highlights of the CD.

The recording was made over a period of three chilly, snowy days at Hamline United Methodist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. The usual problems of recording in an urban church, principal among them being scheduling, were augmented by the hissing, clanking, clicking, and other onomatopoeia of the steam heating system. A more interesting challenge was to balance these very different instruments -- the pipa is a lot louder than the other plucked instrument present, the harpsichord. In fact it is louder than the other four instruments put together. The performers were all very patient as I worked to resolve these problems.

I used a single near-coincident pair of Neumann KM140 microphones, a Studio Technologies Mic-PreEminence preamp, and an Alesis Masterlink for this recording.

-Peter Nothnagle

Furthering my exploration of Schubert Club releases.

WAM · October 19, 2018

Some Scarlatti this evening for me...

rando · October 19, 2018

Radio Shack, in those halcyon days of the 80's, standing upon its place as a technological byword contracted this CD sampler of original digital recordings from Varèse Sarabande to be manufactured in Japan. Specifically (to save you from squinting at the small print) used were either SoundStream or Sony PCM digital recording systems with all digital transfers, assembly, and editing performed by Master Digital.