Sneakeater Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Haydn: Folksong Arrangements: Welsh Songs for George Thomson (Anderson/MacDougall/Haydn Trio Eisenstadt) (Disc 13) Handel: Il Trionfo dei Tempo e del Disinganno (York/Bertagnolli/Mingardo/Sears//Alessandrini/Concerto Italiano) Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Thielmann/Vienna Philharmonic) 700 Bliss: Spa 700 Kohler/HR Brass: Demilitarized Zones: Marches William Parker: Voices Fall from the Sky (Disc 3: Essence) Sabine Devieihle/Alexandre Tharaud: Chanson d'Amour (songs by Fauré/Poulenc/Ravel/Debussy) (as near to perfect as no matter) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Mark Stewart Learning to Cope With Cowardice " " Mark Stewart Both good. Mark Stewart Metotron A bit rockist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra/Don Juan/Vier Letze Lieder/Ein Alpensonfonie/Till Elulensiegels Lustige Streiche/Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils (Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic) (some of the best performances of total junk -- this Also Sprach Zarrathustra in particular must be one of the greatest orchestral recordings ever made -- I've ever heard) Various: Surrender to the Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies (Disc 2) (speaking of rockist . . .) Andie Tanning: Dandelion (violin music by Mary Kouyoumdjian/Leaha Maria Villareal/Marks/Jacob Richman/Erik DeLuca) Dennis Brown: Love & Hate: The Best of Denis Brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Dvorák: String Quartets Nos. 10 "Slavonic" & 14 (Stamtiz Quartet) Rossini: Soirées Musicales/Péchés de Vieillesse (Persson/Doufexis/Ford/Vignoles) Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (she also never made a record the way she made this -- which is not to suggest she didn't keep being great beyond all description) Gerald Clayton: Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4/Piano Sonata No. 11 "Alla Turca"//Liszt: Piano Sonato (Loriod//Boulez/Orchestre du Domaine Musical) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Fleetwood Mac: Mystery to Me (unlike Bare Trees, this does NOT sound as good as, much less better than, it did back when it was new and I loved it) Vivaldi: Cello Concertos RV 416, 420 & 423/Cello Sonata RV 42//Leo: Cello Concerto in D Major//Platti: Cello Concerto WD 657 (Sol Gabetta//Andres Gabetta/Capella Gabetta) (someday the rest of the world will join me in adoring the Leo cello concertos) Beabadoobee: Loveworm Dvorák: String Quartets Nos. 12 "American" & 13 (Stamitz Quartet) Earl Hines: Tour de Force Chopin: Études//Schumann: Novelettes (Loriod) (you know what? She was really good even when not playing Messiaen) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Roy Wood & Wizzard: Main Street (almost good) Gounod: Suite Concertante/Pedal Piano Concerto/Fantasie sur l'Hymne National Russe/Danse Roumaine (Prosseda//Shelley/Orcehstra della Svizzera Italiana) Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (Bernstein/New York Philharmonic) Q-Tip: Amplified Sweelinck: Fantasias, Toccatas & Variations (Egarr) Bomba Estéreo: Amanecer Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar: Passages Albéniz: Iberia//de Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España//Schoenberg: Suite//Henze: Concerto per il Marigny (Loriod//Rosenthal/Orchestre de Théâtre de l'Opera de Paris//Boulez/Naulais/Deplus/Montaigne/Ghestem//Albert/Orchestre du Domaine Musical) (one of the best recordings I've heard of the de Falla -- and of the Schoenberg, too) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Monteverdi: Quarto Libro dei Madrigali (La Venexiana) Cornelius: Sensuous Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark Beabadoobee: Space Cadet John Coletrane: Blue Train Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps: Demos '84 Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 16 & 19 "Dissonance"/Saltzburg Symphony No. 1 (Quartour Van Kuijk) oui ennui: "For T-2 (Not for Nothing)" Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Rhenish" & 4 (Sawallisch/Philadelphia Orchestra) Jonzi: Shiver Hellinck: Missa Surexit Pastor Bonus//Lupi: Salve Celeberrima Virgo/Quam Pulchra Es/Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel/Te Deum Laudamus (Rice/Brabant Ensemble) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-3/Die Geschöpe des Prometheus Overture/Coriolan Overture/Egmont Overture/Die Ruienen von Athen -- Overture & Marcia alla Turca (van Immerseel/Anima Aeterna) (I was ready for these to be wan and undercharacterized -- but they're some of the best HIP Beethoven I've heard: really exciting) (I'm not looking forward to the Ninth, though) Artemis: Artemis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Serge Gainsbourg: You're Under Arrest (this is a grisly thing to say, but maybe, for the fan -- unlike, say, with Leonard Cohen -- it was a good thing he died) Schumann: Manfred Overture/Violin Concerto/Andante & Variations//C. Schumann: Songs (Kovakos/Hampson/Smith/Batacigli/Miller/Buchbinder//Sawallisch/Philadelphia Orchestra) (I'd hate to have to make a definitive choice between this and Sawallisch's previous Dresden Schumann symphony cycle -- but I'll say this: if there's a better recording anywhere of the chamber Andante & Variations, I hope someone will tell me) Jongen: Symphonie Concertante//Franck: Fanataisie in A/Pastorale (Murray//de Waart/San Francisco Symphony) (guilty pleasures are still pleasures) Ribera: Magnificats & Motets (Skinner/De Profundis) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Gainsbourg was always...uneven. Boulez, Marteau Sans Maitre. I can't remember if I played this before, but probably won't play it again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 The world cares, but I think Matthew Aucoin is just wrong about late Boulez. Pieces like ...explosante-fixe... are simply gorgeous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Elgar: Symphony No. 1 (Davis/London Symphony Orchestra) Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 (P. Järvi/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2//Widmann: Inermezzi for Piano (Widmann/Schiff) Widor: Organ Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Roth) DAOUI: MESSAGE FROM THE DAOUI Clipping.: Visions of Bodies Being Buried (OK, so we have to accept the fact that the best hip-hop band this side of RTJ is fronted by someone who starred in Hamilton) (although he was in Clipping. first) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 I'll try to dig out some later Boulez. I was indeed prompted to listen by Aucoin's savage review of Boulez's essays in the NYRB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Fleetwood Mac: Heroes Are Hard to Find Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 10 (Kovakos/Pace) Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Alessandrini/Concerto Italiano) (I'm pretty sure this is now my favorite recording of these ever) Thumbscrew: The Anthony Braxton Project MIchi Wiancko: Planetary Candidate (this is great!!!!!!!!!!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 40//Haydn: Symphony No. 59 "Fire" (Dorati/London Symphony Orchestra/Bath Festival Orchestra) Bruce Springsteen: Letter to You (enough already) Ives: Psalms (Creed/SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart) Fred Frith: Gravity Schmidt: Symphony No. 2/Notre Dame -- Intermezzo (P. Järvi/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) George Russell: New York, N.Y. George Russell: Jazz in the Space Age George Russell: Stratusphunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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