BBC Music magazine free cover disc. Bruckner Symphony No 3 ( 1889 ) version.
Performers : City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons.
I already have a commercial recording but this is a very serviceable live version.
Saturday 20 August 2011
Friday 19 August 2011
They Don't Let Me Forget I'm Black.....
Miles Davis : A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Miles, Steve Grossman, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Michael Henderson, John McLaughlin.
Didn't take much notice of this back in the day, thought of it as a film sountrack album. But it represents a storming version of the Bitches Brew era Miles bands.
Miles, Steve Grossman, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Michael Henderson, John McLaughlin.
Didn't take much notice of this back in the day, thought of it as a film sountrack album. But it represents a storming version of the Bitches Brew era Miles bands.
Not Necessarily All Is Angelic
Jonathan Harvey : The Angels, Ashes Dance Back, Marahi, The Summer Cloud's Awakening
Performers : Latvian Radio Choir conductor Kaspars Putnins for The Angels, James Wood for the rest. Augmented on The Summer Cloud's Awakening by Jonathan Harvey and Carl Faia electronics, Clive Williamson synthesizer, Ilona Meija flute and Arne Deforce cello.
Performers : Latvian Radio Choir conductor Kaspars Putnins for The Angels, James Wood for the rest. Augmented on The Summer Cloud's Awakening by Jonathan Harvey and Carl Faia electronics, Clive Williamson synthesizer, Ilona Meija flute and Arne Deforce cello.
Thursday 18 August 2011
A Bygone Age
Bird Songs At Eventide. Robert White, tenor and Stephen Hough piano. Parlour songs from Britain and Ireland in the main with a few from the US. Played straight and with sincerity which overcomes some of the more saccharine moments. Buttoned up emotion slowly breaking down to real emotion.
Songwriter Extraordinaire
Kinks, The Ultimate Collection.
Now this one does live up to the title. From the early burst of r 'n' b to the extraordinary run of hits through Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Streets, Waterloo Sunset and Autumn Almanac, then onto middle period Victoria and Lola and late flourishing Come Dancing and Celluloid Heroes with much besides. It's all Ray Davies of course.
Now this one does live up to the title. From the early burst of r 'n' b to the extraordinary run of hits through Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Streets, Waterloo Sunset and Autumn Almanac, then onto middle period Victoria and Lola and late flourishing Come Dancing and Celluloid Heroes with much besides. It's all Ray Davies of course.
Slightly Out Of Tune ? Or Is it ?
Ben Johnston, String Quartets nos 1, 5 and 10.
Performers : Kepler Quartet
Investigations of temperament and tonality.
Performers : Kepler Quartet
Investigations of temperament and tonality.
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Contemporary Classical Meets Sean Nos
Donnacha Dennehy, Gra agus Bas.
Performers : Crash Ensemble conducted by Alan Pierson.
Gra agus Bas : Singer Iarla O Lionaird....Sean nos meets contemporary classical.
That the Night Come,To Poems by W.B. Yeats : Soprano Dawn Upshaw
Performers : Crash Ensemble conducted by Alan Pierson.
Gra agus Bas : Singer Iarla O Lionaird....Sean nos meets contemporary classical.
That the Night Come,To Poems by W.B. Yeats : Soprano Dawn Upshaw
Angel Of Consolation
Josef Suk, Asrael Symphony.
Performers : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
Performers : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
Tuesday 16 August 2011
A Curate's Egg
Echoes : The Best Of Pink Floyd.
A well filled two cd set which as is often the case would make a wonderful single cd with judicious pruning. Not enough pre Dark Side psychedelia and far too much plodding post Dark Side dirges for my taste. But enough good stuff to make it value for money and to be played in future with extensive use of the skip track facility.
A well filled two cd set which as is often the case would make a wonderful single cd with judicious pruning. Not enough pre Dark Side psychedelia and far too much plodding post Dark Side dirges for my taste. But enough good stuff to make it value for money and to be played in future with extensive use of the skip track facility.
Sunday 7 August 2011
End Of A Cycle
Beethoven Violin Sonatas - 3, including the Kreutzer.
Performers, Alina Ibragimova violin and Cedric Tiberghien piano. Concluding their live cycle of the sonatas from Wigmore Hall.
Performers, Alina Ibragimova violin and Cedric Tiberghien piano. Concluding their live cycle of the sonatas from Wigmore Hall.
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