What are you listening to? January 2023
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Zeeba Neighba
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Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile (2005)
Ojai Sam
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The Neumeyer Consort - Boismortier: Trios, Quartets & Concerto (2021)
Fine Baroque chamber music on the Christophorus label. Wiki shares an unusual fact about this composer:
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December 1689 – 28 October 1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a royal licence for engraving music in 1724, he made enormous sums of money by publishing his music for sale to the public.
Fine Baroque chamber music on the Christophorus label. Wiki shares an unusual fact about this composer:
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December 1689 – 28 October 1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a royal licence for engraving music in 1724, he made enormous sums of money by publishing his music for sale to the public.
Unsomnambulist
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The Re-Stoned - Chronoclasm (2017)
Great Russian stoner/psychedelic rock band. I sincerely hope they have not been sent to the Ukraine front.
Great Russian stoner/psychedelic rock band. I sincerely hope they have not been sent to the Ukraine front.
Zeeba Neighba
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T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971)
Zeeba Neighba
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Spotify's Amy Winehouse radio - good mix of old and new soul artists
Ojai Sam
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Sten Lassmann - Heino Eller: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2 (comp. 1909-55, rec. 2012)
Revelatory collection of creative piano miniatures by the seminal Estonian composer (1887-1970). You can't go wrong with anything on Toccata Classics, a label dedicated to forgotten composers. Sten Lassmann is a young Estonian pianist with a definite affinity for this material.
Highly recommended...and it's on Spotify!
Revelatory collection of creative piano miniatures by the seminal Estonian composer (1887-1970). You can't go wrong with anything on Toccata Classics, a label dedicated to forgotten composers. Sten Lassmann is a young Estonian pianist with a definite affinity for this material.
Highly recommended...and it's on Spotify!
Unsomnambulist
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Iggy Pop - Every Loser (2023)
I don't understand why this is so low rated. It's very good.
I don't understand why this is so low rated. It's very good.
Ojai Sam
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Various Artists - Singin' 'N Swingin' (1956)
Vinyl Rip Of The Day. My scan, too.
Nifty collection of tunes by three different female vocalists. The grabber here is that they are accompanied by four totally different jazz ensembles: a quartet led by Milt Jackson that featured Blossom Dearie's piano; a piano trio with Art Mardigan on drums, a larger all star group including Art Pepper, Bill Russo and Shelly Manne and "The Bill Russo Orchestra" whose exact membership is lost to history.
Annie Ross is a familiar name, Dorothy Dunn less so although she did warble for Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge. Shelby Davis was a child singing star billed as "The Little Mountain Sweetheart" who later married the aforementioned Bill Russo.
Annie Ross
Dorothy Dunn (second from left)
Shelby Davis with "The Blue Eyed Boy" (presumably not Bill Russo
)
Vinyl Rip Of The Day. My scan, too.
Nifty collection of tunes by three different female vocalists. The grabber here is that they are accompanied by four totally different jazz ensembles: a quartet led by Milt Jackson that featured Blossom Dearie's piano; a piano trio with Art Mardigan on drums, a larger all star group including Art Pepper, Bill Russo and Shelly Manne and "The Bill Russo Orchestra" whose exact membership is lost to history.
Annie Ross is a familiar name, Dorothy Dunn less so although she did warble for Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge. Shelby Davis was a child singing star billed as "The Little Mountain Sweetheart" who later married the aforementioned Bill Russo.
Annie Ross
Dorothy Dunn (second from left)
Shelby Davis with "The Blue Eyed Boy" (presumably not Bill Russo
)
Ojai Sam
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The Hanover Band (Roy Goodman, Dir.) - Haydn: Symphonies No. 6-7-8 (comp. 1761, rec. 1991)
Vivaldi had already composed "The Four Seasons" so Haydn decided to dedicate these early symphonies to "Morning", "Afternoon" and "Evening". Last week I listened to Trevor Pinnock's frothy take on the same pieces, and must confess that I prefer Roy Goodman's more muscular approach. So much so that I will move on to the third volume of his complete Haydn Symphonies cycle.
Vivaldi had already composed "The Four Seasons" so Haydn decided to dedicate these early symphonies to "Morning", "Afternoon" and "Evening". Last week I listened to Trevor Pinnock's frothy take on the same pieces, and must confess that I prefer Roy Goodman's more muscular approach. So much so that I will move on to the third volume of his complete Haydn Symphonies cycle.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
The Hanover Band (Roy Goodman, Dir.) - Haydn: Symphonies No. 6-7-8 (comp. 1761, rec. 1991)
Vivaldi had already composed "The Four Seasons" so Haydn decided to dedicate these early symphonies to "Morning", "Afternoon" and "Evening". Last week I listened to Trevor Pinnock's frothy take on the same pieces, and must confess that I prefer Roy Goodman's more muscular approach. So much so that I will move on to the third volume of his complete Haydn Symphonies cycle.
Is it better than the Moody Blues' version? Is Goodman's hard to find?
Ojai Sam
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I seem to recall that long ago the Moodys were a major source of conflict here at MG. So being the peace lover that I am, I won't rise to the bait.
Of course! It's always Haydn, innit?
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