What are you listening to? November 2022

[Nickyboy]

Halle Orchestra (John Barbirolli, cond.) - Many Happy Returns, Sir John (1969)

Evelyn was John's wife and, by sheer coincidence, became first oboist of his orchestra at the same time his prior marriage was imploding.

Wait, which one is John?

 

[Ojai Sam]

Wait, which one is John?

The little one. Musta had the same photog as the Carters.

 

[axolotl]

Halle Orchestra (John Barbirolli, cond.) - Many Happy Returns, Sir John (1969)

Evelyn was John's wife and, by sheer coincidence, became first oboist of his orchestra at the same time his prior marriage was imploding.

John tentatively scanned the woodwind section. He was determined not to settle for another harpie.

 

[axolotl]

Duo Hammel-Sanchez ~ 176 Keys to Europe (2004)



I don't know why I thought this was a double-CD. It's actually two pianos.

Spoiler

just kidding

Spoiler

 

[Ojai Sam]

John tentatively scanned the woodwind section. He was determined not to settle for another harpie.

And after a terrible experience, with a gambist, he decided to stay away from anyone with a stringed instrument for fear they would be part of the same viol family.

 

[axolotl]

And after a terrible experience, with a gambist, he decided to stay away from anyone with a stringed instrument for fear they would be part of the same viol family.

It was a gamba he was willing to take to avoid future violins.

No more "Cello, Babe" or unbowed pizzicato for him.

 

[Ojai Sam]

It was a gamba he was willing to take to avoid future violins.

No more "Cello, Babe" or unbowed pizzicato for him.

Well, let’s face it. With her vibrato, Evelyn put the trill back in his life.

 

[axolotl]

Well, let’s face it. With her vibrato, Evelyn put the trill back in his life.

Hautbois. I heard she already knew how to double-reed.

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Academy Of Ancient Music (Andrew Manze, Dir.) - Handel: Concerti Grossi (comp. 1739, rec. 1998)

Handel is "ancient"?

Oh well, this is a terrific recording by one of the top "historically informed" ensembles.

Note to collectors: If you're planning to acquire the complete AAM discography, better start saving now. They have released over 300 albums to date.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Captain Beefheart - Doc At The Radar Station (1980)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Artur Rodzinski, cond.) - Music Of Spanish Masters (1959)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mikael Ayrapetian - Tigranian: Armenian Folk Dances (2019)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling (2016)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Keef Hartley Band - Overdog (1971)

My KHB listening project continues with this, their fifth LP. All have been outstanding. I have no idea why they fell into relative obscurity.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Edena Gardens - s/t (2022)



@axolotl would like this. Psychedelic slowcore.

 

[axolotl]

Edena Gardens - s/t (2022)



@axolotl would like this. Psychedelic slowcore.

Coolness. Is it on Spotify or Bandcamp?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Coolness. Is it on Spotify or Bandcamp?

It's on Spotify.

 

[axolotl]

It's on Spotify.

Am listening and enjoying it now.

Will likely buy it.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in London

Taking a break from punk music for a bit for this compilation of Dusty's recordings from 1968-71 that were not released in the U.S. later compiled in this set.

 

[axolotl]

Joyce with Mauricio Maestro ~ Natureza (Recorded 1977; Released 9/30/2022)



Featuring fellow Brazilian musicians Mauricio Maestro (who wrote/co-wrote four of the songs), Nana Vasconcelos and Tutty Moreno, and some of the most in-demand stateside players including Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell and Buster Williams, the recordings for Natureza took place at Columbia Studios and Ogerman produced the album, provided the arrangements and conducted the orchestra.

But mysteriously, Natureza was never released, and what should have been Joyce’s big moment never happened. As Joyce remembers, “I returned home, but Claus and I remained in contact, by letters and phone calls. He was very enthusiastic about the album and tried to hook me up with Michael Franks. He wanted me to go back to NYC in order to re-record the vocals in English with new lyrics, which I actually wasn’t too happy about. But then I got pregnant with my third child and could not leave Brazil. And little by little our contact became rare, until I lost track of him completely. And that was it. I never heard from him again."

While Claus was known to be something of an elusive character, the album’s disappearance might also have been a result of timing. The Brazilian craze was coming to an end, making way for disco and new wave at the end of the seventies, and Ogerman struggled to find a major label interested in a new Brazilian sensation. Additionally, as Joyce mentions, it wasn’t quite finished. Ogerman wanted to add finishing touches to the mix and to record alternative English lyrics for the US and international markets - a critical artistic difference between Joyce and Ogerman.

Natureza (produced, arranged & conducted by Claus Ogerman), by Joyce with Mauricio Maestro

7 track album

joycemoreno.bandcamp.com