What Are You Listening To? September 2022

[Zeeba Neighba]

Sequentia - Canticles of Ecstasy by Hildegard von Bingen (released 1994)

 

[Ojai Sam]

A new thread begins with 12th Century music. Only here at MG.

Rosanne Cash - 10 Song Demo (1996)

All Music Guide was churlish enough to point out that there are actually 11 songs and they are not really demos. BFD AMG!

Obviously they don't recognize genius when they hear it.

Minimalist packaging from the heyday of generic brands suited the unplugged vibe of these intimate songs.

 

[axolotl]

Ludovico Einaudi ~ I giorni (2001)

 

[axolotl]

Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq ~ The Indestructibility of the Already Felled (2020)

 

[axolotl]

Dexter Gordon ~ Dexter Calling... (1962)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

JS Bach - A Musical Offering (Gustav Leonhardt, Sigiswald Kuijken, Robert Kohnen)



On a non-musical note, the name Kuijken intrigued me by having the letters IJK in order

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Franz Schubert - Symphonies No. 5 & 9 (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eugen Jochum)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Hu - Rumble Of Thunder (2022)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Ignaz Friedman - The Complete Solo Recordings (1923-36, Pearl comp. 1989)

 

[Nickyboy]

"Ignatz, what have you done with the Kat?"

 

[Ojai Sam]

"Ignatz, what have you done with the Kat?"

I can’t imagine what you will say when I post Felix Mendelssohn.

 

[axolotl]

Ed Thigpen ~ Scantet #1

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Big Country - The Crossing (1983)

 

[axolotl]

Karma Moffett ~ Golden Bowls (1995)



Tibetan New Age, Drone

 

[axolotl]

Autumn Shade ~ Ezra Moon (2007)



Dark Folk, Chamber Folk

 

[Ojai Sam]

Rachel Podger - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 1 (comp. 1720, rec. 1999)

Highly complex solo works performed on a period instrument by a highly regarded master. At the time, Podger was serving as orchestra leader and concerto soloist with The English Consort.

on the Sam-O-Meter. Gorgeous and revelatory.

 

[axolotl]

^ It better be good. I just bought it online.

Spoiler

...after listening to it on Spotify. Thanks, Sam!

 

[Ojai Sam]

Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven: Piano Trios (1970)

I can't imagine a better trio. These recordings are simply perfect.

on the Sam-O-Meter.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - No Roses (1971)

flisten

Zeeba's post reminded me that this one has been on my bucket list forever. Shirley had been a key player in the British folk scene since 1959 so it only made sense that she would eventually plug in to the electric sound. With help from the likes of Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson, she couldn't go wrong. Her voice is more earthy than Sandy Denny and the ACB matches it with a tougher sound than the Fairporters.

Great stuff. Thanks, Zeeb!

 

[axolotl]

Aaron Copland ~ The Young Pioneers: The Complete Music for Solo Piano (Leo Smit, Piano) (1979, 1994)