What are you listening to right now?

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:06 pm

Bolet playing Busoni's transcription of Bach's D minor Chaconne. As my birthday treat while the family is out for a little while.

Greatest live piano recording ever made. As Bryce Morrison writes in his notes to Great Pianists of the 20th Century, volume 10 (Bolet being so remarkable and diverse that he required 2 double-CD volumes, one devoted to his famous Carnegie Hall recital and his remarkable complete recordings of Rakhmaninov's transcriptions, the other devoted to the greatest performer of Liszt who ever lived), "February 25, 1974 was a red-letter day not only in Jorge Bolet's strangely checkered career, but in the history of piano playing."

Such a shame Bach neither lived to play a piano, nor to hear this man play.

Here's a link to the first part, the link to the second part will be there, I expect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x7p-pj3D_g

For anyone who may be interested, Sony has just released a 10CD set of Bolet's recordings for RCA/Ensayo and Columbia. I have all of these on vinyl or CD and most of them on both. Rare treasures - a veritable "how to" guide from a pianist of virtually flawless technique who never once put his technique ahead of what he thought the music required ("You play fast but you don't sound fast") - including the famous Carnegie Hall recital of 1974, put out to celebrate Jorge's 100th birthday, I expect.

After this concert recording ends, it will be his Everest recording "A Chopin Recital", simply the most beautiful collection of Chopin ever put on record. Happy birthday to me.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:08 pm

How many?

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:13 pm

Too many.

Post by **stui magpie** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:33 pm

Listening to MMM today while outside chopping up a dog kennel.

Well, it was actually built by a bloke who used it as a sleeper in the back of a ute. Made of cool room material, aluminium angle corners utter bastard to break down.

Cur though it, it's like 10cm think plywood with fibreglass inside for glue. Goddamn my arms were itchy.

But MMM, love you long time. Weekend music roster, yep.

watt price tully · Post by **watt price tully** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:49 pm

Michael Hakanson-Stacy playing an "awesome" version of "Oh Sinner Man" on the Time & Strike Sampler CD Volume 2.

Clyde Curly & the Oxymorons playing "Hunting the Buffalo" from the same CD.

It's a sampler of songs & instrumentals of "Blues, Bluegrass & Old Time Music" (USA)

3.14159 · Post by **3.14159** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:43 pm

This is one of my favourite (unpublished) Woody Guthrie songs performed by Wilco & Billy Bragg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxzMbAMO73k

watt price tully · Post by **watt price tully** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:48 pm

Avalon Blues (CD 2001):

A tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt featuring such artists as:

Lucinda Williams
Gillian Welsh
Steve & Justin Earle
Ben Harper
Taj Mahal

Original Mississippi John Hurt: (Written in 1928)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcDgu2f_pQ

Post by **Dark Beanie** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:29 pm

Anything and everything.

Partner bought a new tuner/cd player on the weekend and is testing it out.
It has digital & internet radio and he has connected it up the iPad.

At the moment we are listening to Star FM in Tassie.....Oh hang on now it's a Paul Kelly CD .

The Prototype · Post by **The Prototype** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:14 pm

I've been listening to Candice Skjonnemand ahead of an interview with her, very nice stuff. 'Life' is my favourite track so far.

Tenderhooks from the UK have some good songs as well, loved their song 'Santa'

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:18 pm

Tell me more about your favorite track so.

Post by **stui magpie** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:05 pm

Listened to an old Iron Maiden CD on the way up to Toc. Run to the hills playing, loud, while going through the bends at ..............ummmmmmmmmm.......a tad faster than both the posted and recommended speed limits.
Car goes good.

Post by **think positive** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 10:59 am

personally id rather undergo chinese water torture, but some of you, WPT and pies4shaw would probably enjoy this shit!!though im guess pies4shaw has a box seat!!

http://www.groupon.com.au/deals/melbour ... 6&mediaId=

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:30 am

Thanks for thinking of us, tp.

No, I don't have a "box seat" for the RMPO. But I was thinking of buying the orchestra.

Post by **think positive** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:42 am

Pies4shaw wrote:Thanks for thinking of us, tp.

No, I don't have a "box seat" for the RMPO. But I was thinking of buying the orchestra.

LMAO!!!!

hehehe!!

OEP · Post by **OEP** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:11 pm

Been listening to a lot of Lily Allen recently, love her songs "**** you" and "it ain't easy".

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