What are you listening to?

[Dave_]

Guided By Voices ~ Let's Go Eat The Factory

 

[matthewpiano]

 

[kevinJ]

This one:

 

[DIB]

My favourite "current" band..

Chock full of great tunes.

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[Andrew Everard]

Just astonishing.

 

[CnoEvil]

Just astonishing.

Effusive praise indeed from a demanding professional - must check this out.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[matthewpiano]

I must listen to that new Paul Lewis release. The gold standard in that repertoire for me is Alfred Brendel on Philips, so it will be fascinating to see how Mr Brendel's protegee approaches Schubert's wonderful piano writing.

 

[nads]

 

[Crossie]

Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations (1955 recording)

 

[matthewpiano]

Decided to start working my way through Daniel Barenboim's stylish traversal of the Mozart Piano Concertos again, beginning with Concertos 1 and 2 tonight. Beautiful piano playing and nicely proportioned orchestral forces.

 

[DIB]

A recent Amazon buy, love her voice..

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[SteveR750]

Buena Vista Social Club.

 

[moon]

Decided to start working my way through Daniel Barenboim's stylish traversal of the Mozart Piano Concertos again, beginning with Concertos 1 and 2 tonight. Beautiful piano playing and nicely proportioned orchestral forces.

although for me Murray Perahia's recording of the Mozart piano concertos are sublime. Especially No 21 which is god like. Anyway I'll give these versions a spin.

 

[matthewpiano]

Decided to start working my way through Daniel Barenboim's stylish traversal of the Mozart Piano Concertos again, beginning with Concertos 1 and 2 tonight. Beautiful piano playing and nicely proportioned orchestral forces.

although for me Murray Perahia's recording of the Mozart piano concertos are sublime. Especially No 21 which is god like. Anyway I'll give these versions a spin.

Oh, I'm not saying these are definitive by any means. They are one of several excellent recordings, although the sound is not ideal. I agree that Perahia's recordings are superb, as are those by Mitsuko Uchida. I also love Geza Anda's DG recordings and recordings of individual concertos by Clifford Curzon and Solomon amongst others.

 

[matthewpiano]

Reading about Delius in the February issue of Gramophone (an excellent article for anyone who is interested), has prompted me to go back to these wonderful recordings of his music:

 

[matthewpiano]

One of the most sublime of all musical experiences ever committed to record:

 

[johnjay]

Steve mcqueen by Prefab sprout.Nice quality recording.

 

[matthewpiano]

 

[DIB]

Finally got round to working my way through the budget Rory Gallagher set I recently bought..

Playing in chronological order, firstly Deuce and now Calling Card. Terrific musician was our Rory.

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[Lost Angeles]

 

[Anonymous]

http://soundcloud.com/jamiebreweracoustic

bit of local music from a young lad!!!

 

[matthewpiano]

A piano music session through headphones, enjoying four wonderful pianists:

Gilels in the Beethoven "Waldstein" Sonata, followed by Cortot in the 1st Ballade and 2nd Sonata by Chopin

Then Moiseiwitsch in Rachmaninov Preludes followed by Wilhelm Kempff playing the Brahms Op.118 set.

 

[Big Chris]

 

[matthewpiano]

 

[Diamond Joe]

Some of the most beautiful, haunting, magical and uplifting music I have in my collection. I'm totally mellowed out now...