What are you listening to Part the Third

[mikeymad]

Famous Blue Raincoat. Songs of Leonard Cohen
by Jennifer Warnes (1986)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0826663104905

Example:

Very well recorded Jennifer. 

[aerius]

Sometimes I like to listen to silly music

 

 

[robm321]

Superb sound quality, especially for a live show. Barber isn't the only star of the show. The band is amazing, especially on Black Magic Woman. 

The guitar solo on that song is like some Allan Holdsworth shit, the percussion kicks in and none of it is lost in the crowd who show appreciation. 

Ex.

 

 

Edited November 8 by robm321

[robm321]

vinyl

Edited November 11 by robm321

[HiWire]

Chris Rea - Dancing with Strangers

[blessingx]

Digesting the Johann Johannsson Retrospective II set...

... so tonight... 

 

[Dusty Chalk]

13 hours ago, blessingx said:

Digesting the Johann Johannsson Retrospective II set...

... so tonight... 

 

Oh, interesting (that that exists).  By sheer coincidence, I was listening to this yesterday (an EP of Alice Sara Ott playing his music on piano):

https://tidal.com/album/470578411

[blessingx]

3 minutes ago, Dusty Chalk said:

Oh, interesting (that that exists).  By sheer coincidence, I was listening to this yesterday (an EP of Alice Sara Ott playing his music on piano):

https://tidal.com/album/470578411

That's great. Thanks.

Not surprisingly there's also a Retrospective I set also, but that came and went before I knew and seems difficult to find. I only have Apple Music and Spotify services at the moment, but someone on Spotify created a playlist with tracks from both sets - Johann Johannsson Retrospective...  

There's also the Last and First Men film (2 LP set) 

 

 

[philodox]

Working through my FLAC catalog and doing a little hunt and peck for some of my favourites. (currently in A )

Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who is this America?

Archive - Londinium

Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music

Edited November 14 by philodox

[mikeymad]

Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements
by Hania Rani (2025)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/xnmzga8qy8r2a

Not an Example - but a mini doc:

Released Yesterday. A pretty serious work.  It will be interesting to see how this settles for my in the future. 

[Dusty Chalk]

7 hours ago, blessingx said:

That's great. Thanks.

Not surprisingly there's also a Retrospective I set also, but that came and went before I knew and seems difficult to find. I only have Apple Music and Spotify services at the moment, but someone on Spotify created a playlist with tracks from both sets - Johann Johannsson Retrospective...  

There's also the Last and First Men film (2 LP set) 

 

 

Thanks!  I'll have to do the same with Tidal (cancelled my Spotify subscription and renewed my Tidal near the start of the boycott).  They do have an EP entitled, Retrospective II Rarities, but it's only 20 minutes.

6 hours ago, philodox said:

Working through my FLAC catalog and doing a little hunt and peck for some of my favourites. (currently in A )

Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who is this America?

Archive - Londinium

Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music

Oh hai, WB.  Archive, nice.  (I'm still a big fan.)

And yeah, I need to listen to that Hania Rani.

[robm321]

Qobuz exists. Just sayin. 

[philodox]

3 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

Oh hai, WB.  Archive, nice.  (I'm still a big fan.)

Great album.  They're a cool band too, if I remember correctly each of their albums is in a complete different genre.  I'm a Trip Hop guy, so Londinium is a gem, but I think their other albums are decent as well. (just completely different)

And thanks buddy

Edited November 15 by philodox

[HiWire]

Paul Buchanan - Mid Air (2012)

Singer of The Blue Nile, his first solo album

[mikeymad]

^^ Very cool

- I have had this on the top of my queue for about a week and I have listened to it a couple of times. 

A Walk Across the Rooftops
by The Blue Nile (1984)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/hzszuzspagdab

Example:

An Amazing sounding Album. 

Some backstory if one does not know. Linn (Scottish Electronics fame) was wanting to test out their new recording console, and brought in The Blue Nile for their first release. (LKH 1)  - they did well. 

 

Edited November 16 by mikeymad

[HiWire]

Yes, I was just listening to Hats (1989) and I wanted to see if the band members had done anything else since then. I've been listening to A Walk Across the Rooftops a few times in the last few weeks, since I first got it in the summer.

I think the Blue Nile is basically broken up. Their 3rd and 4th albums, Peace at Last and High, didn't garner the same level of critical and popular recognition, so maybe it's best to leave it at that (from the sound of Moore's last interviews about the band, it seems to be a bitter ending, at least on his part).

Edited November 16 by HiWire

[mikeymad]

Take Ten
by Paul Desmond (1963)

https://album.link/t5m4fcv3fkmcw

Example:

What do you after Take Five? Take Ten, of course. 

Lovely set of tracks - with Gene Cherico, Connie Kay, and Jim Hall on the team. Album was not on my radar until now. 

[robm321]

Physical CD 

Mahler was right to transcribe this quartet into a symphony (Death and The Maiden). Its been a favorite CD of mine for years. 

[Dusty Chalk]

 

[mikeymad]

Herbert von and the Berliner boys getting their Antonín on. 

 

[skullguise]

Cara Dillon - After The Morning.  Lovely album, love her voice - sweet, sometimes frail sounding but very pure.  Just what the doctor ordered after a long week for work.

Helped that Andrew's cat June sat on my lap and then shoulder when I laid down.  

 

 

Sample song:

 

Edited Sunday at 02:55 AM by skullguise

[mikeymad]

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
by Leonard Bernstein (1962)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099706056324

Example:

Poking around at some versions. (no, not a full survey). I really like the lyricism of Lenny's interpretation, I am in favor of the power of the Karajan recording above. Originally a CBS Masterworks recording, Sony turned up the volume and released when acquired. 

[Dusty Chalk]

15 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
by Leonard Bernstein (1962)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099706056324

Example:

Poking around at some versions. (no, not a full survey). I really like the lyricism of Lenny's interpretation, I am in favor of the power of the Karajan recording above. Originally a CBS Masterworks recording, Sony turned up the volume and released when acquired. 

Thanks for that. 

On 11/22/2025 at 9:37 PM, mikeymad said:

Herbert von and the Berliner boys getting their Antonín on. 

 

And this!  This is really well shot/directed.  Almost gives me a Jonathan Demme vibe (yes, I realize the chronology is reversed).

Von Karajan is of course a favourite, but my first was this one:

I grew to a big appreciation for Concertgebouw Orchestra, not just from this recording, but multiple recordings across multiple conductors.

And since you're a Rick Wakeman fan, I will also recommend his soundtrack for Crimes of Passion.  I know that seems like a non-sequitur, but it's not, trust me.