What are you listening to right now?

[tmazz]

This  afternoon my son brought my 3 week old grandson over to my house for the first time.

So I did what any self respecting Vampire would do in that situation. I sat the kid down in his father's lap in the sweet spot and oversaw his first experiencing of DSOTM (The 30th Anniversary LP, of course).   

Hey, I feel an absolute moral obligation for the cultural upbringing of this child.   

He was kind of fussy when we brought him into the living room but sat there quiet as a church mouse once the stylus hit the vinyl. In the middle of the last track on the A side my wife called me into the kitchen to get something from one of the upper shelves for her and just as the song ended, the baby started to cry. And damned if he didn't settle down as soon as I flipped the record.   

Looks like the kid's a chip off the old block. 

[richidoo]

Now he's had his first and most important innoculation.   

[richidoo]

"Grosse Fuge" Op 133 - Prazak Quartet

[richidoo]

Got this for Christmas, can't stop listening!

[ejk]

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[sleepyguy24]

The bands name just makes me 

STEVE´N´SEAGULLS - NOVEMBER RAIN

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

[sleepyguy24]

Where Do The Children Play. Cat Stevens cover by Garbage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBs0rk6b__0&feature=em-subs_digest

https://genius.com/Garbage-where-do-the-children-play-lyrics

[richidoo]

Heard this on the radio last week. I love Respighi, he is very clever and innovative. He has the special rare gift of melody, like Grieg, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Chet Baker, Paul McCartney, etc. These suites are written in 20th century in modern harmonic style to mimic ancient music styles. It's not as sarcastic as Prokofiev's 1st Symphony designed to rub in his fearful traditionalist critics' faces his ability to compose in the traditional classical style while choosing not to. This is more genuine, a reverence for the old ways, longing for the simplicity of the old forms, while constructing them with modern technique and "latest composite materials."



Respighi's Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 and 3 are very popular recordings, but Suite 2 is not very common. It has 3 slow (boring) movements, and one faster movement that is played by itself a lot on radio.



I first got the DG recording of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra playing suites 1 & 3 and other Respighi chamber works a decade ago. They skipped Suite 2, but this is a truly magnificent audiophile recording. Everyone I've given it to raves about the sound of it, the lively performances and the intense instrumental timbres. I craved hearing the 2nd suite with that same level of performance and recording quality.

So I bought the Mercury Presence version of Ancient Airs and Dances with Antal Dorati. It has all three suites, but I only listened to it once and forgot about it.

This one on EMI Angel has Neville Marriner conducting  LA Chamber Orchestra on all three suites. I only heard the (whole) 2nd suite on the radio but it was really awesome. Recorded 1976, it doesn't have the shimmering edgy timbre like the Orpheus recording, but the performance is great.

[sleepyguy24]

Depeche Mode Spirit

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/03/album-review-depeche-mode-spirit/

[pumpkinman]

Black Sabbath • Never Say Die........Spotify

[richidoo]

Welcome back P-man!

[pumpkinman]

Welcome back P-man!

Thanks Rich

[Nick B]

Black Sabbath • Never Say Die........Spotify

Ive been following your posts at AC for some time. Thanks for posting here.
Nick

[pumpkinman]

Yes • Time And A Word.....Spotify

[pumpkinman]

Yes • Relayer.......Spotify