music

[A-1 (imported)]

Music...

Let me say THIS about THAT...

IF you start each and every day listening to Louis Armstrong's rendition of "What A Wonderful World" you cannot go wrong.

Louis Armstrong is to music as Albert Einstein is to Physics...

[tugon (imported)]

whats the address of your site?

www.audioreview.com

We have message boards like the EA in the forums section. One section devoted to music. The rest audio equipment and also an off topic area where folks can post any issue they want. We have a steel cage section where we move threads when it gets ugly. We also feature an area for member reviews of equipment. By the way I do not go by tugon on AR.

[twaddler (imported)]

IF you start each and every day listening to Louis Armstrong's rendition of "What A Wonderful World" you cannot go wrong.

Yeah, I'd prefer Louis Prima's 'Just A Gigolo' to kickstart my day. (Actually I love Louis Armstrong -- what a voice.)

I'm really loving Josh Rouse's music most recently.

Also some WAR, Bootsy Collins, Ryan Adams, Damien Rice, and even some Zapp & Roger are prominent on my playlist right now.

Any eunuch audiophiles out there?

I would kill for a Grace m902 and a pair of AKG k701's. Just the sight of that amp makes drool and want to fondle it with my ears.

[Blaise (imported)]

When my testosterone level fell to extremely low levels, I noticed no change in my interest in music.

As a child, I studied music, but revealed a profound lack of ability. That I could not make the instrument sound the way I heard the music greatly frustrated me. I did not learn to sing until a very few years ago, but I love singing. I really do not know much about music. I do not understand it very well.

My favorite instruments to hear are the violoncello, basset horn, and the various members of the saxophone family. Remember the cello in Eleanor Rigby! I love the way Mozart and his mentors blended woodwinds and strings. However, I admire all players of musical instruments. I love the mezzo-soprano voice, in part, because we live in a moment blessed with great altos.

My father listened to classical music and, almost in spite of himself, jazz. I enjoyed listening to opera when I was young. I saw a famous film of Don Giovanni when I was about twelve. I insisted that my father take me to see the film. When my dad took me to see a Bridget Bardot movie about the same time, I found Lisa della Casa more attractive.

Earlier in this decade, my mother asked for the Bose radio I inherited from my father. Then she gave it to my youngest brother. Meanwhile, my old amplifier failed. It might need a tube. I am not certain. Currently, I listen to National Public Radio over night on a little radio and CD player. I want another Bose.

I no longer try to keep up with popular music. My nephew introduced me to Bright Eyes. which I admire. I very much like Niko Case.

Even without means to enjoy my compact discs, I own at least 700 compact discs. I gave away the vinyl recordings I inherited from my former wife, but I kept a few classical vinyl recordings I had bought in my youth. Most of my recordings are of works by Mozart and a few other classical composers, but the holdings also include works from jazz and rock and roll.

I did not listen to much rock and roll until I met my former wife early during the seventies. I came to rock late. I did see James Brown perform when I was at university in the sixties. Somehow, I knew the work of the Kinks. I liked Bob Dylan from the first moment I heard his work, but I did not own any recordings until the seventies.

When I was in college, popular music usually bothered me. Most of it was an acquired taste. Dylan was an exception. It was pretentious to like jazz, but I think that I did enjoy it. I attended some jazz concerts that delighted me. I recall hearing Charlie Byrd. I attended symphonic, one opera, and other classical performances during university life. I also attended popular concerts to learn more about music I did not know. I very much enjoyed listening to Miles Davis long before I knew anything substantial about him.

I favor German opera. I like some modern music. Listening to Webern for whatever reason gives me immense pleasure. I think that he composed the most wonderful music I have heard.

Living in Louisiana, I hear splendid music. To boot, hearing classical in Baton Rouge can be rewarding. We have two excellent schools of music in the city and a great university opera company. In Oregon, I heard and saw some excellent performances of German opera. In Indianapolis, I saw a fine production by Sara Caldwell of Tosca.

My former wife was friends with the people who manage Preservation Hall. She taught the current manager of the group. I deeply admired Alan Jaffe, the founder of Preservation Hall. Walter Payton was the music teacher for her elementary school.

Some recorded music I very much enjoy and recommend includes:

1.) Ute Lemper, City of Strangers, London 1995. Hear Ms. Lemper’s cover of a Celan poem.

2.) Frances Poulenc, Nocturnes, Flavio Varani, Piano, Dante Date not listed.

3.) Evelyn Glennie, Drumming, Catalyst, 1996. Ms. Glennie is a deaf percussionist. Marvelous recording.

4.) Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde. Bayreuther Festspiele, 1966, conducted by Karl Böhm for Deutsche Gramophon, 1966.

5.) Jacques Offenbach, La Périchole, Chœur de l'Opéra du Rhin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by Alain Lombard, Erato, 1977. Wagner hated Offenbach. His loss.

6.)Claudio Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea, The English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Elliot Gardiner, Archiv, 1996. Opera can be small, early, and amazing.

7.) Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Karl Böhm for Decca, 1953.

8.) Carl Orff, Carmina Burana. The London Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta for Teldec, 1993. For Jesus, a fine performance.

9.)Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff, Orchestra e Coro del Tealtro alla Scala conducted by Riccardo Muti. Sony 1994. This is an opera to open opera to you. Great experience. Fine recording.

10.) Franz Schubert, Winterreise.Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Alfred Brendel,Phillips 1985.

[JesusA (imported)]

Let's see. Today, so far, I've listened to

"Rum, Sodomy and the Lash," an album by The Pogues (an "Oirish" punk rock group, originally known as The Nipple Erectors),

"Carmina Burana" in the recording by the San Francisco Symphony,

"Caprito," an album of 17th century Italian instrumental music,

and an album of "folk" music from 1970s Japan. "Hana-yome" is one of my all-time favorite songs.

Is this eclectic enough to indicate that there's NO common theme?

I'm debating between Mahler's First and some Ramsey Lewis for evening listening.

[Blaise (imported)]

Music...

Let me say THIS about THAT...

IF you start each and every day listening to Louis Armstrong's rendition of "What A Wonderful World" you cannot go wrong.

Louis Armstrong is to music as Albert Einstein is to Physics...

John Kennedy used to say, "Let me say this about that." It bought him time to think. Richard Nixon used, "Now, let me say, if I may, before I conclude, if I may."

[Blaise (imported)]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Clarinet Quintet

Emerson String Quartet

David Shifrin, clarinet

Francis Poulenc : Motet for Times of Peniten...

RIAS Chamber Choir

Marcus Creed, conductor

Heard on public radio this morning.

[tugon (imported)]

Blaise I am a big fan of Ute Lemper. I have many of her recordings. What a voice. I also have several versions of Orff's "Carmina Burana". Have you enjoyed the Emerson String Quartet's Mendelssohn "The Complete String Quartets" which includes his Octet where with the help of recording techniques the ESQ plays all the parts.

Jesus my favorite recording of Mahler's First is with the Philidelphia conducted by Ricardo Muti.

[Blaise (imported)]

Blaise I am a big fan of Ute Lemper. I have many of her recordings. What a voice. I also have several versions of Orff's "Carmina Burana". Have you enjoyed the Emerson String Quartet's Mendelssohn "The Complete String Quartets" which includes his Octet where with the help of recording techniques the ESQ plays all the parts.

Jesus my favorite recording of Mahler's First is with the Philidelphia conducted by Ricardo Muti.

Thanks for the recommendation. I have most of Lemper's recordings. I love hearing her over and over.

I do not know the ESQ recording of Mendelssohn's string quartets. I barely know the quartets. I will take a look. I tend to prefer chamber music over symphonic works, but my library is still small.

Some people look down on Orff's work, but I still have that teenager in me who first took delight in hearing "Carmina Burana" at Price Gilbert Library at Georgia Tech.

I mentioned more classical music than other music because many people simply have never gotten to hear enough classical music to embrace it.

I am a great fan of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave.

I have a recording of the Mahler First conducted by Bruno Walter--it is a CD of an old recording.

[devi (imported)]

Please! No easy listening music for me unless I'm falling asleep! Please! Lively rhythms, catchy melodies, and beautiful voices or instruments for me. Any genre will do.