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What are you listening to? Part III
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Moving on to some Gypsy Jazz Guitar in the sprit of "Django Rienhardt"
French Guitaist Patrick Leguidecoq aka "Romane" - His 1999 CD - "Impair et Valse" a lovely collection of 21 Gypsy Guitar / Gypsy Swing tracks - a really nice ambiance album with a consistent ambiance over the entire collection of tracks - here is a brilliant youtube performance of one of the tracks on the CD "Passion"
French Guitaist Patrick Leguidecoq aka "Romane" - His 1999 CD - "Impair et Valse" a lovely collection of 21 Gypsy Guitar / Gypsy Swing tracks - a really nice ambiance album with a consistent ambiance over the entire collection of tracks - here is a brilliant youtube performance of one of the tracks on the CD "Passion"
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I need to start adding more classical music to my physical media, i.e. CDs and vinyl.
@LizKat @Scepticalscribe You may be able to assist me here. I seem to recall a certain record label or something that is generally regarded as producing and distributing classical music. Would you happen to know who that is, or what I'm talking about? Or am I just thinking all wrong here?
I do know that I've heard many different variations in the quality of classical music and I find more that sound not so good than those that do sound well.
@LizKat @Scepticalscribe You may be able to assist me here. I seem to recall a certain record label or something that is generally regarded as producing and distributing classical music. Would you happen to know who that is, or what I'm talking about? Or am I just thinking all wrong here?
I do know that I've heard many different variations in the quality of classical music and I find more that sound not so good than those that do sound well.
Yah one pretty much has to check them out one album or work at a time. Not always the label's fault, since there's always going to be a market for iconic performances of long deceased stellar performers, conductors, etc., and there's only so much anyone can do with a very old (monaural for instance) master and recording equipment of the times. It pays to go on Amazon and have a look at the details and some of the comments on classical performances (and comparisons) are actually useful.
Some people (professionals, and those obsessed by a performer etc.) will put up with terrible audio quality sometimes just to hear how a particular performer approached a work. Most of us would probably rather have better quality so from a more recently mastered performance.
Well... so... if you buy into their latest landing page blurb LOL, then:
"Deutsche Grammophon is classical music"
But as soon as some other member reads that, that reference will fetch up a raft of "much better bets" depending on the composer, conductor, work, etc. And frankly there are a bunch of inexpensive labels that can surprise with wonderful classical offerings, some quite off the beaten path.
Even when you think you know what you want when you see it, it always pays to have a listen on Apple Music or whatever first. I do that before sinking money into a CD or vinyl now. And I listen to multiple artists' performances for quite a while before I make up my mind. I've been listening to a slew of Mozart Piano Concertos now for months, no where near buying new CDs yet, probably not going for vinyl on them at this point in my life though. I like it all to be super portable so end up with digital or else CDs uploaded when I get them.
My two cents... maybe other members will have more specific recommendations.
Agree with what @LizKat, below, has said.
Deutsche Grammophon are famously good for classical music, and, for a long time, represented the "gold standard", or the version (or interpretation) of a musical piece that the aficionados and purists had often rated most highly.
However, I agree with @LizKat that perhaps some of these performances considered iconic are of their day and - in some cases - may not have aged quite as well as one might have assumed.
The old Soviet label - "Melodiya" - used to produce some excellent classical music, recorded to very high standards; in Soviet times, everything under the music umbrella was produced by the Melodiya label. Actually, it had to be explained to me that while the name on the - every - label (Melodiya) was identical, irrespective of the music produced, the colour of that label differed depending on the type of music produced (and depending on the quality of the production and recording). One particular colour for classical, one for popular, music, and so on. One of the labels (black, I think) denoted an exceedingly good quality of recording.
More recently, Naxos also produced a wide range of classical music CDs, and were very reasonably priced (when compared with the premium prices that could be charged by Deutsche Grammophon).
While I never listen to Apple Music, I will listen online to different recordings of pieces of music I am interested in, or like, and, in common with @LizKat, will diligently read reviews.
Recently, I decided against a specific recording of Sandrine Piau's music, (which I had been interested in, as the music in question was mostly by Mozart) because the majority of the reviews made clear that they were underwhelmed by this particular recording.
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Just got the new KORN album and have been listening to it pretty much non-stop over the past few days. I am really digging this song:
Korn - You'll Never Find Me
Korn - You'll Never Find Me
Men At Work - Down Under
From a goofier, simpler time gone by.
From a goofier, simpler time gone by.
Thanks for the feedback. That was about as I suspected it might be. Careful examination or listening beforehand will certainly be necessary for me to ensure I get a quality recording that I'll be happy with.
Men At Work - Down Under
From a goofier, simpler time gone by.
Ah, I remember when that song first came out; I loved it then, and still love it.
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Some of the older good 'record' (or audio) companies no longer exist in the form in which we used to know them when I was growing up, with mergers, closures, bankruptcies, buy-outs, or simply exiting a market no longer deemed profitable.
Racking my brains, and memory, I seem to recall that the Dutch company Philips used to make LPs, (including some excellent classical recordings, as my parents had some in their possession). Their recording and music arm was PolyGram, but that was sold in the late 1990s.
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I just want to add my two cents concerning Deutsche Grammophone and myself have some good recordings from Decca as well.
Ah, Decca - another name from the past; yes, agreed, they also produced some excellent recordings.
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Elbow, given how long they've been around and their reasonably deep catalog, I'm surprised more people don't know about them, fantastic, The Seldom Seen Kid pops up in my rotation now and again.
Doomtree, not surprised more people don't know, great track, so much talent in the group, I've been following a few of the member's solo work for some time too.
Elbow, given how long they've been around and their reasonably deep catalog, I'm surprised more people don't know about them, fantastic, The Seldom Seen Kid pops up in my rotation now and again.
Doomtree, not surprised more people don't know
, great track, so much talent in the group, I've been following a few of the member's solo work for some time too.
Queen today. All the good ones.
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I often listen to a bit of Elbow.Props to @Northern Man and @redshifted for ...
Elbow, given how long they've been around and their reasonably deep catalog, I'm surprised more people don't know about them, fantastic, The Seldom Seen Kid pops up in my rotation now and again.
Doomtree, not surprised more people don't know