Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Of the 18 possible choices of discs by Mr Glass, I chose his soundtrack to the film “The Hours”, while probably not seen as one of his major works, for me, it’s one of his best!
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Of the 18 possible choices of discs by Mr Glass, I chose his soundtrack to the film “The Hours”, while probably not seen as one of his major works, for me, it’s one of his best!
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Part's "Fratres", written over a long period in the 80s/90s, continually reinterpreted for different chamber set ups, with "Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten" as a beautiful added bonus
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Part's "Fratres", written over a long period in the 80s/90s, continually reinterpreted for different chamber set ups, with "Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten" as a beautiful added bonus
A box bookended by drummers but I chose a bassist. Jack Bruce, whose solo work was always more inspiring than that of Cream (for me anyway) - better musicians for a start - John McLaughlin, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman...
A box bookended by drummers but I chose a bassist. Jack Bruce, whose solo work was always more inspiring than that of Cream (for me anyway) - better musicians for a start - John McLaughlin, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman...
I chose this. Never in Yes at the same time but the best drummer and keyboardist they ever had (IMHO). Their 2nd LP, where the pure piano and drums concept was abandoned, was a comparative let down. This is great though...
I chose this. Never in Yes at the same time but the best drummer and keyboardist they ever had (IMHO). Their 2nd LP, where the pure piano and drums concept was abandoned, was a comparative let down. This is great though...
I chose Soft Machine, their current "Thirteen" is my top LP of 2026 so far
This is "5th" from 1972, for some, their peak, featuring the classic Dean, Ratledge, Hopper, Marshall line up on side 2, with drummer Phil Howard in for Marshall on side 1
Top!
I chose Soft Machine, their current "Thirteen" is my top LP of 2026 so far
This is "5th" from 1972, for some, their peak, featuring the classic Dean, Ratledge, Hopper, Marshall line up on side 2, with drummer Phil Howard in for Marshall on side 1
Top!
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Today, the beautiful cello concertos by Durham’s own John Garth, a 2CD set.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ga...
This set is one of only two available recordings of his work - it’s sublime…
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Today, the beautiful cello concertos by Durham’s own John Garth, a 2CD set.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ga...
This set is one of only two available recordings of his work - it’s sublime…
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
A favourite band, Concerto Koln, playing two symphonies, in a World Premiere Recording of the music of Johann Wilhelm Wilms, on Archiv, from 2004
Wilms composed the Dutch National Anthem used 1817-1932
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
A favourite band, Concerto Koln, playing two symphonies, in a World Premiere Recording of the music of Johann Wilhelm Wilms, on Archiv, from 2004
Wilms composed the Dutch National Anthem used 1817-1932
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
The 12th box: Mostly Brahms again
But eschewed that for Glenn Branca’s Symphony No 9 from 1995, which is, frankly, tough going. Tuneless but not in a good way - with a choir making it even worse along the way…
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
The 12th box: Mostly Brahms again
But eschewed that for Glenn Branca’s Symphony No 9 from 1995, which is, frankly, tough going. Tuneless but not in a good way - with a choir making it even worse along the way…
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
16th century dance music from the pen or, perhaps, quill, of Tielman Susato, played by the New London Consort/Philip Pickett on Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, released in 1993. "Delightful" of course...
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
16th century dance music from the pen or, perhaps, quill, of Tielman Susato, played by the New London Consort/Philip Pickett on Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, released in 1993. "Delightful" of course...
1 CD a day per box. Enough boxes for this to last over a year
Today, Dohl to Dvorak
Chose Dohnanyi’s SQs 1 & 3 by the Avivs. Superb. Really must get round to getting the others. Been a fan of Dohnanyi since attending a performance of a string trio in a library in Dublin, May 1997
1 CD a day per box. Enough boxes for this to last over a year
Today, Dohl to Dvorak
Chose Dohnanyi’s SQs 1 & 3 by the Avivs. Superb. Really must get round to getting the others. Been a fan of Dohnanyi since attending a performance of a string trio in a library in Dublin, May 1997
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Chose this Monteverdi disc by Christine Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata
Bought in Zardoz, in Hamburg on the day of the Brexit referendum, June 23, 2016 - absolute fuckwittery, cubed
The record is good though
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Chose this Monteverdi disc by Christine Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata
Bought in Zardoz, in Hamburg on the day of the Brexit referendum, June 23, 2016 - absolute fuckwittery, cubed
The record is good though
More Bill Bruford
This time, with Piano Circus, from 2009...
I had no recollection at all of what this sounded like but it turned out to be (consults notes) "extremely tasty"...
More Bill Bruford
This time, with Piano Circus, from 2009...
I had no recollection at all of what this sounded like but it turned out to be (consults notes) "extremely tasty"...
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Today, I chose a disc of 20th Century composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s string quartets 1 & 2, from 1933 & 1945/6, bookending the Nazi era
Played by the Pellegrini Quartett
Another set of top quartets indeed!
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Today, I chose a disc of 20th Century composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s string quartets 1 & 2, from 1933 & 1945/6, bookending the Nazi era
Played by the Pellegrini Quartett
Another set of top quartets indeed!
Chose a Paul Bley quartet disc on ECM from 1993, with Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley and, one of my faves, John Surman on Sax... Bought this at Record Shak here in Edinburgh - sadly long gone, following the death of the lovely owner, Dave Gass...
Chose a Paul Bley quartet disc on ECM from 1993, with Gary Peacock, Tony Oxley and, one of my faves, John Surman on Sax... Bought this at Record Shak here in Edinburgh - sadly long gone, following the death of the lovely owner, Dave Gass...
Chose this String Trio disc. Four works by four faves. Schnittke, Weinberg, Kurtag and Pendercki, all four were born within a fifteen year period. Superb music...
Chose this String Trio disc. Four works by four faves. Schnittke, Weinberg, Kurtag and Pendercki, all four were born within a fifteen year period. Superb music...
2on1 CD featuring 1997 remasters of 1958-60 recordings by jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd. It served as an intro to overlooked musical genres for jazz afficionados, preceding Byrd's introduction of Bossa Nova to American audiences a couple of years later...
2on1 CD featuring 1997 remasters of 1958-60 recordings by jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd. It served as an intro to overlooked musical genres for jazz afficionados, preceding Byrd's introduction of Bossa Nova to American audiences a couple of years later...
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Of the options open to me today, I chose a disc of 5 of Haydn's String Trios, played by the Deutsches Streichtrio, originally released in 1981...
Lovely, of course...
With notes entirely in German...
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Of the options open to me today, I chose a disc of 5 of Haydn's String Trios, played by the Deutsches Streichtrio, originally released in 1981...
Lovely, of course...
With notes entirely in German...
1 CD a day per box. Enough boxes for this to take more than a year
Today, Crusell to Dittersdorf
Chose a sterling Debussy recital by Mitsuko Uchida, purchased for 50p from the Red Cross in Berwick Upon Tweed, 12 November 2024, coming home from a Yorkshire CBQ performance
Wonderful
1 CD a day per box. Enough boxes for this to take more than a year
Today, Crusell to Dittersdorf
Chose a sterling Debussy recital by Mitsuko Uchida, purchased for 50p from the Red Cross in Berwick Upon Tweed, 12 November 2024, coming home from a Yorkshire CBQ performance
Wonderful
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
Today, Corelli by the Purcell Quartet
Beautiful
Bought 5 Feb 2016 at Spittalfields Market in London, when we were down to see Michael Rother
"Ooh, that's a bit highbrow" said the stallholder while taking my cash
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
Today, Corelli by the Purcell Quartet
Beautiful
Bought 5 Feb 2016 at Spittalfields Market in London, when we were down to see Michael Rother
"Ooh, that's a bit highbrow" said the stallholder while taking my cash
Today, pianist Rolf Hind's debut recording, issued on Factory Records 37 years ago but still as fresh as it was then
Features works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Steve Martland, Oliver Messiaen and Elliott Carter
Difficult listening hour (and three minutes twenty seconds)
Today, pianist Rolf Hind's debut recording, issued on Factory Records 37 years ago but still as fresh as it was then
Features works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Steve Martland, Oliver Messiaen and Elliott Carter
Difficult listening hour (and three minutes twenty seconds)
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Chose a single disc of Janacek's piano music, played by Mr Andsnes, from 1991
I seem to recall basing a track on my 2010 song-based album "Splinterheart" on a piece from this CD
Anyway, very enjoyable
Box a day, playing 1 CD. Enough boxes to last over a year
Chose a single disc of Janacek's piano music, played by Mr Andsnes, from 1991
I seem to recall basing a track on my 2010 song-based album "Splinterheart" on a piece from this CD
Anyway, very enjoyable
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
Yesterday's box, Benda to Bingen, gave me Nick Bicât's "Under the Eye of Heaven" with the LCO. Not as good as I'd recalled. The slow movements are beautiful tho. Orchestra & rock band, incl prog & fusion elements
Daily disc per CD box. Got enough to play a CD a day for over a year
Yesterday's box, Benda to Bingen, gave me Nick Bicât's "Under the Eye of Heaven" with the LCO. Not as good as I'd recalled. The slow movements are beautiful tho. Orchestra & rock band, incl prog & fusion elements
Ornette's "Science Fiction" from a shop in Fussen, nr Neuschwannstein, 2003. He was an influence on The Bad Plus & drummer Dave King's Happy Apple. 2007, the 2 bands formed The Bad Apple at Edinburgh Jazz Fest to play Coleman in his presence and mine...
Ornette's "Science Fiction" from a shop in Fussen, nr Neuschwannstein, 2003. He was an influence on The Bad Plus & drummer Dave King's Happy Apple. 2007, the 2 bands formed The Bad Apple at Edinburgh Jazz Fest to play Coleman in his presence and mine...