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Title: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/29/22 at 19:48:00 Okay so I apologize if this is a typical new member post. But, I like to discover new “greats” and hear from others. So, what 5 recordings would be the ones you must have forever if they were all you could listen to. You can add some honorable mentions! 1. Miles Davis Quintet 2. Radiohead OK Computer 3. Beatles Abbey Road 4. Cannonball Adderley Them Dirty Blues 5. Pink Floyd Division Bell It would be a mellow stay on that island! I would miss my Guns and Roses and Metallica. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Lon on 05/29/22 at 19:59:51 Myself I really can't fathom having even just a dozen albums only. If I had to curate really heavily there would just be jazz I'd choose. If you are looking for new artists to consider I'd say look into Barney Wilen and Randy Weston for a start if you haven't heard their work. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/29/22 at 20:18:06 Will do Lon. I know. It’s hard to even think about 5 when I listen to so much music. I am fortunate to have a music enthusiast best friend who is always challenging me to branch out. Hence this post. Plus, some music is just for great sounding sound systems. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by CAJames on 05/29/22 at 20:26:12 I actually think about this a lot, so here you go: L.v.Beethoven , Missa Solemnis , Leonard Bernstien , NY Phil &c. J.S. Bach , Well Tempered Clavier , Fredrich Gulda. G. Mahler , Symphony #9 , Karel Ancerl , Czech Phil. Bill Evans , Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (if I'm going to a desert island I want all 3 discs!) Sinatra , Only the Lonely |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/29/22 at 20:45:38 Yes CAJames! I love those Bill Evans recordings. I found with classical I prefer the softer, mellower side. I do have a Beethoven that I enjoy. Will have to explore a little more down that genre. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Brian on 05/30/22 at 03:17:38 The first classical recording I bought was Beethoven's 9th symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. I bought that in 1977; I still recommend that one. Adrian Boult has artistic sensibilities in agreement with my own. A Wagner Parsifal would be on my list; probably James Levine conducting the N.Y. Met with Waltraud Meier singing Kundry. I think that was around 1985. Russian Church choirs are very much to my liking, especially the Rachmaninoff Vespers, or his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir directed by Valery Polyansky is very good with this music. That is all for now. I may think of more later. Brian |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/30/22 at 03:41:06 Thanks for sharing some of your musical tastes Brian. I would imagine a choir would sound great on a good system. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by EdwardT on 05/30/22 at 16:03:08 Spirit - The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Peter Gabriel - So Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Shawn Phillips - Second Contribution Elton John - Madman Across the Water Honorable mention - David Gilmour - On An Island Honorable mention - Vince Gill - These Days Honorable mention - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Honorable mention - Lyle Lovett - The 12th of June Honorable mention - Rhiannon Giddons - There Is No Other |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/30/22 at 16:16:55 Some great ones and ones I’ll have to check out. I completely forgot about the David Gilmour On an Island. Been so long. I will have to revisit that one. Thanks for sharing Edwardt. 👍 |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Brian on 05/31/22 at 06:14:45 I will sure second the, Elton John - Madman Across the Water ! I heard a snippet of Hector Berlioz' Requiem on the car radio today. That reminded me that it belongs on my list. With his Infancy of Christ Cantata. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by BicycleJoe on 05/31/22 at 10:31:10 I love Every one of these and couldn't have gotten through a lot of rough times AND good times without some of these. And inside or outside Ziggy Played Guitar! Ronson is probably one of the most overlooked Guitar players in our or maybe I should say "My Generation" Baby! 1- Television- Marquee Moon 2- Patti Smith- Horses 3- MC5 4- Exile on Main Street 5- anything Led Zeppelin 6- Jethro Tull- Aqualung - teenage guilty pleasure saw them more times than any other band and I've seen a lot of bands 7- Genya Ravan- Ten Wheel Drive 8- Pearl Jam Ten 9- Talking Heads- Life During Wartime 10- Joni Mitchell- Blue 11- David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust- need I explain? 12-there's too many - So I'm going to lump together BRMC, Hole, anything Stones, Echo and the Bunnymen, Velvet Revolver, Guns and Roses, T Rex, it's too much . My taste is eclectic - I could list hundreds. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 05/31/22 at 11:10:18 Television BicycleJoe. Nice! Got to see them in NYC many moons ago. Great album. Thanks for adding your choices. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Doug on 06/02/22 at 02:59:19 Chopin Nocturnes - Arthur Rubinstein (1965, 1967 recording) Handel Water Music - Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert Beethoven Piano Sonatas - Mari Kodama Schubert String Quartets - Buchberger Quartet Bach Sacred Cantatas - Bach Collegium Japan It’s impossible to come up with a definitive Top 5, but these are some of my favorites. I’ve listened to the Rubinstein Nocturnes mid-sixties recording several thousand times—it’s beauty leaves me an emotional wreck every time. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 06/02/22 at 03:25:22 Thanks Doug. A genre I know very little about. I’m going to give the Bach Sacred Cantatas a try right now. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Doug on 06/02/22 at 03:49:51 Earthbound, That’s the deep end of the baroque pool…..pretty heavy stuff. I do commend you for your willingness to jump in. The Handel/Pinnock Water Music is much lighter, a true joy to listen to, and may be a better place to test the waters. And the Chopin Nocturnes with Rubinstein is simply the prettiest music ever. That’s where I suggest you begin. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Earthbound on 06/02/22 at 11:46:27 The Bach was nice but I’m not quite ready for that much vocals yet! I really enjoyed the Chopin. Definitely a keeper. Next on the list has some stringed instruments. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by CAJames on 06/02/22 at 14:05:30 Quote:
Do you know the Ivan Moravec Nocturnes? I like them even better than Rubinstein. If you care about the Chopin Nocturnes (and everybody should) you really need both IMO. Re: Bach Cantatas. I think BWV 80 is pretty catchy and that would be my suggestion for dipping your toe "in the deep end." |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Doug on 06/02/22 at 19:35:13 CA, A few years ago I set out to find a performance of Chopin’s Nocturnes that I liked as well as Rubinstein’s. After a week of listening to dozens of performances, I gave up. I just refreshed my memory on the Moravec recording. His extremely liberal use of rubato on these nocturnes drives me crazy…..to the point where I can’t listen to more than one or two pieces. He was a great player, and I do own a few other of his recordings. It’s back to Rubinstein for me. I’ve always thought his last recording of the nocturnes makes everyone else’s efforts sound like child's play. I know that’s ridiculous, but that’s how my warped mind sees it. |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by Doug on 06/02/22 at 19:46:14 The Bach BWV 80 Cantata is a good one……and that chorale……..it doesn’t get any better than that! |
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Title: Re: Desert Island Scenario-must haves! Post by CAJames on 06/02/22 at 21:38:16 Quote:
You don't need to make any excuses for Rubinstein. I've been listening to his Chopin for 40 years and he's a legend for a (very good) reason. Quote:
I guess I would say I respect the Cantatas more than I actually like them, when I'm in that mood I usually listen to bits from the B minor Mass or one of the Passions. I forget which "day", maybe Reformation Day, he wrote that and BWV 79 for, but he really pulls out all the stops! |
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