23088. (Dan Ar Braz) Zénith [Live]
Best of Afro-Brazilian Jazz:
. . . . 23089. (Antonio Carlos Jobim) “Brazil Nativo”
. . . . 23090. (Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66) “Lapinha”
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Category Archives: CH – Listening 2014
First-time listening for December 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on December 31, 2014
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First-time listening for November 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on November 30, 2014
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23066. (Spoon) They Want My Soul
23067. (Platters) Four Platters and One Lovely, Vol.3
23068. (Alan Stivell) Un Dewezh’ Barzh’ Ger — Journée a la Maison
23069. (John Renbourn) The Nine Maidens
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Strip Mind
Posted by Phil Paine
on November 7, 2014
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If you’re a fan of Sully Erna, the wonderful heavy metal drummer in Godsmack, you’ll enjoy What’s In Your Mouth (1993). This was the only album released by the short-lived thrash metal band Strip Mind, and Erna’s first contract recording. This is pure thrash, without any pretensions to anything but unabashed vulgarity and direct-to-the-hypothalamus noise stimulation. Song titles such as “I Wanna Fuck Your Girlfriend” set the tone. But just listen to that potent drumming.
First-time listening for October 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on October 31, 2014
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23051. (White Denim) Last Days of Summer
23052. (Funkadelic) Maggot Brain
23053. (Eddie LeJeune) Cajun Soul
23054. (Louis Jordan) Jivin’ with Jordan [4‑disc set]
23055. (BeauSoleil) From Bamako to Carencro
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First-time listening for September 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on September 30, 2014
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23029. (Oscar Moore & Carl Perkins) The Oscar Moore Quartet with Carl Perkins
23030. (Alan Stivell) E Langonned
23031. (Manic 5) It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
23032. (Veldhuis & Kemper) Wat Heb Je Nodig
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First-time listening for August 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on August 31, 2014
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23002. (Cocteau Twins) BBC Sessions
23003. (Armens) Six différents
23004. (London Grammar) If You Wait
23005. (Johannes Ockegham) Virelai: “Ma bouche rit”
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First-time listening for July 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on July 31, 2014
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22960. (Josquin des Prez) Missa Malheur me bat
22961. (Josquin des Prez) Missa Fortuna desperata
22962. (Nolwenn Leroy) Bretonne
22963. (Wilson Pickett) The Very Best of Wilson Pickett
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First-time listening for June 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 30, 2014
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22927. (Soldat Louis) Première bordée
22928. (Coleman Hawkins) Desafinado
22929. (Armens) Une ombre
22930. (Giuseppe Verdi) Messa solenne
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Sibelius Quartets
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 21, 2014
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“Kullervo paimenessa” (1896) by Sigfrid August Keinänen
The concert-going public doesn’t associate Sibelius with chamber music, but he actually composed quite a bit of it, including four string quartets. One of them, the Quartet in D Minor, Op.56, known as “Voces Intimae”, has made it into the standard repertoire. With it’s jaunty rhythms, peculiar twists and turns, and frenetic passages that must work up a sweat among the players, it has won a place in the sun, though it’s not in the same league with the famous Beethoven, Bartók, or Dvořák quartets. It’s always been a favourite of mine, because it seems to convey a mood that hits me occasionally, for which there is no common name. It was composed around the time of the stark, introspective Fourth Symphony, and it shares some of its strangeness. But Sibelius composed three others, seldom performed. The first, in E‑flat, is a youthful effort with little to commend it. It’s just warmed-over Hayden, constructed by the book. But the second and third ones, in A Minor and B‑flat, are listenable and entertaining. Sibelius pretty obviously drew his inspiration from Dvořák, but you can hear distinctively Sibelian elements in both. The B‑flat one has evolved sufficiently to stand next to Voces Intimae without shame, and it should be played more.
First-time listening for May 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on May 31, 2014
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22901. (Penn Kazh) mesKad
22902. (Giuseppe Verdi) Aïda [complete opera: von Karajan; Tebaldi, Simionato, Bergonzi]
22903. (Denez Prigent) Irvi
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