What We Are Listening To [2022-11]

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Itā€™s strange, isnā€™t it? Classical recordings usually mention the conductor, as he/sheā€™s the leading figure when it comes to the specific interpretation of the score. I was just wondering. Especially in the case of Ravelā€™s Bolero, thereā€™s an incountable amount of recordings, so details do matterā€¦

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It did however remind me to play this terrific album again, so thanks @Miller_Abel! :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m still OOH, but I also wanted to say I didnā€™t see Tom Jones coming. :crazy_face:

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Now I havenā€™t listened to any of my Robert Cray albums in some time :thinking:

But I donā€™t have this one and I see it on Qobuz at 24/192 :+1:

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While most are familiar with the Vietnam War protest song that won this group widespread recognition, their first album, in particular the mono version, is a nice listen. I have Roon to thank for inspiring me to go back and explore the entire catalogues of some of those classic artists.

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Edit: I forgot to mention that this is a quad version that Iā€™m listening to. It brings a surprising freshness to an album Iā€™ve heard a gazillion times.

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His best album by far IMO.

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Yes as I am now reading.
I didnā€™t discover him until Donā€™t be afraid of the Dark.

Itā€™s up next in the queue so will probably get played while I have my morning coffee.
Thanks for the recommendation :+1:

RIP.

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My fav album by the Quatuor Voce, released in 2017ā€¦

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@Andreas_Philipp1, I was in need of a change of pace. This is very nice and quite beautiful. Thank you and @Grump for the recs.

Edit: @Andreas_Philipp1 I also wanted to thank you for this rec. Finally getting around to listening to it for the first time.

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A couple of very nice @grizaudio jazz recs ā€¦ one upbeat, one smooth and mellow:

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You are so right @Grump about conductor and just isnā€™t mentioned. I believe it is a mid-century recording, but not much in the credits. I went to my standby for comparison, Dudamel conducting Wiener, and I think itā€™s a better recording.

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