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  • Serial_Apologist
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 37614

    Just this moment arrived: the double CD of Keith Tippett's first solo album, 1979's "The Unlonely Raindancer" - reissued by Sheffield-based saxophonist Martin Archer on his Discus label, part in support during Keith's recent long illness, part for the quality of the recording, and the wonderful music thereon, and strongly recommended. I only posted the cheque on Friday!!!

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    • Bryn
      Banned
      • Mar 2007
      • 24688

      "Morton Feldman Piano" (Philip Thomas)

      Scheduled for release on Thursday of this week; though I am advised by Simon Reynell that he can but send the set out once he receives it from the manufacturers.

      [Though it is not a work Feldman wrote for the piano, I am a little sorry not to find Frank Markel's arrangement for piano solo of Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (1971). This especially so since it was the brief work which opened Feldman's late period.]
      Last edited by Bryn; 09-09-19, 16:36. Reason: Update.

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      • Joseph K
        Banned
        • Oct 2017
        • 7765

        What I'm waiting for in the post is 'Blues for Tony' an incredible double-album of Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman. I bought this when it came out originally in 2009 IIRC. It was robbed, and when I got some of what was robbed back it included this album, but only with the second CD. Although 33 quid is a lot, over double what I originally paid I think, if anyone has listened to performances via youtube, they'll know how awesome it is. It more than stands up to the John McLaughlin/Chick Corea double album released in the same year as it (ahhh 2009 ).

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        • Jonathan
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 945

          I been been trying to sell off my duplicates of the recordings included in the Alkan Edition (Brilliant) that I've bought seperately over the years with limited success but, seeing as Presto have a boxed set sale on, I decided to treat myself!
          Best regards,
          Jonathan

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          • Bryn
            Banned
            • Mar 2007
            • 24688

            Originally posted by Jonathan View Post
            I been been trying to sell off my duplicates of the recordings included in the Alkan Edition (Brilliant) that I've bought seperately over the years with limited success but, seeing as Presto have a boxed set sale on, I decided to treat myself!
            The 3.1 GB FLAC download is a particularly good offer (booklet pdf and cover jpg available).

            A weakness re. the download is the lack of attribution of each work to its performer. This can be resolved via the back of box image from amazon.co.uk

            Last edited by Bryn; 16-10-19, 11:52. Reason: Typos

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            • pastoralguy
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 7739

              The Bach 'Cello suites played by Emmanuel Bertrand as heard on Record Review last Saturday.

              Very impressive playing from the little I heard.

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              • gurnemanz
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 7382

                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                The 3.1 GB FLAC download is a particularly good offer (booklet pdf and cover jpg available).

                A weakness re. the download is the lack of attribution of each work to its performer. This cqn be resolved via the bak of box image from amazon.co.uk
                Thanks to Jonathan for nudging me towards this. I also went for the Presto download. The lack of artist attribution to the tracks is indeed a drawback and might even be a reason for the cheapness of the download. It was very easy to transfer the details to my database of recordings as one 206-track chunk rather than bothering to divide it into individual CDs. It took me an anorakish hour or so to append the track artists there. As well as the Amazon cover pic the Arkivmusic listing was also quite useful for artist and some recording details.

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                • Joseph K
                  Banned
                  • Oct 2017
                  • 7765

                  On Thursday I went into Waterstone's to pre-order Will Self's new book of memoires. I expected for them to get in touch with me next Thursday when I thought the book would come out.

                  To my delight, I received an email yesterday saying they had already received it! I picked it up today.

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                  • teamsaint
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 25195

                    Originally posted by Joseph K View Post
                    On Thursday I went into Waterstone's to pre-order Will Self's new book of memoires. I expected for them to get in touch with me next Thursday when I thought the book would come out.

                    To my delight, I received an email yesterday saying they had already received it! I picked it up today.
                    I expect they broke an embargo !!

                    Embargoes are there to be broken , it seems......
                    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                    • Bryn
                      Banned
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 24688

                      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                      "Morton Feldman Piano" (Philip Thomas)

                      Scheduled for release on Thursday of this week; though I am advised by Simon Reynell that he can but send the set out once he receives it from the manufacturers.

                      [Though it is not a work Feldman wrote for the piano, I am a little sorry not to find Frank Markel's arrangement for piano solo of Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (1971). This especially so since it was the brief work which opened Feldman's late period.]
                      In the programme notes for his 5 CD Feldman Piano boxed set, Philip Thomas states:

                      The approach taken with this set
                      of recordings has been to try to
                      capture the experience of the
                      pianist as closely as possible, or,
                      better still, to record such that
                      the resultant audio is as if the
                      listener is somehow snuggled
                      inside the body of the instrument,
                      ears almost touching the strings,
                      feeling the vibrations as the
                      hammer strikes. The aim in
                      recording was for intimacy of
                      private experience, distinct from
                      the shared experience of listening
                      to Feldman’s music in the concert
                      hall. Thus not only is the strike of
                      the piano hammers keenly felt, but
                      also the varied types of release
                      of the key and consequent sound
                      of the damper striking the string,
                      the shifts in pedalling, the sound
                      of notes being silently depressed
                      in order to create harmonics,
                      the more percussive properties
                      of the upper registers, and their
                      accompanying resonances, in
                      contrast to the booming gong-like
                      glow of the very lowest. It turns out
                      that Feldman’s music can, in fact,
                      be quite noisy.
                      However, Feldman recalled his one 'lesson' with Edgar(d) Varèse. Varèse advised Feldman to consider the time sound takes to get to and from the audience. Philip Thomas's approach to this recorded survey appears to take the direct opposite standpoint. It's an interesting approach but not, I think, what Feldman took from that 'lesson' from Varèse. I don't think the pianist was the audience Varèse (or Feldman) had in mind.

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                      • pastoralguy
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7739

                        Despite the distinctly odd artwork, I intend to buy the new Cecilia Bartoli album entitled 'Farinelli' when I'm in Milan next week which I will listen to on headphones whilst having a coffee in the vicinity of La Scala!

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                        • cloughie
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22115

                          Well today I was expecting receipt of a Nina Simone box set from Amazon - I received an empty envelope - this is first, and hopefully last for me. I contacted customer service - they said they would send a replacement but their email said they would refund - I await developments!

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                          • Pulcinella
                            Host
                            • Feb 2014
                            • 10895

                            Petrassi
                            Partita, Divertimento, and other works

                            Petrassi: Partita & Divertimento. Naxos: 8572411. Buy CD or download online. Carlo Putelli (tenor) & Davide Malvestio (bass) Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Nuovo Coro Lirico Sinfonico Romano, Francesco La Vecchia


                            Due tomorrow or Saturday.

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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22115

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              Well today I was expecting receipt of a Nina Simone box set from Amazon - I received an empty envelope - this is first, and hopefully last for me. I contacted customer service - they said they would send a replacement but their email said they would refund - I await developments!
                              All sorted trouble-free, replacement arrived this morning on ‘next day’ delivery.

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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25195

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                All sorted trouble-free, replacement arrived this morning on ‘next day’ delivery.


                                Just ordered up ( despite my earlier comments on " this sort of thing", expanded editions etc ) a 3 CD set of the Kinks Village Green etc.
                                Last edited by teamsaint; 12-12-19, 18:30.
                                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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