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Book of Secrets - Loreena McKennitt

that berlioz piece is quite delightfull, sachi. enjoy !

manek.

Manek schrieb:

that berlioz piece is quite delightfull, sachi. enjoy ! manek.

DIdn;t quite finish listening to that CD today Manek,.
Was all too excited about my new CD, the Loreena McKennitt one.

Currently listneing to
The Ancient Muse - Loreena McKennitt
Symphonies 1 & 2 - Jean Sibelius(EMI Classics)

EDIT: also in the player-
Loreena McKinnitt - Live in Paris and Toronto

Jazz Sexy-Various Artists: Chesky Records,2003
Pretty good bill of fare-very musically satisfying, relaxing album

Complex Rock Concert Tour- Blue Man Group

Yehudi Menuhin on violin DVD
Includes his Beethoven, Bruch and Mozart works.
An old artiste, but so virtuous that I spent 2 days listening to the vibrant emotions that the violins evoke.

Krishnan, are u also his fan?

I have his Gala Stradivaius Concert ..with Vivaldis 4 Seasons in it.

Amazing.

Mozart's Requim - Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Karajan (SACD)

Jethro Tull - The Essentials (I am hearing Tull for the first time. Yet to really sink in).

Hmmm-must be sounding great on your set up, Sanjay.
Did you get the left spkr tweeter prob sorted out?

Baby Breeze - Chet Baker

Thiruda, Thiruda.

...and you know what I find it as fresh and surprising as I did in '93.

Each song is a gem !

A.R Rehman's best.IMHO.

In fact I still hold that the music he composed in the early years are his very best.

Somehow, his more recent stuff, good as it is, is simply not as fresh and surprising any more.

Cheers

K

I do agree-sometimes I think that he has started souning repititive.Think of Roja, one his earliest, & then consider his more recent compositions.

Live in Paris - Diana Krall

Pictures at an exhibition
Night On the Bare Mountain
Gopak from Sorochintsy Fair

Wiener Philharmoniker Conducted by valery Gergiev
Philips SACD

May be it is the music and performance, SACD is good, much better than CD Eventhough my player converts DSD to PCM the difference is quite noticeable. Would be glad to hear experience of other members.
Regards
Anil

Hi Ani,

Which ( Universal ? ) player are you using ?

sachi....I love that DK album....great DVD of the concert too...

Manek schrieb:

sachi....I love that DK album....great DVD of the concert too...

Diana Krall's
I've got you under my skin
The look of love

These are my fav Paris tracks.
The devil may care
is great instrumental jazz, with a nice drum solo at 5 mins.

Just acquired a Richard Clayderman and Back DVDs. Will post when I hear them

On next week's hit list, is the Readers Digest Moonlight Piano collection of 5 discs. Anyone got these? They look very promising

Does anyone hear listen to Il Divo? Their duos with Celine Dion are captivating.

Neutral

I do have the Digest Moonlight Piano collection. Very good selection organised well by grouping the music appropriatly. is the performance moving........ No would be my answer. But at the same time I would not part with my set Nice lobby music.
Regards
Anil

ani schrieb:

Neutral I do have the Digest Moonlight Piano collection. Very good selection organised well by grouping the music appropriatly. is the performance moving........ No would be my answer. But at the same time I would not part with my set Nice lobby music. Regards Anil

Hi Anil,
I just started on the first disc. It's definitely pleasant music - nice to put me in a good mood, while I work at the computer

I'm turning into a video buff - struggling to back up my big DVD-9s into small DVD-5 discs. Trying my first experiment with DVD Shrink right now. Was watching Lord of the Rings 3 this morning - fantastic video and sound track. But, needs concentrated viewing as 3 story lines progress at the same time.

I'm a lover of piano music - Chopin etc.. Where do I lay my hands on the RD piano CDs?

Charles Mingus- Mingus Ah Um -Whooooooooooo!
Guys, if you don't have it, get it, pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase!
Kamal

Any Opera fans here?

Andrea Bocelli, Sentimento, Lorin Maazel, Violin and Cond. LSO. A must listen along with his other album "Amore" sort of semi classical stuff but very well produced and performed one.

Kamal,
I simply adore Mingus, but I havent heard this one, one of his most famous. Is it available in India, any details.
Purnendu

Purnendu,this one came from the US-doubt if one can get it in India;not avble in the leading music stores in Delhi atleast.
It really is an awesome album,must have for a jazz afficonado.

Recently went to Berlin and had the life-time opporutnity to attend 3 concerts at Philharmonie Berliner:

1. Bruckner by Deutsche Symphony Orchestra
2. Carmina Burana by Berlin Choir
3. Ravel by Redfunk Simphonie Orchestra

Out of the world experience. I liked Carmina Burana the most. I bought following CDs from there:

1. 12 CD Set of Berliner Philharmoniker - celebrating their 125 years
2. Mozart - Eine Kline Nacht Musik - Herbert von Karajan (Berliner Philharmoniker)
3. Bruckner - Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Philharmoniker)
4. Carmina Burana - Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Philharmoniker)

I haven't yet opened the 12 CD set but the other 3 I have been listening to - amazing stuff.

Hi Sanjay,nice to see you "in the arena" again!
Thats a pretty great set of music you've got there-are they CDs or SACDs?
Carmina Burana is an exhilerating composition;must have been a knock down experience to hear it performed by a full fledged orchestra!

Dear Kamal,

These are all CDs. Carmina Burana was amazing!

Sanjay,
Which Bruckner did you hear? Who was the conductor. I am something of a Bruckner fan, but also recognise that he can be a ponderous bore. In some ways Bruckner is a symphonic composer who does not reproduce well on a system at home. The scoring is complex and the harmonies are essential to his work. The rhytms are elephantine and ponderous. Unlike say Brahms (a very different and greater composer it goes without saying)who does not rely on scale for impact, Bruckner is all about impact. In a sense he is a sensualist much like a high power rock band seeking effects over and above the music itself.
In short what is it like to listen to Bruckner live. Is it worth it musically, or is the guy a pompus windbag.
Purnendu

Dear Purnendu,

I attended the following concerts:

•15 June Friday 8 pm: Philharmonie
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Herbert Blomstedt, Richard Goode
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner
•16 June Saturday 8 pm: Chamber Music Hall
Camerata vocale Berlin, Canzonetta Kinderchor, Jochen Wittur, Klavierduo Andreas Lisius, Inga Hilsberg, Etta Hilsberg
Carl Orff, Camille Saint-Saëns
•17 June Sunday 11:00 am: Philharmonie
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Marek Janowski Dirigent
Sophie Koch Mezzosopran
Christian Schmitt Orgel
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ernest Chausson
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphonie Nr. 3 c-Moll op. 78 »Orgelsymphonie«

And the Bruckner CD that I bought is Symphony 4 by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and it was the same symphony played in the concert. I hear Bruckner for the first time there and immediately liked it.

DOC
welcome to the western classical fold

"you are one of us now"

as they say "you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave"

ha ha ha.

isnt a live concert with a 100 musicians an uplifting experience ? addictive...addictive !

Manek.

Manek !

It's crazy - really madening ! "Crazy kiya re" !!!

100 people playing or 75 people singing together is really mesmerizing experience.

Thanks for introducing me to the magic !

Kamal schrieb:

Charles Mingus- Mingus Ah Um -Whooooooooooo! Guys, if you don't have it, get it, pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase! Kamal

I have the LP of this album. It's hard bop Jazz. I haven't taken to it as much as you seem to have. Maybe it'll grow on me?

SDhawan schrieb:

Recently went to Berlin and had the life-time opporutnity to attend 3 concerts at Philharmonie Berliner

now, this was quite an oppotunity indeed!!


Re. "now playing": listened to some electric blues CDs by Albert King - "I'll Play The Blues For You" & some superb JAzz by Hugh Masekela - "Hope".
Both albums I would recommend.

Thanks Bombaywalla !

I had to plan for the opportunity about 2 months in advance and even then I missed an open-air concert by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle ! May be some day in future ....

I have the LP of this album. It's hard bop Jazz. I haven't taken to it as much as you seem to have. Maybe it'll grow on me?

It should, It will!
Maybe you did'nt have a glass of the needful in your hand while listening?!
Mingus is one of the most respected of jazz composers & is regarded as an all time great, & this is one of his most acclaimed albums...
Do give it another lubricated try!

Kamal schrieb:

I have the LP of this album. It's hard bop Jazz. I haven't taken to it as much as you seem to have. Maybe it'll grow on me? It should, It will! Maybe you did'nt have a glass of the needful in your hand while listening?! Mingus is one of the most respected of jazz composers & is regarded as an all time great, & this is one of his most acclaimed albums... Do give it another lubricated try!

Lubricated Try ! Kamal !

Kamal schrieb:

Do give it another lubricated try!

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ main kuch samjha nahin!
LOL!


On a more serious note: I shall listen to it again with the appropriate libations in hand. After all one must appease the audio Gods before-hand!!!

Sanjay!!!!!!!!
I did'nt mean what you're thinking!!

so was all this talk about lubrication of thinking or of what-he-was-thinking ??

What do YOU think?!

Mles Davis-Nefertiti.
Another masterpiece from the master.
After Kind Of Blue, this the next one from MD to add to your collection, methinks.
A beeeaauuutiful album-very musical, very relaxing.

Kamal schrieb:

Mles Davis-Nefertiti. Another masterpiece from the master. After Kind Of Blue, this the next one from MD to add to your collection, methinks. A beeeaauuutiful album-very musical, very relaxing.

have you heard "Sketches Of Spain"? This one will surely please you as well.

I have Miles Davis

-Kind of Blue
-Porgy & Blues
-Sketches of Spain

I found them all quite nice - although I don't have much knowledge of Jazz.

SDhawan schrieb:

I have Miles Davis -Kind of Blue -Porgy & Blues -Sketches of Spain I found them all quite nice - although I don't have much knowledge of Jazz.

Wass Up Doc?!
you have 3 very, very fine works by Miles Davis. I also have these 3 albums & like each one of them. IMHO, these 3 albums are a must-have in every Jazz listener's collection. Enjoy!

Loreena Mckennitt - An ancient Muse

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - India Night at Stuttgart, '88

Bhimsen Joshi - Dasawani

Can't seem to get enough of it.

AB Pani is tripping high on Altaf Raja.

http://khansami.tripod.com/

AB are you the mod for this site???

Have been spinning
Gladitor OST : its Mind Blowing
Zakir Hussain- Space :(Part of The Elements)
Carlos Santana - Shamam

Mystic India - Joshua Prem (excellent..thanks for this one Reign)
White Stones - Secret Garden (thanks for this one too...your classical collection has been sustaining me for the past 8 months...amazing collection)

Tenacious D In the Pick of Destiny - OST (AMAZIMG!!!)

Dear Arj,

Gladiator is an amazing movie with superb soundtrack.

I am listening to The Art Farmer Quartet which I got from Viren. And last evening Kamal was here so he wanted it to be played and since then i'm glued to it. I'm not a great Jazz fan though.

Savyasaachi schrieb:

Tenacious D In the Pick of Destiny - OST (AMAZIMG!!!)

LOL!!! Tenacious D rock!!