Sunday Morning Music

[theWB]

Van Morrison ~ Astral Weeks

 

[Bernard]

I'm not familiar with her work, or this particular piece "A feather on the breath of God". Could you enlighten? The title sounds intriguing.

Doug - out

Emma Kirby actually sings on only two tracks on this disc. It is a collection of religious solos and responsorial songs by a number of sopranos and tenors. The voices are very pure-sounding in a well-recorded church acoustic (I have the LP, which was distributed by Linn Selekt Records).

I do not normally like sopranos (I prefer mezzos), but here Kirby sings mostly at the lower end of the soprano range. Her voice is well-modulated, and has a wonderful "sweetness" to it, but not like the rich honey tones of Marilyn Horne (a mezzo) - listen to her sing "Carmen" under Bernstein's baton. A reviewer once said of Kirby's voice that it sounds like she has a brace of pigeons in her breast; that is perhaps a better description than what I call "sweetness".

Definitely an album worth getting.

Anyone here also like Gregorian Chant?

 

[TrumpetDoug]

Definitely an album worth getting.

Anyone here also like Gregorian Chant?

I will look into picking-up this recording. Thanks for the description. As for Gregorian Chant, I think I had enough in my music history courses in college. I must admit I did not enjoy it much then, but perhaps I would now. Any recommendations from anyone?
Doug - out

 

[Bernard]

I will look into picking-up this recording. Thanks for the description. As for Gregorian Chant, I think I had enough in my music history courses in college. I must admit I did not enjoy it much then, but perhaps I would now. Any recommendations from anyone?
Doug - out

I do not like Gregorian Chant done by monks alone; I like a mix of male and female voices. The best I have heard so far is by the monks and nuns of the monastery of Bec-Hellouin in France; I have an LP that does not come up as available on CD on Amazon. In case you do not speak French, "monks" are "moines", and nuns are "moniales" (when reading the list of performers).

 

[risabet]

I will look into picking-up this recording. Thanks for the description. As for Gregorian Chant, I think I had enough in my music history courses in college. I must admit I did not enjoy it much then, but perhaps I would now. Any recommendations from anyone?
Doug - out

Not actually Gregorian Chant but in that same vein is David Hykes' Hearing Solar Winds by The Harmonic Choir. On Ocora 558 607 the choir utilizes Hoomi or Mongolian throat singing and the overtone chanting from Tibetan Buddhism it is a sound and a composition that requires some serious listening but the recording is amazing and you'll be forced to stretch your listening preferences with this one.

 

[jfm]

Picked up a couple of Brad Mehldau CDs and enjoying them. Good music, good playing, good recordings. Jazz piano the way I like it, with flavors of Evans, Jarrett, and some flavors of classical too.

 

[sleepysurf]

Melody Gardot... Worrisome Heart

A superb new vocalist/pianist/guitarist along the likes of Norah Jones and Diana Krall, with a bit of Madeleine Peyroux thrown in!

http://www.melodygardot.com/

 

[theWB]

Melody Gardot... Worrisome Heart

A superb new vocalist/pianist/guitarist along the likes of Norah Jones and Diana Krall, with a bit of Madeleine Peyroux thrown in!

http://www.melodygardot.com/

Alan,
Great find, like what I heard on her website. Just ordered the disc from Amazon for just $6.26
http://www.amazon.com/Worrisome-Hea...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206881849&sr=1-1

 

[twich54]

Alan,
Great find, like what I heard on her website. Just ordered the disc from Amazon for just $6.26
http://www.amazon.com/Worrisome-Hea...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206881849&sr=1-1

Ok, I'll play follow the Leader ! thanks Allen, Wayne !

 

[Nielsen]

Maybe rather laid back, but I really like the American Steamroller (?) Sunday Morning Coffee by Chip Davis. American Grammaphone.
http://www.amazon.com/Sunday-Mornin...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206883431&sr=1-2
Nice sound also.

 

[sleepysurf]

For more insight about Melody Gardot, listen to her NPR interview...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87997628

 

[MiTT]

So, yesterday I pulled out the thatching rake and raked the entire yard in nearly 70 degree weather. Today we have snow again, and I've got an aching back. Perfect reasoning for sitting in the audio room resting my tired old bones and engaging my mind with some wonderful music and sweet coffee. Man I love Sunday mornings!

Today I started off with Rachmaninov "The Bells" with Previn conducting the LSO & the London Symphony Chorus. It's an Alto re-issue of an original EMI and it's quite rousing first thing in the morning. I've been in a Sibelius mood lately, so I pulled out an older MoFi I have of Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in his "Four Legends from the Kalevala", followed up by the Sibelius "Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47" on a Pure Pleasure re-issue. Right now I've got Diana Krall's most recent effort "From This Moment On" juicin' the place up thanks to a very good Classic pressing.

 

[Burke]

Melody Gardot... Worrisome Heart

A superb new vocalist/pianist/guitarist along the likes of Norah Jones and Diana Krall, with a bit of Madeleine Peyroux thrown in!

http://www.melodygardot.com/

Ok, I'll play follow the Leader ! thanks Allen, Wayne !

one more lemming just got in line.

Thanks Alan, great find.

 

[Bernard]

Right now I've got Diana Krall's most recent effort "From This Moment On" juicin' the place up thanks to a very good Classic pressing.

I bought both of Diana Krall's last two CDs and gave them both away. I just don't enjoy the music as much as her previous CDs, all of which I have and really enjoy (except for her version of "Besame Mucho").

 

[TrumpetDoug]

Diana Krall

I bought both of Diana Krall's last two CDs and gave them both away. I just don't enjoy the music as much as her previous CDs, all of which I have and really enjoy (except for her version of "Besame Mucho").

So what"s with "From This Moment On" I don't have that one. I just picked-up one of her first CD's and man I love it. It has the version of Besame Mucho and I'm kind'a with you on that one. But the rest of the recording...........WOW!

Doug - out

 

[TrumpetDoug]

Keb' Mo'

Just got this last night. A Grammy Nominee and a very good one at that. My wife loves this guy and what a great recording. So a winner all the way around if you ask me.

Doug - out

 

[risabet]

Mahler, Miles, and Boy George this cool Sunday morn. Kubelik is a fine conductor of Mahler. I need to buy his complete Mahler symphonies on DG

 

[theWB]

Luka Bloom ~ The Man is Alive
:music:Can't stop listening to this one:music:
Been listening to this one daily for the last few weeks

 

[JonFo]

Liquid Tension Experiment

For those that like their rock a bit on the heavier side, with great prog riffs (basically, if you like Porcupine tree’s heavier stuff or Dream Theater, you'll dig this).
Featuring Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, Tony Levine and John Petrucci, this line up does some wonderful prog metal work.

The stand out track is ‘when the water breaks’, which at nearly 17 minutes is a true Prog piece. Tony’s bass work on this one is outstanding.

Also outstanding is the mastering and mixing. Very clean audio quality on this CD and the mix is rich is cross-channel mixing that when processed by something like Meridian’s TriField mode results in a truly enveloping and immersive experience. Should be good with Dolby Music modes on modern processors.

Liquid Tension Experiement 2

 

[Bernard]

So what"s with "From This Moment On" I don't have that one. I just picked-up one of her first CD's and man I love it. It has the version of Besame Mucho and I'm kind'a with you on that one. But the rest of the recording...........WOW!

Doug - out

I recommend all of her CDs, except for "From This Moment On" and "Girl in the Other Room". Sorry, guess I'm repeating myself.