In random order:
1. Glenn Gould (piano): The complete goldberg variations 1955 & 1981; for those who like to listen to performer interpretations...
2. Erich Kunzel/Cincinnatti Pops/King's Singers perform the BEATLES - Fun, Fun, Fun recording - try the octopus garden
3. Windborne - the Dallas Brass playing Jazz. Yumm if you are a brass junkie like me.
4. I am not a Barabara Streisand fan, but "Classical Barbara" is a favorite of mine. I have had the LP since 1982, recently bought the CD. Warning: you need a REALLY good CDP in order to enjoy it. Quite wonderful, and not typical Streisand by any stretch of the imagination.
5. Getz/Gilberto - one of the desert island discs. Not new, but it has sent me on a quest to find the world's greatest recording of "the girl from ipanema".
6. Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - try the Tahiti Trot (tea for two), or better yet, the Piano Concerto no 1 in C-minor for piano trumpet and strings. Wierd name for a Jazz piece, nonetheless, jazz it is.
7. Bela Fleck: Perpetual Motion. He plays a banjo, he can't read music, nonetheless this is all CLASSICAL music Bach to Paganini played with accompanying and contrapuntal violin, cello, piano, guitar, mandolin, marimba. This is a Grammy Winner, and well deserved.
8. Essential Guitar: 33 guitar masterpieces. Compilation. Can't say enough good about these 2 disks.
9. Have been listening to Respighi alot lately - pines/fountains of rome. Good disk for assessing system performance on instruments that are naturally on the bright side. What should bright sound like?
10. And finally, guess I need some pop-rock in here. How about Surfer Girl, by the beach boys. Have been walking down rockandroll/folk memory lane recently. Given the present, the past is the best place to listen carefree.
1. Glenn Gould (piano): The complete goldberg variations 1955 & 1981; for those who like to listen to performer interpretations...
2. Erich Kunzel/Cincinnatti Pops/King's Singers perform the BEATLES - Fun, Fun, Fun recording - try the octopus garden
3. Windborne - the Dallas Brass playing Jazz. Yumm if you are a brass junkie like me.
4. I am not a Barabara Streisand fan, but "Classical Barbara" is a favorite of mine. I have had the LP since 1982, recently bought the CD. Warning: you need a REALLY good CDP in order to enjoy it. Quite wonderful, and not typical Streisand by any stretch of the imagination.
5. Getz/Gilberto - one of the desert island discs. Not new, but it has sent me on a quest to find the world's greatest recording of "the girl from ipanema".
6. Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - try the Tahiti Trot (tea for two), or better yet, the Piano Concerto no 1 in C-minor for piano trumpet and strings. Wierd name for a Jazz piece, nonetheless, jazz it is.
7. Bela Fleck: Perpetual Motion. He plays a banjo, he can't read music, nonetheless this is all CLASSICAL music Bach to Paganini played with accompanying and contrapuntal violin, cello, piano, guitar, mandolin, marimba. This is a Grammy Winner, and well deserved.
8. Essential Guitar: 33 guitar masterpieces. Compilation. Can't say enough good about these 2 disks.
9. Have been listening to Respighi alot lately - pines/fountains of rome. Good disk for assessing system performance on instruments that are naturally on the bright side. What should bright sound like?
10. And finally, guess I need some pop-rock in here. How about Surfer Girl, by the beach boys. Have been walking down rockandroll/folk memory lane recently. Given the present, the past is the best place to listen carefree.