What are you listening to? Part III

[Scepticalscribe]

Have just played a CD (yes, I still listen to them, and buy them, and rip them, and deeply regret the demise of the sort of superb music stores that were a staple of my teenage years and later) that arrived in the post from Amazon yesterday. (And yes, I'd far prefer to be able to buy such things in a bricks-and-mortar store…..)

Anyway, the CD is a recent release by Nicolas Godin, who is one of the duo who comprised the membership of the French group Air. This is his first solo effort and is marketed as a homage to the mdic of J. S. Bach.

Now, I love Air, and I love Bach, so what is there not to like?

Well, I'll listen to it again - some albums grow on you with repeated listening sessions. However, this is not as good as Air in their prime, and it is not as good as Bach at any stage.

But, it is possible that a glass of wine (perhaps, a nice Pouilly-Fuisée) this evening will confer a pleasurable glow on a further listening experience that a first acquaintance of this album failed to……..deliver.

 

[lrmd98]

Star Wars - The Force Awakens Soundtrack

 

[mobilehaathi]

Any chance of putting up one or two tracks from this intriguing album?

I will often bite for - and buy - a whole album after I have listened to a track or two.



Ah, Sergei Prokofiev, I love his stuff, and I have quite a few of his albums (many in vinyl..).

He had the misfortune to die on the same day as Stalin. This was doubly unfortunate, firstly, because he would have loved to have learned that the dictator was dead, - he detested Stalin - and secondly, Stalin' s death meant that all of the flowers in Moscow were ear-marked for the funeral of the deceased dictator.

Ah, sure, I guess something shorter than what I already posted?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ah, sure, I guess something shorter than what I already posted?

Yes, please.

If possible, a track or two that will offer a flavour of the music, - and indeed, may well then serve to grab you with the thought that your musical life will be sadly lacking unless and until you add these artists to your collection.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Yes, please.

If possible, a track or two that will offer a flavour of the music, - and indeed, may well then serve to grab you with the thought that your musical life will be sadly lacking unless and until you add these artists to your collection.

Sure, I'll see what I can dig up! They're a new discovery for me.

 

[rhett7660]

Right now I have all of my music from Hans Zimmer qued playing. Currently it is going through Batman Begins.

 

[lowendlinux]

 

[mobilehaathi]

Yes, please.

If possible, a track or two that will offer a flavour of the music, - and indeed, may well then serve to grab you with the thought that your musical life will be sadly lacking unless and until you add these artists to your collection.

 

[lowendlinux]

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[Scepticalscribe]

Thank you. That was rather lovely - I especially liked the first track, but all three are unusual and intriguing interpretations of the chamber music idea.

 

[mobilehaathi]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

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Absolutely gorgeous album cover - and - needless to say - what wonderful music. Pure class from Oscar Peterson.

 

[aaronvan]

First Aid Kit, a country duo from Sweden.

 

[2984839]

 

[newlifer]

that:

 

[997440]

 

[S.B.G]

 

[Tech198]

ah... 2Pac,,, u rotter..... i have the same album cursory of Apple music Thx.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This is extraordinary, and thanks for sharing it, @556fmjoe.

While I don't doubt the authenticity of the sound made by the instrument, nor that the instrument is a reasonably accurate representation of the sort of musical instrument that might have been used, or played, at that time, how can the actual melody be authenticated, or can it?

Is the music written - or committed to writing - in a form of musical notation? And, if so, is it possible to decipher and recreate this?

Now, I have quite a collection of medieval and Renaissance CDs (and indeed, LPs), as I like this sort of thing.

Their sleeve notes all seem to be agreed that while it is possible to replicate the sound made by musical instruments of that age and era reasonably faithfully, a faithful interpretation of the actual music itself is a lot more difficult, mainly because most of it was not written down.

Moreover, at the time, popular music and 'formal' music had not yet completely separated into the respective 'high' and 'low' cultures, represented by different forms of music (roughly analogous to social class, and to some extent, religious observance).

In addition, at that time, there was a musical culture and tradition that rated and respected a musician's and a performer's capacity for intelligent improvisation; this also mitigated against committing tunes and melodies to writing and seeking to immortalise them.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

A little Philip Glass, perfect winter listening: The soundtrack from the movie 'The Hours', specifically the tracks "Morning Passages" and "The Hours".

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This morning's post brought a CD - the soundtrack from the TV series Deutschland 83, which I look forward to playing. Unfortunately, this morning also brought news of the very sad death of of the great David Bowie.

I think my music for this evening has already been planned.

 

[Jatheon]

Today mood.

 

[LizKat]

Stuff from Bowie albums Low, and Lodger. Such an extraordinary artist.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well, still on a David Bowie related theme, - I doubt many of us are listening to much else - I am listening to the album we thought at the time was supposed to have been his last, but now know that it wasn't, - the rather lovely 'The Next Day' which was released in 2013.

 

[2984839]

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This is extraordinary, and thanks for sharing it, @556fmjoe.

While I don't doubt the authenticity of the sound made by the instrument, nor that the instrument is a reasonably accurate representation of the sort of musical instrument that might have been used, or played, at that time, how can the actual melody be authenticated, or can it?

Is the music written - or committed to writing - in a form of musical notation? And, if so, is it possible to decipher and recreate this?

Now, I have quite a collection of medieval and Renaissance CDs (and indeed, LPs), as I like this sort of thing.

Their sleeve notes all seem to be agreed that while it is possible to replicate the sound made by musical instruments of that age and era reasonably faithfully, a faithful interpretation of the actual music itself is a lot more difficult, mainly because most of it was not written down.

Moreover, at the time, popular music and 'formal' music had not yet completely separated into the respective 'high' and 'low' cultures, represented by different forms of music (roughly analogous to social class, and to some extent, religious observance).

In addition, at that time, there was a musical culture and tradition that rated and respected a musician's and a performer's capacity for intelligent improvisation; this also mitigated against committing tunes and melodies to writing and seeking to immortalise them.

I believe that's the actual melody. They found tablets with the music inscribed on them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs