What are you Listening To Right Now? - and more

[Delmarva]

I've always loved that theme. Here is another band using it.

That was interesting. A bit too much jazz fusion in the sound for me, but not overt.

 

[MAC TED]

FROM ROSLAGSGATAN TO SODRA HAMMARBYHAMNEN 1994-2004--Hell On Wheels

2006 on NORTH OF NO SOUTH

 

[Delmarva]

Mrs. Dusty isn't as enamored of the Stravinsky as I am. Small doses while she is around keeps me from hearing about it.

All the Stravinsky; Firebird Suite talk makes me think of this far out version. The vinyl plays a lot better than the cover looks. No complaints for 50 cents.

Tomita - Firebird
1975 RCA ARL1-1312

 

[KevinJS]

All the Stravinsky; Firebird Suite talk makes me think of this far out version. The vinyl plays a lot better than the cover looks. No complaints for 50 cents.

Tomita - Firebird
1975 RCA ARL1-1312

Good deal. I paid a bit more than that for mine, but no complaints.

 

[jobrewer1983]

Hunter looks like a wonderful snuggler!

And yes, my profile picture is one of my cats. Her given name is Ophelia but my wife and I call her Loaf (we got tired of saying “lil Ophelia”)

we’ve got another one, an all black male named Captain. He’s a spicy boy and gets overstimulated very easily but he’s a strong chonky boy.

Oh he’s a She!! My mistake that’s really rare to see an orange female tabby, really cool!!



We have 3 Hunter, Charlotte, and Benjamin

They are a lot of fun and are my listening partners. I had been cleaning up some of my gear and moving some speakers around and was able to get this pic a few years ago. Took like 100 pictures but finally got one with them all looking.

 

[Delmarva]

Good deal. I paid a bit more than that for mine, but no complaints.

I really need more Tomita. Firebird and Holst's Planets on CD is all I have. I've seen some good deals on the auction sites. Need to look into that again. His take on Pictures At An Exhibition is pure genius insanity. Warped my mind at an early age when my brother bought a copy 45 years ago.

 

[meggy]

 

[Te-Te]

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Good morning folks.

Hey John, what does that say on the side of the roof?

 

[KevinJS]

I really need more Tomita. Firebird and Holst's Planets on CD is all I have. I've seen some good deals on the auction sites. Need to look into that again. His take on Pictures At An Exhibition is pure genius insanity. Warped my mind at an early age when my brother bought a copy 45 years ago.

I’m pretty sure the Firebird is the only one of his that I have. It stands up well, unlike some classical arrangements that would have been better left alone.

May as well say it:

(How to arrange classical music well)

Pictures At An Exhibition - ELP

(How to do it badly)

Carmina Burana - Ray Manzarek

It’s not that Ray’s arrangement and recording is necessarily bad. It’s just that someone who knows the piece will find it lacking. If it encourages a fan of The Doors to check out something different, I’m all for it.

 

[jobrewer1983]

Tom Jones • What’s New Pussycat ?

You ever see this? Lol

 

[Dusty Ol'Man]

That was interesting. A bit too much jazz fusion in the sound for me, but not overt.

I think that piece and others by MM sound that way due to the tones of his synthesizer. There are some hard rocking tunes on that album. Their version of Blinded By The Light is the most well known cover of the Springsteen song.

 

[Dusty Ol'Man]

All the Stravinsky; Firebird Suite talk makes me think of this far out version. The vinyl plays a lot better than the cover looks. No complaints for 50 cents.

Tomita - Firebird
1975 RCA ARL1-1312

50 cents?! I'll give you a dollar!

 

[Delmarva]

Hey John, what does that say on the side of the roof?

 

[Dusty Ol'Man]

I really need more Tomita. Firebird and Holst's Planets on CD is all I have. I've seen some good deals on the auction sites. Need to look into that again. His take on Pictures At An Exhibition is pure genius insanity. Warped my mind at an early age when my brother bought a copy 45 years ago.

You would love Snowflakes Are Dancing.

 

[KevinJS]

Here’s a neat bit of history. Never seen this before.


Yo-Yo Ma (aged 7) playing cello for JFK.

 

[Mowgli]

LTRN - Mastodon ~ Blood Mountain

 

[Row-bear-tow]

All the Stravinsky; Firebird Suite talk makes me think of this far out version. The vinyl plays a lot better than the cover looks. No complaints for 50 cents.

Tomita - Firebird
1975 RCA ARL1-1312

If you haven’t dug into him yet, I love Isao Tomita and his reimagining of tons of classical/orchestral pieces. I have made it a point to have a great recording for each piece that he re-imagines in my collection so that I can freely go back and forth and listen to the original or the full synthd-out version.

I love The Firebird Suite and I adore Tomitas LP (named The Firebird as well as his handful of other albums. Snowflakes are Dancing is probably his most well know because it has Clair de Lune.

definitely recommend checking him out, especially if you enjoy Stravinsky.

Tomita was mentioned lastnight too...not familiar but always looking for new sonic adventures!

 

[Vusbagen]

 

[KevinJS]

File this one wherever you like. Oldest piece of music given new life? Music you thought was modern but isn’t?


The talk about Stravinsky’s Firebird got me thinking. It’s a relatively recent piece, composed in the early 20th Century and first performed in 1910. So what instances are there of REALLY old pieces cropping up in recent times. My first thought was Händel. A good example is Sarabande from the early 1700s and its reworking by Sarah Brightman into SarahBande.

And even earlier, Henry Purcell’s Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, from 1695, used in Kubrick’s The Clockwork Orange.

 

[Delmarva]

You would love Snowflakes Are Dancing.

I know I would. I've listened to it online a couple of times. Very spacey stuff. That guy on PBS late night.who did the Astronomy show used Snowflakes for his intro and outro music as I recall.