Listening to this interesting recording from Gidon Kremer of two of Beethoven’s late quartets arranged for the Kremerata Baltica plus works by Léo Ferré and Giovanni Sollima. I’m a fan of transcriptions, although this is more like an expansion. https://t.co/k21m4u09ll
Spinning this Monk recording from 1959, a two-tenor group with Charlie Rouse and Barney Wilen in the front line and Sam Jones and Art Taylor in the rhythm section. Not the tightest performances, but I find almost everything he did in this period compelling https://t.co/4Ailr4SkMT
Finally got this cleaned and on the turntable. First side is a little beat up, but from then on out it’s smooth sailing. The strings are beautiful in the second movement of the Bruckner. I really love these Walter/Columbia recordings. https://t.co/VPSi6zkSdA
@JBONAMASSA Huge revelation to me when I realized that AC/DC’s guitar tones were much cleaner than I had first thought. Made me rethink where I thought the “heavy” was coming from.
The Tone Poet reissue of Sinatra’s “Songs For Swingin' Lovers” is so good. Kevin Gray strikes again. There is a quality of immediacy that good mono-era recordings have, which is rarely as evident as on this pressing. What a joy to have this 70 years later! https://t.co/3XUWIN4WWf
AP’s 45 rpm cut of “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” is massive. The rhythm section is assertive and all the low-level details are brought out so beautifully. Pricey, but I’m glad I dropped the cash on this (it is one of my favorite albums, after all). https://t.co/xDBSBuk5qF