Originally posted by shilohAnd the LAST would be Kind of Blue.
Solo Monk - Thenonius Monk
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
The Elephant Riders - Clutch
Parabola - TOOL
And some version of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet
A guitar
If my only choice in books is the Bible, I suppose I'll take a copy
Joni Mitchell 'Court and Spark' (I was a free man in paris) Brilliant is a weak word to describe Joni.
Alternately, the bootleg Joni Mitchel/James Taylor acoustic concert from around 1962 live. If you can find it, a real jewel.
George Winston December (a bit biased since he is a personal friend🙂
Martin Simpson and Jessica Ruby Simpson 'Band of angels'
Richard Thompson Vincent Black Lightning 1952. A song that sounds like a movie.
Guitar playing incredible!
Rory Block: When a Woman Gets the Blues.
Best white women country blues guitarist of all time.
Also The last of the Leviathans!
Eleanor shanley and Ronnie Drew Restless farewell and Parting Glass
Mavis Staples Hard times come again no more (Without a doubt the best version of this song ever done!
Take a listen to her Youtube:
Dougie Mclean Caladonia.
Pentangle House Carpenter!
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Bruce Molsky Drunkards Hiccups
Originally posted by sonhouseIt's been a few years since I've heard Caladonia...it makes me feel homesick for no rational reason...a lovely melancholy feeling. Thank you for posting it.
Dougie Mclean Caladonia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP8A9rtg0iI
I'm working on my list of discs as a welcome diversion from English Lit. assignments.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Beatles: Abbey Road
Joan Baez: Any Day Now
Mary Black: No Frontiers
Puccini: La bohème
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
Ravi Shankar: Chants of India
Religious text: Tao Te Ching
Luxury: I wouldn’t take any “luxury,” the rest on the desert island would BE the luxury
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Disc I would keep: Dark Side of the Moon…It’s the one album on the list that I don’t sing with and just listen to…
Originally posted by hakimaThe link I posted was a bit different instrumentally than the original which had two guitar tracks or maybe a guitar and mandola, I saw one in the latest video. I always thought the original acoustic intro was one of the nicest in the genre but the new video showing a mature Dougie is very very good also!
It's been a few years since I've heard Caladonia...it makes me feel homesick for no rational reason...a lovely melancholy feeling. Thank you for posting it.
I'm working on my list of discs as a welcome diversion from English Lit. assignments.
Originally posted by Rank outsiderI see now what you meant in the other thread. Well here's my list:
I also wonder if we ought to warn scacchipazzo about this, for the sake of his health. I think his head might explode when he is asked to narrow his choice down to eight, let alone one!
🙂
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Franz Schubert; Die Winterreise, Siegfried Lorenz/Norman Shetler
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem and Cuatro Pezzi Sacri, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado
Joan Manuel Serrat: Miguel Hernandez album
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen, Karl Bohm, Bayreuth Festival edition
Bach : St. Matthew Passion
Beethoven : Complete String Quartets, Alban Berg Quartet
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation
Religious text : I will take the Bible.
Luxury : Automatic espresso and cappuccino maker
Book : Will and Ariel Durant's History of Civilization
Originally posted by scacchipazzoThank you!
I see now what you meant in the other thread. Well here's my list:
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Franz Schubert; Die Winterreise, Siegfried Lorenz/Norman Shetler
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem and Cuatro Pezzi Sacri, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado
Joan Manuel Serrat: Miguel Hernandez album
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen, Karl Bohm, Bay ...[text shortened]... omatic espresso and cappuccino maker
Book : Will and Ariel Durant's History of Civilization
Can you recommend a recording (one easily available) of St Matthew Passion.
New Years resolution was to plug the gaps in my classical collection, and that is a pretty obvious one.
Originally posted by Rank outsiderThe EMI Willhelm Furtwangler recording is probably my favorite, but it is remastered and some don't like that, but it is also inexpensive at $15.99 compared to the Von Karajan Deutche Grammophon recording at $38. I don't know if Claudio Abbado has recorded the St. Matthew Passion but I'll look for you. Some find him woody, but I like his choral recordings' precision and excellent readings. His recording of the Verdi Requiem on Deutche Grammophon is excellent and I got it for $15.99! John Elliot Gardiner's ST. Matthew Passion is also very competently recorded, but many don't like original instruments recordings.
Thank you!
Can you recommend a recording (one easily available) of St Matthew Passion.
New Years resolution was to plug the gaps in my classical collection, and that is a pretty obvious one.
BTW, I misspelled Verdi's Quattro Pezzi Sacri by spelling "cuatro", which is Spanish and not Italian, LOL
Originally posted by scacchipazzoThanks for this.
The EMI Willhelm Furtwangler recording is probably my favorite, but it is remastered and some don't like that, but it is also inexpensive at $15.99 compared to the Von Karajan Deutche Grammophon recording at $38. I don't know if Claudio Abbado has recorded the St. Matthew Passion but I'll look for you. Some find him woody, but I like his choral recordin ...[text shortened]... Verdi's Quattro Pezzi Sacri by spelling "cuatro", which is Spanish and not Italian, LOL
I prefer period instruments and virtually all my baroque collection is period. I have become so accustomed to them that I find non-period hard to digest at times. This is probably not a good thing.
I have JEG's Mass in B minor, which I enjoy a lot, so will probably check this out. I'm no connoisseur so this may well tick the box.
Originally posted by Rank outsiderI have JEG's Mass in B Minor as well and consider it first rate so perhaps you will enjoy the St. Matthew Passion as well. The English Baroque Soloists always seem to have excellent singers and their chorus( I believe they resort to the Monteverdi Chorus) are always excellent.
Thanks for this.
I prefer period instruments and virtually all my baroque collection is period. I have become so accustomed to them that I find non-period hard to digest at times. This is probably not a good thing.
I have JEG's Mass in B minor, which I enjoy a lot, so will probably check this out. I'm no connoisseur so this may well tick the box.
Here's a recording you might enjoy. Antonio Caldara is a lesser known genius, contemporary of Bach, and excellent indeed. His Stabat Mater is unique for using dissonance before it was fashionable, strange harmonies with instrumental pairings not always used to harmonize with one another. This is parts one and two. His Missa Dolorosa is also superb.