Musicon / Calexico / Disk of the Day: the Tool Box of Calexico
Calexico’s Tool Box, a live instrumental recording, not difficult nor “lite”, imaginative and sensitive. Surprising melodies come and go on various tracks. Sound quality too is excellent. – ::More
Musicon / Nick Cave / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in Harry Potter
It was a pleasant surprise in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1″, to see Harry Potter dance with Hermione Granger, a tender scene supported by the music of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The song was “O Children,” from the album The Lyre of ::More
Musicon / Disc of the Day / Shiv Kumar Sharma, Water
Disc of the Day is the Water by Shiv Kumar Sharma, included in The Elements project. The use of his indian santoor in new-age styles can give an unpleasant surprise, but soon one discovers there is beauty even here, thanks to Sharma’s sense of musicality. On my part I must admit that Water ::More
Musicon / Tchaikovsky / Tchaikovsky symphonies restored to their real nature, thanks to Mariss Jansons
After listening to Karajan, Abbado and Haitink I feel grateful that we have Mariss Jansons’ performances of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, vivid, and clean from excessive sentimentalism. Yet, I wonder about the readings of Rostropovich, Pletnev and Svetlanov… This post will finish after I ::More
Musicon / Yael Naim / Yael Naim, She Was A Boy – Voice of the Spirits
Just listened to Yael Naim’s last album “She Was A Boy”. Contrary to many female singers that cultivate a voice so thin, supposedly ‘sexual’, disgusting, in my opinion, making impossible for me to enjoy even the good music they sometimes create, Yael Naim is ethereal ::More
