Re: Ascend Acoustics Official Music Recommendation Thread
Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters
I had it prior to the Grammys and never knew it was nominated. Never listened to it either due to over time at work.
Finally popped it in last night. Very satisfying. Definitely worth buying. The recording is excellent.
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Classical music fans, especially chamber music fans. I picked -up the Beethoven Late String Quartets, performed by the Takacs Quartet.This Grammy award 3cd set was released in 2004 and completes there Beethoven Quartet cycle.The sound is outstanding, and there performance is superb. I highly recommend these performances,They are simply delightful,and convincing.
Re: Ascend Acoustics Official Music Recommendation Thread
Highly Recommended,released in early 1993 by Water Lily Acoustics.
CD Title- A Meeting by the River
Artist Musicians
Bottleneck Guitar- Ry Cooder
Mohan Vina- V. N. Bhatt
Tabla- Sukhvinder Singh
Dumbek- Joachim Cooder
All titles composed by- Ry Cooder There are 4 traks, just under 40 minutes of
incredible music.
I'm a big Ry Cooder fan,This CD is a truly special and unique recording.
Of special note- This is a pure analog recording using all custom-built triode vacuum-tube electronics.
Quote from liner "No noise reduction,equalization,compression,or limiting of any sort was used in the making of this recording."
Here is a link to a review of this recording
http://www.stereophile.com/recordingofthemonth/493rotm/
For Audiophiles into Vinyl a 2 disc 45rpm release
http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow...Title_ID=41719
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I just received an expensive disc from Acoustics Sounds.
Acoustic Sounds sends out an email flyer once or twice a week. One of them had a disc that caught my attention:
http://store.acousticsounds.com/brow...Title_ID=39769
A well known chinese artist playing the guzheng.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzheng
The disc is mastered using the K2 HD mastering technique:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_High_Definition
Anyways, as expensive the disc was/is, I decided to buy it. I knew that I could always give it to my Dad as a gift.
The disc arrived yesterday, so I have only had a limited time with it, but from my viewpoint, it is pretty impressive. Then again, I only have limited experience with guzheng music.
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My Dad "borrowed" the disc in my previous post. Doesn't look like I will be getting it back any time soon. :eek:
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Originally Posted by
openwheelracing
Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters
I had it prior to the Grammys and never knew it was nominated. Never listened to it either due to over time at work.
Finally popped it in last night. Very satisfying. Definitely worth buying. The recording is excellent.
I received this disc in the mail yesterday. I listened to it before going to bed. Excellent disc!
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Originally Posted by
Fantom
And 1 recommendation for CD.
Herbie Hancock - Possibilities.
This album is Herbie playing with others, and the style of each track becomes a combination of Herbie and the other musicians. I became interested in this album because I like jazz and Herbie Hancock. I could see many others liking this album for the other artists present, including Santana, John Mayer, and Christina Anguilera. I am not a Mayer fan, but I can't say I don't like his track on this album. Similarly, I would never buy an Anguilera album, since I don't like her songs. However, I do really like her voice, and the song she chose on this album works really well with her voice and Herbie's piano playing. The track also shows off the Sierra's quite well.
If you are a Herbie fan, please don't be turned off by some of the artists you might not be a fan of on this album. If you want good clean vocals combined with superb instrumentals to play on your new Ascends, check this one out. If you are unsure about Jazz because can't stand completely free form instrumental jamming, the songs and vocals will hold this one together for you. Basically, many different people can find many different things to like about this album.
Thanks for this recommendation. I sampled a few of the tracks on Amazon before purchasing. And I've gotta say that quite a few of the songs are constantly stuck in my head all day.
I'm a new CMT340 owner by the way running in stereo.