Arcadia Quartet: String Quartet No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: II. Moderato assai FROM Weinberg String Quartets Vol. 3: String Quartets Nos 4 and 16
Arcadia Quartet: String Quartet No. 11, Op. 89: II Allegretto Coda FROM Weinberg String Quartets Vol. 2: String Quartets Nos 1, 7 and 11
Arcadia Quartet: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 3/145: IV Presto FROM Weinberg String Quartets Vol. 1: String Quartets Nos 2, 5, and 8
Bert Jansch: The Black Swan FROM The Black Swan
Bert Jansch: High Days FROM The Black Swan
Bert Jansch: Tree Song FROM Birthday Blues
Bert Jansch: I Have No Time FROM Bert Jansch
Hank Mobley: The Good Life FROM The Turnaround
Jordi Comellas, Andreas Martin: Sonata à viola di gamba solo et basso, WKO 150: Siciliano (Carl Friedrich Abel) FROM C. F. Abel & J. S. Bach
Jordi Comellas, Andreas Martin: Sonata à viola di gamba solo et basso, WKO 150: Allegro (Carl Friedrich Abel) FROM C. F. Abel & J. S. Bach
Though it is a bit more happy in tone and measure than I normally dig, it is still a very good album. I do like Abel. His music is hyper-focused, for lack of a better term. This album is very well performed. Unfortunately, I only have it in 16 bit, but I am not sure that would make much of a difference. The recording quality might not even be able to upgrade to 24 bit as it is not that great. However, it is not really that bad either. But not great. 16 bit can still sound great. This doesn’t, but that has nothing to with it. It sounds like there just wasn’t much of an investment in the recording equipment for this album, but it is still listenable. Poorly placed mics can make a world of difference. I am not really familiar with the label, Hänssler.
Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Christoph Hartmann (oboe), Berlin Barock Solisten, Kristof Polonek
Elliott Smith, Janine Jansen, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedeén, Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts, Sonic Youth, Trio Karénine, Zefira Valova, Aapo Häkkinen, The Band, Rosalind Ventris, Robert Johnson, Paul Chambers, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O’Riley, Max Richter, Johnny Rivers, George Braith, Dinosaur Jr., Cara Dawson, Camille Thomas, Benjamin Baker, Daniel Lebhart, Alexander Chaushian, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Topchjan, Ismaël Margain, Quatuor Hanson
Side A
Lou Reed: Andy’s Chest FROM Transformer
Otis Redding: You Send Me FROM Pain In My Heart
Rick White with 100 Hundred Dollars: Nights in White Satin (unreleased 7”, Rick White Archives bandcamp)
Neutral Milk Hotel: My Dream Girl Don’t Exist (Live, 1992) FROM Ferris Wheel on Fire
Neil Young: Helpless (Live) FROM Noise and Flowers
Neil Young: Here We Are in the Years (Live) FROM Tuscaloosa (Live)
M. Ward: Wild Goose FROM A Wasteland Companion
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Cinnamon Girl (Live) FROM Way Down In The Rust Bucket (Live)
Marvin Gaye: Mercy, Mercy Me FROM The Marvin Gaye Collection
Side B
Little Walker: Don’t Need No Horse FROM The Essential Little Walker
Howlin’ Wolf: Baby How Long FROM Moanin’ in the Moonlight
The Yardbirds: The Train Kept A-Rolling FROM Having a Rave Up With The Yardbirds
Charles Bradley: Trouble in the Land FROM No Time For Dreaming
Howlin’ Wolf: Tell Me FROM Howlin’ Worlf
Charles Bradley: Confusion FROM Victim of Love
The Kingston Trio: Scotch and Soda FROM The Kingston Trio
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Chant of the Wind FROM Great Jazz Standards
Sophie Kauer: Songs Without Words, Op. 30: No. 1. Andante espressivo in E-Flat Major FROM Unsung
