I like this cut, Michael: „Remembering“ Kaitlyn Smith. I don’t know why. Not the sort of thing I should like, oh well.
Other albums, old and new, but listened to this year, a lot:
Marling „Once I Was an Eagle“–well-produced, sequenced. Good sound. Subsequent releases somewhat disappointing.
Penderecki, Utrenja, –Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra– (listen to how the voice merges with the orchestra, then is driven upwards into falsetto by P’s score: (cut 2, 3:00 in–this version only)
Promontoire, Moussay
Hoop: Stonechild, (some of it…over-produced, but creative)
Kreek, Suspended Harp, especially cuts 1, 3, 13, 19.
Beethoven, Late Sonatas, DGG, Pollini (version from 1976 only)
Now listening to Anja Lechner’s new one, Lontano; incredible piano sound. Wide, deep, dark. Serves as a sound template for 12-string recordings to do this year and on into 2021.
Also gradually getting through the large box of CDs Josh sent me. I brought „Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard“ home to Madison, played it for my father, and he knew 80% of the songs from his days as a union organizer.
That’s what’s on my so-called desk this weekend.
Time for you to re-consider leaving radio, I think. Stay for a year and I’ll make sure you have a good album to play.
Best,
Steve