Top 8 for October 8, 2015

Haven't done this in quite a while, but it was a good music day.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Musica Ricecarata - II: Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale

from the György Ligeti Edition, Volume 3

You may know it as the that three note piano piece from Eyes Wide Shut, but it's hauntingly effective in its simplicity.

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

The title song from their second album, Brian Eno's presence is strongly felt, just before his absence was.

J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 

Top 7 for January 15, 2014

Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan from Time out of Mind

...but it's getting there

When it came out, we were all like “that's about the end of his voice” and now 15 years later we're like “his voice still sounded good then, compared to his latest record.”

JS Bach: Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord & strings in A minor ('Triple'), BWV 1044 - I: Allegro

performed by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert in 1984

Top 4 for January 6, 2014

Concerto en sol mineur, BWV 975 - I: Allegro by JS Bach, performed by Alexandre Tharaud from Concertos Italiens

JSB's transcription of concerto No. 6 from Vivaldi's La Stravaganza

Let's call the whole thing off - Fred Astaire w/ Johnny Green and his orchestra from the film Shall We Dance from the LP Starring Fred Astaire (aka the Brunswick Recordings)

A great collection of Astaire's film performances, with a fantastic arrangement (no credit on my copy unfortunately).