What's Spinning July 2025


Kraftwerk
Tour De France
Electronica/Experimental/Club-Dance
Capitol/EMI - 2003
16/44.1 - DR: 5dB

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Homage to the actual “Tour de France”, effectively starting today… :wink:

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I see your Cliburn and I raise a Queen Elisabeth :slight_smile:
First Dutch winner: Nikola Meeuwsen!
You can watch them Queen Elisabeth Competition

Or the CD box is now on Qobuz

Queen Elisabeth Competition Piano 2025
CD1

1-4 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Concerto n. 2 in G minor op. 16 – Nikola MEEUWSEN

[Andantino | Scherzo vivace | Intermezzo (allegro moderato) | Finale (allegro tempestoso)]

5-7 Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Concerto n. 3 in D minor op. 30 – Valère BURNON

[Allegro non tanto | Intermezzo | Alla breve]

CD2

1-4 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Concerto n. 2 in B flat major op. 83 – Wataru HISASUE

[Allegro non troppo | Allegro appassionato | Andante | Allegretto grazioso]

5-7 Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Concerto in A minor op. 54 – Arthur HINNEWINKEL

[Allegro affettuoso | Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso | Allegro vivace]

CD3

1-2 Kris DEFOORT (°1959) Music for the Heart – Yuki YOSHIMI

[Part One | Part Two]

3-4 Ana SOKOLOVIĆ (°1968) Two Studies for Piano – Shiori KUWAHARA

[Magla | Igra]

5-7 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata n. 8 in B flat major op. 84 – Valère BURNON

[Andante dolce | Andante sognando | Vivace]

8 Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) 3 Burlesques Sz. 47 – Wataru HISASUE

[Perpatvar | Kicsit ázottan | Capriccioso]

9 Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Réminiscences de Norma – Masaya KAMEI

CD4

1 Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Variations sérieuses op. 54 – Nikola MEEUWSEN

2-5 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Sonata n. 1 in C major op. 1 – Sergey TANIN

[Allegro | Andante | Scherzo | Finale]

6-8 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Concerto n. 27 in B flat major KV 595 – Jiaxin MIN

[Allegro | Larghetto | Allegro] (Cadenza: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Brussels Philharmonic – Kazushi Ono, conductor (CD1, CD2 & CD3: 1-2)

Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie – Vahan Mardirossian, conductor (CD4: 6-8)

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Steely Dan: Gaucho
(Geffen 1980) - SHM 2010 Remaster SACD
DSD 64
DR: 6

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Just Biber
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Channel Classics - 4th July 2025
DSD 256 (original recording format)
DR: 10


Carmen Gomes
Sings The Blues (tribute to H.Belafonte)
Blues
Sound Liaison - 2017
DXD - DR: 8dB

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Although I prefer the original from Harry Belafonte himself, this one has exceptional SQ, thanks to Sound Liaison!

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Kraftwerk
Radio-Activity
Electronica/Club-Dance/Avant-Garde
Capitol Records - 1975
16/44.1 - DR: 7dB

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Going on with my Kraftwerk travel…

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Marcus Miller
Laid Black
Blues/Funk/Jazz
Blue Note - 2018
24/48 - DR: 6dB

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

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I’ve posted this album several times before but, as it’s a favourite of mine, I hope that you will indulge me in posting it again.

Melody Gardot: Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition)
Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Verve - 23rd October 2020
24/96
DR: 8

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Paul Simon: Graceland (25th Anniversary Edition)
International Fusion, Singer/Songwriter
Legacy - 5th June 2012
24/96

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Track: Bridge Over Troubled Water. (Long Version)
Album: Aretha
24bit/96khz
Soul

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Steely Dan: The Royal Scam
ABC Records 1976 (SHM Remaster)
24/48
DR: 6

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Haven’t listened to that in forever. To be rectified . . …

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You Can Call Me Al: a song for Steve Martin happy feet!

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No cure for the blues like the blues.

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Christian Li, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko “Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto”, 2025, Qobuz 24/96

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniil Trifonov
Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra
Mariinsky - 27th August 2012
DSD 64
DR: 19

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Love “Four Sail (Expanded Edition)” 1969, Qobuz 16/44.1

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Consider the Source ; The Stare
Qobuz 16/44.1

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The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
Columbia - November 1978 (Remastered)
24/96
DR: 5

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