Crispycat Recordings: A distinct lack of lack of rivettosity...

Monday, February 11, 2013

A distinct lack of lack of rivettosity...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Patience and Events
Michel Oudar - Cahier pour Michel Oudar
Shostakovich - String Quartets

Can't remember much happening today, soundtracked by two collections of CBQ soundscapes, compiled especially for the "Starlightnight" box set...

Other than that, I finally got round to starting to listen to the recently acquired 5CD box of Shostakovich's complete music for string quartet - a live recording by the Emersons - although it is edited from various live performances at which the audience were requested to be extra quiet...

Great stuff...

Another live disc, from French pianist Michel Oudar, featuring works by Scriabin, Diennet, Risset, Boeuf and Berio also entertained, after having lain alongside the Shostabox, untouched, over the weekend...

I probably watched some TV too...

Apologies for lack of rivettingness...

Highlight of the day : More new music...

2 comments:

Sid Smith said...: Oh my giddy aunt! Shostakovich String Quartets. Just love that stuff. Didn't know about this recording so thanks for the heads-up, Mr.CBQ; 7:54 am
Cloudland Blue Quartet said...: Hi Sid!

Already had a set by the Fitzwilliams which received wisdom advises is "better"...

Got the Emersons 2nd hand for under a tenner - good booklet but "just" paper sleeves for the discs themselves...; 10:21 pm

Crispycat Latest Release

David Reilly AKA Cloudland Blue Quartet, created his first soundscape, "The Drone Effect" back in December 1977. 46 years later, he finally gave two live soundscape performances, in Edinburgh on 4 November 2023 and in Newcastle on 18 January 2024, playing the 40 minute piece available here on Bandcamp as "Live Suite 2023/24". On 30 August 2024 he premiered a new 40 minute suite for 2024/25 at Fopp in Edinburgh and this piece was performed again at the Switched On Electronic Music Festival in Whitby, Yorkshire on 9 November 2024. This album, "Live Suite 2024/25" was created specifically to be performed at these last two events and, like "Live Suite 2023/24", may well be performed again in the future. Free to Stream/Name Your Price to Download, the download bundle contains the studio mix of the live performance version of "Live Suite 2024/25"

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection

In a one-man crusade to encourage the world to broaden its musical horizons, David has been broadcasting a weekly Eclectic Selection of music from across his vast record collection since 2014. On the programme each week, you'll hear 25 Tracks, kicking off with David's LP of the Week, followed by his six other LPs of the day, three or so CBQ, or CBQ related, tracks, a single of the week (if there is one), a couple more singles (if there are any) and a further eclectic mix of other things new into the collection... It's eclectic!