The Greatest Albums of All Time...

[xanalog]

I don't know if I subscribe to this 'best of...' post.

Yes, I have worn-off a few records by listening to them over-and-over, in my day.
Yet, after listening to any one single album a few times, I start foraging anew!

Out of curiosity, I cheated and asked a chatBot for the best selling music albums (US/Int'l):

[BRAVE] >>
Worldwide: Thriller by Michael Jackson [released in 1982, 67million copies]
United States: Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) by the Eagles [38million copies]

Never listened to either album, but w/o FOMO.

 

[Petrushka]

Oh well, I have 8 out of 20 items on the classical list. Not just the works but the very same recordings. Must be a victim of herd mentality. But why Abbado’s Figaro instead of Giulini or Solti for instance?

My college did Figaro in English. Figaro should always be done in the language of the audience.

Mozart himself said that.

In the movie.

 

[Petrushka]

“Classic” rock covers about 20 years.

“Classical” covers a thousand years or so.

 

[xanalog]

“Classic” rock covers about 20 years.
“Classical” covers a thousand years or so.

History tells us otherwise.
Make no mistake, Atouk had started rock-n-rollin' -under the oppressive regime of Tonda- on or about October 9th, One Zillion BC.

 

[Artsfols]

My college did Figaro in English. Figaro should always be done in the language of the audience.

Mozart himself said that.

In the movie.

Context is everything. In the movie, Amadeus, the court music gurus argued that opera librettos should only be written in Italian. And indeed, the Marriage of Figaro was written and is still performed in "la lingua bellissima". Mozart did express a desire to conduct an opera in the language of the people, meaning German, and achieved his goal with "The Magic Flute".
So question, did your class do "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, or "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, since both are about Figaro. And both are excellent operas.

For me, transcriptions can work. Sometimes they do, and sometimes not.

 

[EJ3]

Probably not. Her music, most likely, was performed by the young nuns at the monastery where she was the abbess. This recording was made using younger female voices throughout:

Like this one better because it has the lyrics (in English):

 

[tineared]

7 pages and not one mention of Jethro Tull?
I don not recognize the author-i-tie of this list...

 

[EJ3]

7 pages and not one mention of Jethro Tull?
I don not recognize the author-i-tie of this list...

Because it has no authority. It's as if it just appeared out of a vacuum. Oh that's right, it appeared out of AI the great information sucker. Same thing.

 

[sam_adams]

7 pages and not one mention of Jethro Tull?

Seven pages and not one mention of the seminal works of empresario, William Shatner?

 

[tineared]

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Seven pages and not one mention of the seminal works of empresario, William Shatner?

He was surprisingly good on Boston Legal

 

[xanalog]

.... I don not recognize the author-i-tie of this list...

I doth not recognize the tit-le of this thread.
"Greatest Album" would have to be like an extremely long INMI.

 

[HoweSound]

Paul Simon Graceland! A paradigm shift album.

 

[Corvuscorone]

I am reading this great 60s list, and all of a sudden we jump 50 years to "London Grammar". Good choice, though. A couple of fantastic albums there. I find Wolf Alice is somewhat similar. Curious about you listing Sibelius, because he's not where many people would begin with classical music.

I just listed my own favorites here that no one mentioned. I like all kinds of music: from classical to punk rock and from folk to hard rock. Lately I have been particularly interested in music coming from Africa. I have been particularly amazed by the diversity of North African music. As a French company, Qobuz has obviously presented a fairly diverse range of music from there due to France's connections to North Africa.

 

[Petrushka]

Context is everything. In the movie, Amadeus, the court music gurus argued that opera librettos should only be written in Italian. And indeed, the Marriage of Figaro was written and is still performed in "la lingua bellissima". Mozart did express a desire to conduct an opera in the language of the people, meaning German, and achieved his goal with "The Magic Flute".
So question, did your class do "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, or "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, since both are about Figaro. And both are excellent operas.

For me, transcriptions can work. Sometimes they do, and sometimes not.

There is an excellent and very funny English libretto for Mozart’s Figaro.

I remember at the performance (60 years ago) they named the translator, but my quick web searches haven’t found a name.

Most interesting tidbit I found was claims there were paid hecklers at the first performance. Amadeus simplifies things. Mozart had multiple jealous rivals.

 

[popej]

Jazz 24/7/365 largest known jazz library in the world

I listen to jazz on Spotify, no problem. My comment was about release dates of albums in jazz list, on average half a century old. I'm sure there are outstanding contemporary jazz albums. I'm not a fan enough to give recommendations, but in my library I have many names of jazz musicans, who play music tooday.

 

[Timcognito]

I listen to jazz on Spotify, no problem. My comment was about release dates of albums in jazz list, on average half a century old. I'm sure there are outstanding contemporary jazz albums. I'm not a fan enough to give recommendations, but in my library I have many names of jazz musicans, who play music tooday.

Here's 58 pages of contemporary artists. I listen to jazz primarily, new and old back to the cradle founders in New Orleans. I do not believe in the greatest of all time theme in music there is so much and even my favorites wax and wain

KFJC 89.7FM

 

[Artsfols]

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He was surprisingly good on Boston Legal

And also in "Judgement at Nuremberg" in the early 1960s. Before that he was a Shakespearean actor in Stratford, Canada, and a credible one.

And here are a couple of Shatner classics:

And the legendary turkey fryer promo:

With so much versatility, will you think of Shatner simply as Captain Kirk, ever again?

 

[Petrushka]

And also in "Judgement at Nuremberg" in the early 1960s. Before that he was a Shakespearean actor in Stratford, Canada, and a credible one.

And here are a couple of Shatner classics:

And the legendary turkey fryer promo:

With so much versatility, will you think of Shatner simply as Captain Kirk, ever again?

Yes.

But also, Denny Crane.

 

[sam_adams]

His appearance on Family Guy was not to be missed . . .

 

[xanalog]

I like all kinds of music: from classical to punk rock and from folk to hard rock. Lately I have been particularly interested in music coming from Africa.

Even at a smorgasbord, we do have our favorites!
My 2TB+ musical smorgasbord excludes few genres, which I have no sympathy for... but Angelique Kidjo is one of my favorites, hwailing (and loudly) from Africa.