Whats on your turntable tonight?

Last night was a Celtic night again with:

Ossian - "St. Kilda Wedding" Iona IR 001
Ossian - "Seal Song" Iona IR 002
- a great traditional music group with Billy Jackson on harp

and some good "new" folk from the '70s with John O'Connor "Songs for our times" on Flying Fish FF 331. The 30 minutes spent with Mary O'Hara just doesn't count.

Tonight is starting with Haydn symphonies played by Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on Philips. I really enjoy Marriner's way with Haydn. It's not period instruments, but it has the light touch and sympathetic performance of Marriner and the Academy that I find very enjoyable:

Haydn, Symphonies 52 and 53, Marriner/ASMF, Philips 6500 114
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Arturo Delmoni: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Bill Evans Quintessence Analogue Productions 45 rpm, esp. Sweet Dulcinea
Prokofiev: Love For Three Oranges Suite, Classic Records 45 series.

Has anyone heard the Buck Clayton album "How Hi the Fi" on Pure Pleasure Records? I have heard the performance is outstanding. What about the sonics?

Thanks,

Sorry, haven't heard the Buck Clayton, but I really like the three selections you've been listening to. I find the Delmoni particularly delightful.
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I started at the very beginning of this thread to review all the entries made over past couple of years and came across some excellent selections. One entry was Rushton's recommendation of IL Cornetto. This generated great interest at the time, only to find out that slipknot had probably purchased the last copy at Elusive disc. Well here is some good news. Just for the heck of it I went to Elusive disc online site and purchased a copy today. They currently have it in stock. Hope you acquire a copy if you came up empty handed many months ago.

Another entry was 2 albums by Doc Watson. Home Again & Southbound. Since my interest is largely jazz, classical and some rock my knowledge of folk music is extremely limited. I would appreciate any input on these two records musically & sonically, as I am sure copies will not last indefinitely.

Most recent listening: Stravinsky's Pulcinella on Argo
Gil Evans: Out of the cool. Speaker's corner impulse reissue.

Montepilot-

You won't regret either of your two purchases. With respect to "Il Cornetto", the sonics and performance are wonderful. keep in mind that the music is very delicate, but very revealing of inner detail - a great test for your systems abilities to resolve all that is there. A great listen for fans of early music performed on original instruments.

"Home Again" is another performance and sonics blockbuster, showcasing Doc Watson's mix of folk and front porch bluegrass style. His picking on "Matty Groves" is beautiful. His sense of humor is really evident in his take on "Froggy Went A-Courtin'"

It's great to hear "Il Cornetto" is still available. I recommend it to anyone reading this thread who enjoys early music, without reservation.