what are your most favored recordings ?

El Cant Del Sibil La / Jordi Savall & Montserrat Figueras (oh my god, that voice! recorded in a church and really captures that environment)

Le Pas du Chat Noir / Anouar Brahem (Haunting. Inovative. I never tire of it)

Swordfishtrombone / Tom Waits (just one of many Waits I could not live without. This one is particularly textured and the songs are brilliant)

Temptation / Holly Cole (combine a gorgeous voice with Tom Waits song writing and record it well...what can I say, I love Tom Waits and this is a fantastic cover that never fails to thrill me)

Bach Works / Lara St. John (not the most accomplished performance, but it always seems to move me nonetheless....perhaps something about the cavernous sounding environment it seems to be played in...dunno, but I'd include it in my top ten)

Marco

Neil Young - Greendale
Uncle Tupelo - March 16th - 20th
Al Dimeola - Live in San Fransico (not sure about the title)
NIN - With Teeth
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

They are all very well recorded. Love the lyrics of Young, Tupelo and Wilco. NIN is just good for when I am in a rock mood. Dimeola, well I really enjoy good acoustic guitar.

Last things first - all of these are recordings that especially communicate an emotion with which I connect. They are not necessarily the best in any way shape or form of anything, and I don't listen to them often. Special music for special times. I would never refer to them as 'favorites' - I've a lot more recordings that get far more play time than these - the list is too long and I really can't differentiate that finely. FWIW.........

Beethoven #5 Kleiber
Faure Requiem, Original Version, Herreweghe
Mahler 6, Sanderling
Sibelius 4, Von Karian
Eva Cassidy, "Over the Rainbow"

and a 6th for good measure -
Sibelius - "Songs for Male Voice Choir" which includes a reduction of Finlandia meant to be use by Solders in the war with Russia. If you have any sense of patriotism in your bones and you appreciate Sibelius and the history of Finland this will bring a chill and a tear!

Humm, only five. Well it's been newage and subwoofer week at my house.... I'll have to leave some good ones out I guess.

1. ARCHETRIBE...."Waterworks", (Matthew Davidson)
2. ARCHETRIBE...."Earthtones", (Matthew Davidson)
3. RABBIT-PROOF FENCE...."Long Walk Home", (Peter Gabriel)
4. COBALT BLUE...."Live At The Aquarium", (Michael Brook)
5. MICHAEL BROOK...."HYBRID", (Michael Brook, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois)

To be honest...I have way to many "most favored" and could never pick only five...kind of a mood thing for me.

Dave

hi dave:

i went to tower.com and amazon.com and could not find any listings for archetribe. are these recordings out of print ??