Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée (2016)

 


There's a certain amount of mourning with this recording. From the stark cover, to the opening theme, everything feels very sorrowful; almost resigning to an end of things. Everything requires an ending. Most are bittersweet, while some things you wished had ended sooner, and a small amount you wished had never happened at all. The cold weather is setting in now, followed by the snow. Every evening is now beginning at 3 PM. The sun is shinning, but from behind a dark cloud. We are healing. Slowly, and with pain, but just a little while longer before we can go back outside and start living again. This is absolutely the soundtrack in Illinois right now.   

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Alain Kremski ‎– Vibrations - Improvisations Pour Piano Et "Bols Chantants" Tibétains (1984)

 



It's been a weird week. I slept on a hospital cot and nearly lost my head. Nearly headless Nick? Things are getting better though and I hope they continue to do so, because this has been a year to forget. 

My Wife and I really love this album. Particularly at dinner. It's got some healing, soothing vibes that somehow make the food we eat taste better. Probably because there looks to be what I can only imagine is a giant bronze salad bowl on the cover. 

We could all do with turning off the tube, putting on a record and enjoying our meals with the ones we love, while we still have the chance.