Music Maniac

Music Maniac http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com Yea, I buy a lot of music. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:38:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/02bb6220fbc8821bc2d16369907b5e91?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png Music Maniac http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com Diffuzion: Winter Cities / Ice Frequencies http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/diffuzion-winter-cities-ice-frequencies/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/diffuzion-winter-cities-ice-frequencies/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:37:55 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2442 ]]>

Band: Diffuzion
Title: Winter Cities / Ice Frequencies

Filed under: EBM, industrial, love it, vocoder Tagged: Diffuzion

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/diffuzion-winter-cities-ice-frequencies/feed/ 0 music maniac 51dInsqWceL Mirrors: This Year, Next Year, Sometime . . . ? http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/mirrors-this-year-next-year-sometime/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/mirrors-this-year-next-year-sometime/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:44:24 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2439 ]]>

show_tralbum_art

Band: Mirrors
Title: This Year, Next Year, Sometime . . . ?

Filed under: electro pop, love it Tagged: Mirrors

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/mirrors-this-year-next-year-sometime/feed/ 0 music maniac show_tralbum_art Mind.In.A.Box: Revelations http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/mind-in-a-box-revelations/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/mind-in-a-box-revelations/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:02:57 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2434 ]]>

Band: Mind.In.A.Box
Title: Revelations

Whassup with that lame cover? And the fade on the track “Doubt” is awkward. Overall the album is not his best but enjoyable.

Filed under: EBM, electro pop, love it, vocoder Tagged: Mind in a Box

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/mind-in-a-box-revelations/feed/ 0 music maniac 41h%2BOTHDuEL Bach: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/bach-complete-sonatas-for-violin-and-harpsichord/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/bach-complete-sonatas-for-violin-and-harpsichord/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:35:06 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2429 ]]>

Composer: J.S. Bach
Works: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Performer: Musica Alta Ripa

MDG has been one of my favorite classical labels for years. I was disappointed to see that they are not on iTunes, Amazon, etc. So I emailed them asking if they had plans to release their amazing catalog digitally. To my delight they responded and sent me to HDtracks.com.

I had seen the site but wasn’t sure if it was a legitimate online store or one of those weird pirate sites, so I avoided it. But since MDG said it’s the only source to buy downloads of their music, it turns out to be a real store. Yay. And they sell flac. Awesome.

Filed under: Bach, cello, harpsichord, love it, violin Tagged: J.S. Bach, Musica Alta Ripa

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/bach-complete-sonatas-for-violin-and-harpsichord/feed/ 0 music maniac 511sh3mzr-L Telemann: Tafelmusik http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/telemann-tafelmusik-2/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/telemann-tafelmusik-2/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:54:46 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2423 ]]>

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Works: Tafelmusik
Performer: Musica Antiqua Köln

I’ve owned the cd of this recording since it was originally released in the 1980′s. I’m delighted to see it available now as a download.

Filed under: classical, love it, Telemann Tagged: Musica Antiqua Köln, Telemann

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/telemann-tafelmusik-2/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Albertini: Sonates pour Violon & Basse Continue http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/albertini-sonates-pour-violon-basse-continue/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/albertini-sonates-pour-violon-basse-continue/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:02:57 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2419 ]]>

Composer: Ignazio Albertini
Works: Sonates pour violon & basse continue
Performer: Hélène Schmitt / Jörg-Andreas Bötticher / Karl-Ernst Schröder / David Sinclair

Filed under: Albertini, cello, classical, harpsichord, love it, organ, violin Tagged: Helene Schmitt, Ignazio Albertini

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/albertini-sonates-pour-violon-basse-continue/feed/ 0 music maniac 51Dn98N8GFL Bach: Violin Concertos http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/bach-violin-concertos/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/bach-violin-concertos/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:59:25 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2414 ]]>

Composer: J.S. Bach
Works: Violin Concertos
Performer: Julia Fischer with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

I was so impressed by her performance of the Schubert sonatas that I bought her Bach concertos and I’m impressed again; they are perfection.

Filed under: Bach, classical, love it, violin Tagged: J.S. Bach, Julia Fischer

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/bach-violin-concertos/feed/ 0 music maniac 519YZ47q7wL Ford and Lopatin: Channel Pressure http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/ford-and-lopatin-channel-pressure/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/ford-and-lopatin-channel-pressure/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:51:09 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2409 ]]>

Band: Ford and Lopatin
Title: Channel Pressure

Filed under: autotuner, electro pop, love it Tagged: Ford and Lopatin

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/ford-and-lopatin-channel-pressure/feed/ 0 music maniac 51DQ6lflMtL Scarlatti: Sonatas for Viola d’amore and Harpsichord http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/scarlatti-sonatas-for-viola-damore-and-harpsichord/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/scarlatti-sonatas-for-viola-damore-and-harpsichord/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:44:31 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2406 ]]>

Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Works: Sonatas for Viola d’amore and Harpsichord
Performer: Valerio Losito and Andrea Coen

Filed under: classical, harpsichord, love it, violin Tagged: Andrea Coen, Scarlatti, Valerio Losito

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/scarlatti-sonatas-for-viola-damore-and-harpsichord/feed/ 0 music maniac 51uwPM-i9KL Schubert: Violin And Piano Music (Complete) http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/schubert-violin-and-piano-music-complete/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/schubert-violin-and-piano-music-complete/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:46:50 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2401 ]]>

Composer: Franz Schubert
Works: Violin And Piano Music (Complete)
Performer: Julia Fischer and Martin Helmchen

Filed under: classical, love it, piano, Schubert, violin Tagged: Julia Fischer, Martin Helmchen, Schubert

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/schubert-violin-and-piano-music-complete/feed/ 0 music maniac 5166OAS%2BMfL Fotoshop: Lifeforms http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/fotoshop-lifeforms/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/fotoshop-lifeforms/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:07:32 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2396 ]]>

show_tralbum_art

Band: Fotoshop
Title: Lifeforms

Filed under: alternative, love it Tagged: Fotoshop

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/fotoshop-lifeforms/feed/ 0 music maniac show_tralbum_art The Echelon Effect: Mosaic http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:42:53 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2392 ]]>

Band: The Echelon Effect
Title: Mosaic

Filed under: electronica, love it Tagged: The Echelon Effect

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/feed/ 0 music maniac 1598281945-1 Beethoven: String Quartets http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/beethoven-string-quartets/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/beethoven-string-quartets/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:20:33 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2386 ]]>

ref=dp_image_0-1

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Works: String Quartets
Performer: Quartetto Italiano

Filed under: Beethoven, cello, classical, love it, violin Tagged: Beethoven, Quartetto Italiano

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/beethoven-string-quartets/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0-1 Lusine: A Certain Distance http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/lusine-a-certain-distance/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/lusine-a-certain-distance/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:57:40 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2383 ]]>

Band: Lusine
Title: A Certain Distance

Filed under: electronica, love it, vocoder Tagged: Lusine

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/lusine-a-certain-distance/feed/ 0 music maniac 31LM%2BttiAzL Other Lives: Tamer Animals http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/other-lives-tamer-animals/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/other-lives-tamer-animals/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:58:48 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2379 ]]>

Band: Other Lives
Title: Tamer Animals

Filed under: alternative, love it Tagged: Other Lives

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/other-lives-tamer-animals/feed/ 0 music maniac 61Qs25kRg-L Hummel: Piano Concertos http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/hummel-piano-concertos/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/hummel-piano-concertos/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:52:01 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2376 ]]>

ref=dp_image_0-2

Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Title: Piano Concertos
Performer: Howard Shelley

Filed under: classical, Hummel, love it, piano Tagged: Howard Shelley, Hummel

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/hummel-piano-concertos/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0-2 Ms. John Soda: Notes And The Like http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ms-john-soda-notes-and-the-like/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ms-john-soda-notes-and-the-like/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:59:01 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2369 ]]>

Band: Ms. John Soda
Title: Notes And The Like

Filed under: alternative, electro pop, love it Tagged: Ms. John Soda

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ms-john-soda-notes-and-the-like/feed/ 0 music maniac 51qaTyJb0EL Citay: Little Kingdom http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/citay-little-kingdom/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/citay-little-kingdom/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:29:12 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2364 ]]>

ref=dp_image_0-2

Band: Citay
Title: Little Kingdom

Their latest release, Dream Get Together, is also great but I love Little Kingdom more. Amazing music.

Filed under: alternative, love it Tagged: Citay

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/citay-little-kingdom/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0-2 Arovane: Lilies http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/arovane-lilies/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/arovane-lilies/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:46:23 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2359 ]]>

Band: Arovane
Title: Lilies

SomaFM has this on their Digitalis playlist. I’ve owned it for years but it’s great to hear it again.

Filed under: electronica, love it, mellotron Tagged: Arovane

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/arovane-lilies/feed/ 0 music maniac 41PdVmbnofL Thomas Fehlmann: Lowflow http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/thomas-fehlmann-lowflow/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/thomas-fehlmann-lowflow/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:13:42 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2355 ]]>

Band: Thomas Fehlmann
Title: Lowflow

Filed under: electronica, love it Tagged: Thomas Fehlmann

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/thomas-fehlmann-lowflow/feed/ 2 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Super8 & Tab: Empire Remixed http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/super8-tab-empire-remixed/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/super8-tab-empire-remixed/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:57:10 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2352 ]]>

Band: Super8 & Tab
Title: Empire Remixed

Filed under: dance, electronica, love it Tagged: Super8 & Tab

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/super8-tab-empire-remixed/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 The Pineapple Thief: 3000 Days http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-pineapple-thief-3000-days/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-pineapple-thief-3000-days/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:23:16 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2345 ]]>

ref=dp_image_0-1

Band: The Pineapple Thief
Title: 3000 Days

Filed under: alternative, love it, mellotron Tagged: The Pineapple Thief

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-pineapple-thief-3000-days/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0-1 Bach: Complete Clavier Suites On Lautenwerck http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/bach-complete-clavier-suites-on-lautenwerck/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/bach-complete-clavier-suites-on-lautenwerck/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:27:10 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2336 ]]>

Composer: J.S. Bach
Title: Complete Clavier Suites On Lautenwerck Vol. 5
Performer: John Paul

Filed under: Bach, lautenwerck, love it Tagged: J.S. Bach, John Paul, Lautenwerck

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/bach-complete-clavier-suites-on-lautenwerck/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts Done From the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/avison-concertos-in-seven-parts-done-from-the-lessons-of-domenico-scarlatti/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/avison-concertos-in-seven-parts-done-from-the-lessons-of-domenico-scarlatti/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:09:23 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2340 ]]>

Composer: Charles Avison (from Domenico Scarlatti)
Title: Concertos in Seven Parts Done From the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti
Performer: Cafe Zimmermann

Filed under: Avison, love it, Scarlatti Tagged: Avison, Cafe Zimmermann, Scarlatti

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/avison-concertos-in-seven-parts-done-from-the-lessons-of-domenico-scarlatti/feed/ 0 music maniac 514ldASFnML Wild Nothing: Gemini http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/wild-nothing-gemini/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/wild-nothing-gemini/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:55:09 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2333 ]]>

Band: Wild Nothing
Title: Gemini

Filed under: alternative, love it Tagged: Wild Notning

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/wild-nothing-gemini/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Tartini: Cello and Flute Concertos http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/tartini-cello-and-flute-concertos/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/tartini-cello-and-flute-concertos/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:22:58 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2326 ]]>

Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
Title: Cello and Flute Concertos
Performer: L’Arte dell’Arco

Filed under: cello, classical, flute, love it, Tartini Tagged: L'Arte dell'Arco, Tartini

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/tartini-cello-and-flute-concertos/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Viotti: Violin Concertos (Complete) http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/viotti-violin-concertos-complete/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/viotti-violin-concertos-complete/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:26:27 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2322 ]]>

Composer: Giovanni Battista Viotti
Title: Violin Concertos (Complete)
Performer: Franco Mezzena, Symphonie Perusina, Milan Classical Chamber Orchestra

Filed under: classical, love it, violin, Viotti Tagged: Franco Mezzena, Viotti

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/viotti-violin-concertos-complete/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0 Widowspeak http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/widowspeak/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/widowspeak/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:55:50 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2317 ]]>

Band: Widowspeak
Title: Widowspeak

Filed under: alternative, love it Tagged: Widowspeak

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/widowspeak/feed/ 0 music maniac 51QLwHAFI7L Solace: The Thorn Campaign http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/solace-the-thorn-campaign/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/solace-the-thorn-campaign/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:59:38 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2311 ]]>

Band: Solace
Title: The Thorn Campaign

Filed under: electronica, love it, world Tagged: Solace

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/solace-the-thorn-campaign/feed/ 0 music maniac 2720894324-1 Corelli: Sonatas Op. 5 http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/corelli-sonatas-op-5/ http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/corelli-sonatas-op-5/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:26:40 +0000 Jan http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/?p=2304 ]]>

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Title: Sonate per Viola da Gamba & basso continuo, Op. 5 (version for viola da gamba and bass continuo)
Performer: Guido Balestracci

Filed under: classical, Corelli, love it, viola da gamba Tagged: Corelli, Guido Balestracci

]]> http://musicbuyingmaniac.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/corelli-sonatas-op-5/feed/ 0 music maniac ref=dp_image_0