Oh, as for today's topic... Hmmm...
In no particular order... and these are mainly the discs that I've bought AND opened AND listened to this year. The "backlog" is quite astounding and sort of depressing... ah, well... Here goes...
1. Michael Buble, "Michael Buble" - DR Jason, Get this CD! Fun arrangements - and fun selection of songs! I didn't get his Christmas CD, maybe I'll find it on sale this weekend.
2. Thicke, "A Beautiful World" - What a funky album! I bought it after catching a video being shown in one of the Universal parks during my audition tour. "When I Get You Alone" uses the disco classic "A Fifth of Beethoven" as it's "base". So much fun. And there are some really nice ballads too.
3. Donny Osmond, "Somewhere in Time" - What a fun album! A tribute to the "pop music" of 70s and 80s radio.
4. Christopher O'Riley, "True Love Waits: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead" - Very neat album. I first heard some live recordings of these pieces on NPR's "Performance Today". What a great pianist, and all-around musician. -And he's very easy on the eyes too. ;-)
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6. Murray Perahia, "Chopin: Etudes" - WOW! -And he recorded these after recuperating from a hand accident - a knife slip, if I remember correctly. Truly effortless virtuosity - and still musical!
7. Oscar Peterson Trio, "West Side Story" - Reissue. I've mentioned this album before - simply awes me!
8. Diana Krall, "Live in Paris"
9. Chanticleer, "Portrait - 25th Anniversary Collection" - I just wish the Beibl "Ave Maria" was on this CD.
10. Jeepers Creepers - Mais, bien sur!