What was your favourite Music purchase in 2010?

[Johnny Vinyl]

I've probably bought well over 100 pieces of music this past year. The one that shines out more than anything is:

Neil Young: Massey Hall 1971


Some honourable mentions:

Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up
Frank Sinatra - At The Sands

John

 

[flez007]

Many - but this indy-rock album keeps spinning mostly at my car.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

I discovered Herbie Hancock's "Gershwin's World" just this last year. Played it to death.

Tim

 

[es347]

if not my favorite at least near the top..

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Avalon-Christopher-Cross/dp/B000006O2V

then this one got a lot of rotation as well..

http://www.amazon.com/Close-Silence-Thomas-Otten/dp/B000046Q2N/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_1

 

[garylkoh]

Looks like I have the same taste as OP John. My favourite music purchases in 2010 were:

Neil Young: Massey Hall 1971 - LP
Frank Sinatra: Live At The Sands - Classic HDAD 24/192
Melissa Morgan: Until I Met You - Redbook CD

 

[amirm]

For me, it was Ingrid Michaelson's new album. Amazing for a new star to do just as well with the second album as the first: http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Ing...=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293818269&sr=1-1

 

[Robert]

Some highlights from the year:

Glenn Gould, Bach, Original Jacket Collection
Hillary Hahn, Elgar and Vaughn Williams
Sarah Chang, Bruch's Violin Concerto
Sarah Chang, String Sextets by Tchaikovsky and Dvorak
Emerson String Quartet, Grieg/Sibelius/Nielsen
Steven Osbourn, Rachmaninov's Preludes

 

[jazdoc]

2010 was a terrific year for new releases. Some of my favorite pop releases include:

Damien Jurado 'Saint Bartlett'
Mimicking Birds 'Eponymous'
Jack Rose 'Black Dirt Sessions'
The Broken Bells 'Eponymous'
Deerhunter 'Halcyon Digest'
The Smoke Fairies 'Through Low Light and Trees'
Sharon Jones 'I Learned The Hard Way'
The Black Keys 'Brothers'
Peter Wolf 'Midnight Souvenirs'
Leonard Cohen 'One From The Road'
Shelby Lynne 'Tears, Lies and Alibis'
Phosphorescent 'Taking It Easy' (poorly recorded but great music)
The National 'High Violet'
Joanna Newsom 'Have One On Me'
The Noisettes 'Wild Young Hearts'
Tame Impala 'Innerspeaker'
The National 'High Violet'

Favorite 2010 Jazz CDs:

Evan Christopher 'Remembering Song'
Jeremy Pelt 'Men of Honor'
Anat Cohen 'Clarinetwork: Live At The Village Vanguard'

A few notable reissues:
I'm a subscriber to the MusicMatters Blue Note reissue series and all of them are terrific. My favorites this year:

Wayne Shorter 'Night Dreamer'
Andrew Hill 'Point of Departure'
Thad Jones 'The Magnificent' (mono)
Stanley Turrentine 'Up At Minton's, Vol 2'

A re-issue that arrived last week is Mosaic's "Ella & Duke at Cote D'Azur" (3 lps)

Probably forgetting some great music.....

 

[RBFC]

A bunch of tremendous music, but I'll have to vote for this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Nibelung...ef=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293822902&sr=1-2

Lee

 

[DWR]

Here is mine.

Dan

 

[mauidan]

These got the most playing time:

Kurt Elling: Dedicated to You
Charles Lloyd:Mirror on ECM
Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider
Geri Allen & Timeline: Live
Anat Cohen :Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard

 

[JorgeLopez11]

Jordi Savall's Istambul and The Celtic Viol Cds were a great success at my place.

I enthusiastically recommend both of them.

 

[JackD201]

Yesterday by Beegie Adair. It's a collection of Beatles songs on solo piano. I highly recommend it to anyone.

 

[booboobaer]

Peter Gabriel / So - this is a remaster this year... killer perfomance and recording!
Patrick O'hearn / Glaciation - New Age, incredible recording and has content.
Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory - He plays with the likes of Keb Mo, Taj Mahal,Pat Martino,George Benson,BB King, etc. State of the art recording and stellar performance.
Sacred Treasures III Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond - Very beautifull and high res !
Steve Roach / Dreamtime Return - remaster that transcends new age ( not bubble gum new age) meaty!

 

[Lee]

Tom Petty, Mojo
Squeeze, Spot the Difference
Any number of AudioWave Blue Note XRCD
Steely Dan Aja and The Who Who's Next on SHM-SACD
Oliver Nelson, The Blues & The Abstract Truth on SACD
Too many LPs to remember but Tom Petty's reissue of Damn the Torpedoes is a stand out

 

[Lee]

I've probably bought well over 100 pieces of music this past year. The one that shines out more than anything is:

Neil Young: Massey Hall 1971

This Massey Hall album is perhaps the most natural sounding LP in my collection. Absolutely reference quality.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

This Massey Hall album is perhaps the most natural sounding LP in my collection. Absolutely reference quality.

I wholeheartedly agree, and I've bought some more standouts since that purchase. Nothing so far has matched the delivery of pure reference quality that Massey Hall has!

 

[microstrip]

Since I have to choose just one recording there is clear winner:

Gershwin By Grofe: Symphonic Jazz (Harmonie Ensemble New York / Steven Richman )


Close second would be an LP from the lot of 23 hat Hut Records mint double and triple albums I got with a large collection I bough in 2010. Great music.

 

[RUR]

Since I have to choose just one recording there is clear winner:

Gershwin By Grofe: Symphonic Jazz (Harmonie Ensemble New York / Steven Richman )

I purchased this a while back based upon your recommendation and yes, it is fantastic.

 

[Old Listener]

I bought 60-70 CDs or sets in 2010. Lots of good stuff but mostly filling in gaps. it is hard to pick high points but I'll try.

- Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 - Apponyi Quartet
HIP performances that really fit this music

- The Bight Mississippi - Allen Toussaint
Good sound and first rate performances from a New Orleans musician.

- The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack and More Dirty Dancing
Music I grew up with.

- Mozart, various serenades and divertmenti - conducted by Sandor Vegh.
Vegh had a feel for Mozart that makes minor works like the Divertimento K. 251 very enjoyable.

- Rossini, Overtures - Reiner, Chicago Symphony. The performances are marvels of precision playing that serves Rossini very well. This RCA Living Stereo CD benefits from re-mastering that removes some distortion that was present in an earlier CD release.

Bill