Say you’re a tender little goat in a poem by Edmund Spenser, and a stranger comes knocking at your door asking for charity.
Do you open?
Albumleaf 132: May 15, 2018 (Bologna)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Maye-Albumleaf-132.mp3
Didn’t set out to write one this week, but I got sick of looking at a computer screen.
Albumleaf 131: May 4, 2018 (Bologna)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Tocchi-Albumleaf-131.mp3
Stick with it: the title doesn’t give it all away.
Albumleaf 129: April 19, 2018 (Bologna)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Slow-Mozart-Albumleaf-129.mp3
Since most Beethoven is served overcooked, I thought I’d offer some raw. I wish I could take back a few moments, but I think it’s in good shape. (I’m dipping my toes back into performing in the coming months.) In any case, I haven’t posted any rep in years, and doing so was always part of the plan. Enjoy!
Recorded live, April 6, 2018, Bologna
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Beethoven-110-mvt-1.mp3
New recording of the “old” Monticello thrown in for good measure.
Albumleaf 127: March 21-22, 2018 (Bologna)
I. Prelude — Albumleaf 127a: March 22
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Prelude-New-Monticello-albumleaf-127a.mp3
II. “New Monticello” — Albumleaf 127b: March 21
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/New-Monticello-Albumleaf-127b.mp3
Here’s a new recording of the “old” Monticello (Albumleaf 16: June 8, 2010)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Monticello-16-new-recording.mp3
I’d say it’s beginning to look like spring, but the ‘leaves keep falling.
Albumleaf 125: March 9, 2018 (Bologna)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Quip-Albumleaf-125.mp3
February 20, 2018 – 6:31 AM
Don’t worry: it’s EZ listening, Salvage style. (Maybe the first ‘leaf without an accidental or modulation.)
Albumleaf 124: February 17, 2018 (Bologna)
http://www.albumleaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Winters-Idyll-Albumleaf-124.mp3
R. David Salvage composes and performs all the music on this blog, unless otherwise indicated. Scores to some of the music on this website are posted here. Albumleaves is also featured on the album Lock and Key (Navona 5881). Some of Salvage’s larger compositions can be found on SoundCloud. He is also the author of Getting Back to Music: A Dialogue About Music Appreciation.