Monthly Archive: January 2014

The Music of HARL MCDONALD = Symphony No. 1 “The Santa Fe Trail”; Two Hebraic Poems; Cakewalk; San Juan Capistrano – Two Evening Pictures; Rhumba; Dance of the Workers; The Legend of the Arkansas Traveler; From Childhood – Suite for Harp and Orch. – var. performers incl. Stokowski & Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio

The Music of HARL MCDONALD = Symphony No. 1 “The Santa Fe Trail”; Two Hebraic Poems; Cakewalk; San Juan Capistrano – Two Evening Pictures; Rhumba; Dance of the Workers; The Legend of the Arkansas Traveler; From Childhood – Suite for Harp and Orch. – var. performers incl. Stokowski & Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio

The much-neglected music of Harl McDonald enjoys a healthy revival in this collection from Philadelphia Orchestra historic performances.

“Exile – Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents” = KORNGOLD: Vier Walzer für Klavier; ERICH ZEISL: 8 Klavierstücke: “November”; TOCH: Scherzo in B Minor; Profile No. 3; Der Jongleur, Burleske; SCHOENBERG: Sechs kleine Stücke; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cielo di settembre; I Naviganti; Fandango – Eric Le Van, p. – Music & Arts

“Exile – Piano Music by Composers with Roots in Two Continents” = KORNGOLD: Vier Walzer für Klavier; ERICH ZEISL: 8 Klavierstücke: “November”; TOCH: Scherzo in B Minor; Profile No. 3; Der Jongleur, Burleske; SCHOENBERG: Sechs kleine Stücke; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cielo di settembre; I Naviganti; Fandango – Eric Le Van, p. – Music & Arts

Attractive music attractively played: a fascinating portrait of European composers in self-exile.

Audio News for January 17, 2014

Yamaha Adds Network Streaming to Tabletop Audio System; Harman Kardon and JBL Add Networked Audio; Many Vehicle-Specific OEM Car Stereo Upgrades; CEA Praises Supreme Court Decision About Aereo TV Case; Sony Has Media-Oriented Smartphones

Best of the Year Discs for 2013

Best of the Year Discs for 2013

* = The 12 Multichannel Discs of the Month CLASSICAL (incl. HI-RES), CLASSICAL REISSUES & CLASSICAL VINYL BACH: Mass in b, BWV 232 – Soloists/ Collegium Vocale 1704/ Collegium 1704/ Vaclav Luks – Accent ACC 24283 (2 CDs) BACH: St. Matthew Passion – Soloists/ RIAS Ch. Chorus/ Academie fur Alte Musik Berlin/ Rene Jacobs – […]