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Monthly Archive: September 2014

“Moments of Love” = BRITTEN: Cabaret Songs (selections); HAHN: Le printemps; Le rossignol des lilas; Fumée; Dans la nuit; L’heure exquise; RAVEL: Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarmé; SAINT-SAËNS: Aimons-nous; L’attente (Hugo); La coccinelle; Tournoiement ‘Songe d’opium’; Danse macabre; WYNER: The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women – Dominque Labelle, sop./ Yehudi Wyner, p. – Bridge

“Moments of Love” = BRITTEN: Cabaret Songs (selections); HAHN: Le printemps; Le rossignol des lilas; Fumée; Dans la nuit; L’heure exquise; RAVEL: Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarmé; SAINT-SAËNS: Aimons-nous; L’attente (Hugo); La coccinelle; Tournoiement ‘Songe d’opium’; Danse macabre; WYNER: The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women – Dominque Labelle, sop./ Yehudi Wyner, p. – Bridge

by | Sep 18, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

Labelle turns to France with outstanding success.

Annapolis Brass Quintet = ‘Forever is Composed of Nows’ = JERZY SAPIEYEVSKI, Aesop Suite, with John McDonough, Narrator; ELAM SPRENKLE, Six Songs (text by Emily Dickinson) with Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo, and Three Fanfares; GEORGE HEUSSENSTAMM: Ensembles for Brass Quintet; ROBERT STARER: Annapolis Suite (with Heidi Lehwalder, Harp); DOUGLAS ALLANBROOK: Night and Morning Music – Crystal

Annapolis Brass Quintet = ‘Forever is Composed of Nows’ = JERZY SAPIEYEVSKI, Aesop Suite, with John McDonough, Narrator; ELAM SPRENKLE, Six Songs (text by Emily Dickinson) with Elaine Bonazzi, mezzo, and Three Fanfares; GEORGE HEUSSENSTAMM: Ensembles for Brass Quintet; ROBERT STARER: Annapolis Suite (with Heidi Lehwalder, Harp); DOUGLAS ALLANBROOK: Night and Morning Music – Crystal

by | Sep 17, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

A good survey of recent brass music, but too diverse for my taste.

“Fantasias & Fugues: Music for Harp” = BACH: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903; ELIAS PARISH-ALVARS: Grande Fantasie et Variations de Bravoure sur des Motifs Italiens, Op. 57; MICHAEL KIMBRELL: Ballade Arctique; TURINA: Tocata y Fuga-Ciclo Pianistico I, Op. 50; HENRIETTE RENIE: Legende d’Apres Les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle – Katrina Szederkenyi, harp – MSR

“Fantasias & Fugues: Music for Harp” = BACH: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903; ELIAS PARISH-ALVARS: Grande Fantasie et Variations de Bravoure sur des Motifs Italiens, Op. 57; MICHAEL KIMBRELL: Ballade Arctique; TURINA: Tocata y Fuga-Ciclo Pianistico I, Op. 50; HENRIETTE RENIE: Legende d’Apres Les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle – Katrina Szederkenyi, harp – MSR

by | Sep 17, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

Young though she is, Katrina Szederkenyi goes from strength to strength in her second outing.

Audio News for September 16, 2014

by | Sep 16, 2014 | Audio News

Blues Hall of Fame Under Construction in Memphis; Pioneer to Sell Home AV Business to Onkyo; LG’s Growing UHD Lineup at CEDIA; Epson Demos UHD “Enhancement Projector” at CEDIA; CEDIA Launches Hi-Res Audio Training; Revolution Invisible In-Wall Speakers