Home Page for February 2017
Our February free drawing is for a four-SACD hi-res box set of Klavierwerke um den Russischen Futurismus (Piano Works of the Russian Futurist Movement) from Cybele Records. There are four volumes, covering such composers as Scriabin, Stravinsky, Lourie, Mosolov and many others. The pianist is Thomas Günther. All you need to do to enter the drawing is simply to click below on the Register To Win banner and fill out all the few fields we request. More on our current Editorial Page.
Harold Land Quintet – The Peace-Maker – Universal Music Group
An excellent addition to the Verve By Request vinyl reissue series.
1933 Les chefs proscrits – Ernst Viebig, Conductor – Forgotten Records
A fine conductor, unfortunately suppressed by the vicious political climate of the…
Elena Dorozhkina – Russian Piano Gems – Navona
Aptly named... romantic to avant-garde, 1840-1912
Yusef Lateef – Atlantis Lullaby – Elemental Music
Yusef Lateef, a true renaissance man...
Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans – Craft Recordings
Everybody digs Bill Evans- especially on remastered mono vinyl...
Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recording – Resonance Records
A historical document, Rollins in the 50s
Jazz From the Northwest – Shelly Manne & His Men – Reel to Real
Celebrating Shelly Manne...
Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy – The Mighty Warriors Live In Antwerp – Elemental Music
Elemental Music and Zev Feldman have uncovered another previously unreleased live jazz…
Kyra Xuerong Zhao – Vibrant: Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann – Albany
"Vibrant" - an apt title for Zhao's recital
Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon – In Perfect Harmony – Jazz Detective
Chet & Jack, two buddies meet in L.A. ....
Art Tatum – Jewels In The Treasure Box – Resonance Records
Another hallmark live jazz album!
Bacchi plays Clementi – Sonatas Opp. 1 & 1a – Piano Classics
A brilliant review of Muzio Clementi early piano sonatas.
Owen Broder – Hodges, Front and Center, Vol. 2 – Outside in Music
Another brilliant Johnny Hodges tribute from Owen Broder...
BRUCKNER: From the Archives, Vol. I – SOMM
BRUCKNER: From the Archives, Vol. I – Symphony in F Minor, Symphony No.…
Near Field Nirvana – LS3/5A Monitor Loudspeakers
A look at loudspeaker offerings from Sound Artist and Falcon Acoustics
Manley MAHI Amplifier
A closer look at top-flight art from Manley...
Towards a Better Sounding System – Part 3
After the system... refining tweaks!
Towards a Better Sounding System – Part 2
Reflections on System Configuration
Towards a Better Sounding System - Part 1
Reflections on the sound environment
Schumann Project Vol 1 Inna Faliks
Bill Evans Trio - On A Friday Evening
Shehori plays Scarlatti, Vol 2
Albinez Iberia Turina Ansermet Speakers Corner
Fricsay Conducts Rossini, Kodály on SWR
Horensteing Mahler Fifth Gothenburg
Bill-Evans-Live-at-Ronnie-Scotts-Cover
Daniil Trtifonov Silver Age
Irma Thomas - After The Rain
The Westerlies Wherein Lies the Good