Monthly Archive: January 2018

Furtwängler conducts Romantic Poems and Viennese Dances = Orchestral works by LISZT; WAGNER; BRAHMS; SMETANA; TCHAIKOVSKY; STRAUSS – Vienna Phil. Orch./ Berlin Phil. Orch. / Wilhelm Furtwängler – Praga Digitals

Praga Digitals restores in stunning sound Wilhelm Furtwängler’s explorations into tone-poems and orchestral works that gain his sense of Romantic …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 30, 2018/ Classical Reissue Reviews, SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews/

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1; String Quartet in F Major, Op. 41 No. 2; String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3 – Modigliani Quartet – Mirare

Very Romantic interpretations of the Schumann Quartets, but it’s all a little soft-grained for my taste. SCHUMANN: String Quartet in …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 29, 2018/ Classical Reissue Reviews/

Mozart: 16 Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Tomas Cotik (violin), Tao Lin (piano)—Centaur [Dist. by Naxos]

Mozart: 16 Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Tomas Cotik (violin), Tao Lin (piano)—Centaur CRC 3619/20/21/22—4:27:43 ****1/2 : In this new …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 28, 2018/ Classical CD Reviews/

Kate McGarry, Keith Ganz, & Gary Versace – The Subject Tonight is Love – Binxtown Records

The first Five Star release of 2018… Kate McGarry, Keith Ganz, & Gary Versace – The Subject Tonight is Love …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 28, 2018/ Jazz CD Reviews/

STRAVINSKY: Chant funebre; Le Sacre du Printemps – Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano/ Lucerne Festival Orchestra/ Riccardo Chailly – Decca

This compilation of Stravinsky’s early works restores a long-lost tribute to the composer’s revered teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov. STRAVINSKY: Chant funebre, Op. …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 27, 2018/ Classical CD Reviews/

Streams and Podcasts for 28 Jan 2018

Pianist Andrew Write will be featured in this week’s show from The Music Treasury, with the apt subtitle “The Art …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 27, 2018/ Streams and Podcasts/

Benny ANDERSSON, Piano – DG

Refreshing, relaxing, and simply beautiful. Benny ANDERSSON, Piano – DG 479 8143, 76:47 *****: Anyone who remembers or who is …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 25, 2018/ Pop/Rock/World CD Reviews/

Vienna Philharmonic 2018 New Year’s Concert = Works by Johann STRAUS I; Johann STRAUS II; Josef STRAUSS; SUPPE; CZIBULKA – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti – Sony

In his fifth year of leading the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s concerts, Riccardo Muti adds six new items to the …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 25, 2018/ Classical CD Reviews/

Dan Pugach Nonet – Plus One – Unit Records

A nonet that gives the impression and conviction of a larger group driven by a musically creative drummer. Dan Pugach …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 25, 2018/ Jazz CD Reviews/

Chris Parker – Moving Forward Now

An engaging album from a young jazz artist. Chris Parker – Moving Forward Now – Self-released, 75:20 ****: What were …

by Audiophile Audition/ January 25, 2018/ Jazz CD Reviews/

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