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Home Page for September 2015

Our September drawing is for three sets of the new 3-CD box titled The Perlman Sound. It features many of the most popular works and recordings from the complete edition of 77 Perlman albums on 59 CDs, and proves why Itzak Perlman is regarded as today’s supreme violinist.  Here is a complete list of all […]

Home Page for April 2015

Home Page for April 2015

Born just four years before J.S. Bach George Philip Telemann has always suffered from comparisons with that towering figure of classical music. At the time though he was considered one of the greatest German composers, and he was highly productive – his total output compares well with Bach’s. One 1767 obituary merely stated ‘his name […]

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 – […]

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Home Page for January 2014

Our January drawing/giveaway is for one of six hi-res Pure Audio Blu-rays from Sono Luminus plus a standard CD of the same program. The three albums are: Entendre, with the violin/cello duo in works of Kodaly, Ravel, Sousa, Halvorsen, Servais & Leonard, Inscape’s Sprung Rhythm—with a collection of works by three new American composers, and […]

Best Of The Year Discs for 2009

CLASSICAL, incl. Hi-Res & Reissues THOMAS ADES: The Tempest — Simon Keenlyside/ Cyndia Sieden /Ian Bostridge / Royal Opera Chorus & Orch., Covent Garden/ Thomas Ades — EMI 6 95234 2 (2 CDs) ALNAES: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 – Terje Mikkelsen, cond. – Sterling SACD CDS 1084-2 RICHARD ARNELL: Sinfonia quasi Variazioni, Op. 13; […]

Best of the Year Discs for 2005

Classical/Reissues/Jazz/Pop (incl. Hi-Res Formats) Back to Archives Index This is our 21st annual Best of the Year list (!) and as usual, we make no definitive claims for the list. It is predicated on the personal tastes of all our contributors and also on what was available to us, but with an equal emphasis on […]

Best of the Year Discs for 2004

Classical/Reissues/Jazz/Pop (incl. Hi-Res Formats) Back to Archives Index This is our 20th annual Best of the Year list and as usual, we make no definitive claims for the list. It is predicated on the personal tastes of all our contributors and also on what was available to us, but with an equal emphasis on both […]

Best Of The Year Discs for 2003

Classical/Jazz/Rock (incl. both Hi-Res Formats) Back to Archives Index This is our 19th annual Best of the Year list and as usual, we make no definitive claims for the list. It is predicated on the personal tastes of all our contributors and also on what was available to us, but with an equal emphasis on […]

Best Of The Year Discs for 2002

Classical/Jazz/Rock (incl. both Hi-Res Formats)     Back to Archives Index Here is our 18th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, we make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on our personal tastes and also on […]

Best of the Year Discs for 2001

Classical/Jazz/Rock (incl. both Hi-Res Formats)       Back to Archives Index Here is our 17th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes and that of my […]

Best of the Year Discs for 2000

Classical & Jazz Back to Archives Index Here is our 16th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes and that of my contributors and […]