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Reviews published on Audiophile Audition since June 23, 2008:

SACD, DVD-A, and xrcd Reviews

• BERNHARD LANG: I Hate Mozart (complete opera) – Klangforum Wien/Johannes Kalitzke – Col Legno (+DVD)
• MOZART: The Four Flute Quartets - Michala Petri, recorders/ Carolin Widmann, violin/ Ula Ulijona, viola/ Marta Sudraba, cello - OUR Recordings
• SIBELIUS: Kullervo - Symphonic Poem for soloists, chorus & orchestra - Soile Isokoski, soprano/Tommi Hakala, baritone/ YL Male Voice Choir/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leif Segerstam - Ondine
• Arne Domnérus, alto sax & Gustaf Sjökvist, pipe organ - Antiphone Blues - First Impression Music
• Stockfisch Records Sampler – Closer To The Music Volume 2 – Stockfisch Records
• Rickie Lee Jones – It's Like This – Analogue Productions
• Music of the Comedian Harmonists – performed by Frommermann – Channel Classics
• DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60; Vodnik (The Water Goblin), Op. 107 - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam/ Yakov Kreizberg - PentaTone
• PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet - the Three Suites - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton - BIS
• “Sugar Hill” - The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn - The New York Sessions series - Chesky
• RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34 - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Edo de Waart - PentaTone
• Benjamin Herman Plays Jaki Byard - A Records
• “Shakespeare’s Tempest” - SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: Incidental music for The Tempest; JEAN SIBELIUS: Prelude & Suites #2 & #1 from Incidental music for The Tempest - Kansas City Symphony/Michael Stern - Reference Recordings
• McCoy Tyner Quartet - New York Reunion - Chesky
• “Stardust Melody” - Beloved and Rare Songs of Hoagy Carmichael - A Records
• The David Hazeltine Trio - The Jobim Songbook in New York - Chesky Records
• ANONYMOUS: Estampies & Danses Royales: Le Manuscrit du Roi - Arranged and performed by Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI - Alia Vox
• BUXTEHUDE: 7 Sonatas, Op. 1 – L’estravagante – Arts
• MORTEN GAATHAUG: String Quartet No. 2; Six Songs to Poems by Jens Bjørneboe; Quintet for Piano and Strings - Various performers - 2L
• "Complete Organ Works" of MARTIN RADECK, ARNOLD MATTHIAS BRUNCKHORST, JOHANN STEFFENS, DANIEL ERICH, CHRISTIAN RITTER, JOHANN NICOLAUS HANFF - Friedhelm Flamme, organ (Christian-Vater-Orgel, Bockhorn, Germany) - CPO
• SCHUMANN: Das Paradies und die Peri - Dorothea Roschmann, soprano/ Bernarda Fink, contralto/ Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerischen Rundfunks/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt - RCA Red Seal
• JOSEF GABRIEL RHEINBERGER: Chamber music with organ = Suite in C minor for Violin and Organ; Three Pieces from Op. 150; Suite for organ, violin and cello Op. 149 - Hannfried Lucke, organ/ Melina Mandozzi, violin/Orfeo Mandozzi, cello - Carus
• BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera) – London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Sir Colin Davis, et al – LSO Live

DualDisc Reviews

• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Contrapunctus XVIII; LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 131; ERNST KRENEK: String Quartet No. 1 Op. 6 – Beethoven Quartet – Audiomax (MD&G) multichannel SACD 2+2+2 plus multichannel DVD-Video (2 disc set) - Audiomax

Classical CD Reviews

• BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Piano Concerto in D Major; Young Apollo; Diversion Op. 21 - Steven Osborne, piano/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ivan Volkov - Hyperion
• MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo (complete opera) – Laurie Monahan (La Musica)/ Frank Kelly (Orfeo)/ Roberta Anderson (Euridice)/ Music from Aston Magna/ Daniel Stepner, conductor – Centaur
• ELODIE LAUTEN: The Death of Don Juan – Randi Larowitz, soprano/ Elodie Lauten, Fairlight CMI, harpsichord, trine, alto and contralto/ Bill Raynor, electric guitar/ Arthur Russell, cello and tenor/ Steven Sauber, bass and speaker – Unseen Worlds Records
• JOHN ADAMS: Grand Pianola Music; Shaker Loops; The Chairman Dances; Short Ride in a Fast Machine – Solisti New York/ Ransom Wilson/ London Chamber Orchestra/ Christopher Warren-Green, conductor/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle - EMI
• Tears of Beauty = Chamber works of ATTERBERG, HURD, FINZI, PART, SHOSTAKOVICH, JOHNSTONE Etc. - Soloists/None Profit Music Chamber Orch. - Warner Bros. Spain
• PUCCINI: La Boheme (complete opera) – Norah Amsellem (Mimi)/ Marcus Haddock (Rodolfo)/ Georgia Jarman (Musetta)/ Fabio Capitanucci (Marcello)/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Gwinnett Young Singers/ Robert Spano, conductor – Telarc
• CHOPIN: Mazurkas - Complete - Antonio Barbosa, piano - Centaur
• PHILIP GLASS: Waiting for the Barbarians (complete opera) – Richard Salter (Magistrate)/ Eugene Perry (Colonel Joll)/ Michael Tews (Warrant Officer Mandel)/ Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra/ Erfurt Theater Opera Choir/Dennis Russell Davies - Orange Mt.
• STEVEN STUCKY: Four Album Leaves; Three Little Variations for David; ESA-PEKKA SALONEN: Yta II; 3 Preludes; Dichotomie; LUTOSLAWSKI: Piano Sonata - Gloria Cheng, piano - Telarc
• GRIEG: Six Poems by Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25; Six lieder, Op. 48; A Girl of the Hill Spirits, Op. 67; Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5; Princess - Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano/ Julius Drake, piano - Hyperion
• Glass Farm Ensemble - In Four - Music by LOUIS ANDRIESSEN, YVONNE TROXLER, PETER HERBT, ELIZABETH HOFFMAN and WOLFGANG HEINIGER. Glass Farm Ensemble - Innova Recordings
• YORK BOWEN: The Complete Works for Viola & Piano = Viola Sonata No 1 in C minor; Romance in D flat major; Fantasia for four violas; Piano Sonata No 14 'Moonlight'; Phantasy in F major; more - Lawrence Power, viola/Simon Crawford-Phillips, p. - Hyperion
• THUILLE: Sonata for Cello & Piano in D minor; TOVEY: Sonata for Two Cellos in G Major; and DOHNANYI: Sonata in B-flat Major Op. 8 - Marcy Rosen and Frances Rowell, cellos - Bridge
• PAUL JUON: Piano Quartets Op. 50 and 37, “Rhapsodie” – Oliver Triendl, piano/ Daniel Gaede, violin/ Hariolf Schlichtig, viola/ Peter Burns, cello – CPO
• BACH: Goldberg Variations – Beth Levin, piano – Centaur
• FRANZ SCHREKER: Songs – Hermine Haselbock, mezzo-soprano /Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone/ Russell Ryan, piano – Bridge
• Mercurial Love = Songs by DOWLAND and PURCELL – Jama Jandrokovic, soprano/ Jory Vinilour, harpsichord/ Charles Weaver, lute/ Carlene Stober, viola da gamba – MSR
• Introducing Violinist Shannon Lee - Works of WIENIAWSKI, KREISLER, DEBUSSY, ELGAR, SCRIABIN, BRAMS, VITALI, CHOPIN, BAZZINI, etc. - Telarc
• SAINT-SAENS: Prelude et Fugue, Op. 99, No. 3; Fantasie, Op. 101; Prelude et Fugue, Op. 99, No. 1; Cypres; Fantasie No. 3; Marche religieuse; Prelude et Fugue, Op. 99, No. 2; Benediction nuptiale; Fantasie (1857) - Andrew-John Smith, organ - Hyperion
• CARL REINECKE (1824-1910): Wind Octet, Op. 216 (c. 1892); From the Cradle to the Grave, Op. 202 (1888); Wind Sextet, Op. 271 (c. 1905) - Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra - Naxos
• Birds On Fire: Jewish Music For Viols - ORLANDO GOUGH, SALOMONE ROSSI, ANON., TRADITIONAL, ALBERT KELLIM, LEONORA DUARTE, THOMAS LUPO, PHILIP VAN WILDER, AUGUSTINE & HIERONYMO BASSANO, JOSEPH LUPO - Jeremy Avis, tenor/ Fretwork - Harmonia mundi
• KAPUSTIN: Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 127 “Fantasia quasi Sonata;" 24 Preludes in Jazz Style: 5 Preludes; 8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40--Nos. 5-7; 3 Bagatelles from 10 Bagatelles, Op. 59; Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 2. Op. 54 - John Salmon, piano - Naxos
• JOHAN SVENDSEN - Symphonic Works - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Norwegian Artists’ Carnival; Romeo and Juliet; Carnival in Paris; Zorahayda; Festival Polonaise; Andante funebre; 4 Norwegian Rhapsodies, others - Latvian Nat. Sym. Orch./ Terje Mikkelsen - CPO (3)
• BRAHMS: String Quartets (Complete) – Auryn Quartet – Tacet (2 CDs)
• BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto; MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4; HORACE SILVER: Creepin’ In – Nigel Kennedy, violin/ Michael Baranski, bass\ Polish Chamber Orchestra – EMI
• BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Andrew Rangell, piano - Bridge
• DAVID DEL TREDICI: Vintage Alice; Dracula – Cleveland Chamber Symphony/Hila Plitman, soprano/David Del Tredici – Innova
• IGOR STRAVINSKY - A Portrait (53 tracks of his music; illustrated essay by David Nice) Sel. from The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, Agon, etc. - Various perf. - Naxos (2 CDs)
• RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major; ADES: Arcadania; MOZART: String Quartet in F Major, K. 590 - The Calder Quartet - The Calder Quartet
• SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Lieberman); BARTOK: String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 7 (arr. Lieberman) - The American String Project - MSR Classics
• J.S. BACH: The Six French Suites, BWV 812-817 - Evgeni Koroliov, piano - Tacet
• ALLEN & WALLACE SHAWN: The Music Teacher – Soloists/3 Pianos/Tomothy Long, conductor - Bridge
• Crystal Tears = Music of Dowland and His Contemporaries – Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor/ Julian Behr, lute/ Concerto di Viole [+ bonus DVD] – Harmonia mundi
• HAYDN: The Creation – Sandrine Piau (Gabriel)/ Mark Padmore (Uriel)/ Neal Davies (Raphael)/ Peter Harvey (Adam)/ Miah Persson (Eve)/ Chetham’s Chamber Choir/ Gabrieli Consort and Players/ Paul McCreesh, conductor – Archiv (2 CDs)
• HAYDN: Theresa Mass in B-flat; Mass in Time of War in C - Soloists/ Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra/ Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart/ Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/ Helmuth Rilling, conductor - Hanssler
• DAVID MASLANKA: Symphony No. 2; JACK STAMP: Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam of David Diamond"; KEVIN KRUMENAUER: Blue on Red - Illinois State University Wind Ensemble/ Stephen K. Steele, conductor - Albany
• MARK O’CONNOR: Double Violin Concerto; Appalachia Waltz; Johnny Appleseed Suite; Marching Along the Ohio Frontier; Johnny’s Apple Pie; Three Angel Brides; Amazing Grace – Mark O’Connor, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, violins/Colorado Sym./Marin Alsop - Omac
• ERNST TOCH: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44; Burlesken, Op. 31; 3 Cello Impromptus; Piano Quintet – Spectrum Concerts Berlin (Daniel Blumenthal, piano/ Annette von Hehn, violin/ Julia-Maria Kretz, violin/ Hartmut Rohde, viola/ Frank Dodge, cello - Naxos
• BACH: Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530; Prelude and Fugue in B-minor, BWV 544; Prelude and Fugue in E-minor, BWV 548 – Christa Rakich, organ/ Alice Robbins, cello and viol da gamba/ Dana Maiben, violin/ Wendy Rolfe, flute – Loft
• GEORGE CRUMB: Variazioni; Otherworldly Resonances; Night of the Four Moons; The Sleeper; 3 Early Songs – Quattro Mani/ Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-sop./ Gilbert Kalish, piano/ The Aeolian Chamber Players/ Odense Symphony Orchestra/ Paul Mann, conductor – Bridge
• FERDINAND HILLER: Piano Concertos Nos, 1, 2, & 3 - Howard Shelley, piano & conductor/ Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - Hyperion
• "From HaFiz to Firewing (and beyond)" = Works by SARGON, DUTILLEUX, WELCHER, DUNHILL, PATTERSON - Erin Hannigan, oboe - Crystal
• Streams of Tears = Music of Juan Gutierrez de Padilla - The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers, conductor - Coro
• AULIS SALLINEN: Symphony No. 3, Op. 35; No. 5, Op. 57 "Washington Mosaics" - German State Philharmonic of the Rheinland-Palatinate/ Ari Rasilainen, conductor - CPO
• KENNETH LEIGHTON: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 = Symphony for Strings Op. 3; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani Op. 58; Concerto for String Orchestra op. 39 - John Scott, organ/BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox - Chandos
• American Orchestral Song = THOMSON: The Feast of Love; CARPENTER: Water-Colors; HARRIS: Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun; GRIFFES: Ancient China and Japan; more - Patrick Mason, baritone/ Odense Symphony Orch./Paul Mann - Bridge
• "Capriccio" - Renaud Capucon, violin and Jerome Ducros, piano in Recital - Virgin Classics
• STEPHEN JAFFE: Cut Time; Cello Concerto; Poetry of the Piedmont; Homage to the Breath - David Hardy, cello/ Milagro Vargas, sop./ North Carolina Sym./ Grant Llewellyn/ Odense Symphony Orchestra/ Paul Mann, conductor/ 21st Century Consort/Kendall - Bridge
• ANTONIA SALIERI: Armida (Sinfonia); Daliso e Delmita (Overture); Pafio e Mirra ossia I prigionieri; Der Rauchfangkeher (Overture); Les Danaides; Les Horaces (Overture); Catilina (Overture) - Mannheim Mozart Orchestra/ Thomas Fey, conductor - Hanssler
• KENNETH FUCHS: United Artists; Quiet in the Land; Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze; Autumn Rhythm; French Horn Concerto ("Canticle to the Sun") - Timothy Jones, horn/ London Symphony Orchestra/ JoAnn Falletta, conductor - Naxos
• SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony No. 2, op.38; Die gluckliche Hand, op. 18; Wind Quintet, op. 26 - Mark Beesley, bass/ Simon Joly Chorale/ New York Woodwind Quintet/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Robert Craft, conductor - Naxos
• Romaria = The Dowland Project - John Potter, tenor/ Milos Valent, violin and viola/ John Surman, soprano sax, bass clarinet, tenor and bass recorders/ Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar, vihuela - ECM
• MASCAGNI: Zanetto (complete opera); L'amico Fritz (Intermezzo); Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo) - Eilana Lappalainen (Sylvia)/ Jennifer Larmore (Zanetto)/ Academic Choir Zerotin/ Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic/ Peter Tiboris, conductor - Elysium

Reissue CD Reviews

• HINDEMITH: Symphony in E-Flat (1940) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Adrian Boult - Everest Records
• MOZART: Serenades Nos. 11 in E-flat Major (K.375) & 12 in C minor (K.388) - Everest Woodwind Octet/Newell Jenkins - Everest Records
• SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6, Op. 54 - London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Adrian Boult - Everest
• Robert Casadesus, piano = MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor; Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; WEBER: Konzertstueck in F Minor - Robert Casadesus, piano/Cologne Radio-Symphony Orchestra/George Szell/Romanus Hubertus (Weber) - Medici Masters
• STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka (complete ballet) - London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Eugene Goossens - Everest Records
• Guila Bustabo, violin = BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61; DVORAK: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 - Concertgebouw Orchestra/Willem Mengelberg/NWDR Sinfonieorchester. Hamburg/Hans Schmidt-Isserdtedt (Dvorak) - Tahra
• CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.11 – Noel Mewton-Wood, piano / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Goehr - Pristine Audio
• WILLIAM ALWYN: Mirages - Song Cycle; Divertimento for Solo Flute; Naiades - Fantasy-Sonata for flute & harp; Fantasy-Waltzes; Sonata alla Toccata - Benjamin Luxon, bar./ David Willison, piano/ Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute/ Mariisa Robles, harp - Lyrita
• Geza Anda Edition I = MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23 & 28 - with Camerata Academica Salzburg & Cologne Radio-Symphony - Audite (2 CDs)
• Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos = MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish”; Symphony No. 5 in D Minor “Reformation”; COUPERIN (arr. MILHAUD): Overture and Allegro from La Sultane - Cologne Radio-Symphony Orch./Dimitri Mitropoulos - Medici Masters
• BEETHOVEN, Vol. 6: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”; Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 - Garrick Ohlsson, piano - Bridge
• TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 23 – Noel Mewton-Wood, piano / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Goehr, conductor - Pristine Audio
• SIR ARNOLD BAX - Orchestral Works Vol. 9: The Truth About the Russian Dancers; From Dusk till Dawn - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bryden Thomson - Chandos Classics
• Rudolf Firkusny, piano = SCHUBERT: Three Pieces, D. 946; MARTINU: Fantasia et Toccata; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; CHOPIN: Mazurka , Op. 63, No. 3; SMETANA: Furiant; Concert Etude - BBC Legends
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone = MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - with NWDR Sinfonieorcheter/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/Cologne Radio-Sym. Orch./Otto Ackermann/Orchestre National de France/Carl Schuricht - Tahra
• Wilhelm Furtwangler Conducts = BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; J. STRAUSS: Emperor Waltz; WEBER: Oberon Ov.; MENDELSSOHN: Fingal’s Cave Overture; WAGNER: Die Meistersinger: Prelude, Act I - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwaengler - Opus Kura
• Edition Geza Anda III = SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16; Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Carnaval, Op. 9; Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2; CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, 
Op. 28; 12 Etudes, Op. 12 - Geza Anda, piano - Audite
• VERDI: Messa da Requiem--in Memory of Manzoni - Hilde Zadek, soprano/Margarete Klose, mezzo-soprano/Helge Rosvaenge, tenor/Boris Christoff, bass/Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Audite
• RONALD STEVENSON: Passacaglia on DSCH - Ronald Stevenson, piano - Appian
• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”; Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36; Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - Bavarian Radio-Symphony Orchestra/Karl Bohm - Audite
• R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 - Scipione Guidi, violin/Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York/Willem Mengelberg - Pristine Audio
• MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection”; HAYDN: Symphony No. 86 in D Major - Hanni Mack-Cosack, sop./Hertha Toepper, contralto/Chorus and Orchestra of the Radio-Symphony Stuttgart/ Bach-Choir Stuttgart/Carl Schuricht - Hanssler Classic (2 CDs)

Jazz CD Reviews

• Mark Prince - Fraction of Infinity - Contour Records
• Ron Kalina, harmonica, and Jim Self, tuba - The Odd Couple - Basset Hound Records
• Joel Harrison - Passing Train - Intuition Records
• Cedar Walton - Seasoned Wood - High Note Records
• Michael Moore & Fred Hersch - This We Know - Palmetto Records
• Fernando Otero, piano - Pagina de Buenos Aires - Nonesuch
• Jerry Bergonzi - "Tenor Talk" - Savant Records
• David Murray, sax/Mal Waldron, piano - Silence - Justin Time
• Ahmad Jamal - It’s Magic - Dreyfus Jazz
• Ben Allison & Man Size Safe - Little Things Run the World - Palmetto Records
• Cal Tjader - Cool Fire - double CD from “A Fuego Vivo” & “Good Vibes” - Concord Records
• Al Foster Quartet - Love, Peace and Jazz - Jazzeyes
• Sahib Shibab and the Danish Radio Jazz Group - Oktav
• Bobby Watson - From the Heart - Palmetto Records
• Ben Wolfe - No Strangers Here - MaxJazz
• Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite - Keepnews Collection Riverside/Concord
• Peter Yellin - How Long Has This Been Going On? - Jazzed Media
• The Carl Saunders Exploration - The Lost Bill Holman Charts - MAMA
• Karrin Allyson - Imagina (Songs of Brasil) - Concord Jazz
• Hot Club of Detroit - Night Town - Mack Avenue Records
• Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men with the Blues - Blue Note/EMI
• Duke Ellington - Live at Carnegie Hall, January 1946 - Pristine Audio
• Duke Ellington Legacy - Thank You Uncle Edward - Renma Recordings
• Scott Robinson - Plays the Compositions of Thad Jones: Forever Lasting - Arbors
• Alvin Queen - Jammin’ Uptown - Just A Memory/Justin Time
• John Patton - Soul Connection - Just A Memory/Justin Time
• The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery - Riverside
• Nat Adderley - Work Song - Riverside Keepnews Collection

DVD Video Reviews

• The Mummy, Blu-ray (1999/2008)
• Autumn Hearts (2007)
• The Good Fight (1984)
• Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Recital
• Batman Begins, Blu-ray [Limited Edition Giftset] (2005)
• Charles Munch Conducts (1966)
• The Bank Job, Blu-ray (2008)
• Leonard Bernstein conducts Boston Symphony Orchestra in Brahms (1972)
• The 6th Day, Blu-ray (2000)
• John Gorka, The Gypsy Life, (2007)
• Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer, violin and leader (2002)
• Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre, Blu-ray (2008)
• Heart - Alive In Seattle, Blu-ray (2008)
• Karajan: Or Beauty as I See It (2007)
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
• The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2007)
• Itzhak Perlman -- Virtuoso Violinist (1978)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
• Tele-Vision, by Ethan Winer (2007)
• The Other Conquest (La Otra Conquista) (1999)
• TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tragic Life of a Musical Genius (1996)
• Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
• The Moody Blues Live: Lovely to See You (2005), Blu-ray
• Jumper, Blu-ray (2008)
• RICHARD WAGNER: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
• Bernstein Conducts SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 & SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture (1987/1985)
• Roland Petit's ballet "Proust" (2007)
• Mad Men, Season One, Blu-ray 3-Disc Set (2008)
• Be Kind Rewind, Blu-ray (2008)
• Gangs of New York, Blu-ray (2002)
• Artur Rubinstein in Concert (1973/2007)
• The Beast With a Billion Backs, Futurama Feature (2008)
• BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (2007)

Pop/Rock CD Reviews

• Ry Cooder - I, Flathead - Nonesuch
• Beta Söderberg & Justango - Bailata - World Village
• The Wood Brothers – Loaded - Blue Note Records
• Blue Cranes – Homing Patterns – [www.bluecranemusic.com]
• David Grier – Live at the Linda – Dreadnought Recordings
• Georg Breinschmid & Friends (11 players) - Wien bleibt Krk - Zappel Music
• Lars Hollmer - Viandra - Cuneiform Records