Disc Reviews Index
Reviews published on Audiophile Audition since February 13, 2010:
- Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man Blues - Analogue Productions
- BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major - after Violin Concerto Op. 77 (Arr. by Dejan Lazic); Two Rhapsodies Op. 79; Scherzo in E-flat minor Op. 4 - Dejan Lazic, piano/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano - Channel Classics
- Postwar Sounds, Switzerland – ROLF LIEBERMANN: Furioso; RICHARD STRAUSS: Metamorphosen; ARTHUR HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 (Symphonie liturgique) – Philharmonisches Orchester Lübeck/ Roman Brogli-Sacher – Musicaphon
- HAYDN: String Quartet in D Minor Op. 76 No. 2 (“Fifths”); String Quartet in C Major Op. 76 No. 3 (“Emperor”); String Quartet in B Major Op. 76 No. 4 (“Sunrise”) – Gewandhaus-Quartett – NCA
- CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in B Major Op. 34; SIGISMUND NEUKOMM: Clarinet Quintet in B Major Op. 8 – Eric Hoeprich, clarinet/ Ensemble Les Adieux – NCA
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” - Christiane Oelze, soprano/Petra Lang, alto/Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor/Matthias Goerne, baritone/Deutsche Kammerchor/The Deutschephilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Jarvi - RCA
- BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (First Version, 1887) – Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra/ Simone Young – Oehms Classics
- BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58; Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major, Op. 73 – Olli Mustonen, piano/ Tapiola Sinfonietta – Ondine
- CLARA SCHUMANN –Trio in G Minor Op. 17; ROBERT SCHUMANN –Trio in G Minor Op. 110; WOLFGANG RIHM – Fremde Szene III – Boulanger Trio – Ars Produktion
- OLE OLSEN: Asgaardsreien Op.10; Symphony in G Op. 5; Suite for string orchestra, Op. 60 – Latvian National Symphony / Terje Mikkelsen – Sterling
- HANS SITT: Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 58; ERNST NAUMANN: Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 5; REINECKE: Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 43; GADE: Fantasiestücke, Op. 43; SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 – Ilya Hoffman, viola,/Sergey Koudriakov, piano – Caro Mitis
- ROBERT SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47; Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Peter Orth, piano/Auryn Quartet - Tacet
- SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 “Tragic,” and Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D. 485 – Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/ Gordan Nikolić – PentaTone Classics
- RACHMANINOFF: Six Etudes Tableaux; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on the Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) – Sa Chen, piano – Pentatone Classics
- CHICK COREA: Children’s Songs Nos. 1 - 20 (Arr. by Thomas Schindl) - Blue Chamber Quartet - Stockfisch
- IGOR STRAVINSKY: Apollon musagète; Pulcinella Suite - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Alexander Janiczek - Linn
- JOHN HAMMOND - Rough & Tough - John Hammond, guitar - Chesky Records
- MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in e – Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/ David Zinman – RCA
- MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; Five Ruckertlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone/ Mutare Ensemble/ Gerhard Muller-Hornbach, leader – NCA
- OTHMAR SCHOECK: Elegie, Op. 36 – Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone/ Mutare Ensemble/ Gerhard Muller-Hornbach, leader – NCA
- MOZART: Piano Quartets in g and E-flat – Mozart Piano Quartet – MD&G
- JOHN SHEPPARD: "Media vita" = Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria; The Lord’s Prayer; I give you a new commandment; Media vita; Christ rising again; Haste thee, O God; Te Deum – Stile Antico – Harmonia mundi
- Regeneration = STEPHEN LYMAN: Prelude; 3 Sketches caracteristiques; Regeneration suite; 2 Etudes; Solitaire; Winter has come early; TAKEMITSU: All in Twilight; BARTOK: 3 selections from 44 Duets for 2 violins – Stephen Lyman, guitar – IsoMike
- FRANCIS POULENC: Secular Choral Music = Chansons francais; Chanson a boire; Sept chansons; Petites voix; Un soir de neige; Figure humaine - Norddeutscher Figuralchor/Jorge Straube - MD&G
- Symphonies from the 18th Century Court of Orange in The Hague = by FRANCESCO ZAPPA; FRIEDRICH SCHWINDL, CARL STAMITZ, MOZART - Soloists/New Dutch Academy Orch./Simon Murphy - PentaTone
- Bolivian Baroque: Music from the Missions and La Plata, Vol. 3 – James Johnstone, organ/ Florilegium/ Arakaendar Bolivia Choir/ Ashley Solomon, director – Channel Classics
- KAIJA SAARIAHO: L’Amour de loin – Daniel Belcher (Jaufre Rudel)/ Ekaterina Lekhina (Clemence)/ Marie-Ange Todorvitvh (Le Pelerin)/ Berlin Radio Choir/ German Symphony Orchestra Berlin/ Kent Nagano – Harmonia mundi (2 discs)
- ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: 5 Orchesterstucke Op. 16; 6 lieder Op. 8; Notturno (1896)/ J. S. BACH (arr. by Arnold Schoenberg 1929) Prelude and Fugue BWV 552 - Manuela Uhl, soprano/ Beethoven Orchester Bonn/ Stefan Blunier - MD&G
- HANDEL: Acis and Galatea - Soloists/ Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra/ Martin Haselbock, conductor - NCA (2 SACDs)
- HAYDN: The Complete String Quartets Vol. 6 of 14 - Op. 33 Nos.1 - 6 - Auryn String Quartet - single Tacet DVD-A
- HAYDN: The Complete String Quartets Vol.1 of 14 - Op. 1 Nos.1 - 6 - Auryn String Quartet - single Tacet DVD-A
- MAHLER: Das Lied Von Der Erde - Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor/ Christian Gerhaher, baritone/ Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/ Kent Nagano - Sony/BMG
- “Voyage à Paris” - POULENC: Improvisations Nos. 13 & 15; DEBUSSY: Minstrels; The Sunken Cathedral, Fireworks; FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue; RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit suite; MESSIAEN: Regard de l’Esprit de joie - Greg McCallum piano - MSR Classics
- SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; 3 Humoresques from Op. 87 and Op. 89; PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 - Vilde Frang, violin/WDR Sinfonieorchester Koeln/Thomas Sondergard - EMI
- ANTON REICHA: Woodwind Quintets, Volume 10 – Quintet in F Major, Op. 100, No. 1; Quintet in D Minor, Op. 100, No. 2 – Westwood Wind Quintet – Crystal Records
- HANDEL: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 and 5 - Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr - Harmonia mundi
- "Peiwoh" - Arianna Savall (vocal, triple harp, gothic harp, celtic harp)/ Petter Johansen (vocal)/ Ferran Savall (vocal and theorb)/ Javier Mas (12-string guitar and lute)/ Mario Mas (guitar)/ Bjørn Kjellemyr (double bass) - Alia Vox
- Baltic Exchange = UGIS PRAULINS: Missa Rigensis; Laudibus in sanctis; MAIJA EINFELDE: Cycle of Fricis Barda Poems; URMAS SISASK: Benedictio; VYTAUTAS MISKINIS: Angelis suis Deus; Pater noster – Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/ Stephen Layton - Hyperion
- LITA GRIER: 5 Songs for Children; Sneezles; 5 Songs from A Shropshire Lad; 2 Songs from Emily Dickinson; Songs from Spoon River; Reflections of a Peacemaker – Soloists/Chicago Children's Choir/Josephine Lee - Cedille
- SCHOENBERG: Solo Piano Music (complete); STEUERMANN: Suite; Arrangements for 2 & 3 Pianos – POULENC: Toccata; STRAUSS: Themes from “Die Fledermaus”; Perpetuum Mobile; SCHUBERT: Whither? – Eduard Steuermann, p. (Schoenberg)/ 4 other pianists - Tacet (2 CDs
- WILLIAM KRAFT: Encounters - Southwest Chamber Music/ Tambuco Percussion Ensemble – Cambria (3 CDs)
- CARL RUTTI: Requiem – Olivia Robinson, soprano/ Edward Price, baritone/ Jane Watts, organ/ The Bach Choir/ Southern Sinfonia/ David Hill – Naxos
- MENDELSSOHN: The Complete String Symphonies – Festival Strings Lucerne/ Achim Fiedler – Oehms Classics
- THEODORE GOUVY: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 20; Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 30 – German Radio Philharmonic of Saarbrucken and Kaiserslautern/ Jacques Mercier – CPO
- BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Sarabanda con Partite, BWV 990; Aria Variata, BWV 989 – Matthew Halls, harpsichord – Linn (2 CDs)
- DVORAK: Sonatina Op. 100 for Violin and Piano; POULENC: Sonata for Flute and Piano; GRIEG: Sonata Op. 8 in F Major for Violin – Marie-Josée Simard, vibraphone/Marie Fabi, piano – XXI-21 Productions
- JOHAN SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4; Romeo og Juliet, Op. 18, Zorahayda, Op. 11 – South Jutland Symphony Orchestra/Bjarte Engeset – Naxos
- “Piazzolla & Passion” - Eckart Runge, cello/Jacques Ammon, piano - Ars Musici; The Piazzolla Project - Concerto for Piano Quintet; Seasons in Buenos Aires; Fuga y Misterio; Suite del Angel for String Quartet - Artemis Quartet/ Ammon, p. - Virgin Classi
- SCHUBERT: Duo in A for Cello and Piano D. 574; Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano D. 821 “Arpeggione”; Fantasy in C for Cello and Piano D. 934 – Pieter Wispelwey, cello/Paolo Giacometti, fortepiano – Onyx
- BERNARD HERRMANN: Hangover Square; Citizen Kane – Orla Boylan, soprano / Martin Roscoe, piano / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Rumon Gamba – Chandos Movies
- CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65; Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8; Grand Duo concertante in E Major - Andreas Brantelid, cello/Vilde Frang, violin/Marianna Shirinyan, piano - EMI Classics
- LULLY: Atys (complete opera) - Soloists/ Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie, conductor - Harmonia mundi deluxe edition (3 CDs)
- R. STRAUSS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 8; KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 – Pavel Šporcl, violin/ Prague Symphony Orchestra/ Jíŕí Kout – Supraphon
- RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; The Rock, Op. 7 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko - Avie
- American Serenades = VICTOR HERBERT: Serenade for Strings, Op. 12; ARTHUR FOOTE: Serenade for Strings, Op. 25; Suite in E, Op. 63 – London Octave/ Kypros Markou, conductor – Dutton
- "Swiss Perspective" = Trio Note Bene. Raff: Piano Trio No. 1; Bloch: Three Nocturnes; Honegger: Piano Trio in F Minor; Martin: Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes. Trio Nota Bene. Claves
- CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 - Rafal Blechacz, piano/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow - DGG
- “Luminosa Buenos Aires” - PIAZZOLLA: Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas; Double Concerto “Hommage a Liege”; PUJOL: Double Concerto “Luminosa Buenos Aires” - Giampaolo Bandini, guitar/Cesare Chiacchiaretta, bandoneon/I Musici di Parma - Concerto
- “21st Century Romantic" - Jackson Berkey, Steinway & harpsichord = Rainydark & Firelight; Time Twisters; Vivaldi’s Winter; 24 Nocturnes; Suite for Two Pianos; Playin’ in the Buff; JJ’s Toy Box; BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E Major - Soli Deo Glo
- MISCHA SPOLIANSKY - Film Music: Voice in the Night; The Happiest Days of your Life; The Man who could work Miracles; The Ghost Goes West; King Solomon’s Mines; North West Frontier; Dedication – Roderick Elms, p./ BBC Concert Orch./Rumon Gamba - Chandos
- JOSEPH HOLBROOKE - Symphonic Poems: Amontillado; The Viking; Three Blind Mice; Ulalume - Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt/ Howard Griffiths - CPO
- HOFMANN: Cello Concerto in D Major; HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major; MOZART: Concerto in D for Cello and Orchestra, K. 314 (arr. Flute Concerto) - Sol Gabetta, cello/ Kammerorchester Basel/Sergio Ciomei - RCA
- ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: String Quartets 1-3; Piano Quintet Op. 15 - Aron Quartet/ Henri Sigfridsson, piano - CPO
- BALBASTRE Music for Harpsichord = Pieces de clavecin, Book I, Livre contenant des pieces (excerpts); La d’Esclignac; Prelude; Marche des Marseillois et l’air Ca-ira; RAMEAU (Arr. Balbastre): Pygmalion (excerpts) - Elizabeth Farr - Naxos
- Benjamin Grosvenor = “This & That” - Piano music by Kapustin, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Moszkowski, Chopin, Brahms, Strauss, Gershwin [www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk] BENJAMIN GROSVENOR = Ben at 10: Piano Classics – Shellwood SWCD31 [www.shellwood.co.uk]
- JOACHIM RAFF: Suite for Piano and Orchestra Op. 200; Die Eifersüchtigen – Overture; König Alfred – Overture; Dornröschen – Vorspiel; Samson – Vorspiel 3 act /Tra Nguyen, piano / The Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera /Roland Kluttig – Sterling
- Christian Ferras, Vol. I = Works of MENDELSSOHN, MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, MARTINON - Conductors: Schuricht, Swellfish, Bruck - Doremi (2 CDs)
- THOMSON: The Mother of US ALL--Suite; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73; CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - New York Philharmonic/Leopold Stokowski - Pristine Audio
- MOZART: Four Preludes and Fugues from String Trio Arrangements (after Bach), K. 404a; Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat Major, K. 563 - The Pasquier Trio - Music&Arts
- SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” - NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini - Opus Kura
- Beecham in Seattle = WAGNER: Prelude, Act III Meistersinger; Prelude Act I; Overture to The Flying Dutchman; ELGAR: Enigma Variations; Serenade in E Minor for Strings: Largo; DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Seattle Sym. - Pristine Audio
- BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Schuricht - HDTT
- SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”; Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 “The Great” - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (No. 8)/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwaengler - Naxos Historical
- Alfred Hertz and The San Francisco Symphony = LISZT: Les Preludes; WAGNER: Parsifal: Prelude Act I; Good Friday Spell; Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Act I and Liebestod; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances No. 5 - Pristine Audio
- Friedrich Gulda - Piano Recital (1968) / Live at Birdland (1956) - HAYDN: Andante con Variazioni; MOZART: Sonata in la minore; SCHUBERT: Impromptus Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4; BEETHOVEN: “Waldstein” Sonata; Live at Birdland - Fabula Classica/Ermitage
- FLORENT SCHMITT: Psalm 47 “Gloire du Seigneur,” Op. 38; La Tragedie de Salome - Andrea Guiot, soprano/Gaston Litaize, organ/French National Radio Orchestra and Chorus/Jean Martinon - HDTT
- BARTOK: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano; Mikrokosmos (excerpts) - Benny Goodman, clarinet/Joseph Szigeti, violin/ Bela Bartok, piano - Naxos Historical
- FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat ballet; Zarzuela Arias - Victoria de los Angeles, soprano/Philharmonia Orchestra/ Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos/Montserrat Caballe, soprano/Orchestra cond. by Eugenio M. Marco - HDTT HDCD
- DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”; MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague” - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Kubelik - Opus Kura
- "Vintage DAG WIREN" - Serenade for Strings; Concert Overture; Sonatina for Piano; Suite miniature; Cello Concerto; Sinfonietta & other works - soloists/Stockholm Radio orch. & Goeteborg Sym. Orch./Tor Mann & Sixten Eckerberg - Caprice
- MAHLER/REINECKE/GRIEG: Their 1905-1906 Welte Mignon Interpretations of works by themselves and MOZART, CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT - Tacet
- “The Birth and Rise of the Recording Industry in Canada - from Berliner to RCA Victor” - 28 examples, from a 1903 recorded ad for Berliner Gramophone to a 1959 “45” of Yakety Yak - Gala Records
- Arturo Toscanini Anthology 1 = BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances; THOMAS: Mignon Overture; CATALANI: La Wally Prelude, Act IV; Loreley: Dance of the Water Nymphs; DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale Ov.; PONCHIELI: La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours - with NBC Sym. - Opus Kura
- Sir Adrian Boult = English Music: ARNOLD: 8 English Dances; BAX: Tintagel; ELGAR: 3 Bavarian Dances; Chanson de Matin; Chanson de nuit; HOLST: The Perfect Fool; BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad; Green Willow; WALTON: Siesta – London Phil./Boult - Pristine
- Bidu Sayao, Vol. 2: Rare Live Radio Performances = Sel. of PERGOLESI, VERDI, BIZET, MASSENET PONCE, MARTINI, FAURE, GRIEG, SCORAK, SCOTT, YOUNG, NILES, COWARD, etc. - Cembal d'amour
- BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini - Testament (2 CDs)
- MAHLER: Symphony No 4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) / Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum – Beulah
- Argerich plays CHOPIN = Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23; Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4; 5 Mazurkas; Nocturne in Major, Op. 15, No. 1; Nocturne in E-flat Major, OP. 55, No. 2; 3 Mazurkas; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Martha Argerich, p. - DGG
- Dan Tepfer & Lee Konitz – Duos with Lee – Sunnyside
- Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Restored, Returned - ECM
- Ralph Towner/ Paolo Fresu - Chiaroscuro - ECM
- Tomasz Stanko Quintet - Dark Eyes - ECM
- Ralph Bowen - Due Reverence - Posi-Tone
- Gary Peacock, bass & Marc Copland, piano – Insight – Pirouet
- Dan Dean – 251 – Origin
- Mike LeDonne - The Groover - Savant
- Orrin Evans - Faith in Action - Posi-Tone
- Olivier Manchon and Orchestre de Chambre Miniature, Vol. 1 - ObliqSound
- Cindy Blackman – Another Lifetime – Four Quarters Entertainment
- Clifford Brown - The Complete Emarcy Master Takes - Verve/ Emarcy/ Hip-O-Select B00121918-02 (4-CD box set)
- Daniel Smith – Blue Bassoon – Summit
- John Vanore & Abstract Truth - Curiosity - Acoustical Concepts
- Chris Greene Quartet - Merge - Single Malt
- Dave Sharp's Secret Seven - 7 - Vortex
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Forty Fort - Hot Cup
- The Princess and the Frog, Blu-ray 3-Disc Combo Pack (2009/2010)
- Air Force One, Blu-ray (1997)
- The Fourth Kind, Blu-ray (2010)
- CLAUDE BOLLING: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1975/2004)
- George Crumb, “Bad Dog” (2009)
- GLUCK: Orpheus und Eurydike, Blu-ray (2010)
- Ponyo, Blu-ray - 2-disc Combo Pack (2009)
- Double Identity (2010)
- Coco Before Chanel, Blu-ray (2010)
- Stargate SGU Universe 1.0, 3-Disc set (2010)
- Angels & Demons - 2 Blu-rays + Digital Copy (2009)
- Portland Jazz Festival Review - Feb. 25-28, 2010
- Latest Audiophile Vinyl Reviews - 26 Albums! - Part II of II
- Latest Audiophile Vinyl Reviews - 26 Albums! - Part I of II
