SACD & Hi-Res Reviews
September 22, 2017
September Drawing for 2017
This September, we are featuring a pair of discs from Harmonia mundi, honoring the beginning of the reformation, 500 years ago, with vocal and instrumental music by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Vaughan Williams.
More information on the September Editorial Page.
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Indigos – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Indigos – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Studio: HDTT (from 15 ips 2-track tape recorded by Columbia in NYC in …
September 22, 2017/
Jazz CD Reviews, SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews/
MALIJA (Lockheart/Hoiby/Noble) – Instinct – Edition
MALIJA (Lockheart/Hoiby/Noble) – Instinct – Edition Records EDN1096 – 49:29 (9/8/17) ****½; Outstanding trio jazz with a chamber music discipline …
September 22, 2017/
Jazz CD Reviews/
Cantelli: New York Phil. Orch. = CRESTON: Dance Overture; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4, No. 5; VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso; R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20 – Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)/ Walter Gieseking (piano)/ New York Philharmonic/ Guido Cantelli – Pristine
Cantelli: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Vol. 2 = CRESTON: Dance Overture; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in d minor, Op. 120; …
September 20, 2017/
Classical Reissue Reviews/
Maurizio SQUILLANTE: The Wings of Daedalus – ZKM Institute for Music and Acoustics/Maurizio Squillante – Wergo
Maurizio SQUILLANTE: The Wings of Daedalus – ZKM Institute for Music and Acoustics/Maurizio Squillante – Wergo 2073-2, 74:40, (8/18/17) **: …
September 20, 2017/
Classical CD Reviews/
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé; Pavane – Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/ Gustavo Gimeno – Pentatone
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet); Une barque sur l’océan; Pavane pour une infante défunte – Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/ …
September 20, 2017/
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews/
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 14, 23, 26, 32; Variations on an Original Theme – Evgeny Kissin, piano – DGG
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3; 32 Variations on an Original Theme in c minor, WoO …
September 19, 2017/
Classical CD Reviews/
Oliver Lake Featuring FLUX Quartet – Right Up On – Passin’ Thru
Oliver Lake Featuring FLUX Quartet – Right Up On – Passin’ Thru 41236, 69:44 ****: Lake as composer, …
September 18, 2017/
Jazz CD Reviews/
Serge PROKOFIEV: Cinderella, Blu-ray & DVD (2017)
This would make a great introduction to Prokofiev’s ballets! Serge PROKOFIEV: Cinderella, Blu-ray & DVD (2017) Cast: Mariinsky Ballet Theater …
September 18, 2017/
DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews/
BRAHMS: Piano Sonata; Intermezzi; Capriccio; Ballade; Klavierstücke; Waltz – Nelson Freire, piano – Decca
Nelson Freire plays BRAHMS = Piano Sonata No. 3 in f minor, Op. 5; Intermezzo in A-flat Major, Op. 76, …
September 17, 2017/
Classical CD Reviews/
MARTINŮ: Variations on a Theme of Rossini; Ariette; Seven Arabesques; Suite Miniature; Nocturnes; Variations on a Slovakian Theme ‒ Meredith Blecha-Wells, cello / Sun Min Kim, piano ‒ Navona
“Small Storms: A Collection of Short Pieces by BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ = Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290; Ariette …
September 16, 2017/
Classical CD Reviews/
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