Monthly Archive: November 2004

Index to All 118 Discs Reviewed

Index to All 118 Discs Reviewed

Index to All 118 Discs Reviewed so far for November 2004: HI-RES REVIEWS, PT. 1 (Jazz) – Geri Allen, piano – The Life of a Song; Jacques Loussier, piano – Impressions on Chopin’s Nocturnes; Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau – One More Trip to Birdland; Hilma Jensson, guitar – Ditty Blei; Blue Man Group […]

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Home Page-November 2004

Our sixth Hi-Res Drawing features SACDs from Channel Classics. A dozen lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who Register Here (or have registered earlier) will receive their choice of one of the above multichannel SACDs: The stirring Sym. No. 2 of Rachmaninoff with Ivan Fischer conducting, a choral Christmas album from The Gents, or Vol. 2 of […]

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Jazz CD Reviews, Part 2 of 2

October 2004 Part 2 of 2 [Pt. 1] Nancy Wilson – R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs Very Personal) – with George Shearing, Toots Thielemans, Phil Woods, Kenny Lattimore, Ivan Lins, Gary Burton, Paquito D’Rivera and many others, featuring the All-Star Big Band – Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ1013 – 53 minutes, * * * *: As with any […]

Jazz CD Reviews, Part 1 of 2

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Paseo (Rubalcaba, piano/keyboards/percussion; Feleipe Lamoglia, soprano/alto/tenor sax; Armando Gola, elec. bass; Ignacio Berroa, drums) – Blue Note 7243 5 81832 21V ****: The Cuban pianist strikes me as one of the most exciting talents at the keyboards today. He’s matured some in the decade or so since he came up from Cuba, […]

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Three Years Working with DSD/SACD Recordings

Three Years Working with DSD/SACD Recordings I was fortunate to be living and working in Holland when Philips started to look for record labels for promoting their newest technology for DSD recordings. In June of 2001, Philips asked if they could set up a parallel recording room during my recording with Pieter Wispelwey and the […]

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Reissue CD Reviews, Part 2 of 2

November 2004, Pt. 2 of 2 [Pt. 1] MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor/An Elizabethan Suite (arr. Barbirolli) Lucretia West, contralto Women and Children’s Choir of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Sir John Barbirolli conducts Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Testament SBT2 1350 64:26; 47:35 (Distrib. Harmondi Mundi):**** Recorded live 8 March 1969, this exemplary performance of Mahler’s […]

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Reissue CD Reviews, Part 1 of 2

November 2004, Pt. 1 of 2    [Pt. 2] BEETHOVEN: Piano Variations John Ogden, piano Emil Gilels, piano (Op. 76) EMI Classics 7243 5 85761 2 69:16; 75:44****: John Ogden (1937-1989) recorded the lion’s share of these thirteen sets of variations in 1969, works Beethoven wrote mainly in the period 1790-1800, when he used tunes […]

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Component Reviews, Part 1 of 2

No. 2 [No. 1] •   November 2004 Flying in Style: My Time with the Headroom’s Total BitHead by John Brazier Dual 1/8″ headphone jacks Runs on 4 AAA batteries USB 1.1 connection for a direct S/PDIF link HeadRoom Process switch Volume control Power indicator Weight: 5 ounces SRP: $269 HeadRoom 2020 Gilkerson Drive Bozeman, MT […]

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Component Reviews, Part 2 of 2

November 2004, Review 1 of 3 [2] Power Harmony 1000 by Element Specs: Size – W-17” X D-10” X H-5.25” Front Plate – W-19” X H-5.25” Weight – 36.5 lbs. Shipping Weight – 57 lbs Four Acme Audio™ silver plated grounded outlets. Acme Audio™ silver plated IEC input for the included Monster™ Powerline 200™ Acme […]

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DVD Reviews, Part 2 of 2

Pt. 2 of 2 – November 2004   [Part 1] Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Directed by Michael Moore Studio: Lions Gate/Columbia TriStar Video: 1.78:1 enhanced for widescreen Subtitles: English, closed captions Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Extras: Featurette on The Theatrical Release of Fahrenheit 9/11, The People of Iraq on the Eve of Invasion, New scenes: Homeland Security […]

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DVD Reviews, Part 1 of 2

November 2004 Part 1 of 2 [Pt. 2] All Music Videos MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (complete opera) Glyndebourne Festival Opera/London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Bernard Haitink/Glyndebourne Chorus Pamina: Felicity Lott; Tamino: Leo Goeke; Papageno: Benjamin Luxon; Sarastro: Thomas Thomaschke; Papagena: Elisabeth Conquet; Queen of the Night: May Sandoz; Speaker: Willard White; Monostatos: John Fryatt Stage production: John […]

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Classical CD Reviews, Part 2 of 2

November 2004 Pt. 2 of 2   [Pt. 1] Let’s start off with a pair of rather quirky crossover albums… Aria 3 – Metamorphosis (Created by Paul Schwartz) – Koch Records AD-5765 ** or ****, depending: This disc is billed as the long-awaited followup to Aria and Aria 2, which were both on Billboard’s charts. […]

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SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews, Part 3 of 3

42 SACD & DVD-A Reviews This Month November 2004 – Pt. 3 of 3 (Classical concl.) [Part 1]     [Part 2] Click on any cover to go directly to review ******** MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ******* MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 – Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (rec. live) – DGG multichannel SACD 477 071-2 (2 discs) […]

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THE MERCURY SACDs – SPECIAL REPORT

November 2004 – Special Feature THE MERCURY SACDs – SPECIAL REPORT Since the first five of the new Mercury Living Presence three-channel SACDs are now available everywhere and the next five have been released as I’m writing this but not yet received here, I’d like to update readers on this unusual hi-res reissue event without […]

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Classical CD Reviews, Part 1 of 2

November 2004 – Part 1 of 2  [Part 2] GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 55; The Seasons–Ballet, Op. 67 – Jose Serebrier conducts Scottish National Symphony Orchestra – Warner Classics 2564 61434-2 70: 31 (Distrib. WEA)****: Jose Serebrier (b. 1938), one of the more gifted of Leopold Stokowski acolytes, brings his considerable skills […]