Monthly Archive: February 2005
Weekly Audio News for Feb. 23, 2005
New Lossless Coding Competition – MLP was the first data reduction system to achieve lossless coding – in which the recovered signal is bit-for-bit the same as the original digital input. It is used on most DVD-As to achieve 5.1 surround with 96K resolution at each channel, an impossibility using linear PCM in view of the capacity of a DVD – and has a variety of options for use in many other audio applications. Now DTS has also developed their own lossless extension to the DTS Coherent Acoustics codec used in many DVDs and theatrical films. The first public screening of Lossless Digital Sound for Cinema was with a large-format film titled Sacred Planet at a museum in Utah last summer. New enhancements of both DTS and MLP have been selected as options for both of the competing new hi-def DVD formats. Two More Print Audio Publications Go Web – The January issue of Stereophile’s Ultimate AV was the final print version of the home theater publication. Its home is now https://www.guidetohometheater.com/ – and a less expensive to produce and more more flexible, free publication is the result. Editor Thomas J. Norton and most of the staff remain. As of […]
Weekly Audio News for Feb. 16, 2005
Grammy Winners Worth Noting – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards happened Monday night if you weren’t aware. (The classical awards are always completely ignored on the telecast, so I usually don’t bother watching.) There are so many different awards now it is mind-boggling. There are 31 “Fields” and all sorts of categories within each field. There’s even a field for Surround Sound now – a nice addition. “Genius Loves Company” – the Ray Charles duet SACD – got that, along with seven other Grammies. That one was one of several awards to discs we did not give five stars to, but then again several other awards were also our Discs of the Month. Here’s some that might interest our readers: Various rock awards to: Code of Silence – Bruce Springsteen; Vertigo – U2; Slither – Velvet Revolver; Whiplash – Motorhead; Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow – Brian Wilson; American Idiot – Green Day. Various jazz awards to: Unspeakable – Bill Frisell; R.S.V.P. – Nancy Wilson; Speak Like a Child – Herbie Hancock; Illuminations – McCoy Tyner & others; Concert in the Garden – Maria Schneider Orchestra; Land of the Sun – Charlie Haden. Best Musical: Wicked; Best Soundtrack: The Lord of the […]
Weekly Audio News for Feb. 9, 2005
A Universal Copy-Protection System? – An alliance of Sony, Phillips, Samsung and Matsushita has been formed to deal with the continuing issue of downloading rights. They want to make sure that consumers are using only properly licensed video and music media. Their joint effort has been named Marlin Joint Development Association, and the idea is to create a copy-protection system that would work for everything from cell phones and digital music players to video recorders, rather than the several different and incompatible approaches used by different manufacturers at present. The alliance feels that the division among approaches to rights protection is weakening the success of securing digital entertainment. Interestingly, neither Apple nor Microsoft are involved in the talks; both have their own systems. Threat to Rights/Privacy from New Technology – Something called HOTLLAMA Media has been launched with a four-DVD gaming agreement with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The HOTLLAMA player software interface technology offers an all-in-one, customizable multimedia player merging DVD video, Internet, high-end graphics, Flash content, games, promotions, marketing, and third party applications. And thru its backend data collection engine the new player also allows DVD producers to anonymously track the end user’s actual use of the features […]
Weekly Audio News for Feb. 2, 2005
Dorian Bankruptcy Remains Unclear – The fate of the Dorian audiophile label is still being negotiated in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. California-based Reference Recordings wants their label’s sale to Dorian rescinded on the grounds that Dorian failed to pay them or perform anything in their contract. Dorian’s troubles began shortly after they separated from their distributor – Portland, OR.-based Allegro Music (who came out the loser last year in a lawsuit concerning the sale under their own name of another producer’s copy-protected recordings). Denon Receives Approval for Hi-Res Digital Interface – Denon Electronics’ proprietary Denon Link digital interface standard has been approved for the transmission of SACD signals by both Sony and Philips, developers of the SACD format. Approval of Denon Link for DVD-Audio signals was obtained earlier from the DVD Forum, so this will make it possible for Denon and perhaps other manufacturers to achieve the highest quality digital audio connection between hi-res disc players and preamps or receivers rather than being limited to the present six-channel analog connection. Denon reports that products in accordance with the new specification will be available in the near future. Digitally Imported Radio Adds aacPlus – Coding Technologies and Digitally Imported Radio (DI) – […]
Classical Hall of Fame Additions
CLASSICAL RECORDING INDUSTRY HALL of FAME for 2005 The following 18 recordings have been selected by the CLASSICAL RECORDING INDUSTRY HALL of FAME for the 2005 Awards. They are recordings 46 thru 63 to be honored. Both numbers are listed. They are listed in random order. 1 (46). Chopin-“14 Waltzes”. Dinu Lipatti, piano. Recorded by EMI (Geneva, 6/50). CD# EMI 66904. 2 (47). Lalo-“Symphonie Espagnole”. Henryk Szeryng (violin), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Walter Hendl. Recorded by RCA (Chicago, 2/59). Original LP catalog number-LSC 2456 (US), SB 2120 (UK). Not available on compact disc. 3 (48). Delius-“Over the Hills and Far Away”. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham. Recorded by Columbia (London 2/7/50). CD# Sony SMK89430. 4 (49). Mozart-“Don Giovanni”. Wachter, Sutherland, Schwarzkopf, Sciutti, Alva, Frick. Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Carlo Maria Giulini. Recorded by EMI (London, 1959). CD# EMI 67869. 5 (50). Stravinsky-“The Firebird”. London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati. Recorded by Mercury (London 6/7/59). SACD# 470 643 2. 6 (51). Elgar-“Violin Concerto”. Albert Sammons (violin), New Queen’s Hall Orchestra/Henry Wood. Recorded by EMI (London, March and April 1929). CD# Naxos 8.110951. 7 (52). “Romantic compositions for violin”. Christian Ferras (violin), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (piano). Recorded by DG (Paris 12/68). CD# DG 413 249 2. 8 (53). […]
Best Of The Year Discs for 2004
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 the musical and sonic quality of each disc (except for some of the reissue material). All of these discs have been reviewed in AUDIOPHILE AUDITION during the past year and can be quickly located for their reviews and record numbers using our handy site search engine at the upper left-hand column of every page. CLASSICAL J. S. BACH: Solo & Double Violin Concertos = Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins BWV 1043; Concerto in A Minor for Violin; Concerto in E Major for Violin; Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins – Andrew Manze & Rachel Podger, violins/The Academy of Ancient Music – Harmonia mundi multichannel SACD HMU 807155 BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – Till Fellner, piano – ECM New Series 1853 SAMUEL BARBER: Vanessa – Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti Vanessa, Ellen Chickering; Erika, […]
Classical Reissue Reviews, Pt. 2 of 2
January-February 2005, Pt. 2 of 2 [Pt. 1] BEETHOVEN: The Complete Symphonies; Leonore Overture No. 3; Egmont Overture; Coriolan Overture; King Stephen Overture; Leonore Overture No. 1; Fidelio Overture; The Creatures of Prometheus–Ballet, Op. 43/MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter” Adele Addison, soprano/Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano/Richard Lewis, tenor/Donald Bell, baritone/George Szell conducts Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (with Robert Shaw); Louis Lane conducts Cleveland Orchestra (Creatures pf Prometheus) Sony, The Original Jacket Collection (10 CDs) – 8 hrs. 12 mins.****: Recorded 1957-1967, the survey of the Beethoven Nine Symphonies by George Szell (1897-1970) remains to many a touchstone for comparative interpretations, given Szell’s penchant for dynamic linear clarity and crisp articulation of individual parts. Having been impressed, even awed, by Toscanini’s example in 1930, the Hungarian born and German- trained Szell applied the literalist tradition to technical perfection, striving for the utmost balance in the articulation of figures and the distribution of dynamics. Szell’s twenty-four year tenure in Cleveland raised the ensemble honed by Rodzinski and Leinsdorf into a virtuoso orchestra the envy of all but a few orchestras in the world. For sheer brilliance of execution, perhaps only Mravinsky’s Leningrad Philharmonic could boast an equal […]
Classical Reissue Reviews, Pt. 1 of 2
January-February 2005, Pt. 1 of 2 [Pt. 2] Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major Karel Ancerl conducts Czech Philharmonic Supraphon SU 3693-2 011 78:51 (Distrib. Qualiton)****: The 33rd in the ongoing Ancerl Edition from Supraphon celebrating the distinguished work of Karel Ancerl (1908-1973) and his work with the Czech Philharmonic, here in the Mahler Ninth (1909) inscribed April 7-15, 1966. Mahler himself found Czech music-making to his taste, having led the ensemble in Bratislava with rewarding success. Moved by Tchaikovsky’s model in his Pathetique Symphony to place the Adagio as the last movement, an existential commentary on the implacability of fate, Mahler seems to have reacted against the grandiosity of the Symphony of a Thousand, instead allowing the Ninth to express meditative and anguished states of mind. The use of the Abschied motif from The Song of the Earth, the intrusion of grotesqueries, its disruptive and frenzied moments of emotional paroxysm, all contribute to the immensity of parting from the whirl of life. Karel Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic deliver a thoughtful, carefully etched performance, often intimate in the manner of chamber music but frenzied and convulsive in the Rondo–Burleske in which Mahler rages at the dying of […]
Consonance M400S EL34 Monoblock 40w Push-Pull Vacuum Tube Power Amp No.2
No. 2 [No. 3] [No. 1] • January-February 2005 Consonance M400S EL34 Monoblock 40w Push-Pull Vacuum Tube Power Amp SRP: $1995 pr. Manufacturer: Opera Audio Co. Ltd. Beijing, China www.operaudio.com US Importer/Distributor: Nat Distribution/Quest for Sound 650 Cedarbrook Road Southampton, PA 18966 215-953-9099 info@natdistribution.com Control Functions: Power on/off toggle at rear Inputs: RCA left & right Output Impedance: 4 or 8 ohms, user selectable Output Power at 1 kHz for less than 1%THD: 40 x 2 Bandwidth at -3dB: 6Hz to 60Hz Signal to Noise: 90 dB Input interfaces: 1 group (RCA) Input impedance: 100k Power consumption: 90w x 2 Tubes: EL34 x 4; 6922 x 2; 6189 x 2 Dimensions: 355 L x 200 H x 150 W mm x 2 Weight: 11kg x 2 (Net); 22kg (Shipped) Intro Opera Audio is one of the many Chinese manufacturers rapidly gaining a foothold in the world of high end audio. They have several different series of components, but this monoblock amp is part of the M-Value Series, which in addition to the M400S offers the M-100 Plus EL34 integrated amp, the T-1 12AU7 Line Stage Preamp, and the M500S Single Ended monoblock amps using 300B tubes in parallel. In their […]
Roan Audio Seven Loudspeaker, Review 1 of 3
January-February 2005, Review 1 of 3 [2] [3] Roan Audio Seven Loudspeaker $4999/pr Roan Audio LLC 14485 SW. Arabian Drive Beaverton, OR 97008 503 504-2413 (voice) 503 524-5311 (fax) https://www.roanaudio.com Basic Description 2-way, ported, magnetically shielded loudspeaker system with 7-inch magnesium cone mid/woofer and 25mm fabric dome tweeter; available in natural cherry, mahogany, or custom veneers; 8 ohms nominal; 200 watt power handling; 85 dB sensitivity; Cardas 5-way binding post with bi-wire capability; 15” H x 10” W x 13.5” D; 27 pounds each; 5-year warranty. Associated Equipment Arcam DV-29 DVD player, Arcam AV8 Preamplifier, Arcam P7 Power Amplifier, Bowers and Wilkins 705 speakers (for comparison), Panamax 5300 Power Conditioner, B&W speaker stands, Audioquest interconnect and speaker cabling. Background Roan Audio is a new company that has been in business just over two years. They make three different models with the Seven being the best. They also make a subwoofer that sells for $2499 that can mate with any of the models and comes in similar finish options to the Seven. There are a few dealers for the speakers in the Oregon area and that may be expanding after the January Consumer Electronic Show. For people who live outside the […]
DVD Reviews Pt. 3 of 3
Pt. 3 of 3 – January-February 2005 [Part 1] [Part 2] Click on any cover to go directly to its review below The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Starring: Dominique Michel, Remy Girard, Yves Jacques Studio: Koch Lorber Video: 1.78:1 Widescreen Enhanced Audio: DD 5.1 French Extras: None Length: 102 minutes Rating: *** Three men and women plan to meet for a weekend at a cottage and learn things about their friends and themselves that they were not prepared for. One of the characters is homosexual and struggling with AIDS. The others are married to each other, involved, or have had an affair with one or more of the others. These truths will come out as the picture continues, so that each character is forced to deal with it in his or her own terms. The men spend the day together waiting for the women to arrive later and talk about their favorite subjects: women and sex. They brag about their conquests and the viewer begins to wonder if they are really happy. While the women exercise (during the day) they talk about their relationships to their lovers and we find out they aren’t exactly innocent either. Many of the […]
DVD Reviews Pt. 2 of 3
Pt. 2 of 3 – January-February 2005 [Part 1] [Part 3] Click on any cover to go directly to its review below De-Lovely (2004) The Cole Porter Story Starring: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd Musical performances by Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Robbie Williams and others Studio: MGM Video: Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, stereo; Dolby Surround: French or Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Extras: Commentary by Director Irwin Winkler and Kline; Commentary by Winkler and Writer Jay Cocks; Making of De-Lovely featurette; Music of De-Lovely featurette; Anatomy of a Scene: Be a Clown; Anatomy of a Scene: Love for Sale; Deleted Scenes; De-Lovely Soundtrack TV Spot; Theatrical trailer Length: 2 hours, 5 minutes Rating: **** We could have included this recent feature film in the music videos because it certainly is a musical – with over 30 great Porter tunes performed during its course. Kevin Kline is a pianist and occasional singer too and actually plays himself most of the scenes of Porter composing tunes or singing while accompanying himself at the piano. So there’s none of the usual mismatch of fingers on the keys with the music which is so obvious […]
DVD Reviews Part 1 of 3
January-February 2005 Part 1 of 3 [Pt. 2] [Pt. 3] ***All Music Videos***Click on any cover to go directly to its review below What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling the Mysteries of Mahler’s Third Symphony Narrator: Stockard Channing/Mignon Dunn, mezzo-soprano/ Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra and Festival Chorus Barnard/Columbia Choir Children’s Festival Chorus of Manhattan School of Music/Glen Cortese, conductor Studio: VAI 2-DVD 4267 Video: 4:3 full screen, color Audio: PCM Stereo, English Subtitles: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese Length: 57:00; 108:00 A tremendously ambitious film by Jason Starr, along with cinematographer Stuart Keene, this 2003 documentary traces the biographical and philosophical pilgrimage involved in Mahler’s D Minor Symphony an attempt to capture the romantic, even existential, panorama of the composer’s imaginative canvas. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) remains the colossal post-romantic composer of mighty, intellectual and emotionally supercharged music, an orchestral body of work that claims folk-songs for its source, but whose scale approaches cosmic proportions. “Mine are worlds and universes, not merely symphonies,” Mahler quipped. Director Starr takes Mahler at his word, and he begins a visual and philosophic exploration of Mahler’s great paean to Nature, the Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, with a challenge to […]
Classical CD Reviews Part 2 of 2
January-February 2005 Pt. 2 of 2 [Pt. 1] FEDERICO MOMPOU: The Piano Music – Martin Jones – Nimbus Records Ambisonic (4 discs) NI 5724/7, 72:45, 72:05, 64:16, 68:55 ****: Mompou, who lived until 1987, was born in Barcelona of a Catalan father and a French mother. His material grandfather operated a bell foundary, and the sounds of the clanging bells had a strong effect on the composer’s later compositions. He studied in Paris and divided his time between Paris and Barcelona during his life. Faure was the composer who influenced Mompou’s wish to be a composer. He wrote primarily piano music and although this collection doesn’t state that it is his complete piano works, other sets of four discs with the similar selections do state that. Both Catalan and Spanish folk elements are strong in Mompou’s piano works but they occupy a special quite modern though tonal harmonic language. The folk elements are not just qouted; in fact one observer compared Mompou’s use of them to creating an imaginary folk style that was more exciting than the original material, which is what Falla often did. Clearly the biggest influence heard in the piano works of Mompou is Erik Satie. […]
Classical CD Reviews – Part 1 of 2
January-February 2005 – Part 1 of 2 [Part 2] JUAN CRISÓSTOMO ARRIAGA (1806-1826): Symphony in D. Overture, Los esclavos felices. Carlos Seixas Sinfonia in B flat. João de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798) Overture, L’amore industrioso. António Leal Moreira (1758-1819) Sinfonia. Marcos Portugal (1762-1830) Overture, Il Duca di Foix – Algarve Orchestra conducted by Álvaro Cassuto – Naxos 8.557207 (58 mins.): The short-lived Arriaga has always exerted a fascination on music lovers, primarily through the occasional recording of his D major symphony, a delightful romp which recalls the sultry Mozart of Figaro’s Barbarina and the high jinks of Bizet’s C major symphony. The other music on this enterprising disc recalls other delights, like Rossini’s overtures and Schubert in his Italian mood. The little overture of Moreira (called a Sinfonia) has an addicting, dopey glee about it, and the presence of clarinets here and there always make for smiles. While Sérgio Azevedo’s liner notes are way too serious for such light hearted music, the recording – especially in the two Arriaga works – presents a lovely open sound stage on which the woodwinds have their way. If there were just a bit more definition and timbral luster, this would be a demonstration […]
Jazz CD Reviews Part 2 of 2
& Pop/Rock January-February 2005 Part 2 of 2 [Pt. 1] Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron – Left Alone Revisited (A Tribute to Billie Holiday) – Shepp, tenor & soprano sax & vocals; Waldron, piano & spoken word – Synergy Music SMCD 80025 *****: This disc was a surprise to me on more than one account. I had thought Waldron died some years ago, but it turns out it was only last year and this session was recorded in Paris in 2002. I had also equated Archie Shepp with the wildest free jazz and expected nothing but ugly honking sounds out of him; I was dead wrong there too. He does have a gruff and often hoarse-sounding approach to the sax, but it never descends to atonal blowing session on this disc. In fact it seems to be the perfect timbre for conjuring up reminders of the often troubled-sounding voice of Billie Holiday, which wasn’t a slick show-biz type voice at all. The ballads on the CD benefit greatly from Shepp’s high-register choked-off soprano sax sound. Waldron was the last pianist to accompany Holiday and he is also the perfect choice for a Holiday tribute album. He was always a chordal […]
Jazz CD Reviews Part 1 of 2
January-February 2005 Part 1 of 2 [Pt. 2] Charles Earland – Funk Fantastique; Prestige PRCD-11030-2 CD, ****: Charles Earland is a talented musician who plays organ, electric piano, percussion, and soprano saxophone (on one cut). This disc is comprised of organ jazz a la Jimmy Smith or John Patton. Sound quality is very good and the vibe of this disc from the very beginning is upbeat and swinging. Just when I was thinking that no one makes records this good anymore I opened the booklet and discovered these tracks were made from 1971-1973. Earland started his professional career as a sax player for Jimmy McGriff at the ripe age of 17. He soon found a newfound joy for the organ and started his own band. In 1968 Lou Donaldson approached him with a copy of Alligator Boogaloo and Charles went on to play on three of Donaldson’s records. He was growing as an artist through the late 60s and in the early 70s made a record called Charles III. Four of the tracks from that record are on Funk Fantastique while there are five others that were previously unreleased. On this disc Earland is joined by several outstanding artists—people like […]
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews, Pt. 3 of 3 (Pop & Classical concluded)
SACD & DVD-A Reviews This Month Jan./Feb. 2005 – Pt. 3 of 3 (Pop & Classical concluded) [Part 1] [Part 2]Click on any cover to go directly to its review below Here are the first two releases we have received in the new DualDisc format – DVD-Audio plus Dolby Digital 5.1 plus various video extras on one side; Standard 44.1 stereo CD on the other side of the same slightly thicker disc: Jane Monheit – Come Dream With Me – Silverline 284139-2 – DualDisc – 53 minutes ***: I reviewed the original DVD-A version of this same disc in the March 2004 issue – I’ll not repeat my same comments, but you can go to the archive index to read the full review if you’d like. Right out of the gate I’ll say this – I think DualDisc is a cheesy gimmick, solely contrived to help prop-up the flailing DVD-A market. I have about 300-plus SACDs in my collection, which I play regularly, and about 20 DVD-As (coincidentally, probably about the same availability ratio), which I virtually never play – because they’re such a freakin’ pain in the butt to play. I just installed a front projector in my […]
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews, Part 2 of 3 – Classical (beg.)
41 SACD & DVD-A Reviews This Month Jan./Feb. 2005 – Part 2 of 3 – Classical (beg.) [Part 1] [Part 3] Click on any cover to go directly to its review below Now the Green Blade Riseth – Stockholm Cathedral Choir / Gustaf Sjokvist, Conductor – Adolf Fredrik Children’s Choir / Gunnel Kyhle, Leader – Johannes Youth Choir / Anders Eby, Conductor – Bengt Berg, Organ – Proprius PRSACD 9093 – Multichannel Hybrid SACD – 65 minutes *****: Proprius Records have gathered much renown over the years for their exceptionally lifelike, natural-sounding and acoustically superb recordings, and a handful have reached almost legendary status among audiophiles. This is especially true of their choral recordings – who could ever forget Cantate Domino, and this disc, Now the Green Blade Riseth, rates very highly with many an audiophile. This superb new SACD transfer should give many out there reason to rejoice! Unlike most choral recordings that are liturgically based (and often resemble a traditional mass), the music on this disc takes more of a folk-mass approach, with organ, guitar and flute accompaniment. The songs here are quite simply, just that – religious songs, and hymns – some that span generations, and many […]
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews,, Pt. 1 of 3 – Hi-Res Jazz
41 & Reviews This Month! January-February 2005, Pt. 1 of 3 – Hi-Res Jazz [Part 2] [Part 3] Click on any cover to go directly to its review below *********MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH********* The Tiptons: Surrounded by Horns – Stockfisch multichannel SACD SFR 357.4034.2, 49:20 *****: For some time I have been urging small labels I knew to record a sax quartet or quintet in multichannel. Now we have it, from a German label and featuring an all-female band from Seattle. This is something of a departure for Stockfish, who specialize in guitar and acoustic recordings and are just beginning to release SACDs. The band, consisting of two alto saxes, a tenor and a baritone sax plus a drum set, was originally founded in l987 with the name Phlegm Fatale. Later they chose the name The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, in honor of the big band musician who died in l989 and only then was discovered to have been not a he but a she! Today the five ladies have shortened their name to just The Tiptons. (They probably got sick of explaining, but will that change since none of them is named Tipton?) The music […]
Index to All 119 Discs Reviewed
Index to All 119 Discs Reviewed for January-February 2005: HI-RES REVIEWS, PT. 1 (Jazz) – The Tiptons Sax Quartet, Art Pepper – Gettin’ Together!, Mulligan Meets Monk, Nat Adderley – Work, This Here Is Bobby Timmons, Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers – Caravan, Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery, Benny Carter – Jazz Giant, Cal Tjader/Stan Getz Sextet HI-RES REVIEWS, PT. 2 (Classical beg.) – Stockholm Cathedral Choir, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Poisoned Kiss (opera), BARBER: Vanessa (opera), MONTEVERDI: Sacred Music Vol. 2 – King’s Consort, RAVEL & DEBUSSY String Quartets – Parkanyi, RACHMANINOFF: Vespers, MOZART: Jupiter Symphony & Flute Concertos, MOZART: Marriage of Figarro highlights, TELEMANN: Tafelmusik – Musica Amphion, BRUCKNER: Mass in d, ROSSINI: Works for Piano Vol. 5 – Giacometti, Lang Lang Live at Carnegie Hall, Marches in Hi-Fi – Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops, Stokowski – Rhapsodies, Philippe Saisse Acoustique Trio – Ready to Go HI-RES REVIEWS, PT. 3 (Classical concl. & Pop/Rock) – Jane Monheit – Come Dream With Me, Geoff Tate, Stockfisch Records Sampler, Led Zeppelin – How West Was Won, BERLIOZ: Sym. fantastique & TCH: Nutcracker Suite – Cleveland Orch./Maazel, Shakespeare in Song – Phoenix Bach Choir, Songs by STRAUSS, WALTER, MARX – Emma Bell, HAYDN: 3 […]
Home Page-January/February 2005
Our eighth Hi-Res Drawing features DVD-As from AIX Records. A dozen lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who Register Here (or have registered earlier) will receive their choice of one of the 3 above DVD-A & V discs: The Latin Jazz Trio of Conte & Garfield, Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony & Respighi’s Pines of Rome, or the two founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Drawings will be made March 1, we’ll announce the winners shortly thereafter, and we won’t sell or share your information. Check back with us frequently for new reviews & news! January/February 2005 Contents New Jazz & Rock Reviews! New Audio News! Report on Consumer Electronics Show! 41 SACD, DVD-A & xrcd Hi-Res Reviews (Pt. 1 – Jazz, Pt. 2 & Pt. 3 – Classical & Pop) Jazz Reviews (Pt. 1, Pt. 2) 17 new jazz & rock reviews! 22 Classical CD Reviews (Pt. 1, Pt. 2) 29 DVD Video Reviews (Pt. 1 – All Music Videos, Pt. 2, Pt. 3) Components: Roan Audio Seven Speaker; Consonance M-500S Tube Monoblock Amp; radioSHARK Computer FM-AM & Timeshifter 15 Classical Reissue Reviews (Pt. 1, Pt. 2) Features of the Month: 2004 Best Discs of the Year List (New!); Classical […]
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