Monthly Archive: July 2005
“Bouncing with Bud & Phil” – Live at Yoshi’s (Bud Shank & Phil Woods, alto saxes; Mike Wofford, piano; Bob Magnusson, bass; Bill Goodwin, drums) – Capri Records
Senior saxes pair up for a friendly alto altercation
BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Major; MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major “Turkish”; BRAHMS: 4 Hungarian Dances; VITALI: Chaconne in G Minor – David Oistrakh, violin/Lev Oborin, piano/Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, cello – Archipel
Worthwhile restorations of Soviet mono recordings from around 1950
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major – Champs-Elysées Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe – Harmonia mundi
5.0 surrounds brings out Bruckner’s subtleties in this period instruments version
MOZART: Symphonies 39-41 – NDR Sinfonie- Orchester conducted by Günter Wand – RCA
Strongly recommended recordings from 1990-94
DVORAK: The Symphonies – Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Otmar Suitner – Berlin Classics
All the Dvorak Symphonies in somewhat Germanic interpretations of the Czech classics and at a special price
BEETHOVEN: The Nine Symphonies – Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig/Kurt Masur – Pentatone SACD set
MULTICHANNEL DISC SET OF THE MONTH!
An excellent Beethoven set of the 70s now finally available in 4.0 surround sound form
Frasier – The Complete Fifth Season
Another 500+ minutes of the memorable TV series
Bolivian Baroque = Baroque music from missions of the Chiquitos and Moxos Indians – Florilegium and Bolivian soloists – Channel Classics SACD + DVD
Fascinating music from the early 1700s recently discovered in the Bolivian jungle
Tous les matins du monde: Music from the film featuring works by Marais, Sainte Colombe, Couperin and Lully – Jordi Savall – Alia Vox
Hi-Res surround re-mix of the soundtrack from the French film about viol virtuoso St. Columbe
TAVENER: The Veil of the Temple – The Choir of the Temple Church, Patricia Rozario, Soprano / The Holst Singers / The English Chamber Orchestra Brass, Stephen Layton/various other instrumentalists – RCA Red Seal
A lengthy and massive mix of many different traditions of liturgical music, choral and instrumental
NIELSEN: Maskarade (complete opera) – The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir with vocal soloists/John Frandsen, Conductor – DaCapo
5.1 surround re-mix of a 1979 Grammy nominee recording
FRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI: Sonata No. 1; Sonata No. 5; Sonata No. 1; Sonata No. 6 – John Holloway, violin – ECM
One of the greatest violinist-composers in musical history, who patterned his works after Corelli
LISZT & ENESCO Rhapsodie – London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati – Mercury 3-channel SACD
High-voltage versions of the six Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies in deep soundstaging 3-channel sonics
The Great Transcriptions – WEISS: Suite of 8 Dances; REINCKEN-J.S. BACH: Sonata in A Minor BWV 965; GEMINIANI: Pieces de Clavecin – Olga Martynova, harpsichord – Caro Mitis SACD
Transcriptions for harpsichord – often by the composers themselves – of their chamber and orchestral works
WEBER: Overtures (Euryanthe, Ruler of the Spirits, Abu Hassan, Jubel, Der Freischütz, Preciosa, Oberon) – Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch – EMI Classics
Brilliant and dynamic overture recordings from 1958
BOHEMIAN SERENADE: Music by Smetana, Krommer & Triebensee – Wind Soloists of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with Silke Avenhaus, piano – Berlin Classics
Great woodwind sounds, well-recorded and of venturesome repertory
BACH: The Keyboard Concertos – Angela Hewitt, piano, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra directed from the violin by Richard Tognetti – Hyperion
A standard of excellence for modern piano/orchestral performances of the Bach concertos, plus the Brandenburg No. 5 & Triple Concerto
NINO ROTA: Orchestral Suite “La Strada;” Concerto Soirée for piano and orchestra; Dances for the film “The Leopard” – Benedetto Lupo, piano/ Orchestra of the City of Granada/Josep Pons – Harmonia mundi HMC
A must-have for any Fellini/Rota fan – two delightful suites plus a piano concerto and an 84-page illustrated booklet
IANNIS XENAKIS: Works for Percussion – CD + Video DVD – Zig Zag
Interesting combo of CD plus videos of some of the works being performed and interview with the performer and the recording engineer
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F Major; Symphony No. 9 in D Minor “Choral” – Heather Harper, soprano/ Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano/ Ronald Dowd, tenor/Franz Crass, bass/ New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/George Szell – BBC Legends
The fiery Hungarian conductor in a double-CD Beethoven concert from l968
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major – Vienna Philharmonic/Dimitri Mitropoulos – Orfeo D’Or
1954 recordings from the peerless podium authority
HINDEMITH: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11, No. 4; BRAHMS: Trio for Horn Violin, and Piano; SHOSTAKOVICH: Quintet for Piano and Strings in G Minor – Artur Balsam, piano/Boris Kroyt, viola/John Barrows, horn/Jac Gorodetzky, violin/Budapest Q. – Bridge
More rare Library of Congress performances, 1951 to 1966
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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