Monthly Archive: October 2005
Colin Hay – Going Somewhere; Compass Records
Hay was lead vocalist from Men At Work
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (Haas version) – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink – RCO Live
Fine live performance led by the orchestra’s conductor laureate
ANTON RUBINSTEIN: Cello Sonatas No. 1 in D & No. 2 in G; Three Pieces Op. 11 No. 2 for piano and cello – Michael Kanka, cello/Jaromir Klepac, piano – Praga Digitals
First collection of all of Rubinstein’s works for cello & piano
The Longest Yard (Widescreen Collector’s Edition) (2005)
Adam Sandler stars in remake of 1974 film
The Boston Praise Collective – From Exile to Exaltation (Choral Ensemble with instrumental accompaniment) – Dissonance Resolved Records
Most effective use of surround in a choral album
Paul Paray, The Concert Hall Recordings = LISZT: Mephisto Waltz; Les Preludes; Mazeppa; SAINT-SAENS: Dance Macabre; Le Rouet d’Omphale; DUKAS: The Sorceror’s Apprentice; BIZET: Carmen Suite; RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso; La Valse – Paul Paray – Scribendum
Paray made the Detroit Symphony America’s “First French Orchestra.”
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485; 17 German Dances; J. STRAUSS, JR.: Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354; Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325; On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314 – Vienna Symphony Orchestra/ Rudolf Moralt – Preiser
The echt Viennese touch from this less-well-known but eminently worthy conductor
Sonny Rollins – “Without a Song” The 9/11 Concert – (Rollins, tenor sax; Clifton Anderson, trombone; Stephen Scott, piano & kalimba; Bob Cranshaw, electric bass; Perry Wilson, drums; Kimati Dinizulu, percussion) – Milestone
Momentous live concert given by Rollins in Boston just a few days following 9/11
Jim Self, jazz tuba & fluba – “Inner Play” (with Gary Foster, sax; Peter Christlieb; sax; Dan Higgins, alto; Terry Trotter/Tom Ranier, piano; Tom Warrington/Dave Carpenter/ Ken Wild, drums; Jay Rosen Strings) – Basset Hound Records
No. 1 tuba/fluba virtuoso with lots of studio friends and some great arrangements
Heinrich Christensen plays the C.B. Fisk Organ at King’s Chapel, Boston = BRUHMNS: Praeludium; BACH: Sonata in C, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor “Dorian;” PINKHAM: A Flourish, a Vision and Commandment; MADSEN: Chorale Preludes; LAUKVIK: Suite – Arsis Audio
The instrument is the star in this interesting surround program
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39; Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 – Symphony Orchestra and NBC Symphony Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Cala
Magnificent early 1950s performances with the Stokowski touch
VIVALDI: Five Violin Concertos = Concerto in C, RV 187; Concerto in D, RV 234 “L’Inquietude;” Concerto in B Minor for 4 Violins and Cello; Concerto in D “Il Grosso Mogul;” Concerto in E Minor “Il Favorito” – Viktoria Mullova, violin/ens. – Onyx
Fine soloist in exciting Vivaldi collection from new classical label Onyx
DEBUSSY: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune; La Mer; La Boite a joujoux (orch. Caplet); 3 Preludes (orch. Matthews) – Berlin Philharmonic/ Sir Simon Rattle – EMI Classics
Fine La Mer plus other Debussy gems in top sonics
“Hi-Fi Fiedler” – Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler – RCA Red Seal
Originally put together to demo the new stereo format, we can now hear this as originally recorded, with a center channel and high resolution
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera) – Nina Stemme, Placido Domingo, Mihoko Fujimura, Olaf Bär, René Pape, Ian Bostridge, Jared Holt; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/ Antonio Pappano – EMI Classics
Combo of the opera on 3 CDs plus a DVD with the opera in DTS 5.1 surround and the libretto scrolling in sync on the screen
Audio News for October 4, 2005
Protect Right to Record in Your Home; AES NY Convention Opens Friday; Sony Slashes 10,000 Jobs; Disney Backs Digital Movie Screens; Keeping Analog Tape Around
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
An intriguing documentary on the controversial x-rate film and its impact on society
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 – London Symphony Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich – LSO Live
Sorrow on an epic scale is the focus of this “war symphony”
Paradigm Cinema™ 110 CT 5.1 Speaker System
Impressive complete 5.1 speaker system for under $1000
PentaTone – A Success Story in a Period of Depression
The story of the first three years of one of the leading classical SACD labels
Editorial for October 2005
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Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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