Monthly Archive: March 2006
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100; SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105; FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major – Rudens Turku, violin/ Milana Chernyavska, piano – Avie
Passionate performances in excellent surround sonics of three important Romantic violin sonatas
Carnegie Hall (1947)
Cornball collage of concert clips featuring classical celebrities of the mid-40s
ROSSINI: Der Barbier von Sevilla–Complete Opera (1959)
In German, with top vocal talents Hermann Prey, Fritz Wunderlich, Hans Hotter
Audio News for March 23, 2006
Digimarc Supports Peer-to-Peer Industry With Digital Watermarking; DTS Demonstrates Hi-Def Video with 7.1 Discrete Hi-Res Audio; Tape Players for the Blind Thrive
C.P.E. BACH: Suite in E Minor H.66; HUGO DISTLER: Variations on Scheidt’s “Ei du feiner Reiter” from Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings; J.S. BACH: Two-Harpsichord Concerto BWV1061a – Anne Galowich & Jos van Immerseel, harpsichords – Turtle
Top-flight performance and recording of three connected works: one solo, one dual keyboards, and one with chamber orchestra
WILLIAM WALTON: Christopher Columbus – A Musical Journey; Hamlet and Ophelia – Poem for Orchestra – Julian & Jamie Glover, speakers/ BBC Nat. Chorus of Wales/ BBC Nat. Orchestra of Wales/ Richard Hickox – Chandos
Hi-res and spatial re-do of a 1942 BBC radio production which honored Columbus’ alleged discovery
HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat Major; Piano Sonata No. 33 in C Minor; BRAHMS: Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119; SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 – Rudolf Firkusny, piano – BBC Legends
A 1969 recital by the great Czech pianist in otherwise unrecorded repertory
DVORAK: Slavonic Dances & Documentary: Vaclav Talich – Confidence and Humility
An in-depth video remembrance of the great Czech conductor
CORELLI: Violin Sonatas Op. 5 – Stefano Montanari, v.; Accademia Bizantina/ Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord & conductor – Arts Music
The most important and well-known violin sonatas of the 18th century, performed with an enlarged continuo section
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Fine acting distingishes this independent film on the challenges brought upon children by divorce
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major – Vienna Symphony/ Yakov Kreizberg – PentaTone
Magnificient live massed sound of a great orchestra in a superb hall
Dan Cray Trio – ” Save Us ! ” – BluJazz
Top-drawer Chicago-based piano trio
SCHUBERT: Rondeau Brillante in B Minor; POULENC: Violin Sonata; BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor; encores: Midnight Bells (HEUBERGER, arr. KREISLER); BACH: E Major Sonata: Finale – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin/ Anne-Marie McDermott, p. – NSS
Passionate playing as usual from the intensely emotional violinist
Bassoon Extravaganza = Milan Turkovic plays BACH, TELEMANN, MOZART, WEBER, CHABRIER, KREUTZER, SAINT-SAËNS, VILLA-LOBOS, REINER BISCHOF and ROLAND BATIK – Milan Turkovic, with var. soloists & Vienna Phil. Quartet – Camerata
A great musical feast of wine, fragrant mushrooms and bassoons!
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major – Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano/ Vienna Symphony Orchestra/ Otto Klemperer – Testament
Klemperer pursues his passionate personal concept of the Fourth in this 1955 recording
Arturo Toscanini, The Television Concerts 1948-52, Volume Five
The final volume of the NBC-TV kinescopes presents works of Franck, Debussy, Beethoven and Respighi
Two Men In Town (1973)
A story of loss and tragedy as a kindly educator tries to aid a former convict in making a new life
Big Deal On Madonna Street, 20 Years Later (1985)
Mastroianni vehicle encoring the original heist film of 25 years earlier
Four Brothers (2005)
A drama of revenge and brotherhood in Detroit
BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge for String Orchestra; KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN: Concerto funèbre for Solo Violin and String Orchestra; BARTOK: Divertimento for String Orchestra – Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/ Gordan Nikolic – PentaTone
Three works for strings composed under the threat of WWII
Arturo Toscanini conducts The NBC Symphony: The Television Concerts–1948-52, Volume Four
Brilliant performances of Wagner and Brahms from the Maestro via 1951 NBC-TV kinescopes
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 – Bavarian State Orchestra/ Carlos Kleiber – Orfeo D’Or
Short, but live, in surround and an exciting interpretation on a par with Toscanini and Beecham.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
