Monthly Archive: March 2006
Relaxin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet – Rudy Van Gelder Remasters – Prestige
Newly remastered CD version of the 1956 Miles masterpiece
John Coltrane – Lush Life – Rudy Van Gelder Remasters – Prestige
Newly remastered CD version of the first session with Coltrane as leader
GLENN KOTCHE , percussionist – Mobile – Nonesuch
A rock drummer’s creative classical/avant percussion pieces
VIVALDI: Virtuoso cantatas – Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor/ Ensemble Artaserse – EMI/Virgin Classics
Superb high-register artistry without the histrionics
ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61; Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42: Funeral March – Yehudi Menuhin, violin/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/ BBC Symphony Orchestra (Op. 47)/ Sir Adrian Boult – BBC Legends
Elgar recordings from 1965 and 1975 featuring Menuhin in the Violin Concerto
CHOPIN: 14 Waltzes; Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49 – Alfred Cortot, piano – Naxos
Chopin with flair, style and some missed notes in the lengendary pianist’s recordings from 1934-1949
Arturo Toscanini: The Television Concerts – 1948-52, Volume Two
Audio quality is better than visuals on the old kinescopes, yet it is an opportunity to see the great maestro in action
MOZART: Great Piano Concertos, Vol. IV
More Mozart concerto videos for the Mozart Anniversary Year
Audio News for March 9, 2006
Classical Bytes Try to Get Non-Classical Listeners to Bite; Surround Without Surround?; Maintenance Tips; MTV Launches HD Channel with DD 5.1; Apple Joins Blu-ray Association
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic” – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/ Franz Konwitschny – Preiser
Moravian conductor has a natural affinity for Bruckner
Network (1976)
Amazingly prophetic satire of TV news made 30 years ago
Virgil Fox Encores = BACH: Fugue in G Minor “Little;” Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring; Trio Sonata; Now Thank We All; Air on the G String; HANDEL: Concerto No. 4: Allegro; Concerto No. 1: Aria; MULET: Thou Are the Rock – Virgil Fox, organ – RCA Living Stereo
Fox’s encore program on the Riverside Church Aeolian-Skinner organ
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A “Italian;” Symphony No. 5 in D “Reformation;” Scherzo from Octet in E Flat – Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Munch – RCA Red Seal Living Stereo
More three-channel masterpieces from RCA, BSO & CM
CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor; Sonata No. 3 in B Minor; Variations Brillantes Op. 12; Barcarolle in F Sharp Major – Artur Pizarro, piano – Linn Records
Wide dynamic range and rich sonics distinguish Linn’s reproduction of the Blüthner piano
Why is Classical Music Undervalued by Younger Generations?
Article by David Chesky of Chesky Records
The Running Springs Jaco AC Power Conditioner
Not just another power conditioner
BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor; Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99; SUK: Ballade in D Minor; Serenade in A Major; DVORAK: Waldesruhe; Rondo in G Minor – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Stephen Hough, p. – Hyperion
Throughly idiomatic Brahms sonatas, played with tenderness and fury
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (ed. Nowak) – USSR State Symphony Orchestra/ Evgeny Svetlanov – Scribendum
The Russian approach to Bruckner, stressing mass and sonic breadth
ANTONIO ROSETTI, “Bohemian Mutineer” = Symphony in D Major; Symphony in G Minor; Concerto for Horn in D Minor; Concerto for Violin in D Minor – Pratum Integrum Orchestra – Caro Mitis
An 18th-century composer of originality and a developed sense of musical humor
COPLAND: Billy the Kid Suite; Billy the Kid Waltz; Rodeo: Suite; FERDE GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite – Morton Gould and His Orchestra – RCA Red Seal Living Stereo
The musical ground for the orchestral sound of “Americana”
Red Garland Trio at the Prelude – Prestige/Concord
An important reissue for Red Garland completists
Tony Monaco – East to West – Chicken Coop Records
Another Hammond B3 player continues the tradition
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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