Monthly Archive: July 2006
WIENIAWSKI: Allegro de Sonate; Romance sans paroles et Rondo elegant; Fantasie orientale; Adagio elegiaque; Polonaise brillante, Op. 4; Grand duo polonais – Piotr Janowski, violin/ Wolfgang Plagge, piano – 2L
World premier recordings of two of these violin showpieces
BARTOK: Sonata; Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite; Out of Doors Suite; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion – Murray Perahia, piano/ Sir Georg Solti, piano/ David Corkhilll and Evelyn Glennie, percussion – Sony ClassicalSony Classical G
Bartok recordings made over about 15 years by Perahia
HERBIE HANCOCK = The Essential Herbie Hancock – Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Ron Carter, Mike Clark, et al. – Columbia/ Legacy
Both stunning cuts and clunkers in this 2-disc set
The Art of Constant Lambert = BLISS: Miracle in the Gorbals; GORDON: The Rake’s Progress; LAMBERT: Music for Orchestra; WALTON: Façade – excerpts – Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden/ British Ballet Orchestra/ Philharmonia Orch. – Dutton
Material originally recorded on 78s in the 1940s, with two tracks of conductor/composer Lambert speaking on ballet and other composers
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor – Beatrice Krebs, contralto/ The Westminster Choir/ New York Philharmonic/ Dimitri Mitropoulos – Archipel
“To date, the best Mahler I have heard in 2006.”
Audio News for July 7, 2006
Cassettes Anyone?; Chip to Improve Car and Home Audio; Home Automation Taps the Home Entertainment Market
Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group – Live in Seattle – Origin
Locke & Keezer Set Off Sparks in Seattle Live Recording
Chris Walden Big Band – No Bounds – Origin
Another Winner From Flugelhornist/Composer/Leader Walden
John Pizzarelli, vocals & guitar – Dear Mr. Sinatra (with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) – Telarc Jazz
Pizzarelli’s tribute to Sinatra, but not an imitation
Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis (solo piano) – Palmetto Records
One of the finest modern jazz pianists of today going solo
David Bixler – Call It a Good Deal – Zoho
Bixler Shares the Limelight
Keith Oxman – Dues in Progress – Capri Records
A New Tenor Player to Add to Your List
The Bud Shank Big Band – Taking the Long Way Home (Recorded Live at the LAX 4 Points Sheraton 5/28/05) – Jazzed Media
Long Live Bud Shank
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26; Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10; Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14; Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 – Gary Graffman, piano/ Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell – Sony Classical
Bravura performances from 1962 and 1966
Shura Cherkassky Recital = RAMEAU: Gavotte in A Minor with 6 Doubles; BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8 in C Minor; MENDELSSOHN: Fantasia in F Sharp Minor; CHOPIN: Nocturne in F Minor; Scherzo in B-flat; also SCRIABIN, LISZT, TCHAIKOVSKY – BBC Legends
1974 recordings by the ever-mercurial pianistic genius
Buck Hill – Relax – Severn
The Return of Buck Hill
“Battalia!” – Baroque Battle Music for Trumpet Consort – Works by FANTINI, SUSATO, PRAETORIUS, ATTAIGNANT, BENDINELLI, GASTOLDI & GARSI – Tibicines/ Igino Conforzi – Arts
A “Telarc 1812 Overture With Cannons” for early music aficionados
Jennifer Koh: Portraits = SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35; MARTINU: Violin Concerto No. 2; BARTOK: Two Portraits, Op. 5 – Jennifer Koh, violin/ Grant Park Orchestra/ Carlos Kalmar – Cedille
A fervent reading of the Szymanowski concerto
MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D; Flute Concerto No. 1 in G; Bassoon Concerto in B flat; Oboe Concerto in C – Jacob Slagter, horn/Emily Beynon, flute/ Gustavo Nunez, bassoon/ Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe/ Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra – PentaTone
All first-chair players in the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Organ works of BACH & LISZT – Daniel Chorzempa, organ – PentaTone
Another of the excellent four-channel recordings made in the early 70s by Philips
Donkey Skin (1969)
Jacques Demy musical based on a French fairytale
The Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project – “Fallen Angel” (Bob Sneider, guitar; Joe Locke, vibes; Paul Hofmann, piano; John Sneider, trumpet; Grant Stewart, tenor sax; Phil Flanigan, bass; Mike Melito, drums) – Sons of Sound
This CD makes connections between the worlds of film noir and jazz
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
