Monthly Archive: August 2006
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”; BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor; BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A Minor – Nathan Milstein, violin/ Artur Balsam, piano (Beethoven)/ Vladimir Horowitz, piano/ Gregor Piatagorsky/Reiner – Naxos
Restoration genius Mark Obert-Thorn revives more classics
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphonies Nos. 1 in E flat & 2 in A minor – Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt/ Eliahu Inbal – PentaTone
A different symphonic Saint-Saëns, before the Organ Symphony
Pink Floyd – P U L S E (1994)
First filmed performance of Dark Side of the Moon
ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61; CHAUSSON: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra – Philippe Graffin, violin/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vernon Handley – Avie
A fresh view of the popular (at least in the UK) concerto
Dave Glasser, alto sax – Above the Clouds (with Larry Ham, piano; Dennis Irwin, bass; Carl Allen, drums) – Arbors Jazz
Absolutely gorgeous sax timbre
Leonard Bernstein conducts MOZART: Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate (1990)
Recorded in the final year of the conductor-composer
ZVOX Mini Single-Cabinet Audio System
Versatile mini audio system works with any source
GABRIELA MONTERO: BACH AND BEYOND – Gabriela Montero, piano – EMI Classics
Beautifully jazzed-up Bach on the piano!
MOZART: Overtures to The Magic Flute and The Impresario. Ballet music from Les Petits Riens. Divertimento K. 136. A Little Night Music, K.525. Adagio from the Wind Serenade, K. 361 – Concerto Köln conducted by Anton Steck – Archiv
Let the Mozart Year officially begin! Again.
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, directed by Slide Hampton with special guest Roy Hargrove – Dizzy’s Business – Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
Great new interpreters of Dizzy’s music, post-Dizzy
Dizzy Gillespie – Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; J.C. Heard, drums; Ray Brown, bass; et al. – Bluebird/Legacy
Pioneering bebop from the mid-1940s
Audio News for August 29, 2006
U.S. Housing Slump Affecting Asian Stocks; European Electronics Editorial Group Honors LG Electronics; Digital Deck Launches in CompUSA Stores; Home Entertainment Server with 1.2 Terabyte Capacity
BRITTEN: Young Apollo for piano & string orchestra; MILHAUD: Le Carnaval d’Aix; FINZI: Eclogue; RICHARD STRAUSS: Orchestral Suite from “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” – Joshua Pierce, piano/ Slovak State Ch. Orch. Zilina – Kleos Classics
A creative program of music for piano and orchestra
HANDEL: Suites from Water Music and Royal Fireworks Music – RCA Victor Symphony/ Leopold Stokowski – HDTT
Classic Stoky performances from RCA Living Stereo originals
KURT WEILL: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Quodlibet – German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen/ Anthony Beaumont – Chandos
Symphonies in two entirely different styles – one atonal, one tonal
Unrivaled Legendary Artists in Rare Film Footage with Sound
includes Josef Hofmann, Felix Weingartner, Bruno Walter, Art Tatum, Emanuel Feuermann, George Gershwin
Music and Songs by The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin 5.1 – Warner Bros DVD-A + CD
Up to their usual creative surround sound displays
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor “Organ Symphony;” GUILMANT: Marche; VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster; WIDOR: Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 6 – Philippe Bélanger, organ/ Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montreal/Yannick Nezet-Seguin
A good sampling of works from the French organ school
Seven Samurai (1954)
3-DVD Criterion package with many hours of extras and two different English audio tracks with film scholars’ comments
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor “Funeral March”; Waltz in A-flat Major; Impromptu No. 4 in C Sharp Minor “Fantasie-Impromptu”; Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat Minor; Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor – Oxana Yablonskaya, p. – Connoiseur Society
A sort of Russian Gina Bachauer, with a big technique
Jason Moran – Artist in Residence – Blue Note
Cutting-edge art-jazz involving sampled voices and sound effects
JC Hopkins Biggish Band – Underneath a Brooklyn Moon – Tigerlily Records!
Infectiously good, authentic big band sounds with jazz vocals create a rich sonic stew
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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