Monthly Archive: August 2006
Tania Maria (vocals) – Intimidade (with Mark Bertaux, Thierry Fanfant & Eddie Gomez, bass; Luiz Augusto Cavani & Fabien Haimovici, drums; Mestre Carneiro & Julio Goncalves, percussion) – Blue Note
A less firey, more intimate Brazilian chanteuse this time around
HOLST: The Planets, Op. 32; Marching Song, Op. 22, No. 2; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor – London Symphony Orchestra/ Gustav Holst/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Ralph Vaughan Williams – Naxos Historical
Amazing restorations by Mark Obert-Thorn from 1926
Bruce Jackson Trio – Don’t Sleep On Your Dreams – Southpaw Productions
Three jazzmen with great telepathy and great sonics
Maximiliano Martin, clarinet – “Fantasia” = LUTOSLAWSKI: Dance Preludes; DEBUSSY: Premiere Rhapsodie; POULENC: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; NIELSEN: Fantasy; MORENO: Capricho Pintoresco; Estudio Melodico; ROMERO Y ANDIA: Fantasia – Linn
Exceptional clarinetist, excellent program, hi-res surround
Yamaha YSP-1000 Digital Sound Projector Speaker System
A really successful one-box surround speaker system
Uchida Plays and Conducts = MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
One of our finest Mozart interpreters, in an intimate concerto concert in the Mozarteum, Salzburg
Harry Connick, Jr. & Branford Marsalis – A Duo Occasion (2005)
Shot with hi-def, widescreen, Dolby 5.1 – a gas of a concert!
SKROWACZEWSKI: Concerto Nicolo’ for piano left hand and orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra – Gary Graffman, piano/ Minnesota Orchestra/ Stanislaw Skrowaczewaki – Reference Recordings
Sumptuous recordings of two compositions from the former conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra
MOZART: Sacred Arias – Sandrine Piau, soprano (2003)
A delicious Mozartian treat!
BRAHMS: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in e minor; Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F Major; Six Pieces for solo piano – Op.118 – David Finckel, cello/ Wu Han, piano – Artist Led
Brahms’ brand of beautiful lyricism and Romantic passion
RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead; Symphonic Dances – London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Jurowski – LPO
Isle dances but Dances a bit dead
Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach (2005)
Footstompers are not confined to trad jazz bands it appears
SCHUBERT: Symphonies No. 8 “Unfinished” and No. 9 “The Great” – TDK
Günter Wand takes a break from Bruckner for these enlightening Schubert widescreen videos
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, “Romantic;” BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 – NDR Symphony Orchestra/ Günter Wand cond. (1990)
The Wand Bruckner series of videos continues
MOUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on Bald Mountain – The London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Malcolm Sargent – Everest 35mm mag film recording reissued as Classic Records 3-channel
Wow…(not Wow!)
Audio News for August 8, 2006
Flurry of SACD Activity!; MovieBeam Provides Instant Movies Without a Computer
HAYDN: Symphony No. 7 in C Major “Le Midi”; Symphony No. 83 in G Minor “La Poule”; Symphony No. 86 in D Major “Miracle” – Philharmonia Virtuosi/ Richard Kapp – ESSAY
An “in memoriam” release honors the work of conductor Kapp, whose label Essay was
What the Bleep!? / Down the Rabbit Hole, Quantum Edition (2006)
A mind-bending exploration of the connections between advanced science and spirituality
Moonlight Sonata (1937)
1937 Hollywood effort built around the great pianist Paderewski
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor; Vocalise – St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov – RCA Red Seal RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor; Caprice bohemien Op. 12 – Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra/ Arnold Kats – Audite
Battle of the Rocky Seconds on SACD
Shure E500PTH In-Earphones
Improved fidelity over predecessors due to triple drivers in each ear
The Lost City (2005)
The Cuban revolution tears apart a wealthy Havana family
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
