Monthly Archive: September 2006
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 – Arthur Grumiaux, violin/ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Sir Colin Davis/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Heinz Walberg (Bruch) – PentaTone RQR Series
The violinist demonstrates “a calm flamboyance” in these early 1970s quad recordings
Voices of Brass = incl. ORFF: Carmina Burana selections – Washington Sym. Brass – MSR Classics ORFF: Carmina Burana; Works of BIRD & REED – Peabody Conservatory Winds – Naxos
Battle of the Instrumental Carmina Buranas
Kinky Boots (2006)
in the Full Monty British tradition
Audio News for September 6, 2006
MP3/AAC Battle Coming; Naxos and eMusic Launch MPkey Downloadable Classical Collections; Rough Draft Page of Beethoven’s Ninth Sells for $2 Million
Three Moody Blues Multichannel SACDs
One offers good surround, the stereo mix is better on the other two
Mike LeDonne, Hammond B-3 organ – On Fire, Live at Smoke, NYC – Savant
Hot Times at Smoke
Frank Morgan, Alto Sax – Reflections – High Note
An Alto Master Reflects – 20 Years Into His Comeback
Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band – Maximum Firepower – Savant
Carrying on the Torch
The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project, featuring Brian Lynch, trumpet & Eddie Palmieri, piano – Simpatico – Artist Share
The Best of Latin/Jazz Fusion
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major; BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84a; Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 Halle Orchestra/ Sir John Barbirolli – BBC Legends
The Bruckner 7th was one of the conductor’s favorites
CÉSAR FRANCK Complete Organ Works in Three Volumes – Audite
First recorded collection of all the organ works by the founder of the organ symphony
Houston Person, tenor sax & Bill Charlap, piano – You Taught My Heart To Sing – High Note
This is Class Personified
LUKAS FOSS: Songs of Anguish; Elegy for Anne Frank; Lammdeni; Adon Olam; ROBERT BEASER: The Heavenly Feast – (various performers) – Milken Archive Series
A variety of works with a Jewish perspective from two American composers
Masters of the Oboe = Heinz Holliger, Hansjörg Schellenberger, John Mack, Lothar Koch, Celia Nicklin, Neil Black, Ray Still, and Ralph Gomberg, with various instrumentalists, orchestras and conductors – DGG
You can’t beat an oboe for an audiophile reality check!
BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A Minor; BLOCH: Schelomo -Hebraic Rhapsody; TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations – Leslie Parnas, cello/ Yehudi Menuhin, violin/ Casals Festival Orchestra/ Pablo Casals, conductor/ North German Radio Orchestra/ Antal Dorati – Doremi
Featuring an under-rated American cellist
Metheny/Mehldau – Nonesuch B000GQLAZW, 66:00 **** [Release Date: Sept. 12]:
Original tunes by both performers for guitar and piano
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 – Lucerne Festival Orchestra/ Claudio Abbado (2005)
Four stars for performance, video & surround audio
HANDEL: An Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day; Cecilia, Volgi un sguardo (cantata) – Carolyn Sampson, James Gilchrist, the Choirs of The King’s Consort/ The King’s Consort conducted by Robert King – Hyperion
King’s fine Handel benefits from SACD treatment
Winds of Brazil (Um sopro de brasil) – Mauro Rodrigues, Joatan Nascimento, Mauricio Einhorn, Paulo Moura, Lea Freire, Mane Silveria, Altamiro Carrilho, Vittor Santos, Teco Cardoso, Paul Moura, Vinicius Dorin – Adventure Music
A brilliant survey of wind and brass music in Brazil
This Island Earth (1954)
These aliens are not all evil
LISZT: Mazeppa (acoustic); BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”; LISZT: Mazeppa (electrical) – Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Liszt electrical)/ Oskar Fried, conductor – Music & Arts
A pre-electrical but galvanic recording of Mazeppa
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 – Artur Rubinstein, piano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ English Chamber Orchestra (Mozart)/ Sir Colin Davis – BBC Legends
An even broader canvas than the Living Stereo recording of the Brahms
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
