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Monthly Archive: January 2007

Best of the Year Discs for 2006

by | Jan 1, 2007 | Best of the Year

Classical/Hi-Res/Reissues/Jazz/Pop/DualDiscs ALBENIZ-FRÜHBECK DE BERGOS: Suite Española – New Philharmonia/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos – Decca/First Impression Music xrcd24 FIM XR24 068 “Angel Dances” – The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, with guests Jocelyn B. Smith, Markus Stockhausen & Members of the Berlin Radio Choir – EMI Classics 94635 70302 3 Marta Argerich and Friends: Live from Lugano Festival 2005 – EMI Classics 0946 3 58472 2 CPE BACH: Symphonies 1-4, Cello Concerto in A – Alison McGillivray, cello. The English Concert conducted by Andrew Manze – Harmonia Mundi HMU 807405 Adolf Busch plays BACH – 2-CD IDIS 6490/91 (Distrib. Qualiton) BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; GIDEON KLEIN: Partita for Strings; MARTINU: Memorial to Lidice – The Philadelphia Orchestra/ Christopher Eschenbach – Ondine Multichannel SACD  ODE 1072 La Flute de Pan Baroque / The Baroque Panpipe – Simion Stanciu, panpipes – Works of CIMAROSA, VIVALDI, MARCELLO, ALBINONI, BACH, MOZART, TELEMANN, STAMITZ, BARTOK, BACH, HANDEL, SARASATE, VERACINI, BOCCHERINI & STANCIU – Cascavelle REF VEL 3086 (2 CDs + video DVD) BEETHOVEN: Complete Works for Cello and Piano – Pierre Fournier, cello/Friedrich Gulda, piano – 2-CD DGG 00289 477 6266 (Distrib. Universal) BEETHOVEN: Piano Trios Op. 1 and Op. 97 Daniel Barenboim, piano […]

Editorial for January 2007

by | Jan 1, 2007 | Editorial

Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 Our monthly drawing for January 2007 is a new high-grade multichannel power preamp/amp from Dussun, which we will also review this month. The D9 has five 130w amps on one chassis and weighs in at over 70 lbs. It is designed for AV enthusiasts who care for the highest quality sound in music playback as well as video, and is especially suitable for SACD and DVD-A. The D9 operates completely in the analog domain for both audio and video, without 5.1 decoders or HDMI, thereby ensuring highest quality music playback. It has the usual audio and video inputs and outputs, including component video, and retails for $1300. On Feb. 1 we will draw the name of the lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION reader who has Registered Here on our site and ship the D9 amp to him or her.   The winner of the Complete Works of Mozart Boxed Set of CDs from Brilliant Classics – last month’s drawing – is Steve Neu of Green Bay, WI. Congratulations! Register Here for the Current Drawing    Guest Editorial – Audite Stays with the SACD Format Ludger Böckenhoff of Audite remains firmly convinced by the SACD. After years of being […]