Monthly Archive: May 2007
Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World – Rounder
I think Peyroux is the most exciting vocalist on recordings at the moment.
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; Miroirs suite; Jeux d’eau – Tzimon Barto, piano – Ondine
What an amazingly fresh take on Ravel’s piano music!
The Bad Plus – Prog – Heads Up
The main problem is that all three players seem to be constantly struggling to get a bigger and louder sound
La Balteuband – Argentine Jazz – Not Yet Records
An interesting mix of ethnic and jazz music, with much in common with the emerging genre of flamenco jazz.
CHARPENTIER: Mass for Eight Voices and Flutes, H. 3; Te Deum for Eight Voices with Flutes and Violins, H. 145 – Le Concert Spirituel/ Herve Niquet, conductor – Glossa
Gallic choral music at its finest, though a little neutral on emotion
HEINRICH KAMINSKI: Choral Music –Orpheus Choir of Munich/ Gerd Guglhör, conductor – Oehms Classics
Surprisingly involving choral music from a relatively unknown source
* Romantic Trombone Concertos: Music of Holmboe, Hyldgaard, Jørgensen, Grøndahl – Jesper Juul, trombone/ Danish National Symphony Orchestra/ Thomas Dausgaard, Henrik Vagn Christensen, conductors — DaCapo
****** MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH **********
One of the best recordings of the year in any format
Chronos, Blu-ray, Special Edition (1985/2006)
Techniques include not just stop-motion photography but also scenes filmed normally, in slow motion, and the use of single frames from time-lapse filming, giving a very artistic and abstract appearance.
CHARLES IVES: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Central Park in the Dark – Dallas Symphony/ Andrew Litton – Hyperion CHARLES IVES: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 “The Camp Meeting;” General William Booth enters into Heaven – Dallas Symphony/ Andrew Litton – Hyperion
The Second is probably the best place to start to appreciate the stridently democratic Ives musical philosophy.
Christian McBride – Live At Tonic – Ropeadope
The 3-CD set is a veritable funk extravaganza!
MACDOWELL: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23 Eugene List, piano (A Minor) – Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Carlos Chavez; Van Cliburn, piano (in D Minor)/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Walter Hendl – HDTT
Superb audiophile transfers of both concertos, custom-reissued on both DVD-R and CD-R
Audio News for May 2, 2007
Internet Radio May Cease on May 15
PAUL MORAVEC: Tempest Fantasy, Mood Swings, B.A.S.S. Variations, Scherzo – Trio Solisti/ David Krakauer, Clarinet – Naxos
Perfect to play while driving, as it will keep you awake fifty percent longer than a comparable nineteenth-century work.
Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar – Sound Grammar
The group is not your usual quartet – with Ornette’s son on drums, the other half of it consists of two basses – one bowed and the other plucked.
Editorial for May 2007
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 The PureLink HS-42A Digital Extender we are awarding to a lucky Audiophile Audition reader this month will relieve the winner of having to manually plug and unplug multiple HDMI cables in order to view different video sources. It comes with a remote control as well as manual switching button on the front plate of the unit. In addition to the four HDMI inputs the PureLink provides optical and coaxial audio output jacks to make your high end AV system flexible and expandable. We reviewed the HS-42A Here. At the end of May we will draw the name and address of an Audiophile Audition listener who has Registered Here on our site and they will be shipped the PureLink HDMI Switcher. The two April winners of the set of the complete works of J.S. Bach from Brilliant Records (160 CDs) are: Richard Poulin, Quebec, Canada & Francesco Benzi, Pavia, Italy. Congratulations to both! Register Here for the Current Drawing Special Editorial Hi-Res and Hi-Fi Stunted by MP3 Popularity An Associated Press story last month on how both the standard and high end audio business have suffered from the incursion […]
Beethoven’s Eroica (2006) Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music series
MTT continues the appealing, popular pedagogic approach of his former mentor, Leonard Bernstein
Paul Kletzki = MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D Major; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 “Spring” – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/ Paul Kletzki – Preiser
Polish maestro Paul Kletzki had benefited from sponsorship from the world’s two preeminent conductors, Wilhelm Furtwaengler and Arturo Toscanini.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
