Monthly Archive: August 2007
CHRISTIAN PALMER: Piano Trios 1, 2, 3, 5 – Hungarian Piano Trio – Hungaroton
Christian who? You won’t forget his name after hearing these nicely crafted trios
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D Major – London Symphony Orchestra/ Jascha Horenstein – HDTT DVD-R
Taken from a Unicorn 4-track tape of 1969, this is a white-hot version from a superb Mahlerite
Berlioz: Harold in Italy; 4 Overtures – Boston Sym. Orch./ Charles Munch
Viola soloist Willaim Primrose is realistically dead center in front of the orchestra via three-channel reproduction
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73 “Emperor” – Van Cliburn, piano/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Fritz Reiner – RCA Red Seal Living Stereo
The discrete center channel images the piano as normally-sized and not 40 feet wide as with most piano recordings in stereo.
Maria Schneider Orchestra – Sky Blue – ArtistShare
One of the leading ladies in jazz today; her sixth CD features her 17-piece big band with many guest artists
Josephine Baker – A Life of Le Jazz Hot! – Imani Winds, with guest artists Rene Marie, vocals & Joseph Tompkins, percussion – Koch International
Celebrating the life of the black entertainer/dancer /chanteuse who became such a huge hit in the Paris of the 1920s and 1930s.
Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble plus the Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya – New Impossibilities – Sony Classical
The traditional music and specially-composed new works are all inspired by the splendors of the historic Silk Road, which connected Europe with the Far East
Jacintha Goes to Hollywood – Groove Note
The No. 1 jazz vocalist with many audiophiles due to the high technical standards of Groove Note
Audio News for August 4, 2007
PC as Personal Music Player; JVC and Kenwood Merge Development Work; The Sopranos Coming Out on Hi-Def in October; FCC Rules on 700 MHz Spectrum; Digital Home Divide
The Essential Kitaro – Domo Records CD + DVD
The opening video is a performance of the gorgeous main theme from the Japanese TV series The Silk Road (also on the CD)
RICHARD STRAUSS: Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53; Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite, Op. 60 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Fritz Reiner – RCA Red Seal
One of the new batch of five more Living Stereo 2 and 3-channel SACDs
Manhattan New Music Project performs the music of Paul Nash – Jazz Cycles – MNMP Records
The writing is less like a typical jazz sextet and more like a chamber ensemble
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
“Raise the Red Lantern” is one of those films that change our perceptions of the world around us.
CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET: Cornell 1964 – Blue Note Records
Their 17-minute cut of Take the “A” Train is one ride you’ll be glad to take.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection” – Juliane Banse, soprano/Anna Larsson, contralto/Swiss Chamber Choir/ Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/ David Zinman – RCA Red Seal
I don’t believe any other version has entranced me more fully in the last two movements’ vocal and choral sections.
Audio News for August 1, 2007
M&K Speakers Folds; Download Service for Classical Reissues; Coupons for DTV-to-Analog Boxes Available January; Music Business Consultant Disputes RIAA Claims; Upcoming AES Conferences
Ulrich Herkenhoff – Panpipes Recital – Works of BACH, MOZART, DEBUSSY, ROZSA, SVENDSEN, GENZMER – Ulrich Herkenhoff, pan flute/ Matthias Keller, piano – Oehms Classics
For those of us captivated by the atmospheric, ethereal sound of this simple instrument whose origin goes back to Greek myths.
Richard Pinhas – Metatron – Cuneiform Records
Pinhas is passionate about sci-fi and uses words of Wm. S. Burroughs and Philip K. Dick in these works
Editorial for August 2007
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 This month’s Drawing/Giveaway – for a dozen of our readers – is for these two audiophile discs from the highly individual German label Tacet, who pioneered the creative placement of classical musicians around the listener rather than restricted to the frontal stage position. They call it Real Surround Sound. One disc is a hybrid SACD and the other a hybrid DVD playable on either a DVD-A or a standard video DVD player. You are surrounded by the Polish Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphonies 7 & 8; plus the stereo SACD and standard CD layers were recorded entirely with tube equipment for the most musical reproduction. [We reviewed it Here.] The other disc has 77 minutes worth of selections from the Tacet classical catalog plus sound effects and tips for adjustment of your surround system. There are even demonstrations of Moving Real Surround Sound – the musicians actually move about your listening room! You can be one of the dozen Audiophile Audition readers who receive these two discs early next month – just Register Here and you’re on your way! The lucky winner of last month’s drawing for the Scherzo Andante dedicated headphone […]
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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