Monthly Archive: September 2007
Freeway Jam – To Beck and Back, A Tribute – Tone Center
The album is definitely a cross between rock and jazz.
Blue Wisp Big Band – Tribute – SeaBreeze Jazz
The choices avoid the obvious and explore less often heard tunes
Audio News for September 5, 2007
Dolby Volume Technology Demo; Legal Battle Over Misrepresented 1080p HDTVs; Naxos Distributes ATMA Label; BBC Audio Zone Offers Spoken Entertainment/Information
J.G.W. PALSCHAU: Harpsichord Concertos No. 1 in C Major & No. 2 in D Major; J.A.P. SCHULZ: Six Diverse Pieces for the Clavecin or Forte Piano -Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord/ Concerto Copenhagen – DaCapo
The nearly nine-minute closing Larghetto con variazioni knocked me over.
Guido Cantelli = MOUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; WAGNER: Eine Faust Overture; Siegfried’s Rhine Journey; ROUSSEL: Sinfonietta for Strings in D Minor; BERLIOZ: Hungarian March; VIVALDI: Concerto in A Minor – NY Philharmonic & NBC Sym. – Guild
This disc makes a fine cross section of a gifted, vital personality in music who died too soon.
Charles Munch Conducts NBC Symphony Orchestra = DEBUSSY: Iberia; RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin; ROUSSEL: Bacchus et Ariane–Suite No. 2 – NBC Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Munch – Guild
The audience reception is wild and unbridled–and why not?
The Future of Music
No End in Sight for The Loudness War
SAINT-SAENS: Overture to La Princesse Jaune; Requiem; “Organ Symphony” – Tinuke Olafimihan, sop./Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto/ Anthony Roden, tenor/ Simon Kirkbride, bass/ Choruses/Michael Kibblewhite/London Philharmonic/Geoffrey Simon – Cala
The Requiem stays rather strictly within the liturgical and conservative style of the composer.
Soundscapes – The Gothenburg Combo plays Music for Two Guitars by STEVE REICH, PETER HANSEN, ANDREAS EKLOF, FREDRIC BERGSTROM & THEGOTHENBURGCOMBO – David Hansson & Thomas Hansy, guitars – NorthWest Classics
A stereo-only exploration of minimalist works for guitar duo
MAHLER: Das klagende Lied – Marina Shaguch, soprano/ Michelle DeYoung, mezzo/ Thomas Moser, tenor/ Sergei Leiferkus, baritone/ San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/ Michael Tilson Thomas – San Francisco Symphony
SACD surround reissue of a 1996 CD for RCA Red Seal
JOHN CORIGLIANO: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra “The Red Violin”; Sonata for Violin and Piano – Joshua Bell, violin/Baltimore Symphony/ Marin Alsop (Con.); Joshua Bell, violin/Jeremy Denk, piano (Sonata) – Sony Classical
Nearly ten years after the success of The Red Violin film, the main theme from its soundtrack has been expanded into a four-movement concerto.
SONDHEIM: Company (Complete Musical, 2006 Revival) – Raul Esparza (Robert)/ Barbara Walsh (Joanne)/ Keith Buterbaugh (Harry)/ Matt Castle (Peter)/Robert Cunningham (Paul)/ Angel Desai (Marta)/ Kelly Jeanne Grant (Kathy)/ Kristen Huffman (Sarah) – Nonesuch
At long last, a worthy revival of a sensational show
BARBER: Adagio for Strings; IVES: Symphony No. 3; COPLAND: Quiet City; COWELL: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10; CRESTON: A Rumor – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner – Argo/Decca
The CD label is printed to look like a 45 rpm disc.
Audio News for September 1, 2007
Sony Launches $100 Million HDTV Campaign; Boston Acoustics Colorizes Its Speaker Line; No Substitute For Wires; Philips’ Advanced iPod Dock & Samsung iPod Competitor
Editorial for September 2007
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