Monthly Archive: April 2010
In Memoriam Ginette Neveu = Works of BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN, SIBELIUS, CHAUSSON & interview – Tahra
Excerpts and one whole performance from the Ginette Neveu legacy. Composer Henri Sauguet called Neveu’s death: a “divine abduction.”
Torben Waldorff – American Rock Beauty – Artist Share
Torben Waldorff may have composed one of the best albums I’ve heard so far in 2010.
Sara Wasserman – Solid Ground – That Other Label (Pacific Coast Jazz)
A debut album has seldom sounded so good.
Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet – American Complex – Origin Classical The David Leonhardt Trio – Bach to the Blues (Improvisations on Classical Themes) – Big Bang Records
Two Avenues to Blending Classical and Jazz.
Audio News for April 6, 2010
Comprehensive Broadway Recordings Site; Some Directors Wary of Conversion of 2D Films to 3D; Growth of Internet-TV Marriage
MOZART: Die Zauberfloete — highlights – Hilde Gueden, soprano/Wilma Lipp, soprano/Leopold Simoneau, tenor/Walter Berry, baritone/Kurt Boehme, bass/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Vienna State Opera Chorus/Karl Bohm – HDTT
The classic 1955 Bohm Magic Flute, in which a near-perfect cast performs in resplendent sound.
The Hurt Locker, Blu-ray (2010)
One of the great war movies, taking a quite different tack in exploring the personalities of three different soldiers in Iraq who specialize in the de-fusing of IEDs
RAVEL: Ma mere l’oye–Suite; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major; DEBUSSY: La Mer – Michel Block, piano/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini – Testament
A thrilling all-French program from Carlo Maria Giulini, a past master at any definition of “impressionism.”
STRAUSS Family: Waltzes and Polkas, Vol. I – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Clemens Krauss – Opus Kura
Clemens Krauss retains an elite position as the master of the Viennese style, an impeccable interpreter of the Strauss family, whether in the form of ballroom dances or operettas.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Bernard Haitink – CSO Resound
Haitink and the CSO transformed the dipoles of Bruckner’s music-writing like packets of musical force.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans, Blu-ray (2009/2010)
Werner Herzog’s wild remake about a cop who breaks the law with gusto while doing his job.
Brandon Wright – Boiling Point – Posi-Tone
A formula for success.
CHOPIN: 14 Waltzes; Barcarolle in F-sharp Major; Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2; Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3 – Dinu Lipatti, piano – EMI Classics
His untimely death from Hodgkins Disease robbed this earth of a consummate artist, a pianist and composer, a truly creative interpreter.
Audio News for April 2, 2010
Selling the 3D Idea to the Public; Wi-Fi Allergy?; Panasonic Voted Best Consumer Electronics Vendor in Australia; Confidence in Consumer Electronics Grows; Thinnest Wall Speakers So Far?
"White Nights" – Russian Violin Music – Deborah Marchetti, v./Vovka Ashkenazy, p. – Sony Music
This Sony album will be a great entry point to any who wishes to uncover the art of Deborah Marchetti and Vovka Ashkenazy.
Playdate – Playdate – Posi-Tone Records
Friends with chemistry.
April Audio Fools Links
Some sites to musically tickle your funny bone, including some of our past April Audio Fools efforts.
Editorial for April 2010
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 For April our drawing/giveaway is for two titles by the superb choral ensemble The Tallis Scholars. Gimell Records will be awarding to five lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers two of their most popular CDs – The Lamentation of Jeremiah, by Victoria; and Missa Malheur me bat by Josquin de Pres. (Distributed by Harmonia mundi.) Our reviewer said "You will rarely find an ensemble as carefully rehearsed or skillfully prepared for the repertory they choose to engage in…" To be eligible as a winner you must Go Here to Register, and be sure to also give us your address and perhaps something in the Comments field about your interest in early polyphony. Here are the six lucky winners of the SACD plus 45 rpm audiophile vinyl records from GrooveNote Records – our March AUDIOPHILE AUDITION drawing. Congrats to all!: Doug Markofka, Willow Grove, PA; Scott Hitz, Erie, PA; Ronald Lyles, West Hartford, CT; Robert Gilbert, Norcross, GA; Terry Qualman, Sand Springs, OK; Lou Miranda, New Milford, CT. EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, which aired for 13 1/2 years on up to 200 public radio and […]
The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate – Cryptogramophone (2 CDs)
On his latest effort guitarist Nels Cline once again reveals why he is one of the top guitarists of any genre.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
