Monthly Archive: December 2010
Audio News for December 10, 2010
TVs of the Future; 3D Mobile Devices – Would You Believe?; First 3D Wireless Streaming Technology; Sony Problems with Google TV
Abendroth Conducts = BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5; REGER: Variations on a Theme by Mozart; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; DOHNANYI: Wedding Waltz from The Veil of Pierrette–Ballet Suite; SIBELIUS: Finlandia – 3 diff. orchestras – Pristine Audio
Abendroth’s music-making embraced a wide spectrum of composers, including Bartok, Stravinsky, Reger, Pfitzner, and Tchaikovsky.
Leah And The Moonlighters – Leah And The Moonlighters
Austin’s favorite folk jazz band takes flight.
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (7 Films) Head / Easy Rider / Five Easy Pieces / Drive, He Said / The Last Picture Show / The King of Marvin Gardens / A Safe Place – Blu-ray (1968-1972/2010)
What a film-lover’s Blu-ray package!
The Persuasions – Knockin’ On Bob’s Door – Zoho Music
If the notion of a doo wop album of Dylan songs seems weird, then you get the concept of the Persuasions.
Audio News for December 7, 2010
Supreme Court Passes on Chance to Examine Music Downloading; New iPod Dock Uses aptX for Bluetooth Wireless; Microsoft Technology Dumped by HP
HAYDN: String Quartets Vol. 10 = String Quartets Op. 64 Nos. 1–6 – Auryn Quartet – Tacet (2 CDs)
These are polished, urbane performances that are also full of the sheer joy of music-making.
16 Christmas Discs
Classical, jazz, in-between, SACDs & CDs, new & reissues
iScan Duo Video Processor
The iScan Duo is one of those products that seem like a luxury, but once you own it you can’t seem to understand how you lived without it. Highly recommended!
BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Stefan Vladar, piano – Preiser Records
Stefan Vladar’s 1996 vivid reading of Bach Goldbergs returns to the catalogue for our delectation.
Markus Schwartz & Lakou Brooklyn – Equinox – Soundkeeper Recordings
The four musicians are very clearly placed on the audio soundstage, with plenty of “air” around them.
Eli Paperboy Reed – Come and Get It – Capitol
Eli “Paperboy” Reed is helping in the revival of popular soul music.
Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica – The Unforgettable Sounds Of Esquivel
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music band releases ingenious tribute.
Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St. John’s – Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge/ Andrew Nethsingha, conductor/ Helen Scarbrough, English horn/ Graham Walker, cello/ Timothy Ravalde, organ – Chando
Surround sound is really the only way to hear this choir, especially when the program is as attractive as this.
Mario Romano Quartet – Valentina – Alma
A debut a long time in coming but well worth the wait.
* The Celtic Viol II = An Homage to the Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions – Jordi Savall, Treble Viol and Lyra viol/ Andrew Lawrence-King, Irish Harp and Psalterium/ Frank McGuire, bodhran – AliaVox
******** MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *******
The long awaited volume II appears, and if anything is even better than the first.
Paul Winter Consort – Miho – Journey to the Mountain – Living Music
Interesting that we just reviewed a jazz album inspired by the design ideas of Bucky Fuller (The Dymaxion Quartet) and now we have one inspired by American architect I. M. Pei.
Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 – 4-disc Special Edition, Blu-ray (1939/2000/2010)
Walt himself once said that Fantasia was the best idea he ever had.
John Goldman’s Quadrangle – Outside the Box – JG Music
Outside the Box but definitely inside mainstream jazz.
“Faith of My Heart: Sacred Music of LISZT” = Pater Noster; Ave Maria; Christus ist geboren; Ave maris stella; Rosario; Qui seminant in lacrimis; Missa Choralis; Nun danket alle Gott – Gloriæ Dei Cantores / Elizabeth C. Patterson – Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Stimulating—these are rewarding performances of Liszt’s choral music.
Audio News for December 3, 2010
What To Do With Old Electronics; LG Corporate Restructuring; Spending on Electronics is Up; Sonos May Intro Wireless Home Theater Products
Editorial for December 2010
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 Our December drawing/giveaway is for six sets of two CDs each from the new RCA Red Seal Classic Film Score reissue set: CASABLANCA & GONE WITH THE WIND. Conductor Charles Gerhardt went back to the original manuscripts and conducted the National Philharmonic Orchestra in this series which was released using analog Dolby Surround. Now the sumptuous sound of Hollywood’s Golden Age can again by enjoyed by audiophiles, collectors and a new generation of listeners. [The other four discs are CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE, LOST HORIZON, CAPTAIN BLOOD & THE SEA HAWK.] Go Here to Register on the site so that you may be one of the six lucky winners of the two CDs, who will be listed here after Jan. 1. GUEST EDITORIAL for December Bob Belden: A Second Chance for Surround? [Producer/arranger/saxophonist Bob Belden argues that surround sound is ready for another opportunity] By Brent Butterworth Surround sound was supposed to deliver an incomparable experience. It was supposed to get more people excited about music. It was supposed to bring new life to cherished classic recordings. And it was supposed to counteract the trend toward illegal downloads. None of that happened. DVD-Audio, […]
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