Monthly Archive: September 2011
Concord Chamber Music Society = Works of BRUBECK; MICHAEL GANDOLFI; LUKAS FOSS – Soloists – Reference
The Concord Chamber Music Society seems to be having a great time with these lively, intelligent pieces, and I think you will too.
Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 2 – Doxy/Emarcy Records
Saxophone colossus manages to thrill audiences…at eighty.
Nobel Prize Concert with violinist Joshua Bell, Blu-ray (2011)
Bell is simply sensational.
Claudio Roditi – Bons Amigos – Resonance Records
On Bons Amigos, trumpeter/Flugelhornist Claudio Roditi shows how valuable it is to have different kinds of “good friends.”
Trumpet Panoply = Works of ARUTIUNIAN; HUMMEL; TARTINI; RICHARD PEASLEE – John Holt, trumpet & flugelhorn/ UNT – Crystal
An unusual program, with some very fine playing from the soloist. The downside is a performance of a classic—the Hummel Concerto—that simply can’t compete.
Audio News for September 6, 2011
Economic Fears Delay TV Purchases; LG Shows New Video Products; SACD’s Unique Copy Protection Defeated; Israel Philharmonic Concert Disrupted by Protesters; Ozawa Cancels China Tour; BBC’s Free Beethoven Experiment
Nat “King” Cole – Just One Of Those Things – Capitol Records/Analogue Prod. Nat “King” Cole – Nat “King” Cole Sings Songs From “St. Louis Blues” – Capitol Records/Analogue Prod.
These SACD reissues reveal a legendary singer at his peak.
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder – Blue Note/EMI/Analogue Productions
The big crossover hit of this session was undoubtedly the track The Sidewinder.
Sam Yahel – From Sun to Sun – Origin Records
From Sun to Sun, and from organ to piano: Sam Yahel makes the transition from being a Hammond B-3 specialist to all-around keyboardist.
Michael Nyman in Concert (2011)
The composer who is credited with coining the term “minimalist” certainly is.
JOHN CAROLLO: Starry Night & other works – Soloists/Moravian Phil./ Petr Vronsky – Navona
John Carollo is a composer with some interesting things to say, even if he has yet to find a truly distinctive voice.
Mordecai Shehori plays CHOPIN, Vol. 2 = The Four Ballades; other works – Mordecai Shehori, p. – Cembal d’amour
A musical descendant of both Mindru Katz and Vladimir Horowitz, Shehori comes to Chopin with a strong sense of literally-dramatic tradition.
Scenes – Silent Photographer – Origin Records
Scenes: placing modern artistic jazz in an empathic trio setting.
TELEMANN: Sonatas and Sonatinas – Heiko ter Schegget, recorder/ Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba/ Benny Aghassi, bassoon/ Zvi Meniker, harpsichord – MD&G Scene
Two different recorders are used in this collection; one tuned much lower.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor – Frances Yeend, sop./Eunice Alberts, con./David Lloyd, tenor/James Pease, bass/ Berkshire Music Festival Chorus/BSO /Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio
A performance of varying quality and intensity this Koussevitzky Ninth, but it behooves us to hear this maestro in the music of Beethoven.
URSULA MAMLOK: Various Chamber Works – Bridge
For serialists only…maybe.
MENDELSSOHN; BEETHOVEN; VERDI; HAYDN; BRAHMS: Quartets & Quintets; Bonus DVD: Rehearsal and Concert – The American String Project – MSR (2 CDs + Bonus DVD)
If you don’t have an insurmountable bias against arrangements, this program should prove a revelation.
SOREN MOLLER: Christian X Variations – Dick Oatts, saxes/ Soren Moller, piano/ Josh Ginsburg, bass/ Henry Cole, drums/ Kirin Winds – Audial Records
Superb jazz that tries to spread its wings—into the wrong genre.
WARSHAUER: “Living Breathing Earth” = Symphony No. 1; Tekeeyah – Haim Avitsur, shofar & tromb./ Moravian Phil. Orch./Petr Vronsky – Navona
Unusual and wonderful new works with a crossover appeal.
SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night; FAURE:L La Bonne Chanson – var. perf. – Marlboro Festival – Sony Classical
Recorded at the Marlboro School of Music in Vermont in 1960.
Editorial for September 2011
To be the lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION reader who receives the Zona wireless speaker system from Aperion Audio, all you need do is register this month using our simple non-intrusive email-protected form Here. You may soon be enjoying your music wherever you want it—truly free from speaker wires. Simply plug the Zona transmitter into the USB connector on your computer, the surround channel pre-outputs of your AV receiver or preamp to use as surround speakers, or any analog audio output jack of other audio devices. The transmitter has a 100-foot range, and linking is automatic. The winner will be announced here in early October. Here are the dozen AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who will be shipped the special 3-CD boxed set of 11 varied works by composer Viktor Kalabis, from MSR Music — our August Drawing. Congrats to all!: Lee Aldridge, Albuquerque NM; James Leblanc, Houston TX; Max Young, Henrico, VA; Ernest Powell, St. Albans WV; Howard Selekman, Pittsburgh PA; Juman Kim, Diamond Bar CA; Richard Meyer, Apple Valley CA; Leonard Kirsch, Largo FL; Gregory Weis, Aiken SC; Geoff Lamb, Indianapolis IN; Bill Dodd, Castle Rock WA; Robert Reid, Lincoln NE. [audaud-hr] EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began in 1985 as a weekly national […]
Audio News for September 2, 2011
21:9 Aspect Radio HDTV Screens Coming; Louisville Orchestra Cancels Concerts; New Director of Oregon Bach Festival; Global TV Shipments Fall; Four More Brands Join Shutter 3D Glasses Standard; Panasonic Sponsoring the Olympics in 3D
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
