Monthly Archive: June 2012
MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov, Blu-ray (2010)
The ultimate Boris Godunov? Probably not, but while we are waiting it more than fills the gap.
R. STRAUSS: Salome (complete opera), Blu-ray (2012)
Great sound, exceptional visuals, marred by a set that grates and enervates.
SCRIABIN: Complete Mazurkas: 10 Mazurkas, Op. 3; 9 Mazurkas, Op. 25; 2 Mazurkas, Op. 40 – Eric Le Van, piano – Music & Arts
Eric Le Van explores a realm of Scriabin both derivative and daringly original, his complete mazurkas, which soon rival his middle sonatas in their singular audacity.
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“Le Tombeau de Debussy” [TrackList follows] – Jan Michiels, p. – Fuga Libera
An intriguing program played on a grand old grand from Debussy’s day.
Kenny Wheeler – The Long Waiting – CamJazz
Wheeler has waited twenty-two years to put together a big band venture.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony; Serenade to Music – Singers from Mercury Opera Rochester / Rochester Philharmonic Orch. / Christopher Seaman – Harmonia mundi
A big, powerful performance of the symphony in big SACD sound, plus a mostly successful rendering of Vaughan Williams’ gorgeous Serenade
‘The Glittering Plain’ = New works for classical saxophone by 7 composers – Lara James, sax./Pavão String Quartet/Will Todd Trio – Signum
New names all around well worth getting to know.
Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play – Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center – Blue Forest
Two generations of Brubeck are together again (for yet another time).
ROSSINI: Le Comte Ory (complete opera) (2 DVDs)
Now this is the type of release we like to see from the Met.
In Darkness, Blu-ray (2012)
An amazingly emotional Holocaust film which tells its true story in a different manner from any of the other classics in that series.
Audio News for June 4, 2012
Classical News; Wi-Fi Alliance Expands Miracast Deployment; AuraSound Expanding to New Applications; Light Harmonic Launches Hi-End USB DAC
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera) (2 DVDs)
A 1996 production, one of Wolfgang Wagner’s last.
AUGUST DE BOECK: Piano Concerto; Suite from “Francesca”; Prelude to “Théroigne de Méricourt” — Jozef de Beenhouwer, p./ Janácek Phil. Orch. /Venkov – Phaedra
August de Boeck was one of the last of the romantic school of composers.
Bobby Broom – Upper West Side Story – ORIGIN
His newest release is homage to his New York jazz roots.
Linda Oh – Initial Here – Greenleaf Music
A new bass star is born.
BERNARD HERRMANN: The Battle of Neretva, complete (1969); The Naked and the Dead, highlights (1958) – Moscow Sym. Orch. / William T. Stromberg – Tribute Film Classics
Stunning music for the big screen by Bernard Herrmann.
LISZT: Les Annees de Pelerinage, Books I and II – Craig Sheppard, piano – Romeo Records (2 CDs)
Craig Sheppard, a pupil of Susan Starr, Lillian Kallir, and Rudolf Serkin, plays in fine reproduced sound his own Hamburg Steinway in a compilation of two performances.
PHILIP BLACKBURN: Duluth Harbor Serenade; Ghostly Psalms; Gospel Jihad – Innova Records
An other-wordly blend of sounds – strange but interesting.
Editorial for June 2012
You have a good chance of being one of the lucky AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers this month to win the complete 51-CD Mercury Living Presence boxed set. We will be awarding two of them, but you will need to Register Here using our non-intrusive email-protected form. Mercury’s vinyls are regarded as part of the Golden Age of Classical Recording, and these superb CD remasterings from the three-channel tapes and 35mm mag films bring all 50 complete albums to new life, as described in our Feature article on the set. The two winners will be announced right here in July. Here are the two lucky winners selected for last month’s drawing: The Claude Debussy 150th Anniversary set of 18-CDs from Decca Classics and DGG. Their Debussy collection will suddenly be much richer!: Robert Bashaw, Milton VT; James Verdini, Browns Summit NC. [audaud-hr] 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 commercial stations coast to coast. In September 1998 its web site for programming information was expanded to the present Internet publication. June 2012 is our 159th issue, and features improved navigation […]
Ben Powell – New Street: including a Tribute to Stéphane Grappelli – Ben Powell Music
A swinging and sublime outing inspired by a master jazz violinist.
JEAN FRANÇAIX: Wind Quintet Nos. 1 & 2; Wind Quartet; Divertissement – Bergen Woodwind Quintet – BIS
The only SACD version of this delightful chamber music for winds.
Story City – Time and Materials – SC Music
Contemporary jazz from the Twin Cities.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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