Monthly Archive: September 2012
SMETANA: Ma Vlast (My Country) (2012)
A student orchestra performance, but don’t let that dissuade you from viewing/hearing this stirring performance.
BEETHOVEN: “Human Misery – Human Love” = Symphony No. 9 – Erin Wall, sop./ Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-sop./ Simon O’Neill, tenor/ Mikhail Petrenko, bass/ OSM Chorus/ Tafelmusik Ch. Choir/ Montreal Sym. Orch./ Kent Nagano – Sony
A sturdy well-executed Ninth with little to differentiate from other mainstream recordings.
"Notte Veneziana": VIVALDI: Concerto in D major; MARCELLO: Concerto in D minor; ELIAS PARISH ALVARS: La Mandoline, Grande Fantaisie; ALBINONI/GIAZOTTO: Adagio in G minor; GIOVANNI PESCETTI: Sonata in C minor; FELIX GODEFROIDE: Carnaval de Venise – Xavier de Maistre, harp/ l’arte del mondo/Werner Ehrhardt – Sony
Explores well the harp in classical music today.
Jerome Rose plays Brahms, Blu-ray (2012)
Rose still knows how to get to the heart of Brahms.
Home Page for Sept. 2012
Our September drawing/giveaway is for seven of the eight-CD box sets of the Complete Glazunov Symphonies, Concertos and various other works, with noted soloists and José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish and the Russian National Orchestra. There is no direct competition for this superb Warner Classics CD package (reviewed here), and you could be one of the seven winners if you register right now to be considered – using our non-intrusive email-protected form. More details on our September Editorial Page. See our Guide to Hi-Res Downloading
Ted Hefko and the Thousandaires – If I Walked on Water – Onager
Lighthearted, jazz-tinted pop with a sense of humor.
Editorial for September 2012
Register Here to be considered as one of the seven AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who will be receiving one of the eight-CD box sets of the Complete Glazunov Symphonies and Concertos from Warner Classical, conducted by José Serebrier and featuring soloists such as Rachel Barton Pine. Marc Chisson and Alexander Romanovsky. Our review of this set without equal is here. Please register on our simple form page to be eligible. The seven lucky winners will be listed here in early October. The winners of the 8-CD set of the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas performed by H.J. Lim on EMI Classics—our drawing last month—are: Scott Colebank, Prairie Village KS & Leonard Ray, Southgate MI. Congratulations to both! [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. September 2012 is our 162nd issue, and features improved navigation and enhanced appearance using Word Press. All disc reviews (151 for August!) are added thru the month as they are written and received, usually […]



