Monthly Archive: October 2012
BACH: Organ Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530 (arr. for multiple instruments) Florilegium – Channel Classics
Really slam-bang arrangements of these wonderful works, intelligently played and recorded.
stile antico – Passion & Resurrection – Harmonia mundi
Here they go again, this time in a wonderful collection of holy week Renaissance music.
Audio News for October 31, 2012
13% Growth in Blu-ray Disc Sales; Home Electronic Show in New Delhi; Vampire Electronics; DLNA Devices Double to Over 500
Coma (Miniseries) (2012)
A gripping thriller which probably will resonate more with those who haven’t already been exposed to the better feature film version.
Marc Johnson/ Eliane Elias – Swept Away – ECM
An appealing outing by some highly sympathetic players.
Nina Simone – Forbidden Fruit – Colpix Records (1961)/Pure Pleasure Records
Audiophile vinyl re-mastering showcases a great jazz singer.
DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 9 in D Minor; String Quartet No. 13 in G Major – Zemlinsky Quartet – Praga Digitals
Excellent performances of two very fine quartets that happen not to be the “American.”
‘Slices’ = Works of BERNS, SAINSBURY, SUNDIN, BAKKER, BEELER, RUSNAK & FLETCHER – Moravian Philharmonic Winds – Navona
Mostly tasty slices and quite the variety to sample.
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; 2 Nocturnes; 4 Mazurkas, Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor – Maurizio Pollini, piano – DGG
Maurizio Pollini once more investigates his beloved Chopin; but aside from the new ingenuity of the four mazurkas, he appears less supple than he was in his youthful days.
Roger Davidson Trio – We Remember Helen – Soundbrush
Part commemoration, part remembrance, part life affirming: that’s how We Remember Helen.
VAGN HOLMBOE: Chamber Symphonies – Lapland Ch. Orch./ John Storgårds – Dacapo
Vagn Holmboe’s three chamber symphonies show the evolution of his symphonic thinking over the course of twenty years.
Ricardo Silveira – Storyteller – Adventure Music
A popular smooth jazz effort reissued and remastered.
STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrouchka; RACHMANINOV: Morceaux de fantasie; TCHAIKOVSKY: Grande Sonate in G Major – Alexander Ghindin, p. – Piano Classics
Alexander Ghidrin claims his own fire in this diverse program of Russian keyboard showpieces.
SCHUBERT: "Wanderer" Fantasy in C Major; 4 Impromptus; Piano Sonata in A Minor; 6 Moments Musicaux; Allegretto in C Minor – Paul Lewis, p. – Harmonia mundi
Paul Lewis makes indelible points in his ongoing Schubert survey, here including grand incarnations of the Wanderer Fantasy, A Minor Sonata, and assorted solo works.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”; Scherzo Capriccioso – Buffalo Philharmonic/ JoAnn Falletta – Beau Fleuve
Excellent reading of this much recorded work, though the performing forces don’t match the best available.
Negroni’s Trio – On the Way – AA Records & Entertainment
It’s “All in the Family” for the Negroni’s mixture of Latin and progressive jazz.
Tom Teasley – All the World’s a Stage – T&T Music
Percussionist Tom Teasley proves there is a stage for all of the world’s percussion.
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major; Quartettsatz in C Minor – Ralph Kirschbaum, cello/ Takacs Q. – Hyperion
Even in the midst of many fine renditions of the C Major Quintet, this new version by the Takacs will win adherents claiming that a winning balance is here achieved.
Leonard Bernstein conducts STRAVINSKY & SIBELIUS (1966/2012) Michael Tilson Thomas conducts RICHARD STRAUSS (2 DVDs) (1986/1994/2011)
Just two of the 46 historic DVDs offered by ICA Classics.
![CAGE: “John Cage 100” – 100th Birthday Retrospective of works of John Cage – Various performers [Playlist follows] – Wergo (5 CDs)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Cage100Set.jpg)
CAGE: “John Cage 100” – 100th Birthday Retrospective of works of John Cage – Various performers [Playlist follows] – Wergo (5 CDs)
This is the work of John Cage: unpredictable, surreal, wry, and often infuriating.
MOZART: Mass in C, “Coronation”; Exultate, jubilate; HAYDN: Symphony No. 85, “La Reine” – Soloists/ Handel & Haydn Society/ Harry Christophers – Coro
Perfectly acceptable performances, even inspired in places, but a little too rough and ready for a top notch choice.
Great Smoky Mountains, Crown Jewel of the Appalachians, Blu-ray (2012) Yellowstone, The World’s First National Park, Blu-ray (2012)
Two of the six virtual tours of our National Parks on Blu-ray.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
