Monthly Archive: November 2012
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Film Music – Sounds of Hollywood Vol. 2 [TrackList follows] – Vogtland Philharmonie/ Stefan Fraas – Ars Produktion
Spectacular orchestral versions of most of the movie themes on this German SACD.
DELIUS: Brigg Fair; Piano Concerto; Idylle de printemps; Paris – Howard Shelley, piano/ Royal Scottish Nat. Orch./ Sir Andrew Davis – Chandos
A fine collection of Delius works, with the Piano Concerto the main interest.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major "Romantic"; Symphony No. 9 in D Minor; MOZART: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" – NBC Sym. Orch./New York Philharmonic (Mozart)/Philadelphia Orch. (Bruckner Ninth)/ Bruno Walter – Music & Arts (2 CDs)
The Philadelphians – in their first performance of this massive fragment of a symphony – put forth a noble refined account under a master interpreter.
WAGNER: The Ring Without Words, Blu-ray (2000/2012)
A terrific solution for those of us who can’t stand the Wagnerian bellowing.
The Who – Live In Texas ’75 – DVD (2012)
The volatile The Who, doing their thing in Texas in 1975.
The Julian Bliss Septet – A Tribute to Benny Goodman – Signum Classics
Julian Bliss: from boy prodigy to Bach to Benny.
SCHUBERT: Octet, D. 803 – The Fibonacci Sequence – Deux-Elles
A quality reading but one that lacks the last bit of bite so needed to transform the discreet events of Schubert’s long-winded entertainment.
Audio News for November 6, 2012
DTS 11.1-Channel Sound on The Expendables 2 Blu-ray; Classical News; Pioneer Launches 28 Aftermarket Car Audio Items; New Boxee TV Device at Wal-Mart
The Hot Club of San Francisco – Live at Yoshi’s San Francisco -Azica Records Hot Club Of Detroit – Junction – Mack Avenue Records
A top notch live recording and a harmonically sophisticated session.
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis; Liederkreis; Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers – Gerald Finley, bar./ Julius Drake, p. – Hyperion
Gerald Finley is rapidly becoming Hyperion’s house baritone, and here he turns his eyes towards Schumann’s greatest cycle, with pretty good success.
ANDREW VIOLETTE: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano – Ben Capps, cello/Moran Katz, clar./Andrew Violette, p. – Innova Records
Two incredibly different works but equally fascinating.
Greg Duncan – Chicago, Barcelona Connections – New Origins
Greg Duncan connects the dots between flamenco and jazz to create Euro-American music.
Clayton Brothers (and friends) – The Gathering – Artist Share
Beyond special…the new Clayton Brothers release.
Eliot Zigmund Trio EZ – Standard Fare – Steeplechase
An original new touch – Hammond B-3 trio with trumpet as lead…
The Beach Boys Remastered – 12-album Mono-Stereo Reissue Set + The Beach Boys “Fifty Big Ones” Greatest Hits (2 CDs) – Capitol Records/EMI
A celebrated American Band is revisited with a dazzling re-mastered box set and a 2-CD Greatest Hits.
“WEILL – IBERT – BERG” – Baton Rouge Sym. Ch. Players/Timothy Muffitt – WEILL: Concerto for Violin and Winds; IBERT: Concerto for Cello and 10 Winds; BERG: Chamber Concerto for piano, violin, and 13 winds – Sono Luminus (audio-only Blu-ray + CD)
Another reasonably-priced audio-only Blu-ray combined with a useful standard CD.
The Reichsorchester – The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich, Blu-ray (2012)
A fascinating look into the Berlin Philharmonic during the Nazi period of 1933-1945.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C Major; Symphony No. 2 in D Major; Leonore Ov. No. 3 in C Major – Berlin Philharmonic Orch. (Op. 21)/ Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Wilhelm Furtwangler – Pristine Audio
The restored Beethoven Second under Furtwaengler from London warrants our admiration and devotion, a most conscientious application of technology to musical history.
Pharez Whitted – For the People – Origin Records
Showing off a fine musical pedigree…
From Ragtime to Reel Time – Richard Glazier in Concert (2012)
An informative and enjoyable one-man concert around Hollywood’s golden era.
Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton – ‘Round Midnight – Challenge Records
Double your pleasure, double your fun…
Greg Abate – The Greg Abate Quintet featuring Phil Woods – Rhombus Records
Phil Woods and Greg Abate meet in a warm recording….
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
