Monthly Archive: February 2013
Music @ Menlo – Live 2012 – “Resonance:” Music by SCHUBERT, BEETHOVEN, SIBELIUS, BARBER, CHEN YI, DEBUSSY, ALBENIZ, MAHLER, BACH, STRAUSS, BARTOK, COPLAND, DVORAK, FAURE, HERMANN, RESPIGHI, MENDELSSOHN, MOSZKOWSKI, SCHOENFIELD, SCHUMANN, CAPLET, CHAUSSON – Musicat menlo.org (6-CDs)
The theme is Resonance – exploring a listener’s reaction to a variety of chamber music.
“Bright Moods” = PROKOFIEV: Sarcasms; IGOR KARAČA: Nocturne; VLADAN RADOVANOVIĆ: Six Preludes; ROGER BRIGGS: Impromptu; DUŠAN RADIĆ: Three Preludes; LESLEY SOMMER: Five Pieces on Poems by Robert Frost; BÉLA BARTÓK: Out of Doors – Milica Jelača Jovanović, p. – MSR Classics
Interesting and intriguing sounds from a variety of composers, with a heavy emphasis on Eastern Europeans. But “bright moods”? That’s not what first comes to mind.
Ivan’s Childhood, Blu-ray (1962/2013)
One of the best of the Soviet-era WWII films; on the effects of wars’ horrors on children.
ZELENKA: Six Chamber Sonatas, Volume One = Crystal Records ZELENKA: Volume Two: Sonatas 4, 5 & 6 – Crystal Records
Beautiful music and music-making. Original-instrument die-hards, beware; but the rest of us need not hesitate.
HOLST: The Planets – London Sym. Orch. and Chorus/ André Previn – Hi-Q Records
This Hi-Q issue is really overwhelming.
![Consuela Lee, piano – Piano Voices (with Sangoma Everett, drums) [TrackList follows] – Mapleshade Records](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Consuela-Lee.jpg)
Consuela Lee, piano – Piano Voices (with Sangoma Everett, drums) [TrackList follows] – Mapleshade Records
A quite amazing jazz piano CD by an amazing woman.
Piano Rarities, Vol. 3: Transcriptions = of works by KHACHATURIAN, RACHMANINOV, BORODIN, TCHAIKOVSKY, KARLOWICZ, R. STRAUSS – Cyprien Katsaris – Piano 21
This disc claims a tradition that embraces the great transcribers like Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninov, Leopold Godowsky, Earl Wild, Karol A. Penson, and Vladimir Leyetchkiss.
![Ellington – Jazz Party in Stereo [TrackList follows] – Columbia/ ORG: Duke Ellington – Blues in Orbit [TrackList follows] – Columbia/ ORG:](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/EllingtonJazzPartBluesOrbit21.jpg)
Ellington – Jazz Party in Stereo [TrackList follows] – Columbia/ ORG: Duke Ellington – Blues in Orbit [TrackList follows] – Columbia/ ORG:
A pair of classic Ellington album reissues from around 1960, at 45 rpm.
DEREK BERMEL: “Canzonas Americanas” = Canzonas Americanas; Three Rivers; At the End of the World; Hot Zone; Continental Divide; Natural Selection – Alarm Will Sound/ Alan Pierson – Canteloupe Music
World music from varied perspectives bound to impress.
Dangerous Liaisons, Blu-ray (2012/2013)
Turns out this is the second Asian film treatment of the 18th-century French novel.
Audio News for February 5, 2013
Philips and Funai Sign CE Rights Agreement; Barco Launches Auro 11.1 Surround in India; $12,100 for Rare Beatles Record Player; Amazon Has ‘Downton Abbey’ Exclusive
John Hollenbeck – Songs I Like a Lot – Sunnyside
What do Queen, Glen Campbell and Ornette Coleman have in common? They all have something drummer John Hollenbeck likes a lot.
Boyd Lee Dunlop – The Lake Reflections/ Solo Piano Reflections – Mr. B Sharp Records
Boyd Lee Dunlop – Exposure long overdue.
![SCHUMANN: Chamber music works [TrackList follows] – Gringolts Quartet/ Peter Laul, piano – Onyx (5 CDs)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SchumannChWorksSet.jpg)
SCHUMANN: Chamber music works [TrackList follows] – Gringolts Quartet/ Peter Laul, piano – Onyx (5 CDs)
This is a set to treasure and reset your notions of what the music of Robert Schumann can be.
The Tin Drum, Blu-ray (1979/2013)
A superb German film that closely follows the novel by Gunter Grass, with an outstanding performance by the lead young man.
BORTKIEWICZ: Piano Works, Volumes 8 – 9 = Impressions; Ein Roman fuer Klavier; Trois Morceaux; Two pieces; Kindheit – Jouni Somero, p. – FC Records (2 CDs)
The relatively unknown piano scores of Sergei Bortkiewicz in these volumes bespeak debts to the romantics Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, and Grieg.
Bob Arthurs & Steve Lamattina – Jazz for Svetlana – self
A birthday gift which lasts longer than wilting roses or disappearing cake.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor – Cologne Radio-Symphony Orch./ Hans Rosbaud – ICA Classics
ICAC resurrects a classic 1951 performance of the Mahler Fifth by Hans Rosbaud, a glorious incarnation for the period and a splendid call to the composer for all ages.
Yoron Isreal and his quartet, High & Standards — Visions (The Music of Stevie Wonder) – Ronja Music
Visions is a work of artistic tribute to the compositions of Stevie Wonder—a wonderful choice that is.
Quartet Choreography – The Kreutzer Quartet (2012)
A rather weak concept premise doesn’t disguise some fine playing.
That Obscure Object of Desire, Blu-ray (1977/2013)
Another Bunuel classic, though not the best film of the Spanish surrealist.
PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6; MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 – Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin/ Radio Sym. of Radio Geneva/ Gianfranco Rivoli – Doron
Two concertos from Argentine virtuoso Ricardo Odnoposoff in 1962 testify to a flawless master of his instrument who deserves more credit.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
