Monthly Archive: March 2013
ALEXANDER TCHEREPNIN: Complete Works for Cello and Piano = Sonata No. 1 in D; No. 3 in F-sharp; Ode; The Well-Tempered Cello; Mystere; Songs and Dances – Michal Kaňka, cello/ Miguel Borges Coelho, p. – Praga Digitals
An outstanding introduction to a once-famous composer.
“oreloB” = RAVEL: Bolero; La Valse – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/ Carlo Rizzi – Tacet 180-gr. audiophile vinyl (recorded inside out!) – Tacet
Audiophiles will have a lot of fun with this one, although those not into the hobby might not quite understand.
CERVETTI ‘Keyboard 3’ = SERGIO CERVETTI: Tres Estudios Australes; Alberada; Hard Rock; Candombe; Seven Farewells to Paradise; In Principio Erat Verbum – Karolina Rojahn, p./Sergio Cervetti, p./Maria Teresa Chenlo, harpsichord/Karel Martinek, organ – Navona
A very interesting composer starting to get more notice.
Audio News for March 12, 2013
Good Quarter for Apple; Samsung Takes 3% Stake in Sharp; Systemax Reports Losses; Denon Targets Demand for Uncomplicated AVR Setup
Shakespeare’s Memory – Joseph Summer’s The Shakespeare Concert Series 1 – Miroslav Sekera (p.)/ Chad Sloan (bar.)/ Andrea Chenoweth (sop.)/ Kellie van Horn (mezzo-sop.)/ Ian Watson (p.)/ Justin Vickers (tenor)/ Maria Ferrante (sop.)/ Lydie Hartelova (harp)/ Ian Watson (harpsichord)/ Kalmia String Quartet – Navona Records
A fine document of a concert series gaining in importance.
Boney James – The Beat – Concord Records
Saxophonist refines contemporary r&b jazz.
“Quadrants – Modern String Quartets” = MARIE INCONTRERA: Limbic Breath; MICHAEL G. CUNNINGHAM: String Quartet No. 5; ALAN BEELER: Quartet 2000; String Quartet No. 2; ULF GRAHN: The Timeless Lines of Time; VIRGIL THOMSON: String Quartet No. 1 – Boston String Q./New England String Q./Moravian Philharmonic Ch. Players/Boston Composer String Q. – Navona Records
Eclectic set of “modern” works with something for everybody.
New York Voices Live With The WDR Big Band Cologne – Palmetto Records
Jazz vocals and big band combine for an entertaining concert.
Hommage a Grieg = BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn; PLAAGE: Grieg metamorphosis; BJORKLUND: Hommage a Grieg; SAINT-SAENS: Variations on Theme of Beethoven – Denna Piano Duo, Vol. III – 2L (Pure Audio Blu-ray + SACD)
The cleanest and most realistic reproduction I have ever heard of a grand piano duo.
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Mindru Katz, p./ The Israel Broadcast Authority Orch./ Mendi Rohan/ Sergiu Comissiona (Grieg) – Cembal d’amour
Two significant Romantic piano concertos performed by Romanian-Israeli virtuoso Mindru Katz (1925-1978) in live concerts given in Jerusalem.
GLINKA: Grand Sextet Originale; Brilliant Divertimento on Bellini’s “La Sonnambula”; TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 1 in D – Prazak Quartet + 2 – Praga Digitals
Maybe the first of several to come dedicated to the Tchaikovsky quartets? One can only hope!
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana – Maria Callas, sop./ Giuseppe di Stefano/ Rolando Panerai, baritone/ Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano/ Ebe Ticozzi, contralto – Chorus and Orch. of La Scala/ Tullio Serafin – Pristine Audio
The classic 1953 EMI inscription of Cavalleria Rusticana – starring Callas and di Stefano – receives a glowing restoration, gripping in its dramatic power and often brilliant vocally, all under potent maestro Tullio Serafin.
Bob Dylan 1966-1978, After The Crash (2013)
An informative documentary about the ultimate rock and roll recluse.
“French Fusion” – The Crossover Jazz of CLAUDE BOLLING – The Saint Michael Trio (with bass, guitar & drums) – Presentation Partners “All About Fugues” – Works of BACH, BEETHOVEN, MENDELSSOHN, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, STRAUSS, HINDEMITH – Deutsches Saxophone Ens. – Chromart Classics
Two quite different classical crossover CDs.
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McCormick Percussion Group, “Concerti for Piano with Percussion Orch.” = IGOR SANTOS : Moppet; MEL MOBLEY: [PLEEZ],(PLĒZ),/PLIZ/; DAVID GILLINGHAM: Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orch.; DAVID NOON: Piano Concerto No. 3 – McCormick Percussion Group/ Ji Hyun Kim, piano/ Robert McCormick – Ravello Records
Interesting works that showcase the piano as percussion.
D’ALBERT: Symphonic Prologue to the Opera “Tiefland,”; Symphony in F Major – MDR Leipzig Radio Sym. Orch./ Jun Maerkl – Naxos
Conductor Jun Maerkl explores the symphonic oeuvre of Eugen D‘Albert, music of moody, rather dark sensibility couched in conservative syntax, more a curiosity than a compelling dramatic experience.
PROKOFIEV: Sonata in D Major for Solo Violin; Sonata No. 1 in F Minor for Violin and Piano; Sonata in C Major for Two Violins; Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Violin and Piano – Mikhail Tsinman and Igor Tsinman, violins /Nika Lundstrem, p. – Caro Mitis
Some of Mikhail Tsinman’s comments about Prokofiev may strike you as odd, or oddly stated, but there’s no doubt he can play the fiddle and has the measure of Prokofiev’s music for the instrument.
BACH, J.S.: 6 Suites for Cello Solo – Pieter Wispelwey, baroque cello and piccolo cello + one 52:00 documentary DVD in Dolby Digital 5:1 (16:9) ‘392’ – EPR Classics (2 CDs + DVD)
For lovers of Bach, the cello, great music, this DVD+CD set is a must.
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Richard Thompson – Electric [Deluxe CD] – New West/Proper
One of the great songwriters of the modern era delivers a rocking album balanced by acoustic sensitivity.
Wild and Weird (1902-1965/2011)
A good introduction to some of the forward-looking silent film shorts, with interesting improvised scores.
“Ingolf Wunder 300” = SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor; MOZART: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major; CHOPIN: Berceuse in D-flat Major; KOCZALSKI: Valse fantastique; LISZT: Csardas macabre; DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G Minor; SCRIABIN: Etude in D-sharp Minor; MOSZKOWSKI: Etincelles; HOROWITZ: Danse excentrique; MOZART: Rondo alla Turca – Paraphrase; MORRICONE: Playing Love; WILLIAMS: Star Wars: Main Title – Ingolf Wunder, piano – DGG
An engaging, blithely entertaining display of prowess and poetry by Ingolf Wunder in his second album for DGG.
Audio News for March 8, 2013
LG U.K. Launch of 55-inch OLED Displays; Verizon & LTE Tops in Wireless; ProSource Targets ‘New’ Audio; Desire for 3D and Internet Connectivity Growing; TextBuster Blocks In-Car Texting, Emailing, Web Browsing
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