Monthly Archive: March 2013
R. STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 18; ENESCU: Violin Sonata in a, Op. 25 – Kolbjorn Holthe, violin/ Tor Espen Aspaas, piano – 2L
Gorgeous playing of these diligently conceived strict sonata form pieces waves a rhapsody of lush romanticism.
Anthony Wilson Nonet – Power of Nine – Groove Note (vinyl double album)
An unusual audiophile vinyl double album with one 33⅓ and one 45 rpm disc.
Audio News for March 1, 2013
Sony Finalizing 4K Ultra HD sales for 2013; AudioXperts Luxury-Audio Startup; 100 Years of Indian Cinema Celebrated Via Ten Short Films; Van Cliburn Dies; Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Dies; William Bennett Dies
GLAZOUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor; Meditation; Mazurka-oberek; SCHOECK: Concerto quasi una fantasia – Chloe Hanslip, violin/ Orch. della Svizzera Italiana/ Alexander Vedernikov – Hyperion
Hyperion’s “The Romantic Violin Concerto” Series (No. 14) extends the legacy with an unusual pairing of Glazounov and Schoeck, played with high-flying enthusiasm by the gifted Chloe Hanslip.
Editorial for March 2013
Conductor Pieter Jan Leusink calls this month’s drawing “the greatest and most humanly moving corpus of sacred music ever written.” It is a 50-CD! set of all 200 Bach Sacred Cantatas (which survived from about 300 originally) on Brilliant Records, and in early April it will go out to two lucky readers who register this month on our simple form and fill out all fields. All liner notes and texts are available at www.brilliantclassics.com. The newly-compiled set has not been available for a time, and the two winners’ names will be announced in our April Editorial Page. Here are the five lucky winners of the 10-CD Great Piano Concertos multi-disc set from Naxos, our February drawing/giveaway. Congrats to all!: Darin Tysdal, Bloomington MN; Jonathan Wallach, Scottsdale AZ; Steven Peck, La Jolla CA; Ilona Mustafin, Denver CO; Audrey Larson, Bloomington MN. 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. March 2013 is our 168th issue. All disc reviews (130 […]
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