Monthly Archive: April 2013
“American Anthem” — BARBER: String Quartet; Serenade for String Quartet; Dover Beach; HOWARD HANSON: String Quartet da Camera Op. 7; RANDALL THOMPSON: Alleluia – Ying Quartet with Adam Neiman, p. & Randall Scarlata, baritone – Sono Luminus audio-only Blu-ray + CD
A well-thought-out program of American chamber music with the option for hi-res surround reproduction.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”; 5 Variations in D on “Rule, Britannia”; Andante favori in F Major; 7 Variations in C Major on “God Save the King”; 11 Bagatelles – Ingrid Jacoby, p./ Sinfonia Varsovia/ Jacek Kaspsyk – ICA Classics
Ingrid Jacoby reveals a strong affinity for Beethoven in the second in her cycle of the Beethoven concertos and assorted keyboard music, a combination of poetry and bravura security.
Audio News for April 30, 2013
Plasma Problem for Panasonic; Toshiba Portable HDD Ships in May; Car Video and Multimedia Up in Q1; LG Takes Korean Orders for Its Curved OLED TV; Problems of UHDTV
The Banda Brothers – Primavera, Blu-ray (2013)
Latin jazz band delivers in brilliant HD audio and video.
Anna Karenina, Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy (2013)
The movie is interesting to watch, but fails to provide the intensity of the novel.
The Kandinsky Effect – Synesthesia – Cuneiform
Modernistic, multinational jazz with cinematic and geographical influences.
CHAVEZ: Piano Concerto; Meditacion; MONCAYO: Muros Verdes; ZYMAN: Variations on an Original Theme – Jorge Federico Osorio, piano/ Mexico Nat. Sym. Orch./ Miguel Prieto – Cedille
The tempestuous virtuoso Osorio negotiates three Mexican composers who share his firebrand gifts and temperament, particularly in the potent Concerto by Chavez.
Miles Davis – In a Silent Way (1969) – Columbia/Mobile FidelityMiles Davis – Four & More – Recorded Live in Concert – Columbia/Mobile Fidelity
Two contrasting Miles Davis sessions in hi-res stereo from the master tapes.
Monica Ramey — Monica Ramey and the Beegie Adair Trio – Adair Music Group
She has the ability to feel and emote the understanding of the message of the lyrics and the feel for the song to the listener.
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major; BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Herbert von Karajan – ICA Classics (2 CDs)
Herbert von Karajan leads the Vienna Philharmonic in London, 1962, a concert that critics at the time applauded for its “Noble Height” in Bruckner.
GRIFFES: Piano Music = Three Tone-Pictures; Fantasy Pieces; Roman Sketches; Piano Sonata; De profundis; A Winter Landscape; Three Preludes – Garrick Ohlsson, p. – Hyperion
A glorious performance of these important piano works by one of the finest pianists.
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos in E minor & D minor; Violin Sonata in F minor – Tianwa Yang, violin/ Sinfonia Finlandia/ Patrick Gallois/ Romain Descharmes, piano – Naxos audio-only Blu-ray
A fine recording and performance in a format that is probably fading.
KAIJA SAARIAHO: La Passion de Simeon – Dawn Upshaw, sop./ Tapiola Chamber Choir/ Finnish Radio Sym. Orch./ Esa-Pekka Salonen – Ondine
Is this a great piece of music? Probably so, but a lot of preparation is required.
JEAN SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 – Minnesota Orch./ Osmo Vänskä – BIS
Fresh, invigorating approaches to these Sibelius masterworks.
Audio News for April 26, 2013
Responsible Electronics Recycling Increase; Samsung and Best Buy Kick Off Experience Shops; Kaleidescape Offers HD Video Downloads; RadioShack to Update Brand and Stores; CEA Report on Mobile Product Use
Davis Payne – Self-Produced – King Records
A rockin’ rockabilly debut recording.
Django Unchained, Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy+Ultraviolet (2012)
An amazing film that will leave some thrilled and others repelled.
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MOZART: Selected Piano Concertos – various performers [TrackList follows] (2013) – 4 DVDs
Titled “Great Piano Concertos,” this is a worthwhile collection of selected Mozart concerto videos.
ARVO PAART: Symphony No. 4 “Los Angeles” – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen; Fragments from “Kanon pokajanen” – Estonian Philharmonic Ch. Choir/ Esa-Pekka Salonen – ECM
A deeply satisfying symphony from one of our century’s great composers.
PENDERECKI: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’; LUTOSLAWSKI: String Quartet – Royal String Q. – Hyperion
These are riveting performances in brilliant sound of 20th and 21st century string quartets from two Polish masters.
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Major; ARNE NORDHEIM: Duplex for violin and viola; BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 5 – Engegård Quartet – 2L
An intriguing program from a very fine Norwegian string quartet.
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, p.// Sym. Orch. Stuttgart, SW German Radio/ Antoine de Bavier – ICA Classic
Live concert performances from the Ludwigsburg Festival 1956 prove Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli a consummate Mozartean.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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