Monthly Archive: April 2013
MOZART: Requiem (Sussmayer); Realizations by Maunder, Levin, Beyer, Druce, Finnissy; Audio Documentary – Elin Manahan Thomas, sop./ Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano/ James Gilchrist, tenor/ Christopher Purves, bass-bar./ Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ Academy of Ancient Music/ Stephen Cleobury – King’s College (SACD+CD)
A fine Requiem with some intriguing bonuses.
* RACHMANINOV: All-Night Vigil – Latvian Radio Choir/ Sigvards Klava – Ondine
************* MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ***********
A performance that offers much not usually heard in this fantastic work.
GORDON GETTY: Piano Pieces – Conrad Tao, piano – PentaTone
Pentatone’s commitment to Getty continues with this disc of piano miniatures.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” – Soloists/ SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS Media
The Ninth is the latest in the SF Symphony/MTT Beethoven works series, following on the recent SACD of the Seventh.
HEINRICH SCHUTZ: Musikalische Exequien; Das ist je gewisslich; Gesang der drei Männer im feurigen Ofen; Das Wort ward Fleisch; Canticum Simeonis; Canticum Sineonis; Works of SCHEIN & HAKE – MD&G
MD&G releases another disc dedicated to Schutz, this time a little more subdued in nature.
The Chants of the Holy Spirit – Gloriæ Dei Cantores Women’s Schola – Gloriæ Dei Cantores
GDC continues what is becoming an expected high standard of excellence.
BERLIOZ: Grande Messe des morts – Barry Banks, tenor/ London Philharmonic Choir/ London Sym. Chorus/ London Sym. Orch./ Colin Davis – LSO Live
Davis’s last attempt at the elusive and difficult Requiem. But is he sabotaged by St. Paul’s?
The Art of Andres Segovia, Vol. 7 = FRESCOBALDI: Passacaglia; Corrente; WEISS: Fantasia; BACH: Suite No. 3 in A Major; AGUADO: 8 Lessons for Guitar; GRANADOS: Andaluza; ALBENIZ: Granada; Zambra granadina; MENDELSSOHN: Song Without Words; DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin – Andres Segovia, guitar – IDIS
Andres Segovia in 1961-1962 inscriptions that demonstrate the breadth of his repertory on the instrument whose legitimacy for the classics he proved time and again.
Bill Moyers – Beyond Hate (1991/2013)
A profound documentary that in many ways is more vital to the world today than when originally telecast in 1991.
FAIROUZ: ”Native Informant” = Tahwidah; Chorale Fantasy; Native Informant – Sonata for Solo Violin; Posh; For Victims; Jebel Lebnan – Soloists/Imani Winds – Naxos
Amazingly compelling work by this important new voice.
Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Asylum Records /Speakers Corner Records – vinyl
Controversial album showcases singer/songwriter’s restless spirit.
PROKOFIEV: Love for Three Oranges Suite; Scythian Suite – London Sym. Orch./ Antal Dorati (1957) – Mercury Records/ ORG 45 rpm vinyls
A quite close A/B comparison, but of course the 45 rpm vinyls are the ultimate.
Christian McBride + Inside Straight – People Music – Mack Avenue
A harmonically knowledgeable band with a shared sense of promise.
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: At the Movies = Oklahoma! Overture; 2 Songs; Carousel: Waltz; 4 Songs; South Pacific: 3 Songs; The King and I: Overture; The Sound of Music: Main Title and Preludium; 2 Songs -Soloists/ Maida Vale Singers/John Wilson Orchestra – EMI Classics
An effective and lushly-mounted tribute to a winning combination of the American musical theater, and the melodies never quit.
Dirk Gently, BBC Series I (2013)
Four episodes of an hilarious BBC-TV parody of detective shows.
EMMA LOU DIEMER: ”Pacific Ridge” = Santa Barbara Overture; Concerto in One Movement for Marimba; Concerto in One Movement for Piano – London Sym. Orch./Brynmore Llewelyn Jones/Slovak Radio Sym. Orch./Joel Suben /Czech Radio Sym. Orch./Vladimir Válek /Betty Oberacker, p. – Navona Records
Wonderful look at an important American composer.
Gangster Squad, Blu-ray+DVD+UV Digital Copy (2013)
A decent crime drama, but not a memorable one.
Audio News for April 16, 2013
Court Decision Makes Selling Digital Music Files Difficult; Increased Consumer Spending Lifts Electronics Sales; Sydney Opera House Partners with Samsung; Problems with Met’s 45-ton Wagner Set; Vudu User Data Stolen; Four Hisense TVs Now on Walmart Shelves
Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – Columbia Records Legacy Recordings – mono vinylMiles Davis – Milestones – Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings – mono vinyl
Two great Miles Davis classics on reissued vinyl – but why in mono when stereo masters are available?
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Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited – [TrackList follows] Columbia Records/ Sundazed mono vinyl
A vinyl reissue—fine—but why mono when a terrific stereo SACD is available?
Ahmad Jamal – Collector’s Edition (CD + DVD) – Jazz Village
This is the video that goes along with the excellent recent Blue Moon CD of Ahmad Jamal.
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – DJM Records/ Speakers Corner Records – vinyl (2 discs)
Re-mastered vinyl double album is a rock milestone.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
