Monthly Archive: April 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/UV Digital Copy (2012-13)
Enjoyable first of a new Hobbit trilogy, with excellent 3D effects.
MARCELLO, HANDEL & VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto, Organ Concerto; Two Sinfonias, (2002 DVD or DVD-Audio)
A fine Baroque program in great surround, though no ID of which specific works are in it.
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Nanook of the North, The Wedding of Palo & 6 other Arctic films, Blu-ray [2 discs] (1922-2013)
One of the earliest ethnographic films, and other fascinating period views of life in the Arctic.
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A Minor; Piano Sonata in B-flat Major – Maria Joao Pires, p. – DGG
Portuguese piano virtuoso Maria Joao Pires adds more Schubert to her impressive discography.
Bennett Paster – Relentless Pursuit of the Beautiful – self-released
Not the search for an aesthetic pleasure, but for inner beauty.
LUIGI BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D major; Octet for flute or oboe, horn, bassoon, two violins, viola, two cellos; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 10; Symphony in c minor – Pratum Integrum Orch./ Pavel Serbin, dir. & cello soloist – Caro Mitis
A choice quartet of selections using period instruments, in superb hi-res surround.
Editorial for April 2013
Wagner aficionados will want to have this month’s drawing/giveaway. It is for all four Wagner music dramas making up The Ring, on 14 CDs from Opera d’Oro. Clemens Krauss conducts the leading soloists and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus in 1953, and the set features four newly-translated complete librettos in English, plus a fifth book of essays. The set will go to three AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who register this month on our simple form and fill out all the fields. The winners will be announced here in May. The two winners of the 50-CD Brilliant set of all 200 Bach Sacred Cantatas—our March drawing—are: Karl Stefan Grenz, Niedersachsen Germany & Marshall Taylor, Radnor PA. Congratulations to both! GUEST EDITORIAL by Mark Waldrip, Ph.D., AIX Records [Reprinted with permission from the AIX newsletter] Just What Is The Sound Of Analog or Digital? Compliment or Criticism? I’m a digital guy when it comes to producing, engineering and releasing recordings these days but I’ve spent most of my career working with analog recording equipment. So it continues to confuse me when a reviewer or other commentator refers to a piece of music as “analog” or “digital”. I’ve heard this pronouncement many times. […]
Coleman Hawkins and His Confreres (with The Oscar Peterson Trio, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster) – Verve/APO
Three major horn players in mainstream jazz on one astounding session, in superb stereo.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
