Monthly Archive: June 2013
Bob Mover – My Heart Tells Me – Motema Music (2 CDs)
Bob Mover into the spotlight…..
The Valley Sings: Choral Music by Composers of the Hudson Valley – Kairos—A Consort of Singers/ Edward Lundergan – MSR Classics
Sometimes big things come from unexpected places. The Hudson Valley is obviously one of those.
Audio News for June 11, 2013
Montreal Jazz Festival; Alternate to Satellite Radio in Vehicles; New App for Jazz on Spotify; Classical News
“Dances of Eternity” = HANS BAKKER: Canzona L’altra Persona, Canzona II: Tribute to the Sun; ANTHONY IANNACCONE: Dancing on Vesuvius; MICHAEL J. EVANS: Into the Woods; MARGARET FAIRLIE-KENNEDY: Summer Solstice; MARK DAL PORTO: Song of Eternity – Moravian Philharmonic Orch./ Jan Kuĉera, & Petr Vronsky, conductors/Moravian Philharmonic Ch. Players/ St. Petersburg State Sym. Orch./Vladimir Lande – Navona
Emotional smorgasbord of music worth sampling.
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A Minor; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Jacqueline du Pre, cello/ Bruno Leonardo Gelber, p./ Berlin Radio-Sym.Orch./ Gerd Albrecht – Audite
Three young virtuoso talents make their mark in the concert of March 5, 1963 from Berlin, and two-thirds of that historic occasion is preserved in some luxurious playing of Schumann and Brahms.
Rolling Stones – Crossfire Hurricane, Blu-ray (2013)
Sex, Drugs, Rock And Roll, and a hearty dose of good music!
Hans Olav Gorset and Friends: Popular Music in Eighteenth Century Norway – Nodebog – 2L (audio-only Blu-ray + SACD)
Ever wondered what popular music sounded like 300 years ago? Now you can find out.
SCHOECK: Violin Concerto “Quasi una fantasia”; GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor – Ursala Bagdasarjanz, v./ Radiochestra Lugano/ Francesco d’Avalos /Leopoldo Casella – Gallo
Another installment from Gallo’s Bagdasarjanz project pairs two late Romantic concertos; the infrequent Schoeck Concerto doesn’t match the inspiration of the Glazunov.
Alex Cline – For People in Sorrow – Cryptogramophone (CD + DVD)
A teenager’s inspiration re-imagined as an exploratory homage.
Opera Fantaisie — BELLINI: Norma: Theme and Variations; TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin: Fantasia; BIZET: Carmen: Paraphrase; MEHUL: Je Suis Encore dans mon Printemps: Variations; GOUNOD: Faust: Fantasia; OFFENBACH: Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Fantasia; DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor: Fantasia – Emmanuel Ceysson, harp – Naïve
The solo harp finds either a demon or an angel in Monsieur Ceysson’s accounts of “salon” arrangements of operas that may have electrified Paris in their time, but certainly astound us here and now.
Luke Celenza – Back & Forth – Qualità Productions
A confident debut from a young, self-assured pianist.
French Masterworks – Russian Emigrés in Paris: 1923-28 (2013)
Five interesting silent features made by Russian emigrants to Paris.
ROTA: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Improvviso in D Minor for Violin and Piano; Toccata for Bassoon and Piano; Sonata in D Major for Clarinet and Piano; Fantasia in G Major – Goran Gojevic, clar./ Mary Kenedi, p./ Lynn Kuo, v./ Winona Zelnka, cello/ Michael Sweeney, bassoon – Naxos
The assorted chamber music compositions by Nino Rota present an entirely new dimension to his otherwise film-score reputation, here performed by ardent Toronto-based musicians.
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True North Harp Duo [TrackList follows] – Lynne Aspnes & John Wickey – Soundset RecordingsMinimal Harp [TrackList follows] – Floraleda Sacchi, concert harp – Decca
An interesting pair of concert harp CDs.
Michel Camilo, piano – What’s Up? – Okeh Florian Ross – Front Room Songs (Duets for Piano & Hammond Organ) – Fuhrwerk Musik
A pair of sort-of solo piano CDs, one upbeat and one laid back.
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ROSSINI: Complete Overtures Vol. 1 [TrackList follows] – Prague Sinfonia Orch. & Philharmonic Choir/ Christian Benda – Naxos (audio-only Blu-ray)
An unusually lengthy and hi-res collection of 15 exciting Rossini Overtures.
Audio News for June 7, 2013
Asus Xonar U7 USB DAC + Headphone Amp; Marantz SR Series of Home Theater Receivers; dbx-tv; Play LPs Without a Turntable!; Obama Issues Orders Against Patent Trolls; Tivoli Offers Leather-Bound Portable Radios
“Vivaldi Con Moto” = VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E Minor; Violin Concerto in C Major; Concerto in D Major; Concerto in F Major; Concerto in E-flat Major; Concerto in D Minor – Giuliano Carmignola, v. /Accademia Bizantina /Ottavio Dantone – DGG
Ah, late Vivaldi. The Four Seasons is wonderful music, but these late concertos show that Vivaldi’s innovative tendencies continued till the end.
Bill Harris – The Bill Harris Quintet – This Time the Dream’s on Me – Pensativa Music
One of those gems that comes out and grabs you.
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Mosh Pit – One Piano, Four Hands [TrackList follows] – Zofo – Sono Luminus (audio-only Blu-ray + CD)
Mosh Pit – One Piano, Four Hands [TrackList follows] – Zofo (Keisuke Nakagoshi & Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano) – Sono Luminus Pure Audio Blu-ray (7.1, 5.1 or 2.0) + standard CD DSL-92167, 76:31 (4/30/13) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: Another fine two-disc album from Sono Luminus, with a better combination to my mind than the two-disc sets from 2L which are audio-only Blu-ray plus SACD. This one is audio-only Blu-ray plus a standard CD for playing on other CD-only decks in your home, car or portably. This release follows on last year’s first album for Sono Luminus by Zofo, Mind Meld. The piano-four-hands team probably has a lot fewer problems giving concerts than piano duo teams, though one doesn’t get the interesting spatial separation of two keyboards in these works. Nevertheless, there is a clean and beautifully realistic portrayal of both pianists at the keyboard of their Steinway Model D Concert Grand. Not many music Blu-rays offer a 192K/24bit option, though it is only 5.1 channels (I happen to think the typical 7.1 speaker layout is silly). For 7.1 channels it is reduced to 96K/24bit—plenty good enough hi-res for my older ears. Then there is also a 192K/24bit Stereo PCM option. Zofo […]
WEINBERG: Complete Piano Works 4 — Piano Sonata No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 5; Two Fugues; Piano Sonata No. 6 – Allison Brewster Franzetti, p. – Grand Piano
This series should prove another milestone on the road to redefining Weinberg’s status.
Big Joy – The Adventures of James Broughton (2013)
A documentary on the late avant poet and filmmaker known as the “Laughing Pan.”
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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