Monthly Archive: October 2013
BRITTEN: Winter Words; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; Six Folk Song Arrangements – Nicholas Phan, tenor/ Myra Huang, p. – Avie
Top of the world, ma. A Winter Words winner, and the other music easily match it.
THOMAS OBOE LEE: Six Concertos – Sarah Brady, flute /Ina Zdorovetchi, harp /Irina Muresanu, v. /Robert Levin, p. /Jennifer Stowik, oboe /Rafael Popper-Keizer, c. /Boston Modern Orch. Project / Gil Rose – BMOP/sound (2 CDs)
Eclectic music by a composer whose roots and here and there. And there.
Audio News for October 4, 21013
Sony Confirms “Mastered in 4K” Blu-ray Titles; Yamaha Hi-Res Desktop System; Limited Edition of Sondek LP12 Turntable; DTS and Deezer to Offer Pop Music Subscription Service; Home Audio Myths
PETER MEECHAN: Apophenia; Epitaph; Chorlton Suite; Fields of Destruction; Macbeth; Elegie – Rex Richardson, trumpet/ Becky Smith, trom./ David Thornton, euphonium/ Kew Wind Orch./ Spencer Down – L4 Recordings
A talented voice that bears watching in the coming years.
“A Tale of Two Seasons” = VIVALDI: Sinfonia to “L’Incoronazione di Dario”; Arias from “Arsilda” and “L’Incoronazione di Dario”; Concerto Grosso Mogul in D; Violin Concerto in B-flat; Arias from “Motezuma”; Violin Concerto in C – Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo-sop./ La Serinissima/ Adrian Chandler, dir. & violin – Avie
Another Vivaldi album? When they are good as this, yes! But here we get educated as well.
“Phaedra” = PHILIP GLASS: Phaedra; Modern Love Waltz; GLASS/MORAN: 21 Orchestrations of Modern Love Waltz – Var. performers – OgreOgress DVD-A
For the die-hard Glass fan, this is a must.
“Forgotten Melodies” – Works of LEVITSKI, RACHMANINOV and MEDTNER – Polina Leschenko, piano – Avanti Classic
A state of the art SACD covering some piano works of the late Romantic period Russian composers.
DEBUSSY: Trois Nocturnes; Jeux; SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor – Cologne Radio Choir/ Cologne Radio-Sym. Orch./ Hans Rosbaud – ICA Classics
German master conductor Hans Rosbaud displays equal authority in the music of Debussy and Sibelius.
Stokowski = RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade; TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasy Ov. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ – Philadelphia Orch./ Leopold Stokowski – Guild
Live from Philadelphia in 1962, Maestro Stokowski infuses new energy into a pair of his oldest warhorses.
Lyn Stanley, vocalist – Lost in Romance – AT Music (CD or 45rpm double-album vinyl)
A promising vocal debut with great backing, but the $47-at-Amazon (lower cost elsewhere) 45rpm vinyl sounds identical to me to the cheaper CD version.
MAGNUS LINDBERG: “EXPO” = Piano Concerto No. 2; Al largo – Yefim Bronfman, piano /New York Philharmonic /Alan Gilbert – Dacapo“FREDERIC KAUFMAN: Guernica Piano Concerto and Other Orchestral Works” = “Guernica” Piano Concerto; “Kaddish” Concerto for cello and string orch.; Seascape – Czech artists – Navona
The traditional solo concerto is alive and well, thank you.
Prism – Prism – Dare2 Records
Dave Holland’s Prism: reflecting sound, not light, to create a colorful fusion outing.
George Szell = BLACHER: Music for Cleveland; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major; STRAVINSKY: Fireworks, Fantasy for Orchestra – Robert Casadesus, p./ Cologne Radio Sym. Orch. – Guild
Almost equals the kind of power the Cleveland Orchestra produced at Szell’s beck and call.
Iron Man 3, Blu-ray 3D+2D Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy (2013)
A witty script and epic action make this a fun couple of hours.
Editorial for October 2013
For our October drawing Mack Avenue Records has donated seven double-disc audiophile vinyl albums, mastered and pressed by Kevin Gray at Record Techology Inc. in a three-step process. They are: Kind of Brown and The Good Feeling (Christian McBride), Common Ground (Gary Burton), Seeds From the Underground (Kenny Garrett), Friends (Stanley Jordan), Zen Food (Kevin Eubanks), and Timeline (Yellowjackets.) Each of the seven winners (who will announced here next month) will receive one of the album at random. To be eligible, just register this month via our simple non-intrusive form, and we won’t share your email address. Here are the two very lucky winners of the complete 55-CD set, Mercury Living Presence: The Collector’s Edition 2, our September drawing. May you both enjoy many hours exploring this groundbreaking set of classical discs from the Golden Age of Recorded Audio: Terrence Faulkner, Cumberland RI Judith Michaels, Austin TX EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, which aired for 13½ 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 free Internet publication. October 2013 is our […]
Audio News for October 1, 2013
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Home Page for October 2013
Our October drawing/giveaway is unusual: We are awarding seven 180-gram double-disc audiophile vinyl jazz albums to seven AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers. The albums are all from Mack Avenue Records’ new vinyl release program: Albums (shown above) from: Christian McBride (2), Gary Burton, Kenny Garrett, Stanley Jordan, Kevin Eubanks and Yellowjackets. One album at random to each of the seven winners. To be eligible, all you need do is register on our simple form this month; we will not share your email address with anyone. The seven winners will be announced on our Editorial Page next month, and you’ll find more details there now.
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