Monthly Archive: January 2014
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 – Park Avenue Ch. Sym./ David Bernard – Park Ave. Ch. Sym.
Beethoven’s First and Seventh Symphonies in pleasing performances by New York’s Park Avenue Chamber Symphony.
“Celebration in Brass” – Gabriel V Brass Ensemble – Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Well played and beautifully-recorded. This program deserves a wider audience than just brass fanciers.
Music of Barbara Harbach, Chamber Music IV (Vol. 8) = Incantata; Harriet’s Story; Phantom of the Dreams’ Origin; The Sounds of St. Louis – Marlissa Hudson, sop./ St. Louis Ch. Players/ St. Louis Low Brass Collective/ James Richards – MSR Classics
Harbach continues her series with MSR, well-received in many quarters including this one.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “The Solent” = var. works incl. two world premieres – Soloists/ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch. /Paul Daniel – Albion
A must-have collection for Vaughan Williams lovers.
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring – Toronto Sym. Orch./ Peter Oundjian – TSO Live
Enjoyable Russian dances performed by a Canadian orchestra.
Editorial for January 2014
SONO LUMINUS has donated six of their Pure Audio Blu-ray plus CD albums to our January drawing/giveaway. Three SL albums: Entendre (violin/cello duo), Sprung Rhythm (3 American composers), and American Anthem (Ying Quartet and guests) will be sent to our six winners (at random) early in February. The Blu-ray audio-only hi-res surround or stereo tracks play back on any Blu-ray deck and the standard CD is for playing in your computer, car, or mobile CD player. To be eligible, just register this month via our simple non-intrusive form, and we won’t share your email address. The six winners will be listed in this space next month. The lucky winners of one of the three 50-CD legacy boxed sets from Erato, Teldec and Das Alte Werk labels—our December drawing—are: Charles Wheeler, Pikeville KY; David Altschuler, Los Angeles CA & Brian Woods, Minneapolis MN. EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program and then in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, and aired for 13½ years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations coast to coast. In September 1998 its web site for program information was expanded to the present free Internet publication. January 2014 is our […]
“Twentieth-Century Sonatas for Cello and Piano” = by BRIDGE, DELIUS, IRELAND, RUBBRA, CLARKE & KEYS – Alexander Baillie, cello/ John Thwaites, p. – Somm (2 CDs)
Excellent performances and a pretty much unmatched program of English chamber music with cello.
MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde (arr. by Schoenberg/ Riehn) – Robert Breault, tenor/ Richard Zeller, bar./ Martingale Ensemble/ Ken Selden – MSR Classics
Interesting, but is there a need today for a chamber arrangement of Mahler?
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
