Monthly Archive: February 2014
All Is Lost, Blu-ray (2013)
An epic sea-going tale with a bravura performance by Robert Redford.
Ted Brancato – The Next Step – Origin Records
Veteran session player has an impressive debut.
Keith Jarrett – No End (1986) – ECM (2 CDs)
A different side of Keith Jarrett’s muse comes forth on this never-heard-before archival release.
Louisiana Red – The Lowdown Back Porch Blues – Roulette Records (1963)/ Pure Pleasure Records (2013) – vinyl
Louisiana Red – The Lowdown Back Porch Blues – Roulette Records (1963)/ Pure Pleasure Records (2013) PPAN R 25200, 34:01 re-mastered 180-gram vinyl ****: (Louisiana Red – guitars, vocals, harmonica; Karl Lynch – bass; Panama Francis – drums) The legacy of blues music is distinctly American in its origins. Most (if not all) of these […]
Audio News for February 11, 2014
Throwaway DVDs; Beep – New Wireless Home Audio System; 192K/24-bit Audio Codec for Mobile Devices; Wearable Home Theater
La Vie De Bohème, Blu-ray (1992/2014)
A scrappy modern adaptation of Henri Murger’s historic stories of Paris.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4; WAGNER: Parsifal: Prelude, Act I; MENDELSSOHN: Ruy Blas Ov. – Joan Alexander, sop./ BBC Sym. Orch./ London Sym. Orch. (Ruy Blas)/ Rudolf Kempe – ICA Classics
Devotees of conductor Rudolf Kempe will delight in two major additions to his discography, particularly in the Mahler interpretation.
KALEVI AHO: Minea; Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; Symphony No. 15 – Eero Munter, doublebass/ Lahti Sym./Osmo Vänskä, Jaako Kuusisto, Dima Slobodeniouk cond. – BIS
My fascination continues with this very unique composer.
“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild “The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion
Two CDs of seldom-heard French Piano Concertos.
“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild “The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion
Two CDs of seldom-heard French Piano Concertos.
“British Composers Premieres Vol. 4 plus 1” = HOWELL: Piano Concerto; ELKINGTON: Out of the Mist; SCOTT: Harpsichord Concerto; JADASSOHN: Serenade No. 3 – Cameo Classics“British Composers Premieres Vol. 5” = LEIGHTON: Piano Concerto No. 1; GIPPS: Piano Concerto – Angela Brownridge, p. – Cameo Classics
Two interesting releases of British keyboard concertos and other works from Cameo Classics.
“British Composers Premieres Vol. 4 plus 1” = HOWELL: Piano Concerto; ELKINGTON: Out of the Mist; SCOTT: Harpsichord Concerto; JADASSOHN: Serenade No. 3 – Cameo Classics“British Composers Premieres Vol. 5” = LEIGHTON: Piano Concerto No. 1; GIPPS: Piano Concerto – Angela Brownridge, p. – Cameo Classics
Two interesting releases of British keyboard concertos and other works from Cameo Classics.
MOZART: Symphonies 36 “Linz” and 39 (Vol. 11) = Danish Nat. Ch. Orch./ Adam Fischer – DaCapo
The penultimate volume from Adam Fischer and his Danish musicians – a glorious cycle of Mozart Symphonies.
KORNGOLD: String Sextet in D; Piano Quintet in E – Camerata Freden – Tacet Pure Audio Blu-ray
A melody-brimming Sextet and a Liszt-styled Quintet from the composer of classic Hollywood film scores.
DELIUS: Orchestral Music Arranged for Two Pianos, Vol. 2 – Paris, the Song of a Great City; Eventyr; Fantastic Dance; Summer Night on the River; Song of the High Hills – Simon Callaghan & Hiroaki Takenouchi – Somm Celeste
The second volume of fascinating two-piano transcriptions of Delius orchestral works.
KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor; Cello Concerto No. 2; Colas Breugnon Suite – Torleif Thedeen, cello/ NDR Radio-Sym. Orch./ Eji Oue/ Adrian Prabava (Breugnon) – CPO
Color and persuasive energies dominate this all-Kabalevsky disc, featuring brilliant virtuosity from cellist Torleif Thedeen.
SATIE: Choix d’oevres pour piano – Christoph Deluze, p. in 33 pieces; Parade ballet – Orch. Nat. de France/ Manuel Rosenthal – Praga Digitals
An unusual combination of a recital of just-recorded 33 Satie piano pieces, plus a 1959 orchestral recording of Satie’s Parade.
VERDI: Luisa Miller (complete opera), Blu-ray (2013)
An excellent Blu-ray opera album, with some interesting stage settings.
![Fernando Otero – Romance [TrackList follows] – Otero – piano & melodica & quintet with three vocalists – Soundbrush](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FernandoOrtero.jpg)
Fernando Otero – Romance [TrackList follows] – Otero – piano & melodica & quintet with three vocalists – Soundbrush
A fine difficult-to-categorize album of light 21st-century chamber music from Argentina.
Dallas Buyers Club, Blu-ray (2014)
A difficult-to-watch but fascinating film based on a true story about part of the struggle to find proper treatment for AIDS victims.
BACH: French Suite No. 5 in D; English Suite No. 3 in d; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in D; Suite in e – The Katona Twins, duo-guitars – Channel Classics
A fine Bach program arranged for two guitars and played by one of the best guitar duos in the world.
“Abhanden” = Works of UNG, VIVIER, DEHAAN, GREENWALD, BALTER & BROWN – Chris Wild, cello/ Ens. Dal Niente – Navona
A very eclectic program, just a little unsettling in places.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
