Monthly Archive: April 2014
Joyce Yang – Wild Dreams = RACHMANINOFF: Dreams; Vocalise; Piano Sonata No. 2; HINDEMITH: In einer Nacht – excerpts; BARTOK: Out of Doors Suite; SCHUMANN: Fantasiestuecke – Joyce Yang, piano – Avie
Joyce Yang’s second album for Avie presents her notion of dreams: wild, passionate, ardent, and sincere, at once.
LECLAIR: The Complete Sonatas for Violins – Greg Ewer and Adam Lamotte – Sono Luminus (audio-only Blu-ray + 2 CDs)
A reference quality disc in a variety of formats.
LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge
A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.
LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge
A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.
![Music to Drive Away Loiterers [TrackList follows] – Gil Shaham, violin/orchestras & var. pianists – Canary Classics:Love – Innocence Passion Obsession [TrackList follows] = Lynn Kuo, violin/ Marianna Humetska, piano – self:](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2ViolinCDs.jpg)
Music to Drive Away Loiterers [TrackList follows] – Gil Shaham, violin/orchestras & var. pianists – Canary Classics:Love – Innocence Passion Obsession [TrackList follows] = Lynn Kuo, violin/ Marianna Humetska, piano – self:
Two fascinating new violin CDs.
Music to Drive Away Loiterers [TrackList follows] – Gil Shaham, violin/orchestras & var. pianists – Canary Classics:Love – Innocence Passion Obsession [TrackList follows] = Lynn Kuo, violin/ Marianna Humetska, piano – self:
Two fascinating new violin CDs.
ERNO DOHNANYI plays = DOHNANYI; HAYDN; BEETHOVEN; Piano; SCHUMANN– Erno Dohnanyi, p./ Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Adrian Boult – Pristine Audio
So far as “composers play their own works,” this release from Pristine of Erno von Dohnanyi’s EMI and Remington recordings holds a special pride of place.
![“Illuminations” = Organ works by KING, WIDOR, EBEN, BACH, MESSIAEN & REBUKE [TrackList follows] – SharonRose Pfeiffer, organ, at the E.M Skinner Organ – Gloria dei Artes](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IlluminationsSA.jpg)
“Illuminations” = Organ works by KING, WIDOR, EBEN, BACH, MESSIAEN & REBUKE [TrackList follows] – SharonRose Pfeiffer, organ, at the E.M Skinner Organ – Gloria dei Artes
A pleasing organ recital in hi-res surround, and most deserving of this format.
Tess Parks – Blood Hot – 359 Music
One artist who will hang around for some time to come.
Audio News for April 18, 2014
Comcast, Time Warner and Congress All Working Together; Classical Music – Funny?; Pioneer and Clarion Ready Aftermarket CarPlay; Music Quality on Chromecast; Hauppauge myMusic-Wi-Fi Wireless Music Receiver; Sonos Adds Google Play Music
HOWARD HERSH: Angels and Watermarks = Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments; Angels and Matermarks for harpsichord; Dream for piano solo – Brenda Tom, piano & harpsichord/ tentet/ Barbara Day Turner – Howard HershARNOLD ROSNER: Musique de Clavecin; Sonatine D’Amour; DANIEL PINKHAM: Partita for Harpsichord – Barbara Harbach, harpsichord – MSR Classics
Contemporary tonal harpsichord and piano works on two CDs.
HOWARD HERSH: Angels and Watermarks = Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments; Angels and Matermarks for harpsichord; Dream for piano solo – Brenda Tom, piano & harpsichord/ tentet/ Barbara Day Turner – Howard HershARNOLD ROSNER: Musique de Clavecin; Sonatine D’Amour; DANIEL PINKHAM: Partita for Harpsichord – Barbara Harbach, harpsichord – MSR Classics
Contemporary tonal harpsichord and piano works on two CDs.
Stabat Mater dolorosa = Music for Passiontide – Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/ Graham Ross – Harmonia mundi
An interesting and effective Lenten offering.
BACH: Cantatas Vol. 18 = “Watch ye, pray ye, watch and pray”; “Now is to us salvation come”; “King of heaven, ever welcome” – La Petite Bande/ Sigiswald Kuijken – Accent
This series goes from strength to strength, despite the miniscule vocal forces.
HAMPSON SISLER: Milestones; Five Shakespeare Sonnets— Ian Greenlaw, bar./ Michelle Trovato, sop./ National Sym. Orch. of Ukraine/ Bulgarian National Radio Sym. Orch./ Crimean State Philharmonic Sym. Orch./ Arkady Leytush – MSR
This new release of the music of Sisler casts him in a new and favorable light.
CUNNINGNAM: “Sonic Flight” = Violin Concerto; Dialogue for Orchestra and Wind Trio; Diaphony for Orchestra and Wind Trio; Wakefield Autumn; Kaleidoscope; Venus and Adonis – Navona
Very fine works by a composer you should know.
ROXANNA PANUFNIK: Dance of Life, Tallinn Mass – Patricia Rozario (Life, Elu)/ Jaak Johanson (Nar.)/ Soloists/ Choir/ Mihhail Gerts, cond. – Warner Classics
Panufnik’s art puts her among the elite composers in the world today.
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major; FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major – Sidney Weiss, violin/ Jeanne Weiss, p. – Crystal Records
The Weiss Duo presents two classic violin sonatas in splendid form, emotionally vibrant and poetically etched as every turn.
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE: Poema Concertante; Cinco canciones negras; A la espanola; Concerto breve – Rachel Barton Pine, violin/ Lucia Duchonova, mezzo/ Jenny Lin, p./ NDR Radio Philharmonic/ Celso Antunes – Hänssler Classic
A terrific disc of music from a composer making a bit of a comeback these days.
JOHN ADAMS: The Gospel According to the Other Mary – Los Angeles Philharmonic/ LA Master Chorale/ Kelley O’Connor (Mary Magdalene) and other soloists/ Gustavo Dudamel – Deutsche Grammaphon (2 CDs)
This is essential Adams and quite moving.
Audio News for April 15, 2014
Geek Wave Offers Concert Quality Sound for Smartphones; Samsung Unveils New Soundbars; Burning Hi-Res Audio Downloads to DVD; Classical Music and Circus Arts Combine in ‘Cirque de la Symphonie’
Lou Reed Tribute – DVD Box Set (2014)
This set provides an extensive review of Lou Reed’s career.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
