Monthly Archive: May 2014
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major; Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major; Violin Sonata No. 22 – Ray Chen, violin/ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orch./Christoph Eschenbach, p. & cond. – Sony
Ray Chen transcends his ‘virtuoso’ status with these elegantly stylized versions of two Mozart concertos and one of his sonatas.
![Four CDs from NYC’s Smoke featuring David Hazeltine, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, and Harold Mabern [Details below]](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HazeltineHerring2.jpg)
Four CDs from NYC’s Smoke featuring David Hazeltine, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, and Harold Mabern [Details below]
Where there is Smoke, there is high quality jazz…
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Steve Treseler Group – Center Song [TrackList follows] – CMA Records
Pacific Northwest jazz which showcases diverse influences.
Lucerne Festival – Claudio Abbado = SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2; WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll – Vienna Philharmonic Orch. (Schubert)/ Ch. Orch. of Europe/ Claudio Abbado – Audite
Newly-released Abbado performances from Lucerne provide pedestrian Schubert but exhilarated readings of Beethoven and Wagner.
Audio News for May 2, 2014
Harman Reports 32% Sales Gain; Yamaha Boosts Sales; AT&T Considers Purchase of DirecTV; Easy to Go Hi-Res on Your Computer
J.S. BACH: Suite No. 1 in G Major; Suite No. 2 in d minor and Suite No. 3 in C Major – Hopkinson Smith, German Theorbo – NaïveJ.S. BACH: Suite No. 4 in B-flat Major; Suite No. 6 in D Major; Suite in g minor (Suite No. 5 in c minor) – Hopkinson Smith, Baroque lute – Naïve
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith and a stunning survey of J.S. Bach’s complete Suites for Solo Cello in his own transcriptions.
J.S. BACH: Suite No. 1 in G Major; Suite No. 2 in d minor and Suite No. 3 in C Major – Hopkinson Smith, German Theorbo – NaïveJ.S. BACH: Suite No. 4 in B-flat Major; Suite No. 6 in D Major; Suite in g minor (Suite No. 5 in c minor) – Hopkinson Smith, Baroque lute – Naïve
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith and a stunning survey of J.S. Bach’s complete Suites for Solo Cello in his own transcriptions.
WOLF: Spanisches Liederbuch; Italienisches Liederbuch = Birgid Steinberger, sop./ Wolfgang Holzmair, bar./ Michaela Selinger, mezzo-sop./ Russell Ryan, piano/ Georg Beckmann, piano – Bridge (3 CDs)
This collection is an important addition to the Wolf canon, and if you don’t know these works you should make an effort to acquire it.
ROBERT GROSLOT: “Works for Flute and Piccolo” = Concerto for Flute and Ensemble; Bodede-Moke; Three Night Pieces; Suite for Flute and Piano; Albarossa; Concerto for Piccolo and Ensemble; Four Dance Sketches – Peter Verhoyen, flute and piccolo/Arco Baleno ens./Soloists – Groslot Music
Always interesting music from this talented composer.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Blu-ray (2013)
A great adventure-drama and not like your usual Ben Stiller film.
MICHAEL NYMAN: “The Piano Sings 2” = (TrackList follows) – Michael Nyman, piano– MN Records
Nice follow-up for those in the know.
Editorial for May 2014
Naxos Classical has donated three of their 11-CD boxed sets of all of the Mozart Symphonies for our May drawing. The performances are by Cappella Istropolitana and the Northern Chamber Orchestra, and the total playing time is over 11 hours. The three winners of this set will be chosen from among those AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who register this month using our simple form. When you register we don’t share any of your information except your address for shipping to you. The three winners’ names will be listed here next month. Here are the names of the six winners of last month’s drawing for a pair of audio-only Blu-ray titles from Universal Music Group: James Verdini, Browns Summit NC; Phillip Wheeler, Pikeville KY; Dan Ferguson, Puyallup WA; Jim Doyle, Culpeper VA; Richard Medina, Fremont CA; Tom Morrissey, Brookline MA. Congrats to all! EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program in San Francisco 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. In September 1998 its web site for program listings was expanded to this free Internet publication. May 2014 is our 182nd […]
Home Page for May 2014
Our May drawing/giveaway will be for three 11-CD boxed sets containing all of the symphonies of Mozart. Naxos Classical is providing these complete sets from one of the supreme musical geniuses of all time. They range from symphonies he wrote at age eight to those from the last three years of his life. The conductors include Ward, Nicholas, Wordsworth and Barry. All you need to do to be on the list from which the three winners will be selected is to register on our simple form this month. (If you don’t completely fill out the form you will not be eligible for the drawing.) The three lucky winners will be listed on our Editorial Page next month, where this month you’ll find more details on the drawing.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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