Monthly Archive: March 2015
“Evocación” – Works of FALLA, PIAZZOLLA, ALBENIZ, D. SCARLATTI & BUENCAMINO [TrackList follows] – Charisse Baldoria, piano – Blue Griffin“Elevation – The Upper Air” – Bernie Worrell, piano – M.O.D. Technologies
A pair of solo piano CDs of interest, one classical and one sort of jazz.
March 27, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
Audio News for March 27, 2015
Pioneer Expands Atmos and Adds HDCP 2.2; SOL Wireless Headphones; Astell & Kern Limited Edition Hi-Res Mobile Audio Player; ‘Deezer …
March 27, 2015/
Audio News/
John Fedchock Quartet Live – Fluidity – Summit Records
An auspicious recording by a classy and exciting band.
March 27, 2015/
Jazz CD Reviews/
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B Minor; Mazeppa; Mephisto Waltz – Felix Ardanaz, piano – Orpheus
Another modern titan of the keyboard emerges, a natural exponent of the Liszt style whose sheer bravura qualifies as the …
March 26, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
JOHN HARBISON: The Great Gatsby Suite; Darkbloom; Closer to My Own Life – Mary Mackenzie, sop. (Life)/ Albany Sym. Orch./ David Alan Miller – Albany
A terrific instrumental suite from the excellent complete opera.
March 25, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
“Music for Queen Caroline” = HANDEL: The king shall rejoice; Te Deum ‘Caroline’; The Ways of Zion do mourn – Tim Meade, countertenor/ Sean Clayton, tenor/ Lisandro Abadie, bass-bar./ Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie – Arts Florissants
Thematic programming at its absolute best!
March 25, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
MAXIMILIAN STEINBERG: Passion Week; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Alleluia; Behold, the Bridegroom comes; Your bridal chamber; Do not weep for Me, Mother; Let all mortal flesh – Cappella Romana/ Alexander Lingas – Cappella Romana
Cappella Romana is at it again, swinging—successfully—for the fence.
March 25, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
“Improvisations for Theremin and Piano” – Carolina Eyck, theremin/Christopher Tarnow, p. – Butterscotch Records (both CD & audiophile vinyl)
Not what you would expect – it’s better than that.
March 25, 2015/
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews/
BRAHMS: Seven Fantasias; Three Intermezzi; Six Pieces; Four Pieces – Ariel Halevy, piano – Romeo
Potent, if unsubtle, performances of late Brahms, but resonant and filled with a conviction that wins us over.
March 25, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
“Spirit, Strength, & Sorrow” = Setting of the Stabat Mater by ALISSA FIRSOVA, TONU KORVITS, CLAUDIO CASCIOLINI, MATTHEW MARTIN, DOMENICO SCARLATTI – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro
Christophers’s Coro goes from strength to strength in this absorbing collection.
March 25, 2015/
Classical CD Reviews/
