Monthly Archive: March 2015
FINE: Complete Orchestral Works – Composer: Irving Fine Performers: BMOP/ Gil Rose Toccata Concertante; Notturno for Strings and Harp; Serious Song – A Lament for String Orchestra; Blue Towers; Diversions for Orchestra; Symphony – BMOP/sound
A great tribute to the music of this under-appreciated composer.
VITTORIO RIETI: Music for Harpsichord & Instruments = Triptych for Two Harpsichords; Concertino for Five Instruments; Sonata Breve for Violin & Harpsichord; Pastorale e Fughetta for flute, viola and harpsichord; Sonata All’Antica; Variations on Two Cantigas de Santa Maria – New World“Scarlatti Illuminated” = 15 Scarlatti sonatas transcribed – Joseph Moog, piano – Onyx
Two most unusual CDs of music originally for harpsichord.
VITTORIO RIETI: Music for Harpsichord & Instruments = Triptych for Two Harpsichords; Concertino for Five Instruments; Sonata Breve for Violin & Harpsichord; Pastorale e Fughetta for flute, viola and harpsichord; Sonata All’Antica; Variations on Two Cantigas de Santa Maria – New World“Scarlatti Illuminated” = 15 Scarlatti sonatas transcribed – Joseph Moog, piano – Onyx
Two most unusual CDs of music originally for harpsichord.
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BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Preludes & Fugues 13-24 – Mordecai Shehori, piano – Cembal d’amour
Mordecai Shehori continues his virtually priestly devotion to the vocal Bach style with his second installment from WTC, Book I.
![Spin Marvel – Infolding [TrackList follows] – RareNoise](https://i0.wp.com/www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SpinMarvel.jpg?resize=122%2C124&ssl=1)
Spin Marvel – Infolding [TrackList follows] – RareNoise
Call it future jazz: electronica, free improv, and remixed postproduction, from nonconformists Spin Marvel.
ARVO PAART: Für Anna Maria (Piano Music) – Joeroen van Veen, piano – (with Douw Fonda, cello; Sandra van Veen, piano on some sel.) – Brilliant Classics (double vinyl)LUDOVICO EINAUDI: Piano Music – Joeroen van Veen, piano – Brilliant Classics (double vinyl)
Two interesting double-vinyl 180 gr. albums of minimalist piano music.
ARVO PAART: Für Anna Maria (Piano Music) – Joeroen van Veen, piano – (with Douw Fonda, cello; Sandra van Veen, piano on some sel.) – Brilliant Classics (double vinyl)LUDOVICO EINAUDI: Piano Music – Joeroen van Veen, piano – Brilliant Classics (double vinyl)
Two interesting double-vinyl 180 gr. albums of minimalist piano music.
101 Dalmatians: Diamond Edition, Blu-ray (1961/2015)
It isn’t just a fun viewing, it’s educational too!
Cesaria Evora – Café Atlantico – BMG/ PurePleasure vinyl
Cesaria’s voice is rich and beautiful and a pleasure unto its own.
Nina Simone – Folksy Nina – Colpix/ PurePleasure vinyl
Simone can be truly captivating…
FERNANDO SOR: Guitar Sonatas = Grande Sonata Op. 25; Sonata; Grand Solo; Grande Sonata – Ricardo Gallen, guitar – Eudora
Fernado Sor’s music well-played and finely recorded in surround.
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice” – NY Philharmonic/Gilbert – DaCapo
Two sonically visceral readings from New York of the last of the Nielsen symphonies should gratify collectors of reverberant surround sound.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Blu-ray (1972/2015)
One of the great examples of the haunting visions of cinema, according to Roger Ebert.
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in c minor; BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy in E-flat Major – David Oistrakh, v./ London Sym. Orch./ Jascha Horenstein – Pristine Audio
Sterling 1962 performances of Brahms and Bruch from master conductor Jascha Horenstein make this one desirable disc acquisition, fine musicianship in spades!
Works of TALLIS – The Cardinall’s Musick/ Andrew Carwood – Hyperion
This wonderful series continues its exploration of the miraculous music of Thomas Tallis.
Dave Stryker – Messin’ with Mr. T – Strikezone
My cup of “T”…
Ryan Truesdell – Lines of Color: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard – Blue Note/Artist Share
Honoring the legend, Gil Evans, in a live setting…
“Elements Rising” = YVES RAMETTE: Introduction et Allegro; STEVEN BLOCK: Fire Tiger; RAIN WORTHINGTON: Night Stream; Rhythm Modes; PAULA DIEHL: Gambit; ALLAN BRINGS: Duo for Violin and Cello – var. performers/Moravian Philharmonic Orch. Ch. Players/Petr Vronsky – Navona
Some interesting works of fairly undiscovered composers.
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Fresh Cut Orchestra – From the Vine [TrackList follows] – FCO/RopeaDope
A fresh offering of large-group jazz that is both traditional and modern.
![“Blockbird – Norwegian Recorder Music” = Music by Norwegian composers [TrackList follows] – Caroline Eidsten Dahl, recorders/Per Arne Frantzen, piano/Vegard Lund, guitar/Anders Eidsten Dahl, organ – LAWO Classics](https://i0.wp.com/www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BlockbirdLAWQ.jpg?resize=122%2C122&ssl=1)
“Blockbird – Norwegian Recorder Music” = Music by Norwegian composers [TrackList follows] – Caroline Eidsten Dahl, recorders/Per Arne Frantzen, piano/Vegard Lund, guitar/Anders Eidsten Dahl, organ – LAWO Classics
As far as recorder albums go, this is the coolest thing I’ve heard in awhile.
STRAVINSKY: Concerto for Piano and Winds; Capriccio; Movements; Pétrouchka – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p./ São Paulo Sym. Orch. /Yan Pascal Tortelier – Chandos
Superb performance and recording of these fiery Stravinsky works.