Monthly Archive: April 2015
Live At Knebworth, Blu-ray (1990/2015)
Hailed as the greatest British concert ever…this Blu-ray may prove that!
Into The Woods, Blu-ray (2014-2015)
A fine Disney version of the acclaimed Stephen Sondheim musical.
“Tintinnabuli” = PART: Seven Magnificat Antiphons; Magnificat; …which was the son of …; Nunc dimittis; The Woman with the Alabaster Box; Tribute to Caesar; I am the true vine; Triodion – Tallis Scholars/ Peter Phillips – Gimell
An outstanding release of music that defines the Part sound world.
Oliver Gannon & Miles Black – Broadway – Cellar Live
A delightful collaboration between two sparking players.
Reiner Rarities, Vol. 3 = Works of DEBUSSY, RAVEL, BERLIOZ, HONEGGER – Pristine Audio
A third installment of Reiner Rarities grants us some exquisite French repertory, lovingly restored.
Audio News for April 14, 2015
DTS Launches DTS:X; Classical News; HDR Coming to Amazon Prime Video Streaming
Audio News for April 14, 2015
DTS Launches DTS:X; Classical News; HDR Coming to Amazon Prime Video Streaming
For George, Cole and Duke – Harry Allen group – Blue Heron
A well-executed potpourri derived from some the best of American popular composers.
Leopold Stokowski – All-American Youth Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Their Rarest 78 rpm Recordings, 1940-1946 – Music & Arts (3 CDs)
An extensive compilation that well completes Leopold Stokowski’s work with two decidedly “patriotic” ensembles, 1940-1946.
BACH: Keyboard Concertos = Concerto in D Minor; Concerto in D Major; Concerto in F Minor; Concerto in G Minor – Lucia Micallef, pianoforte/ European Union Ch. Orch./ Brian Schembri – Divine Art
Spirited and alert renditions of Bach keyboard concertos, likely the first in a survey of the complete oeuvre.
BACH-SITKOVETSKY: Goldberg Variations – Britten Sinfonia /Thomas Gould – Harmonia mundi
A Bach transcription for string orchestra that satisfies.
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Henry Kaiser and Ray Russell – The Celestial Squid [TrackList follows] – Cuneiform
Watch out, the space aliens are here! And they have guitars!
Tom Collier – Alone In The Studio – Origin
Percussion/instrumentalist shines on this instrumental tour-de-force.
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Myra Melford – Snowy Egret [TrackList follows] – Enja/Yellowbird
A broad-minded jazz suite inspired by Latin American literature.
Robert Kennedy Trio – Big Shoes – self-produced
B-3 music is alive and well!
Dizzy Gillespie – Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Vols. 1-4 – Consolidated Artists/ Red Anchor (4 CDs)Music is Forever: Dizzy Gillespie, the Jazz Legend, and Me (book)
Two weeks with Dizzy Gillespie & a book chronicling a special friendship…
Dizzy Gillespie – Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Vols. 1-4 – Consolidated Artists/ Red Anchor (4 CDs)Music is Forever: Dizzy Gillespie, the Jazz Legend, and Me (book)
Two weeks with Dizzy Gillespie & a book chronicling a special friendship…
Pelican Dreams (2015)
A wonderful documentary on a most unusual big bird.
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: The Complete Concerto Recordings (PROKOFIEV, CHOPIN, RAVEL, LISZT, TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, MOZART – Martha Argerich, p. / Claudio Abbado cond. – DGG (5 CDs)
DGG compiles the musical testament, achieved in forty-five years, of the beginning and ending of a beautiful friendship.
Feats First – The Life & Music Of Lowell George (2015)
The career of a rock iconoclast is examined in great detail.
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas – DGG (8 CDs)
Maurizio Pollini, after some 40 years, concludes his inscribed cycle of Beethoven sonatas, and collectors can choose their preferences.
Gianluigi Trovesi set (Disc List follows) – Black Saint/Soul Note (9-CD set)
A true character who blazed like a crown fire all over Europe.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
