Monthly Archive: June 2015
Film Score Roundup – 21 Recent Soundtrack CDs
In the June round up we have some recent releases like The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Thomas Newman, Far From the Madding Crowd by Craig Armstrong, and Exodus Gods and Kings by Alberto Iglesias, along with reissues and compilation scores. Howe records has released a few collector’s edition scores by Howard Shore, Crash […]
R. STRAUSS: – At the End of the Rainbow, Blu-ray (2015)
An in-depth look at Strauss with terrific archival films of the composer conducting.
Joe Locke – Love Is A Pendulum – Motéma
Joe has a “Locke” on this session.
Audio News for June 23, 2015
Streaming Grows Tremendously; New Ultimate 3D Sound Processor; LG Teams With ADT to Offer DIY Home Automation; AllPlay Multiroom Audio Gets Multiple Upgrades
The Kandinsky Effect – Somnambulist [TrackList follows] – Cuneiform
An accomplished trio who implement electronics in jazz music.
Little Richard – Directly From My Heart/ The Best Of The Specialty & Vee-Jay Years – Concord Music/ Specialty Records (3 CD box set)
New box set highlights a rock icon.
Buck Clayton – How High The Fi – A Buck Clayton Jam Session – Columbia (1954)/ Pure Pleasure – double vinyl
Re-mastered mono vinyl jam session is jazz at its finest!
Brian Charette – Will Bernard – Rudy Royston – Alphabet City – Posi-Tone
An adventurous sense of organ locomotion.
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor – Stewart Goodyear, p./ Czech Nat. Sym./ Heiko Mathias Foerster – Steinway & Sons
Canadian virtuoso Stewart Goodyear devotes his considerable gifts to the two dominant Rachmaninov concertos with potent results.
Steve Slagle and Bill O’Connell – The Power of Two [TrackList follows] – Panorama
Two is always better than one.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”; Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor- Christoph Eschenbach, piano/ Boston Sym, Orch./ Seiji Ozawa/ London Sym. Orch./ Hans Werner Henze – PentaTone
Vintage Beethoven performances from pianist Christoph Eschenbach, but the Emperor soars brilliantly while the C Minor remains pedestrian.
The Grip Weeds – How I Won the War [TrackList follows] – JEM/ Strange Change Music
Conflict and resolution: that’s how the Grip Weeds “Won the War”.
The Confession (L’Aveu), Blu-ray (1970/2015)
A horrowing true tale from Communist block Czechoslovakia shortly before Stalin’s death.
The David Angel Big Band – Camshafts and Butterflies – V.S.O.P. Gulf Coast Jazz – Volume 1 – V.S.O.P. 125CD/ Rex/Andex
Two winning CD reissues for your consideration from V.S.O.P. Records…
The David Angel Big Band – Camshafts and Butterflies – V.S.O.P. Gulf Coast Jazz – Volume 1 – V.S.O.P. 125CD/ Rex/Andex
Two winning CD reissues for your consideration from V.S.O.P. Records…
KERNIS: Three Flavors, Two Movements, Ballad(e) out of the Blue(s) – Superstar Etude No. 3—Andrew Russo, p.—James Ehnes, v.—Albany Sym. Orch./ David Alan Miller—Naxos
The eclectic musical world of Aaron Kernis is easy on the ears and intellectually stimulating.
Terell Stafford (trumpet) – BrotherLee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan – Capri
It’s all good – Lee Morgan tribute by Terell Stafford…
“Poema – Works for Cello and Strings” = ERKKI SALMENHAARA: Poema; PEHR HENRIK NORDGREN: Hate-Love; JUHO KANGAS: Concerto for Cello and Strings; AULIS SALLINEN: Chamber Music VIII – Juha Kangas – Alba
“Poema – Works for Cello and Strings” = ERKKI SALMENHAARA: Poema; PEHR HENRIK NORDGREN: Hate-Love; JUHO KANGAS: Concerto for Cello and Strings; AULIS SALLINEN: Chamber Music VIII – Marko Ylönen, cello/Ostrobothnian Ch. Orch. /Juha Kangas – Alba multichannel SACD ABCD 372 [Distr. by Albany], 65:09 (5/05/15) ***1/2: The body of work for solo cello with, […]
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High-efficiency floor-standing speakers at a reasonable price.
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High-efficiency floor-standing speakers at a reasonable price.
“Uncharted: A Viola da Gamba Adventure” – viola da gamba & other early and world music instruments – MSR Classics
Depends on the listener – some may find it to be an acquired taste while others will lap up the world music/classical mix.
Rudolf Firkusny, piano = MOZART: Fantasia in C Minor; SCHUMANN: Davidsbuendlertaenze; Kinderszenen; SCHUBERT: Drei Klavierstuecke – Rudolf Firkusny, p. – MeloClassic
Always brilliant and elegant at once, the impassioned Rudolf Firkusny delivers and Austro-German recital culled from recitals 1957-1964.