Monthly Archive: June 2015
Audio News for June 19, 2015
Sleep – An Eight-Hour Work Intended to Put Listener to Sleep; Panasonic Joins “Netflix Recommended” 4K TVs; Toshiba Goes 4K With New Notebooks; RDA Gets a Boost
Lucien Caillet – Studio Recordings, 1936-1946 = Works of BACH, PURCELL, TURINA, CAILLET, MUSSORGSKY – Ormandy/ Reiner/ Stokowski/ Fiedler – Pristine Audio
Pristine’s Mark Obert-Thorn assembles a generous tribute to Lucien Caillet’s gifts as orchestrator and arranger of classical scores.
![3-D Rarities – 22 rare restored 3-D Films [FilmList follows], Blu-ray (1922-2015)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/3-D-RARITIES.jpg)
3-D Rarities – 22 rare restored 3-D Films [FilmList follows], Blu-ray (1922-2015)
A stunning collection of early 3D films for the format’s 100th anniversary.
Camilla Wicks, violin – Five Decades of Treasured Performances = with Norwegian Radio Orch., Hollywood Bowl Sym., Stockholm Royal Philharmonic etc. – Music & Arts (6 CDs)
We have a spectacular assemblage of live performances by an American “original” among violin virtuosos, Camilla Wicks, whose illustrious art never wavers.
SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 “Organ”; Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra; La muse et le poète for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra – Michael Stern, Kansas City Sym./ Noah Geller, violin/ Mark Giibs, cello/ Jan Kraybill, organist – Reference Recordings
Saint-Saèns well-played and beautifully recorded.
Danny Collins, Blu-ray (2015)
Al Pacino plays a washed-up rock star who sets out on a transformative journey due to John Lennon.
Matisse – from MoMA and Tate Modern, Blu-ray (2015)
A wonderful documentary on the exhibit in both London and NYC of the cut-outs of Matisse’s last decade.
Romantic Trios for Oboe, Viola, and Piano by SCHUMANN, LOEFFLER, KLUGHARDT & KAHN – Ensemble Schumann – MSR Classics
Warm and invigorating performances of little known music that will delight on many levels.
Organ Works of LISZT, REUBKE & MENDELSSOHN – Stephen Cleobury, organist – Kings College
A chance to hear a grand organ in high resolution surround.
Audio News for June 16, 2015
Apple Unveils 24-hour Streaming Service; Live Symphony Concerts Present Scores to Favorite Films; New Onkyo Home Theater Receivers; Special Movie Showings for Autistic Children
RACHMANINOFF: All-Night Vigil – Phoenix Chorale/ Kansas City Chorale/ Charles Bruffy – Chandos
Choral bombast at its best, though some might consider it a little overdone.
LOUIS SPOHR: Symphony No. 7 in C major & No. 9 in b minor; Erinnerung an Marienbad – NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/ Howard Griffiths – CPO
Certainly the market here is for curiosity seekers but there is no reason to not be one and listen.
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor; SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana – Jean-Baptiste Mueller, p. – Klavier
The young Swiss pianist Jean-Baptiste Mueller finds kindred spirits in Chopin and Schumann, both of whom he performs stylistically.
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Mercury Living Presence: The Collector’s Edition 3 [DiscList follows] – Mercury/Universal (53 CDs)
The third and last multi-CD set covering the audiophile recordings of Mercury Living Presence.
![ANTONIO SOLER: Keyboard Sonatas + Six Concertos for Two Organs [DiscList follows] – Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord & fortepiano/ Maurizio Croci & Pieter Van Dijk, organs – Brilliant Classics](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Soler-Set-X.jpg)
ANTONIO SOLER: Keyboard Sonatas + Six Concertos for Two Organs [DiscList follows] – Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord & fortepiano/ Maurizio Croci & Pieter Van Dijk, organs – Brilliant Classics
A terrific and fairly complete Soler set at a bargain price.
WEINBERG: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 10 – Kirill Kondrashin/ Rudolf Barshai / The Moscow Philharmonic Orch. / The Moscow Ch. Orch. – Melodiya
Fine music from an often overlooked Russian great.
VERTOV – The Man With the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works, Blu-ray (1924-1934/2015)
The main film is one of the most important in the development of cinema and a must see.
RAVEL: Miroirs (Mirrors); Pavane pour une infante defunte; Gaspard de la nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand – Carlo Grante, p. – Music & Arts
Carlo Grante adds his name to the immortal list of great “Gaspards” in this survey of Ravel’s keyboard music.
The Darjeeling Limited – Original Soundtrack – Abkco (vinyl)
A hodgepodge of mostly East Indian music from the Wes Anderson film.
![Henry Threadgill and Zooid – In for a Penny, In for a Pound [TrackList follows] – Pi Recordings (2 CDs)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ThreadgillHenry.jpg)
Henry Threadgill and Zooid – In for a Penny, In for a Pound [TrackList follows] – Pi Recordings (2 CDs)
A realm where the only constant is persistent curiosity about what will happen next.
Snarky Puppy & The Metropole Orkest – Compositions of Michael League/ Ork. cond. by Jules Buckley – Impulse!/Universal Classics
An amazing fusion band, together with an orchestra in quite a production – aurally and visually.
Audio News for June 12, 2015
Ornette Coleman and Christopher Lee Die; Consumer Electronics Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment for 2015; Flat Panel TV Shootout at CE Week in NYC; Smart Plug Automates Electronics, Lighting, and Boosts Wi-Fi Signals
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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