Monthly Archive: August 2015
Alceo Galleria, conductor = in works of R. STRAUSS, WAGNER, DVORAK, TCHAIKOVSKY, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV & ROSSINI – Opus Kura (2 CDs)
Alceo Galliera brings dynamic, lustrous energy to these 1953-1957 recordings with the virtuoso Philharmonia Orch.
Bill Evans – The Complete Fantasy Recordings – Fantasy (9 CDs)
The final years of a true jazz icon are captured in this nine-CD box set.
Dave Douglas – High Risk [TrackList follows] – Greenleaf Music
Taking risks is part of the process on Dave Douglas’ latest foray into electro-acoustic jazz.
John Hollenbeck – Songs We Like a Lot [TrackList follows] – Sunnyside
A covers project with discovery and rediscovery.
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique – London Sym. Orch./ Carlos Paita – Lodia
Lodia reissues the sonically stupendous 1978 recording of Carlos Paita’s Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique.
Furious7, Blu-ray (2015)
Definitely a movie for the fast car fans.
Martin Taylor – Don’t Fret – Linn
A satisfying reissue from Martin Taylor.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9; R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks – Philharmonic Sym. of NY/ Bruno Walter – Pristine
Two rare Bruno Walter documents; the Bruckner derives from a private collector whose example may lead to other treasures.
Audio News for August 28, 2015
New Films to Use DTS:X Audio Format; Founder of Burmester Audio Dies; Global UHD TV Shipments Up 700%; CEA & Japan Audio Society in Hi-Res Collaboration
Audio News for August 28, 2015
New Films to Use DTS:X Audio Format; Founder of Burmester Audio Dies; Global UHD TV Shipments Up 700%; CEA & Japan Audio Society in Hi-Res Collaboration
Joe Louis Walker – Live In Istanbul (2015)
Good music from this blues artist but video quality is fuzzy.
Van Morrison – Another Glorious Decade (2015)
This documentary on Van Morrison needs more Van Morrison!
Arcam FMJ A19 Integrated Amplifier ($999) & CDS27 SACD Player/ Network Streaming Player ($1,499)
A pair of medium-priced components that provide excellent up-to-date sonics.
Concierto – Jim Hall, guitar – CTI/ Pure Pleasure PPAN 6060 – (2 vinyl discs)
Probably Jim Hall’s best album, now in glorious remastered vinyl sonics.
Audio News for August 25, 2015
Wild Classical Violinist Nigel Kennedy Going on Road With Music of Jimi Hendrix; Bach on the Moog – Again; New Bone Conduction Headphones; Russound Adds to XStream Line
Shen Lu: Watercolor = PEIXUN: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake; RAVEL: Miroirs; RACHMANINOV: Etudes Tableaux; DUN: Eight Memories in Watercolor – Shen Lu, p. – Steinway & Sons
Chinese virtuoso Shen Lu offers a series of watercolors cut from Hunan and Western sensibilities.
DVORAK: Piano Concerto in g minor; SCHUBERT: Fantasy for Piano in C Major, “Wanderer” – Sviatoslav Richter, p./ Bavarian State Orch./ Carlos Kleiber – Warner Classics
Classic renditions by Richter of Dvorak and Schubert constitute “required listening” for anyone who appreciates this keyboard titan.
Sol Gabetta: Prayer = Works of BLOCH, SHOSTAKOVICH, CASALS – Sony Classical
Cellist Sol Gabetta and friends pay their musical homage to peace through works which arose from a Jewish spirit of prayer and devotion.
“Momentum 21 – New Music for a New Century” = Works of JAMES AIKMAN, DEREK BERME; FOUMAI, THEOFANIDIS – Albany
Momentum will hold your interest with these great new works.
Simon & Garfunkel – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection – Sony/ Legacy Edition (6 vinyl discs)
Vinyl box set of this iconic duo is superb!
Felix Salmond, Volume 2 = Cello works of BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, BIZET, PIANELLI, PIERNE – Pristine Audio
The second installment dedicated to cello virtuoso Felix Salmond features him in fine sound from Juilliard in three of the Beethoven sonatas.
Michael Gibbs and the NDR Bigband – Play a Bill Frisell Set List [TrackList follows] – Cuneiform Michael Gibbs and NDR Bigband – In My View [TrackList follows] – Cuneiform
The NDR Bigband celebrates the music of Bill Frisell and more.