Monthly Archive: August 2015
Recital for Two Harps – FRANCK, DEBUSSY, SCHUMANN, MENDELSSOHN, FAURÉ – Ursula Holliger & Catherine Eisenhoffer, harps – Claves
Harp duo performs some familiar – and some hidden – gems.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Blu-ray (1981/2015)
A film masterpiece of a novel that had been thought unfilmable.
“BRAHMS by Heart” = String Quartet No. 1 in c minor; String Quartet No. 2 in a minor; String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major; String Quintet in G Major – Chiara String Q. / Roger Tapping, viola – Azica (2 CDs)
These players do seem to know Brahms by heart.
RAVEL: Trio in a minor; ERNEST CHAUSSON: Trio in g minor – Trio Solisti – Trio Solisti – Bridge
A brace of French piano trios, wonderfully played.
JAMES M. STEPHENSON: The Devil’s Tale – Matt Bean, narr./Western Illinois U. Faculty Chamber Players/Mike Fansler – Ravello
Very clever and entertaining work pays homage to Stravinsky.
Editorial for August 2015
Our August drawing is for one set of the huge Mercury Living Presence Vol. 3 set of 53 reissue CDs (issued by Decca Records), including ten never before released. Here is our review of the set, and here are details on all 53 discs. All you have to do to be considered as the winner of this huge set is to register this month using our simple non-intrusive form (and be sure to list your accurate address and email address). The lucky winner will be announced in this space next month. The two winners of the 7-CD set of all nine symphonies of Antonin Dvorak conducted by Jose Serebrier – our July drawing – are: Mark Brauer, St. Paul MN, and Lawrence Schulman, Mount Desert, ME. The sets will be shipped out soon. Congrats to both! [audaud-hr] EDITORIAL AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program in San Francisco and then in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, and aired for 13½ years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations. In September 1998 its web site for program listings was expanded to this free Internet publication. August 2015 is our 197th issue. All disc reviews are added […]
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
