Monthly Archive: September 2015
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben – Philharmonic Sym. Orch./ Carlos Paita – (Lodia) Carlos Paita Edition
These are forty-eight intense minutes of music!
James Brandon Lewis – Days of FreeMan [TrackList follows] – OKeh
Cutting edge jazz with hip-hop influences.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, “Titan” – Utah Sym./ Thierry Fischer – Reference Recordings
A very competitive issue done by superb partners on each side of the microphone, and is easily recommended.
MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo (complete opera) – Montserrat Figueras (La Musica)/ Furio Zanasi (Orfeo) – La Capella Reial de Catalunya/ Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall – Alia Vox (2 discs)
At last a worthy SACD recording of this phenomenal score.
*PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in b-flat, Op. 100; Scythian Suite, Op. 20 – Bergen Phil. Orch./ Andrew Litton – BIS
A terrific issue which knocks off any number of other great recordings that preceded it.
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James Brandon Lewis – Days of FreeMan [TrackList follows] – Okeh
This is cutting-edge jazz, alive with possibility, and teeming with verve.
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16; MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor; SCHUMANN: Carnaval – Ania Dorfmann, piano/ Robin Hood Dell Orch. of Philadelphia/ Erich Leinsdorf – Pristine
An Odessa-born piano virtuoso worthy of reissues.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, “Titan” – Utah Sym./ Thierry Fischer – Reference Recordings
Another stunning SACD issue from Reference, with a performance to boot.
Audio News for September 8, 2015
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MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo (complete opera) – Montserrat Figueras (La Musica) & other soloists/Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall – Alia Vox (2 discs)
MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo (complete opera) – Montserrat Figueras (La Musica)/ Furio Zanasi (Orfeo)/ Arianna Savall (Euridice)/ Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera)/ Antonio Abete (Caronte)/ Cecile van de Sant (Speranza)/ Adriana Fernandez (Proserpina)/ La Capella Reial de Catalunya/ Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall – Alia Vox multichannel SACD AVSA 9911 (2 discs), 104:09 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] ****: As the years go by the increasing importance of Monteverdi becomes clearer to musicologists and the public alike. Though he has never exactly been an unknown, the pre-Baroque nature of his music, replete with predominant recitatives that can feel a little incomplete to those on a steady diet of Handel and Bach, make him an acquired taste. In fact, his art is a culmination of sorts that adds an infinitely new and rich aura to a long-developed process of dramatic presentation. The recitatives in question, and they do dominate his landscapes, never achieved such emotional and fervently dramatic usage before in the history of music, and the way he weds text to the music is something unprecedented and in many ways never equaled again. The interspersed variation “arias” and strophic songs led to the development of an operatic art form that would have influence even […]
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben – Philharmonic Sym. Orch./ Carlos Paita – (Lodia) Carlos Paita Edition
If the Strauss Ein Heldenleben warrants your full-dimensional sound reproduction, this live performance from Carlos Paita may fill the bill.
Abbey Lincoln – Sophisticated Abbey – HighNote
A great addition to the Abbey Lincoln discography.
STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring); Petrouchka – four-hand-versions – Silver-Garburg Piano Duo – Berlin Classics – 2 vinyls
A terrific double-vinyl with two Stravinsky piano-four-hands classics.
Abbey Lincoln – Sophisticated Abbey – HighNote
A welcome addition to the Abbey Lincoln discography.
HAYDN: String Quartets: 6 Quartets; String Quartet in G Major; String Quartet in F Major; String Quartet in C Major, No. 3 “Bird”; HOFFSTETTER: Serenade – Alban Berg Q. – Warner Classics
This collection comes highly recommended, irreplaceable!
HAYDN: String Quartets = 6 Quartets; String Quartet in G Major; String Quartet in F Major; String Quartet in C Major, No. 3 “Bird”; HOFFSTETTER: Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5 – Alban Berg Q. – Warner Classics (3 CDs)
Warner reinstates the exquisitely tailored Haydn performances inscribed by the Alban Berg Quartett.
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RAFF: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major; String Quartet No. 3 in e minor; String Quartet No. 4 in a minor; String Quartet No. 8 in C Major – Mannheimer Quartet – CPO
The gifted Mannheimer Quartet inscribed these under-rated, vivacious Raff works in 2006-2007.
The House of Mystery (La Maison du Mystere), (1921-23/2015)
A quite amazing 6 1/2 hour French silent serial.
CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Fantasy on Polish Airs; Krakowiak Concert Rondo; Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise; Variations – Oleg Marshev, p./ South Denmark Philharmonic/ David Porcelijn – Danacord (2 CDs)
All of Chopin’s music for piano with orchestra – on two discs!
CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Fantasy on Polish Airs; Krakowiak Concert Rondo; Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise; Variations on “Lá ci darem la mano” – Oleg Marshev, p./ South Denmark Philharmonic/ David Porcelijn – Danacord
I recommend it for your collection.
The House of Mystery (La Maison du Mystere), (1921-23/2015)
A long but very artistic and exciting 1923 French silent serial.
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