Monthly Archive: February 2017
Furtwangler Conducts BEETHOVEN = Leonor Ov.; Sym. No. 7 & No. 8 – Vienna Philharmonic – Praga Digitals
Praga gives us three Beethoven performances by the veteran Furtwaengler. BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72a; Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92; Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Praga Digitals mono-only SACD PRD/DSD 350127 (1/6/17) 79:22 [Distr. by PIAS] ****: Assembled from Vienna concert and studio performances, 1944-1954, Praga revives three extremely potent readings of Beethoven by Wilhelm Furtwaengler (1886-1954), of which the Beethoven Eighth Symphony (8 August 1954) from Salzburg eluded – as had the performance of the Second Symphony (10/3/48 from Vienna) – collectors for many years. The disc opens with a June 2, 1944 reading of the Leonore Overture No. 3, a symphonic poem of 1806 in its own right that precludes any need for stage drama. Besides possessing a grand leisure, the performance moves with regal authority in all parts, as luminous as it can be sudden and fraught with intimations of the abyss of Florestan’s unjust imprisonment. Furtwaengler builds a terrific tension that at first culminates in the famed trumpet call that resounds with the urge to political and personal freedom, certainly an ironic commentary on the climate of the occasion […]
“Perspectives”: American Brass Quintet – Music by PATTERSON, GREENBURG, CURRIER AND EWAZEN – Summit
“Perspectives”: American Brass Quintet – Music by PATTERSON, GREENBURG, CURRIER AND EWAZEN – Summit 692, 51:00 (12/13/17) ***1/2: Contemporary brass music from the premier brass ensemble: The American Brass Quintet is one of the finest group of brass players in the world. In 2013 the quintet received Chamber Music America’s highest honor, the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field. Committed to the development of brass chamber music through education and outreach, the American Brass Quintet has served as Ensemble-in-Residence at The Juilliard School since 1987 and the Aspen Music Festival since 1970. On their latest CD from Summit Records, The ABQ offers a collection of works by American contemporary composers, commissioned by the Quintet for this recording. The disc begins with Shine by Robert Patterson. The four-movement work is an exploration of four different metals. It’s an interesting and varied piece, featuring a movement representing brass bells, quicksilver, gold and blue steel. The disc then moves on to the Quintet for Brass by Jay Greenburg, and then Cadence, Fugue, Fade by Sebastian Currier. Both works are highly listenable, and as a former brass player myself, I marvel at the skill of the […]
GIULIANI, CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO & VILLA-LOBOS: Guitar Concertos – Narciso Yepes, g./ London Sym. Orch./ English Ch. Orch./ Luis Antonio García Navarro – PentaTone
GIULIANI, CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO & VILLA-LOBOS: Guitar Concertos – Narciso Yepes, g./ London Sym. Orch./ English Ch. Orch./ Luis Antonio García Navarro – orig. quadrophonic recordings from 1977, remastered in 2014 – Pentatone SACD PTC 5186-202, 61:49 (4/14/15) ****: Beautifully restored and played four-channel guitar concertos by Yepes and the London Symphony. What a treat this disc is! Three lovely guitar concertos played by Narciso Yepes and The London Symphony Orchestra. The history of the recordings is interesting. Originally produced during the short quadraphonic boom in the early 1970s by DGG, there were many recordings done for open reel tape deck owners and some who braved the rather awful and unreliable quadraphonic vinyl discs. Later the tapes were just stored, without multichannel releases. In the present day, Pentatone has made a project of restoring the tapes, where possible finding some of the original engineers and producers to help restore them, then transferring them to DSD and SACD. The results are excellent. Even with my ear to the tweeters I don’t hear any tape hiss, yet the high frequencies of the strings and plucked guitar strings are very clean and bright. It’s a phenomenal restoration. Guitarist Narciso Yepes was one of the finest […]
BRATLIE: Vers la Lumière – Bratlie, piano; David Bratlie – electro-acoustic transitions – 2L
JENS HARALD BRATLIE: Vers la Lumière – Bratlie, piano; David Bratlie – electro-acoustic transitions [track list fellows] 2L 2L-132-SACD Pure Audio Blu-ray + multichannel SACD, DTS-HD MA 192kHz/24 bit 5.1, DTS-HD MA 96kHz/24 bit, PCM 192kHz/24-bit stereo, Dolby Atmos, 9.1 Auro 3D, mShuttle: stereo MQA 96kHz + MP3 TT: 57:00 (Blu-ray is region free) (12/16) [Distr. by Naxos] ****: A piano/electronic combination that largely succeeds. Vers la LUMIÈRE is an interesting disc from the folks at 2L. It’s a collection of classical piano music, with each work featuring a ‘transitional work’ by pianist Jens Harald Bratlie’s son David. What we get is piano music interspersed with electro-acoustic music. On paper, such a hybrid program should not work, but actually, to my ear, it works quite well and it makes for an interesting musical journey. The classical pieces were chosen for their moodiness and introspection, including works by Liszt, Messiaen, and Bibalo. Between them are three short pieces by the younger Bratlie. The standard repertoire is played in lovely fashion. Each work follows nicely from the previous one. The more contemporary transitions don’t interrupt the program, but in fact enhance it, as was the original intent. The disc itself is a […]
The Handmaiden (2017)
An interesting plot-driven film with quite a twist. The Handmaiden (2017) Actors: Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Tae Kim, Jin-woong Jo, Hae-suk Kim Director: Chan-wook Park Studio: Amazon Studios/ Sony Pictures Home Ent. 49278 (1/24/17) Video: 2.39:1 for 16:9 screens Audio: Korean DD 5.1 Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish Length: 145 min. Rating: ****1/2 The same director has already given us Old Boy and Stoker, and this is a ravishing crime drama based on a book by a British author providing a singular, no-holds-barred yet stylish viewing experience from Park. It is a complex tale at heart of a young moneyed Japanese lady living on a secluded estate during the time of the Japanese conquest of Korea, with a young Korean woman hired to serve as her new handmaiden. The Korean woman secretly plots with a con man to defraud the Japanese lady of her large inheritance, but there is quite a twist. There are almost shocking scenes of the two women having sex. This film should appeal to the lesbians reading this strongly, but it is also an amazing viewing experience that you will just have to see for yourself to find out how it all plays out. I must […]
Audio News for February 7, 2017
Jamie Parker Commemorates 150 Years of Classical Music in Canada – He is the face classical piano music thruout Canada and enjoys bringing its joys to audiences around the world. He is judge for the Cliburn Competition and often paralyses his Facebook followers with laughter. Competitors in the annual Piano Hero competition are evaluated mainly on their pre-recorded video presentation. Jamie says it is not a question of quality but rather of relevancy control: “…boards of directors do not do an adequate job of raising funds or keeping audiences engaged in their outreach initiatives.” He says “all musicians play well, if there are enough starving artists, then only the best are going to get jobs today.” “The Baby Boomers have not really migrated to classical music.” Linkplay Offers Turnkey WiFi Speaker Solution with Alexa – Linkplay Technology, a leading WiFi audio solution provider, offered at a one-day conference a way to educate customers interested in designing and building Powered by Linkplay products. The Amazon Alexa Voice Service is a broad ecosystem which can develop customer-differentiated audio products and other smart home devices. Linkplay’s patented Smart WiFi audio hardware and software module provides AVS integration, streaming music integration, app and cloud […]
Aretha Franklin – Yeah!!! – Columbia LP /Pure Pleasure vinyl
Aretha Franklin – Yeah!!! – Columbia CS 9151 (1965)/Pure Pleasure vinyl (2016) PPAN CS9151, 35:23 ****: This vinyl re-master captures the early career of an iconic artist! (Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano; Teddy Harris – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; James “Beans Richardson – doublebass; Hindell Butts – drums) She was known as The Queen Of Soul. But that moniker does not begin to assess the musical force that is Aretha Franklin. As a young girl, she became a gospel recording star with a traditional, limited audience. That changed when she was signed to Columbia Records by none other than John Hammond. The label attempted to find a way to market Franklin. Her versatility was unusual. The mezzo-soprano was comfortable singing rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, pop and soul. The Queen never hit her stride at Columbia. However, at Atlantic Records, she became the greatest singer of all time, winning 18 Grammys. Aretha was the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. A lot of the Columbia sessions are becoming available once again. Pure Pleasure Records has released a 180-gram vinyl reissue of Aretha Franklin – Yeah!!!. This album reflects the label’s attempt to showcase Aretha […]
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in a; Sym. No. 2 in C Major – Jan Vogler, cello/ Dresden Festival Orch./ Ivor Bolton – Sony
Suave and elegant Schumann played in natural, heroic manner by all principals. SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in a, Op. 129; Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 – Jan Vogler, cello/ Dresden Festival Orch./ Ivor Bolton – Sony 88985372122, 59:06 (12/2/16) ****: Clara Schumann once referred to the people of Dresden as “Philistines,” convinced that, after six years’ habitation in the city, “no musician could be found.” With a prospective move to Duesseldorf, the entire Schumann family felt a renewed vigor, and Robert conceived his Cello Concerto in fifteen days of October 1850. Curiously, despite extensive correspondence with cellist Emil Bockmuehl about the virtuosic capacities of the piece, Schumann opted for relative restraint and economic compression of the musical materials. Still, Clara Schumann lauded the work’s Romantic fervor, its “vivacity, freshness and humor, its euphony and deep feeling.” Schumann had already demonstrated his penchant for through-composed cyclic form, connecting each of the movements thematically, with the middle movement’s serving as a kind of intermezzo-recitative before the 6/8 finale recycles motifs heard earlier in the form of jittery dance. In the Violin Concerto in d minor, Schumann presses even further into this experiment in form, though one could argue that the […]
Nate NAJAR – This is Nate Najar – Candid
Nate NAJAR – This is Nate Najar – Candid 79979, 50: 58 (10/31/16) ****½: (Nate Najar; nylon string guitar/ James Suggs; trumpet/ Matt Home; drums/ John Lamb; bass) An odd nylon string guitar/trumpet combo makes for a unique bossa-swing ensemble. On this eponymous debut, Nate Najar plays jazz on an unamplified classical guitar in the tradition of Charlie Byrd and Laurindo Almeida. His Daniele Chiesa instrument, miked very closely so as to hear every squeak and pop, is splendid. His technique is a hard-won achievement of the musical conservatory; from the right foot ticking off the metronome to the left foot on that fussy apparatus the foot-stool, he looks and sounds the consummate classical guitarist. Yet the style is that of bossa-swing. On a couple of Jobim tunes, he sounds the most like his predecessors in his harmonic language and rhythmic feel. Three Chick Corea tunes suggest more modern influences. An attractive feature of his style is the lively interplay between swift single note passages and harmonically inventive chordal melody. Every note is pulled off with the fingertips evoking more tonal variety from one instrument than I have heard in some time. It is worth noting that the most affecting […]
Jimmy Scott, vocals – I Go Back Home – Eden River
Jimmy Scott – I Go Back Home – Eden River/Rough Trade ERR-CD-01 63:44 ****: A stylish turn from a jazz legend. (Jimmy Scott – vocals, guests; Joey Defrancesco – Hammond B-3; Kenny Barron – piano; Joe Pesci – vocals; Peter Erskine – drums; Oscar Castro Neves – vocal, guitar; George Maret – harmonica; John Pisano – guitar; Renee Olstead – vocals; Till Brönner – trumpet; Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals; Bob Mintzer – tenor sax; Monica Mancini – vocals; Arturo Sandoval – Flugelhorn; James Moody – sax; HBR Studio Sym. Orch.) Jimmy Scott, also known as “Little” Jimmy Scott had a high countertenor voice that seemed perfectly designed to interpret ballads and love songs. Diagnosed from birth with Kallmann Syndrome, a genetic disorder that is characterized by a failure to reach puberty. Consequently the sufferer generally remains short in stature, with a voice that has a pre-pubescent quality. His early career in the late 1940s was with the Lionel Hampton Band, where he gained some early success as the lead singer on Everybody Is Somebody’s Fool which he reprises in this 2009 session entitled I Go Back Home. Scott dropped out of the music business from the late 60s until […]
Leo Genovese – Argentinosaurus – Newvelle vinyl
Leo Genovese – Argentinosaurus – Newvelle NV006LP vinyl, 37:12 ****: An intricate jazz pianist is captured on high quality vinyl! (Leo Genovese – piano; Esperanza Spalding – double bass, vocals; Jack DeJohnette – drums, melodica) Jazz fans are known for their purist dedication to high-quality audio recording. The surge of vinyl records in the last few years supports this context. Jazz pianist Elan Mehler (with his business partner Jean-Christophe Morisseau) has taken this business model a step further. Jazz fans can buy 6 albums, exclusively by subscription, for $400. This “crowdfunding” approach is unique. The music is recorded digitally (at East Side Sound Studios) at 24-bit 88.2 kHz and then mixed to vinyl with analog consoles. The 180-gram vinyl pressing is done in France (MPO). The Kickstart label has released albums every two months and feature Frank Kimbrough, Jack DeJohnette, Don Friedman, Ben Allison, Noah Preminger and Leo Genovese. Argentinosaurus is Genovese’s contribution to the Newvelle subscription series. It is an eclectic, complex assortment of musical interpretations that pushes the constraints of jazz genres. Side A opens with an original composition (“Chacarera Y Mas”) that features some vocals by Esperanza Spalding. After her ethereal singing, the complex integration of these […]
The 9th Life of LOUIS DRAX, Blu-ray (2017)
A thriller of a film about a child’s supposed death-defying accidents. The 9th Life of LOUIS DRAX, Blu-ray (2017) Actors: Aaron Paul, Jamie Dornan, Michael Adamthwaite, Aiden Longworth, Oliver Platt Director: Alexandre Aja Studio: Miramax/ Summit/ Lions Gate (2/7/17) Video: 2.39:1 for 16:9 screens, color HD 1080p Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Extras: “The Making of The 9th Life of Louis Drax” Length: 108 min. Rating: ****1/2 The young boy Louis has survived eight near-death accidents already and in the film (during his Ninth birthday picnic) falls off a high cliff into the water in California. A doctor, Allan Pascal, is drawn into the thrilling mystery of this accident and dark coincidences, and also begins to fall for the boy’s beautiful mother, Natalie. The circumstances of his (and his father) falling off the cliff are hashed over several times. Oliver Platt is great as the therapist, Dr. Perez, who uses hypnotism and other unorthodox techniques to tap into the boy’s unconscious mind. (For some reason Platt is given no credits for a major role in the film.) The role of his father (who was not his real father) is also good. New clues emerge as the […]
WOLF! – 1-800-WOLF! – Royal Potato Family
Canis lupus rockus. WOLF! – 1-800-WOLF! [TrackList follows] – Royal Potato Family 020286222316, 35:14 [10/14/16] *****: (Scott Metzger – guitar; Taylor Floreth – drums, percussion; Jon Shaw – bass, keys) The wolf is a potent symbol. It’s no wonder the wolf has been used as a musical name by blues shouter Howlin’ Wolf; hard rockers Wolfmother; indie popsters Wolfie; and famed radio DJ Wolfman Jack. There’s something primal, forceful and compelling about the connotations of the wolf (or canis lupus). The latest to use the wolf in their name is Brooklyn instrumental rock trio, WOLF! [they prefer all caps and the exclamation point]. Guitarist Scott Metzger, bassist Jon Shaw and drummer Taylor Floreth bring back the glory of ‘60s instrumental garage-rock, akin to Davie Allan and the Arrows, Link Wray or a retrofied Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. WOLF! is a threesome which maintains a lean design, are to the point and are on target on their sophomore album, 1-800-WOLF! You won’t find screaming solos, over-amped power chords or other over-the-top audio shearing. This brief CD—13 originals penned by the trio, all snugly fitting within 35 minutes—sustains a spare sound which emphasizes texture, melody and simplicity. Much of the […]
“Piano Music of Jack Gallagher” = Frank Huang, piano – Centaur
A swish of the cape reveals another side to this marvelous composer. “Piano Music of Jack Gallagher” = Sonata; Evening Music; Sonatina; Nocturne; Six Bagatelles; Pastoral; Six Pieces for Kelly; Malambo Nouveau; Happy Birthday, April – Frank Huang, piano – Centaur CRC 3522, 78:13 [Distr. by Naxos] *****: I was in quite the anticipatory mode when this disc arrived. Jack Gallagher is one of my favorite contemporary composers, but as of yet I had only been exposed to his orchestral music, much of which is gargantuan, and all of it ravishing. Surely I was to be treated to nearly 8o minutes of Hammerklavier-like sonorities and lengthy, Opus clavicembalisticum type difficulties requiring extraordinary endurance! Wrong! What we get is a veritable flip side of the composer, a recital of sometimes introspective, delicate, and even private utterances, and other times assertive, bold, yet never overbearing piano statements of great conciseness and purity. The piano is not one of Gallagher’s “primary” instruments, by his own admission; yet he loves the tactile feel of the instrument and its immediacy of response. However, as I have found with other composers who did not start out with the piano, the pieces rendered here are very well […]
ELGAR: Enigma Variations; In the South, Carillon; etc. – BBC Scottish Sym. /Brabbins – Hyperion
Need another Enigma Variations? Listen to this one. ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36; In the South “Alassio”, Op. 50; Carillon, Op. 75; Une voix dans le desert, Op. 77; Le drapeau belge, Op. 79; Pleading, Op. 48 – Florence Daguerre de Hureaux, narrator/ Kate Royal, sop./ Yann Ghiro, clar./ BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./ Martyn Brabbins – Hyperion CDA68101, 81:57 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] ****: When an English orchestra takes up the Enigma Variations, the record company must have put a great deal of thought behind it. After all, this venerable piece has been carved out (and up) by virtually every British conductor and orchestra for the last 80 years. Toscanini had the first really great one years ago with the BBC, and there is a special pride that comes with being the only nation qualified to accurately interpret this work. Maybe. Leonard Bernstein came up with one for the ages, and they hated him for it. Slatkin they loved. Sargent, in my opinion, still has the best one on record. But one of two things has to be English—the orchestra, or the conductor. Here we have both, sort of. Since the Scottish attempt at independence failed, I guess we can […]
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man, Blu-ray (2005/2017)
A revival performance of some of Cohen’s big hits plus a bio of him. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man, Blu-ray (2005/2017) Cast: Leonard Cohen, Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Nick Cave, Kate McGarrigle Director: Lian Lunson Studio: Lions Gate Ent. (1/7/17) Video: 1.78 for 16:9 widescreen, color Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Subtitles: English SDH, English, Spanish Extras: Audio commentary track with director, “A Conversation with Leonard Cohen” featurette, Addition Cohen song performances not in film, “Tower of Song” – perf. by Martha Wainwright, “Bird on a Wire” perf. by Pela Batalla, “Famous Blue Raincoat” perf. by The Handsome Family, “Tonight Will be Fine,” perf. by Teddy Thompson, Theatrical trailer Length: 102 min. Rating: **** An excellent bio on Leonard Cohen while also a tribute onstage performance by younger performers of some of his hit songs. The film is narrated by Cohen himself in his laid-back style, and shows how he was a monk for several years at a demanding California zendo. Such artists as U2, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and Beth Orton perform his songs which he also talks about. This becomes a fascinating and more unusual approach to the usual bio of a musical star. The film ends […]
“Seven Responses” The Crossing/ Donald Nally – Innova/ EDIE HILL: Clay Jug – The Crossing/Donald Nally – Navona
Two new and amazing releases from this wonderful vocal ensemble. “Seven Responses” = CAROLINE SHAW: To the Hands; HANS THOMALLA: I come near you; PELLE GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN: Ad cor; ANNA THORSVALDSDOTTIR: Ad genua/To the knees; DAVID T. LITTLE: dress in magic amulets, dark, from My feet; SANTA RATNIECE: My soul will sink within me; LEWIS SPRATLAN: Common Ground – The Crossing/International Contemporary Ens./Donald Nally – Innova 912, (2 CDs) 55:12, 50:40 (2/03/17) [Distr. by Naxos] ****: EDIE HILL: Clay Jug – The Crossing/Donald Nally – Navona NV6073 (2/10/17) [Distr. by Naxos] 47:44 ****: There seems to be a bit of a renaissance in chamber vocal ensembles and, in particular, those that specialize in contemporary music. Composer and vocalist Caroline Shaw’s own “Roomful of Teeth” is a prime example as is the Houston Chamber Choir and so many others. These two new and very impressive releases by The Crossing and their conductor/composer Donald Nally illustrate why they need to be included in the discussion of the very best of their kind in the country. These two releases are thematically a bit different and use – as their inspiration – very different source material. “Seven Responses” is a two-disc compilation of seven different […]
SCHUBERT: Hermann Prey sings The Song Cycles, Blu-ray (2016)
SCHUBERT: Hermann Prey – The Schubert Song Cycles, Blu-ray (2016) Don’t pass this one up. Performers: Hermann Prey, (baritone), Leonard Hokanson (p.), Helmut Deutsch (p.) Studio: Naxos [11/18/16] Video: 1.33:1 Color Audio: DTS-HD 5.1, PCM Stereo Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish Extras: Introductions by Hermann Prey Length: 252 minutes Ratings: Audio ****¾ Once in a great while you’ll encounter a video disc whose confluence of composer, performers, and production values is not only satisfying but one you positively must own. Michio Uchida’s Mozart: Great Piano Concertos is one such set. And so is Hermann Prey’s 1983 rendition of all three of Franz Schubert’s song cycles: Die schöne Müllerin (1823), Winterreise (1828), and Schwanengesang (1828). These are considered the best Liederzyklus (song cycles) ever written. And this is the best version I’ve ever seen. The cycles were released individually in the mid-eighties on LaserDiscs. (Remember those? State of the art at the time, they were also fragile, expensive, and had only one hour per side. I held out for DVDs.) Now the cycles are back, snugly tucked into one Blu-ray disc; and the transfer is perfect. At 54, Prey was at his peak and sings with artful tenderness, drama, and subtlety. […]
Audio News for February 3, 2017
New Orleans Public Radio Station Restores Classical to FM Dial – WWNO in New Orlean has begun broadcasting classical music on their new stations Classical 104.9 FM. It therefore becomes the only Golf Coast area between Houston and Tallahassee where music lovers can hear classical music anytime thru the year. New Orleans Public Radio continues to transmit the same program on WWNO HD2 in metro New Orleans and the Northshore and beyond via the Internet at wwmo.org/classical. They will have local music features from 9 AM to 1 PM weekdays, and will carry Performance Today, Continuum, and the Met Opera. Music in NYC – The Budapest Festival Orchestra will appear at David Geffen Hall on the Fifth and Sixth. The Orpheux Chamber Orchestra will premiere Michael Hersch’s End Stages at Carnegie Hall, a tone poem reflecting on mortality, and also at Carnegie Hall, Jordi Savall will present early and modern Venetian instrumental music with his various ensembles on Feb. 12. Glimpse Hardware Turns Any Glasses Into Smart Glasses – Their Kai gadget (now $130 at Kickstarter) sits behind one ear and allows you to access a smart voice interface. With its companion app you can make calls, text search and […]
Editorial Page for February 2017
Our February free drawing is for a four-SACD box set, Piano Works of the Russian Futurist Movement, donated by Cybele Records. Futurism was a movement in which Russian and Italian artists and poets adopted the principles of Filippo Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto in 1909. The word applied to those who “consciously reject the most elementary traditions and continuity in the relatively narrow sphere of their own art.” elementary traditions and continuity in the relatively narrow sphere of their own art.” These works provide attempts for the composers to express themselves in a new and contemporary language. Thomas Günther is the pianist on all four volumes. All you need to do to enter the drawing is simply to click on Register To Win and fill out all the few fields we request. The lucky winner of the hi-res set will be announced here next month. 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. February 2017 is […]
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