Monthly Archive: August 2018
Tesla Quartet – RAVEL: String Quartet; HAYDN: String Quartet Op. 54; STRAVINSKY: Concertino for String Quartet – Orchid Classics
The debut album by the Tesla Quartet pays homage to their namesake by crisply realizing works of harmony and invention.
The Music Treasury for 2 September, 2018
The Music Treasury presents Serge Koussevitzky, composer/conductor/publisher.
WAKO – Urolige Sinn – Ora Fonogram
Bracing new music from those bold jazz innovators from Norway.
Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert – ECM
This is a stunning vinyl upgrade of a remarkable jazz piano album.
The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Sheriff – Atlantic/Pure Pleasure
Iconic cool jazz quartet shines on re-mastered vinyl!
Rudolf Serkin: Early and Unpublished Recordings = Works by BEETHOVEN; BUSONI; SCHUMANN – Pristine Audio
Mark Obert-Thorn restores previously unpublished, vital Rudolf Serkin performances to the active catalogue.
“How I Met Mozart” = MOZART, WEBER Clarinet Quintets ‒ Pierre Génisson, clarinet / Aparté
Génisson and his American colleague catch the spirit of these contrasting works.
Solomon Burke – King Solomon – Atlantic Records/Pure Pleasure
Underrated soul singer gets a well-deserved new look in a vinyl upgrade.
Ulrich Zeitler: Veni Sancte Spiritus – Ensemble 333 – MDG
Emotional and inspiring choral music loving recorded and expertly performed.
Blue Maqams – Anouar Brahem – ECM
Brahem’s long awaited reunion with Dave Holland, plus new collaborations with Jack DeJohnette and Django Bates.
SCARLATTI: Sonatas, Volume 1: 16 Sonatas – Federico Colli, piano – Chandos
Pianist Federico Colli inaugurates his Scarlatti cycle with 16 sonatas that combine harmony, invention, and elegance.
The Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol 71 – WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT: Piano Concertos – Hyperion
Precocious concerti and the usual sterling advocacy from Howard Shelley.
The Music Treasury for 26 August 2016
This week, The Music Treasury continues its review of composer/conductor/pianist/educator Leonard Bernstein. The show can be heard on KSZU in the Bay Area, from 19:00 – 21:00; it can be heard concurrently on the ‘Net from its host station, kzsu.stanford.edu. Leonard Bernstein, Part 2 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) would have celebrated his 100th birthday, Saturday, August 25. This […]
Utopias: Radical Interpretations of Iconic Musical Works for Percussion – Kjell Tore Innervik – 2L
Contemporary percussion music wrapped in an exquisite recording!
Hans Rosbaud conducts WAGNER – Southwest-Radio Orchestra Baden – SWR Classics
The Hans Rosbaud revival begins with his Wagner recordings, 1955-1959, much in the Toscanini tradition.
NPO Trio – Live at the Stone – Chant Records
Not your typical blend of classical, blues, jazz, et al… The NPO Ensembls (Meg Okura, violin; Sam Newsome saxophone; Jean-Michel Pilc, keyboards) in “Live A The Stone” takes us on a wonderful journey through a stream of rich interweaving improvisations!
Sir Thomas Beecham: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Live in the Royal Festival Hall, 1954-1959 = Symphonic Works by HAYDN; BOCCHERINI; MENDELSSOHN; MOZART; BEETHOVEN; BRAHMS; WAGNER; LISZT – ICA Classics
ICA restores a series of Beecham broadcasts and performances that testify to his artistic discipline and “mercurial” spirit.
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers ‒ Harmonia mundi
Charpentier is better known for his sacred than his theater works, but this opera is a very satisfying little entertainment.
Minor Major – Oslo String Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11; Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 – 2L
2L can always be counted on for exceptional audiophile pleasing fidelity, and they always seem to get the music right in terms of performance and selection.
Roger Davidson Quartet featuring Hendrik Meurkens – Music From The Heart – Soundbrush Records
An inextricable connection to love
Music@Menlo Live 2017 – The Glorious Violin
A feast for the violin and chamber music lover from a premier chamber music festival!
BACH: Dual Review of Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Complete – Cedille and Harmonia Mundi
Two outstanding issues cover all the bases in these fabulous works!