Australia Archive
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues – Reference Recording
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues – Reference Recording RR-140 HDCD, 54:07 ****: Delta blues and more from another part of the world. (Fiona Boyes – guitars, vocals/ Jim Bott – drums, percussion/ Denny Crow – bass) Blues music began as a regional cultural touchstone. Through jazz, rock and roll and country/western, the once provincial […]
Som Howie, clarinet – “Premiere Rhapsodie” – Works of DEBUSSY, POULENC, BARTOK, RAVEL & Others – Cala
Very rewarding recital from this talented father and son duo. Som Howie, clarinet – “Premiere Rhapsodie” = CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Premiere Rhapsodie; BÉLA KOVACS: Hommage a Manuel de Falla; FRANCIS POULENC: Sonata for clarinet and piano; BÉLA BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances; JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sonata No. 1 in F-minor; MAURICE RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera; JOSEPH […]
Audio News for July 12, 2016
Home Theater Turned Into Star Trek: The Next Generation – Over $1.5 million later, financier Marc Bell has turned sci-fi into reality in his home in Boca Raton FL. The home theater is patterned after the bridge on the USS Enterprise, the spaceship featured on the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series that ran […]
Backtrack, Blu-ray (2016)
Basically a horror film, but without the demons and gore. Well done. Backtrack, Blu-ray (2016) Cast: Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy Director: Michael Petroni Studio: Lionsgate (4/26/16) Video: 2.40:1 for 16:9 screens, 1080p HD color Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1, DD 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish Extra: “The Psychology of Backtrack” featurette Length: 89 minutes […]
Vol. 2 from Romantic pianist Jascha Spivakovksy offers a diversity of musical styles, each approached as passionately and reverently.
Vol. 2 from Romantic pianist Jascha Spivakovksy offers a diversity of musical styles, each approached as passionately and reverently.
Audio News for June 26, 2015
SMPTE Australia Conference & Exhibit; SACD Is Staging a Comeback as a Computer Audio Option; Gunther Schuller and James Horner Die
PETER SCULTHORPE: “The Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu” = String Quartet No. 12 “From Ubirr”; String Quartet No. 14 “Quamby”; String Quartet No. 16; String Quartet No. 18 – Del Sol Quartet/ Stephen Kent, didjeridu – Sono Luminus (Pure Audio Blu-ray+2 CDs)
These moving works become a testimony to this great composer.
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Albare – Two Decades Of Jazz [TrackList follows] – Enja
A diverse collection of jazz from one of Australia’s prominent jazz artists.
Adrian Cunningham – Ain’t That Right! – The Music Of Neal Hefti – Arbors Jazz
Cunningham shows he is more than capable of a breakthrough in this release.
Audio News for August 29, 2014
AudioControl Launches M8 Surround Theater Preamp; CEA SAys Consumer Confidence High for 2014; Batter Named Gracenote CEO; A Synaesthesia Music Festival in Australia
BENJAMIN: Sonata for Viola & Piano (1942); Three Violin Pieces (1921-25); A Tune & Variations. For Little People (1939); Le Tombeau de Ravel: Valse-Caprices From San Domingo; Jamaican Rumba; Sonatina for Violin & Piano (1925) – Lawrence Power, viola & violin/ Simon Crawford-Phillips, p. – Hyperion
It’s a treat to hear Arthur Benjamin whose music today, unfairly, is rather obscure.
Audio News for November 12, 2013
“Wait and See” Attitude to Purchase of UHD sets; CES Ultra HD Conference; Philips HDR Pair Directed at TV Cord-Cutters; Jazz Pianist Viyay Iyer Gets Attention; Dish Network Closing All Blockbuster Stores
* SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS Works, Vol. 2 – Melbourne Sym./ Sir Andrew Davis – Chandos
************** MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ************
A cross-section of works from this composer/conductor, who in his earlier works was influenced by Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky.
Audio News for August 9, 2013
Home Entertainment Spending Up 2%; U.S. Consumer Confidence Dips from Five-Year High; Convenience Killed Piracy in Norway; Top Entertainers Urge Congress to Force Radio Stations to Pay Royalties; Evolution of Online Video to Multiscreen Online Video
Lord of the Flies, Blu-ray (1963/2013)
A unique film classic which really gets you thinking, and has lost nothing since 1963.
Midnight Oil – Essential Oils – Columbia/Legacy (2 CDs)
The first genuinely comprehensive collection from the Down Under alternative rockers.
Deep Purple – Total Abandon Australia ‘99 – Eagle Records
This is the CD of an Australian appearance by the band in 1999; a DVD is also available.
Linda Oh – Initial Here – Greenleaf Music
A new bass star is born.
Sanctum, Blu-ray (2011)
At the heart of the suspenseful action is the question of what each person must do in order to survive when faced with sudden life and death decisions at every juncture.
Bizarre or baRock – Elizabeth Anderson – Move More Bizarre or baRock – Elizabeth Anderson – Move
Elizabeth Anderson has the reputation – at least in her native Australia – as the hottest and hippest harpsichordist around today.
Goossens in Cincinnati, Volume 1 = GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden; STRAVINSKY: Le Chant du Rossignol; CHABRIER: Marche Joyeuse; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Sir Eugene Goosens – Historic Rec.
Transfers a series of Goossens’ marvelously vivid, often emotionally pungent, recordings in this first volume of performances, 1945-1946.
Mad Max, Blu-ray + DVD (1980/2010)
Porn for guys who dig fast cars
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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