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KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto; BRITTEN: Violin Concerto – Vilde Frang, violin/ Frankfurt Radio Symphony/ James Gaffgan – Warner Classics

by Audiophile Audition | Jul 28, 2017 | Classical CD Reviews

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; BRITTEN: Violin Concerto, Op. 15 – Vilde Frang, violin/ Frankfurt Radio Symphony/ James Gaffgan – Warner Classics 08225646009213, 58:12 (2/26/17) ****: Violinist Frang fulfills her wish to bring two of her favorite concertos together, reflections of the “divisive” era of the 1930s. Youthful but brilliantly gifted violin […]

The Innocents, Blu-ray (1961/2014)

by John Sunier | Oct 12, 2014 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

A mild Victorian-era ghost story, beautifully photographed, with a screenplay largely written by Truman Capote.

Audio News for November 19, 2013

by John Sunier | Nov 19, 2013 | Audio News

After HD and UHD Comes HD Audio. Or Does It?; Big Boxed Sets from Major Labels Multiply; Kent Nagano Contract at Montreal Extended to 2020

BRITTEN: War Requiem – Galina Visnevskaya, sop./Peter Pears, tenor/ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar./ Highgate School Choir/ The Bach Choir/ Melos Ensemble/ Simon Preston, organ/ London Sym. Orch. & Chorus/ Benjamin Britten – Decca (Blu-ray+2 CDs)

by John Sunier | Nov 7, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

One of the greatest achievements of classical recording, now in hi-res form with lots of extras.

Home Page for November 2013

by John Sunier | Nov 1, 2013 | Home Page

Our November drawing/giveaway again is unusual: It is for three copies of the new Decca hi-res remastering of Benjamin Britten’s original conducting of his own very moving War Requiem in 1963, with Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears and Fischer-Dieskau as soloists. Gramophone called it “one of the most magnetic performances of British music ever put on record.” […]

Editorial for November 2013

by John Sunier | Nov 1, 2013 | Editorial

Decca Records has donated three copies of the three-disc BENJAMIN BRITTEN: War Requiem for our November drawing, celebrating the Britten Centenary. One disc is a Blu-ray audio-only version of the 96/24 stereo remastering from the original 1963 tapes of Britten conducting the soloists, Melos Ensemble and London Symphony in his moving work, using poetry of […]