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DEBUSSY: Images, Books I-II; Children’s Corner; Suite bergamasque; L’Isle joyeuse – Seong-Jin Cho, piano – DGG
Seong-Jin Cho’s Debussy recital for DGG confirms his place in the Debussy tradition set by Gieseking and Michelangeli. DEBUSSY: Images, Books I-II; Children’s Corner; Suite bergamasque; L’Isle joyeuse – Seong-Jin Cho, piano – DGG 479 8308, 72:47 (11/17/17) [Distr. by Universal] *****: South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho (b. 1994) recently appeared for the Steinway Society […]
DEBUSSY: Estampes; Images; Children’s Corner Suite; La plus que lente; L’Isle joyeuse – Stephen Hough, piano – Hyperion
DEBUSSY: Estampes; Images, Books I-II; Children’s Corner Suite; La plus que lente; L’Isle joyeuse – Stephen Hough, piano – Hyperion CDA68139, 69:25 (1/5/18) [Harmonia mundi/PIAS] **** A potent and sonically resonant all-Debussy album attests to the spectacular technique of Stephen Hough. Having listened to the exotic, even voluptuous, sounds of the gamelan and gong (or […]
“The Unbroken Line” = DEBUSSY: Images; Preludes; RAMEAU: Castor et Pollux; Nouvelles Suites – Jeffrey LaDeur, piano – MSR Classics
“The Unbroken Line” = DEBUSSY: Images I; Preludes II; RAMEAU: Selection from Castor et Pollux; Selection from Nouvelles Suites – Jeffrey LaDeur, piano – MSR Classics MS 1654, 69:39 [Distr. by Albany] ****: An interesting concept that rings quite true. Jeffrey LaDeur is a widely performing artist who is also the founder of the noted […]
DEBUSSY: Masques; … D’un cahier d’esquisses; L’isle joyeuse; Images ; Estampes; Children’s Corner – Steven Osborne, piano – Hyperion
DEBUSSY: Masques; … D’un cahier d’esquisses; L’isle joyeuse; Images I; Images II; Estampes; Children’s Corner – Steven Osborne, piano – Hyperion CDA68161, 73:21 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] *****: A long time coming, but well worth the wait. It’s been since 2006 that Steven Osborne released his Debussy Preludes, one of the better sets to come […]
Elvis Costello – Detour – Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Blu-ray (2016)
Elvis Costello – Detour – Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Blu-ray (2016) New wave auteur goes solo with forty years of worthwhile material. Cast: Elvis Costello with Larkin Poe (Rebecca and Megan Lovell) Studio: Eagle Vision EVB335309 Director: Joss Crowley Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1; PCM 2.0 Stereo Video: 1.78:1 for 16:9, 1080i HD Color Length: […]
Speedy, Blu-ray (1928/2015)
For some Lloyd fans, their favorite of his silents, even over The Freshman.
Cornelius Dufallo, Maya Beiser, Carmen Kordas, Erika Harrsch, Paola Prestini – Labyrinth: Installation Concertos – VisionIntoArt (VIA Records) (CD+DVD)
Modern technology and modern classical music meld meticulously.
Alexandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain original soundtrack – Real Gone Music (2 vinyls)Alexandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality original soundtrack – Real Gone Music (vinyl)
A pair of cult soundtrack vinyls for both cult film and cult soundtrack fans.
Alexandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain original soundtrack – Real Gone Music (2 vinyls)Alexandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality original soundtrack – Real Gone Music (vinyl)
A pair of cult soundtrack vinyls for both cult film and cult soundtrack fans.
Audio News for March 6, 2015
Shout Factory Free Streaming During March; Jazz Producer Orrin Keepnews Dies at 91; Composer John McCabe Dies at 75; Do Sales of Recordings Help Classical Recording Artists?; NextRadio and HD Radio Debut Car Platform
![“Italian Short Stories” – Tommaso Starace Quartet Plays the Photos of Gianni Berengo Gardin [TrackList follows] – EmArcy/Universal Italia“Lo’Jo/ 310 Lunes” – Arr. by Renaud-Gabriel Pion [TrackList follows] – World Village](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Starace-LoJo2.jpg)
“Italian Short Stories” – Tommaso Starace Quartet Plays the Photos of Gianni Berengo Gardin [TrackList follows] – EmArcy/Universal Italia“Lo’Jo/ 310 Lunes” – Arr. by Renaud-Gabriel Pion [TrackList follows] – World Village
Some most attractive discs of jazz from Europe.
“Italian Short Stories” – Tommaso Starace Quartet Plays the Photos of Gianni Berengo Gardin [TrackList follows] – EmArcy/Universal Italia“Lo’Jo/ 310 Lunes” – Arr. by Renaud-Gabriel Pion [TrackList follows] – World Village
Some most attractive discs of jazz from Europe.
Audio News for July 15, 2014
Charlie Haden Dies; Snobs About Film Scores? Five Top Vampire Appliances in Your Home; The Internet of Things
Gregory Crewdson – Brief Encounters (2012)
Documentary about the work of a most unusual photographer.
Peter Simon’s “Through the Lens” (2014)
A celebration of 50 years of photojournalism by the photographer himself.
DEBUSSY: Images Pour Orchestre; STRAVINSKY: Symphonies for Wind Instruments; RAVEL: Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte – Suisse Romande/ Ernest Ansermet (1961) – HDTT
One of the fine Decca masters conducted by Ernest Ansermet now in hi-res.
DEBUSSY: 12 Etudes; Estampes; Images I & II; Hommage a Haydn – Craig Sheppard, piano – Romeo Records (2 CDs)
Craig Sheppard continues his Seattle recitals of Debussy with the colorful suites from 1903-1907, and the imposing Etudes of 1913, among the keyboard’s most demanding music.
DEBUSSY: Children’s Corner; Suite bergamasque; Danse; Deux Arabesques; Pour le piano; Masques; L’isle joyeuse; La plus que lente – Angela Hewitt, piano – Hyperion DEBUSSY: Préludes, Books 1 and 2 – Philippe Bianconi, p. – la dolce volta “Hommage à Claude Debussy” = DEBUSSY: Images, Books 1 & 2; Estampes; Arabesque No. 1; CARLO GRANTE: Debussy-Pastiche; ALFREDO CASELLA: A la manière de. . .Claude Debussy; DUKAS: La plainte, au loin, du faune; ROBERTO PIANA: Image d’un faune – Carlo Grante, p. – Music & Arts
Three Debussy releases with something to offer. On points, Angela Hewitt is the winner, but Carlo Grante offers the most interesting program of the three.
The Quatsi Trilogy, Blu-ray, 3 discs (1983/1988/2002/2012)
A mind-blowing visual and musical experience achieved with no narration, actors or plot whatever.
DEBUSSY: La Mer; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Images – Orch. Nat. de France/ Daniele Gatti – Sony
The Debussy orchestral wine here dispensed in glowing new bottles, as Gatti reveals a sympathy for this composer that ranks with any of the ‘Old School’ conductors.
“Images” – The Budapest Jazz Orchestra Meets Kalman Olah – Hungaroton
Some of the tracks get into a highly intellectual modern jazz bag, but the feeling of the blues is nearly always constant.
Concert-Music Filmmaker Christopher Nupen Welcomes DVD
“There has never been a format which offered such high quality either in picture or sound – but it goes much further than that.”
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
