Jose Serebrier Archive
Editorial for August 2015
Our August drawing is for one set of the huge Mercury Living Presence Vol. 3 set of 53 reissue CDs (issued by Decca Records), including ten never before released. Here is our review of the set, and here are details on all 53 discs. All you have to do to be considered as the winner […]
Home Page for August 2015
Our August drawing for all visitors here is the 53-CD Vol. 3 of the Mercury Living Presence Collector’s Edition boxed set, which completes the entire series of releases by this pioneering audiophile label. HERE is our review of it, and HERE is the detailed listing of every single CD in the 53-CD reissue package. They […]
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major; Ten Legends – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics
Jose Serebrier extends his affectionate survey of Dvorak with an effective pairing of both modest and grandly symphonic works.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major; Slavonic Dances: No. 3 in A-flat Major; No. 7 in C Major; No. 6 in D Major – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics
The fourth of Jose Serebrier’s incursions into the Dvorak symphony cycle reveals the long-neglected beauties of the composer’s 1865 Second Symphony.
“Pipe Dreams” = JOSÉ SEREBRIER: Flute Concerto with Tango; ADINA IZARRA: Pitangus Sulphuratus; CARL VINE: Pipe Dreams; GINASTERA: Impresiones de la Puna – Sharon Bezaly, flute / Australian Ch. Orch./ Richard Tognetti – BIS
Virtuoso music for flute and strings, most of it with Latin American savor.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major; Symphony No. 6 in D Major – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics
The Serebrier Dvorak cycle receives two new additions, both of which exult in glorious colors and sympathetic, even virtuosic, realizations.
Home Page for Sept. 2012
Our September drawing/giveaway is for seven of the eight-CD box sets of the Complete Glazunov Symphonies, Concertos and various other works, with noted soloists and José Serebrier conducting the Royal Scottish and the Russian National Orchestra. There is no direct competition for this superb Warner Classics CD package (reviewed here), and you could be one […]
GLAZUNOV: Complete Symphonies & Concertos – Soloists/Royal Scottish Nat. Orch. & Russian Nat. Orch./ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics (8-CDs)
A magnificent collection without direct competition, but with excellent performances and sonics.
VERDI: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ José Serebrier – Naxos audio-only Blu-ray
The first time all of Verdi’s operatic ballet music has been available on one lengthy recording, and in hi-res surround too.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 7; Slavonic Dance in G Minor; In Nature’s Realm; Scherzo capriccioso – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Jose Sere brier – Warner Classics
Jose Serebrier extends his Dvorak survey with fiery, colorful renditions of the composer’s mature masterpieces in various forms.
DVORAK: Slavonic Dance in C; Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Czech Suite; Slavonic Dance in E Minor – Bournemouth Symphony/ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics
Enthusiasm and sonic loveliness mark conductor Jose Serebrier’s latest traversal of Dvorak, a projected complete cycle of symphonies and symphonic poems.
GLAZUNOV: Complete Concertos = Violin, Sax, Horn, Piano, Cello – Pine/Romanovsky/Yang/Russian Nat. Orch. /Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics (2 CDs)
Conductor Serebier continues to showcase his affinity for the music of Glazunov, here with a band of gifted soloists.
NED ROREM = “The Art of Sound – Jose Serebrier Conducts the Music of Ned Rorem”: Symphonies Nos. 1 – 3; Piano Concerto No. 2; Cello Concerto; Pilgrims; Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto; “Selected Songs”– Soloists/3 diff. orchestras – Naxos (5 CDs)
Wonderful, comprehensive collection of works by an American original!