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Manatee Commune – Manatee Commune – Bastard Jazz
Manatee Commune – Manatee Commune – Bastard Jazz BJCD14, (9/16/16), *****: Folktronica: Blending properties of traditional acoustic & contemporary electronic soundscapes. Manatee Commune, the musical moniker of Grant Eadie, is a Bellingham, WA raised musician that is pushing the envelope of downtempo music, using some never-before-thought-of techniques, bringing together a uniquely beautiful sound, and all […]
“The Travels of FROBERGER” – Music by FROBERGER and his contemporaries – Magdalena Hasibeder, harpsichords & organ – Raumklang (2 CDs)
“The Travels of FROBERGER” – Music by FROBERGER and his contemporaries – Magdalena Hasibeder, harpsichords and organ – Raumklang (2 CDs) RK 3503, TT: 2:19:13 (6/17/16) [Dist. by Naxos] *****: A magnificent set of keyboard music of Froberger & others. Johann Jacob Froberger’s 400th birthday has inspired a large number of brilliant recorded responses that […]
Little Johnny Rivero – Music In Me – Truth Revolution
Little Johnny Rivero – Music In Me [TrackList follows]- Truth Revolution TRR 022, 58:39 ****: A musical excursion that constructs numerous threads of Latin tradition. (Little Johnny Rivero – congas, bongo, timbales & minor percussion; Brian Lynch – trumpet; Louis Fouché – alto sax; Zaccai Curtis – piano & Fender Rhodes; Luques Curtis – bass; […]
SCHONBERG: Moses and Aaron – Franz Grundheber (Moses)/ Andreas Conrad (Aron)/ Johanna Winkel & Katharina Persicke, sop./ Elvira Bill, Nora Petrochenko, altos/ Jean-noel Briend, Jason Bridges, tenors/ Andreas Wolf, bari./ Friedemann Rohlig, bass/ Europa Choral Akademie/ SWR Sym. Orch. Baden-Baden and Freiburg/ Sylvain Cambreling – Hanssler Classic
The first SACD recording of this seminal piece—and it’s a great one.
Audio News for August 26, 2014
Harman Seminar: “The Science of Loudspeaker-Room Calibration”; DGG Starts World’s First Classical Label Streaming App; Denon First with Dolby Atmos AVRs
Essay On Listening to Symphonies in Surround Sound
This comes from the note booklet to one of the multichannel SACDs we review this month. While it refers specifically to the symphonies of Ries it discusses surround sound for concert music recordings in general. We thought it was highly appropriate since that is a major focus of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION.