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Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Organ Grinder – RareNoise
The doom metal/jazz innovators veer toward a stronger jazz vibe.. Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Organ Grinder – RareNoise RNR068, 70:02 [9/30/16] ****: (Rebecca Sneddon – saxophone; Colin Stewart – electric bass; Paul Archibald – drums, percussion, piano (track 5), organ (track 11); Luc Klein – trumpet (tracks 2, 5-6, 9); Patrick Darley – trombone […]

The Girshevich Trio featuring Eddie Gomez – Algorithmic Society – Tapestry
The Girshevich Trio featuring Eddie Gomez – Algorithmic Society – Tapestry 76026-2, 59:34 ***: A release that has coherence of approach and concept. (Vlad Girshevich – piano, synthesizers/ Aleks Girshevich – drums/ Eddie Gomez – acoustic bass) Baroque music is a particular classical style that lasted for a period of 150 years from 1600 to […]

Bryan Nichols (solo piano) – Looking North – Shifting Paradigm
Pianist Bryan Nichols takes listeners northward. Bryan Nichols (solo piano) – Looking North [TrackList follows] – Shifting Paradigm SP-119 46:20 [5/27/16] ****: The American upper-Midwest is a location of placid beauty: wintery landscapes, warm summer nights, windswept countryside, and lonely rural roads; forests, lakes, towns, and families. Minnesota is the place which permeates Bryan Nichols’ […]

“Patagon” = CINDY COX: Elegy for Solo Violin; Columba aspexit; Patagon – Alexander String Q. – Foghorn Classics
An enlivening release by an enlightened composer sets the stage for some great listening.

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor – Seoul Philharmonic Orch./ Myung- Whun Chung – DGG
Conductor Chung extends his ongoing Mahler cycle to embrace a powerful reading of the Fifth Symphony.

DVORAK: String Quartets = String Quartet No. 12 in F Major “American”; String Quartet No. 14 in A flat Major; Tercet in C Major – Zemlinsky Quartet – Praga Digitals
Dvorak well-played and realistically recorded.
![CAROL BARNETT: Treasures from the Archives [TrackList follows] – Soloists/ Women’s Choir/Sandra Snow – Navona](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CAROL-Barnett-Nav..jpg)
CAROL BARNETT: Treasures from the Archives [TrackList follows] – Soloists/ Women’s Choir/Sandra Snow – Navona
Solid, effective choral writing that lacks the last bit of creativity compared to today’s choral masters.
![“DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: String Paths” [TrackList follows] = Soloists/ Lithuanian Ch. Orch./ Maxim Rysanov – ECM New Series](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/String-Paths.jpg)
“DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: String Paths” [TrackList follows] = Soloists/ Lithuanian Ch. Orch./ Maxim Rysanov – ECM New Series
Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova brings us something old and something new, something familiar and yet fresh.
![“DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: String Paths” [TrackList follows] = Soloists/ Lithuanian Ch. Orch./ Maxim Rysanov – ECM New Series](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/String-Paths.jpg)
“DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: String Paths” [TrackList follows] = Soloists/ Lithuanian Ch. Orch./ Maxim Rysanov – ECM New Series
Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova brings us something old and something new, something familiar and yet fresh.

LARSSON: Symphony No. 1, 4 Vignettes to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Music for Orch., Pastorale for small orch., Lyric Fantasy—Helsingborg Sym. Orch./Andrew Manze—CPO
A lush and lyrical excursion into Swedish neo-Romantic music of the 20th Century.

ALLAN PETTERSSON: Symphony No. 9 – Norrköping Symphony Orch./Christian Lindberg – BIS
This is essential for a study of twentieth century music!

MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor – Berlin Philharmonic/ Michael Gielen – Testament
Some remarkable playing from the post-Karajan Berlin Philharmonic in the music of Mahler, led by an energized, even demonized, Michael Gielen.

Ormandy conducts American Music = VINCENT: Symphonic Poem after Descartes; Symphony in D; DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne, and Finale – Philadelphia Orch./ Eugene Ormandy – Pristine Audio
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra shine in three immaculately rendered scores by contemporary American composers, each a color masterwork.
JEREMY BECK works – IonSound Project/Rob Frankenberry – Innova
Some wonderful new sounds from the Steel City well worth hearing!