CD+DVD Reviews
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Anthony Wilson – Seasons: Live at the Met. Museum of Art – Goat Hill (CD + DVD)Published on December 14, 2011
Four guitars, four guitarists, four seasons: a forecast for unforgettable and refined music.
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975) – Immersion Box Set – EMI (5 discs + stuff)Published on November 19, 2011
Yes, it’s not a box but it IS a box—filled with loads of Pink Floyd material of various sorts.
LISZT Program – Khatia Buniatishvili, piano – Sony Classical CD + DVDPublished on October 23, 2011
A young firebrand sees Faust, Gretchen, and Mephisto in Liszt’s persona, and salutes their audacious alchemy in this fascinating collection for Liszt’s bi-centennial.
Bob James & Keiko Matsui (piano 4 hands) – Altair & Vega – Tappan Zee Records (CD + DVD)Published on October 14, 2011
This is a rare, skillful and intimate musical experience and an exemplary use of the CD + DVD format.
MENDELSSOHN; BEETHOVEN; VERDI; HAYDN; BRAHMS: Quartets & Quintets; Bonus DVD: Rehearsal and Concert – The American String Project – MSR (2 CDs + Bonus DVD)Published on September 03, 2011
If you don’t have an insurmountable bias against arrangements, this program should prove a revelation.
“Climate Changes” = Music of POULENC; DEBUSSY; JACQUELINE FONTYN; MESSIAEN; Bonus DVD: DEBUSSY – Jan Pas, cello/ Stefano Vimara, p. – Evil Penguin CD + DVDPublished on August 25, 2011
A fine recital of mostly essential pieces…well, almost.
Paul McCartney – McCartney II; Archive Collection (orig. 1980) Hear Music/Concord Music Group – 2 CDs + DVDPublished on July 13, 2011
Rather thrown together, though a few interesting tracks. For fans.
Paul McCartney – McCartney – MPL (2 CDs + DVD)Published on July 06, 2011
The bonus DVD is worth having it just for the family photos/video and the explanation of what the album is about.
STRIGGIO: Ecce beatam lucem; other works; PLAINCHANT; TALLIS; VINCENZO GALILEI – I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth – Decca 478 2750 CD + DVDPublished on July 05, 2011
A landmark work for Striggio, beautifully recorded and lovingly executed.
Stabat Mater, A Tribute to Pergolesi = Anna Netrebko, sop. & others (CD + Bonus DVD) – DGGPublished on June 30, 2011
The CD half is really a win-win disc for all concerned, including listeners.