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Reviews published on Audiophile Audition since June 02, 2009:

SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

• BO LINDE: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 = Pensieri sopra un cantico vecchio Op. 35; Symphony No. 1 Op. 1; Symphony No. 2 Op. 23 - Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist - Swedish Society
• Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1 – Blu-ray music, 10 Discs – 1963-1972 – (9 discs holding total of 128 tracks with 12 more “hidden”) Disc #10 is original Theatrical release of the 1973 film, Journey Through the Past – Reprise
• The Celtic Viol = Airs and Dances by O’Carolan, Simon Fraser, Niel Gow, James Macpheson, William Marshall, and traditional Irish and Scottish – Jordi Savall, treble viols/ Andrew Lawrence-King, Irish harp and psalterium – AliaVox
• HAYDN: The Creation (in German) – Sally Matthew (Gabriel, Eva)/ Ian Bostridge (Uriel)/ Dietrich Henschel (Raphael, Adam)/ London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Colin Davis, conductor – LSO Live
• RUED LANGGAARD: Messis - Flemming Dreisig, Copenhagen Cathedral Organ - DaCapo
• HANDEL: Sonatas for Recorder and Harpsichord – Heiko ter Schegget, recorder/ Zvi Meniker, harpsichord – MDG
• MOZART: Piano Concertos No. 5 in D, KV 175; No. 8 in C, KV 246; No. 23 in A, KV 488 – Christian Zacharias, piano/ Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne – MDG
• SCHUBERT: Symphonies No. 1 in D; No. 3 in D; No 7(8) in B-minor – Bamberg Symphony/ Jonathan Nott, conductor – Tudor
• JACOB GADE: Jealousy = Jalousie; Leda and the Swan; Suite D’Amour; Rhapsodietta; Romanesca; Wedding at Himmelpind; Valse Capriccio; Copenhagen Life Waltz; Douces Secrets - Valse Lente - Odense Sym. Orch./Matthias Aeschbacher - DaCapo
• The Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street – Mobile Fidelity
• Flute Mystery - Works of FRED JONNY BERG: Flute Mystery; Warning Zero; Pastorale; Vicino alla Montagna; Flute Concerto No. 1 - Emily Beynon, flute/ Catherine Beynon, harp/ Philharmonia Orch./ Vladimir Ashkenazy & Berg - 2L audio Blu-ray + SACD
• "Seduction" - Songs by RICHARD STRAUSS: Steve Davislim, Tenor/ State Orchestra of Victoria/ Simone Young, cond. - Melba Recordings
• Yevgeny Mravinsky in Moscow in 1959 = SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra/Yevgeny Mravinsky - Praga Digitals stereo-only SACD
• BOHUSLAV MARTINU: Piano Quintet Nos. 2 H.298; Piano Quintet No. 1 H.229; Piano Quartet H.287 - Ivan Klansky, piano & Kocian Quartet - Praga Digitals
• Piano Works during and after Russian Futurism Vol. 1 - NIKOLAJ OBUCHOV, WYCHNEGRADSKY & SERGEI PROTOPOPOV - Thomas Günther, piano - Cybele
• LOUIS VIERNE: Pièces de fantaisie, Suite Nos. I & III, Op. 51 & 54 - Kay Johannsen, Kern pipe organ of the Dresden Frauenkirche - Carus
• DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D Op. 70; The Golden Spinning Wheel Op. 109 - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg - PentaTone

DualDisc Reviews

• KURTAG: Kafka Fragments – Tony Arnold, soprano/ Movses Pogossian, violin – Bridge CD + DVD
• J. S. BACH: Complete Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas; BRICE PAUSET: Contrapartita – David Grimal, violin – Naïve Ambrosie

Classical CD Reviews

• FERDINAND RIES: Piano Concerto, Op. 132 “Farewell to England“; Grand Variations on Rule Britannia, Op. 116; Introduction and Variations Brillantes, Op. 170 - Christopher Hinterhuber, piano/ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Uwe Grodd - Naxos
• VINCENT D’INDY: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 = Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 57; Tableaux de voyage, Op. 36; Karadec, Op. 34 - Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Rumon Gamba - Chandos
• ARENSKY: Violin Concerto in A minor; TANEYEV: Suite de concert - Ilya Gringolts, violin/ BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./ Ilan Volkov, conductor - Hyperion
• BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Prelude and Fugue in D; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C; Fantasia and Fugue in G minor – Florence Mustric, organ – MSR
• Fuzjko Hemming, piano - Works of BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, LISZT, SCARLATTI, DEBUSSY - Domo
• PURCELL: Complete Fantazias – Fretwork – Harmonia mundi PURCELL: Fantasias – Les Voix humaines – ATMA
• CLEMENTI: 3 Sonatas, Op. 13; 3 Sonatas, Op. 23; 2 Sonatas, Op. 24; Sonata in C, Op.20; Sonata in F, WO3 – Howard Shelly, piano – Hyperion
• BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Arr. & edited for harp by Catrin Finch - DGG
• SCHUBERT: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 = Sonata in B Major, D. 575; Sonata in A Major, D. 664; Sonata in A Minor, D. 784; Sonata in A Minor, D. 845; Sonata in D Major, D. 850 - Seymour Lipkin - Newport Classics (2)
• ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Frauenliebe und –leben,Op. 42; Die Lowenbraut, Op. 31:1; Der Nussbaum, op. 25:3; Er ist’s, Op. 79:23; Widmung, Op. 25:1 – Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto/ Daniel Blumenthal, piano – Naïve
• OTTORINO RESPIGHI: La Primavera cantata; Quattro liriche; The Magic Pot - Adriano cond. - Naxos RESPIGHI: Works for Violin and Orchestra - Ingolf Turban, v./Eng. Ch. Orch./Marello Viotti - Claves
• SCHUBERT: Die Schone Mullerin – Matthias Goerne, baritone/ Christoph Eschenbach, piano – Harmonia mundi
• GOTTLIEB MUFFAT: Componimenti Musicali per Il Cembalo (Musical Components) (complete) - Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord - Glossa
• CHARLES STANFORD: String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 85; Piano Quintet in D Minor, Op. 25 - Piers Lane, piano/RTE Vanbrugh Quartet - Hyperion
• PIETRO DOMENICO PARADIES: 7 Sonatas for Harpsichord, 1754 - Filippo Emanuele Ravizza, harpsichord - Music Media Concerto
• FRANZ SCHMIDT: Symphony No. 1 in E Major; Orchestral Excerpts from Notre Dame, Op. 2 - Malmö Symphony Orchestra/ Vassily Sinaisky - Naxos
• CHOPIN: 21 Mazurkas - Vassily Primakov, piano - Bridge
• Sharon Isbin, guitar - Journey to the New World - (with Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor) Sony Classical
• Emerson String Quartet: Intimate Letters = JANACEK: String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”; MARTINU: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola; JANACEK: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” - Emerson String Quartet -- DGG
• JAMES MACMILLAN: Seven Last Words from the Cross; Christus Vincit; Nemo te condemnavit; ...here in hiding – The Dmitri Ensemble/ Graham Ross, conductor – Naxos
• DAVID MATTHEWS: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; No. 3, Op.37; No. 5, Op. 78A – BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor – Dutton
• HAYDN: The Seasons (complete oratorio) – Genia Kuhmeier, soprano/ Werner Gura, tenor/ Christian Gerhaher, baritone/ Arnold Schoenberg Choir/ Concentus Musicus Wien/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor – Deutsche Harmonia mundi - 2 CDs
• LISZT Symphonic Poems Vol. 5: Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia, S. 109; Deux Legendes, S. 354 - Gillian Keith, sop./Ladies’ Voices of City of Birmingham/ Sym. Chorus/BBC Philharmonic/ Gianandrea Noseda - Chandos
• HAYDN: Piano Trios Vol.1 (4) - The Florestan Trio - Hyperion
• BACH: Flute Concertos - Marcello Gatti, transverse flute/ Ensemble Aurora/ Enrico Gatti, first violin/ conductor - Glossa
• CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3; 2 Nocturnes; Berceuse; Barcarolle - Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano - Hyperion
• RAUTAVAARA.:The Eight Symphonies - National Orchestra of Belgium/ Leipzig RSO/ Helsinki PO/ Conductors (respectively): Mikko Franck, Max Pommer, Leif Segerstam - Ondine

Reissue CD Reviews

• Willem Mengelberg Conducts = J.C. BACH: Sinfonia in B-flat Major; RAVEL: Bolero; R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben - Scipione Guidi, violin (Strauss)/New York Philharmonic Orch./Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (Ravel)/Willem Mengelberg - Opus Kura
• Michael Rabin Collection, Vol. 2 = Violin Works of BRAHMS, WIENIAWSKI, BRUCH, MENDELSSOHN, KREISLER, SAINT-SAENS, CRESTON, MASSENET, YSAYE, MILHAUD, others - Doremi (3 discs)
• Clara Haskil, piano = Works of MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN - with RIAS Sym. Orch./Ferenc Fricsay - Audite (2 CDs)
• Three Violinists play BACH = Violin Concertos Nos. 1 in A Minor & 2 in E Major; Double Concerto in D Minor; Concerto for Violin and Oboe - Devy Erlih, violin/Henri Merckel, violin/Reinhold Barchet, violin/ Pro Arte Ch. Orch./Kurt Redel - Opus Kura
• Mordecai Shehori, piano, plays SCHUMANN and LISZT--The Poet an the Visionary = SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Major; Widmung (arr. Liszt); Sonata in G Minor; LISZT: Harmonies du Soir; Saint Francis of Assisi Sermon of the Birds; Ballade No. 2 - Cembal d'amore
• GOUE: Troisieme Quatour; Sonate pour violon et piano - Quatour Loewenguth/Alfred Loewenguth, violin/Francoise Doreau, piano - Azur Classical
• Guido Cantelli : The Complete Concert of His 30th Appearance with the NBC Symphony Orchestra = SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, “Unfinished”; BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem; WAGNER: Rienzi Overture - NBC Symphony Orchestra/Guido Cantelli - Pristine
• NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY: Intégrale des symphonies (Complete Symphonies & other works) - Eugeny Svetlanov cond. State Symphonic Orchestra of the Russian Federation or Symphony Orchestra of the USSR - Warner Music/Rhino #35 (16 CD boxed set)
• Stokowski = HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 1, “Exile Symphony”; MILHAUD: Symphony No. 1; COPLAND: Symphony No. 2 “Short Symphony”; SEREBRIER: Symphony No. 1 - NBC Symphony Orchestra/ Houston Symphony Orchestra (Serebrier)/Leopold Stokowski - Guild
• Josef Suk, violin = DVORAK: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 - Josef Suk, violin/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Malcolm Sargent - BBC Legends
• BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - Artur Rubinstein, piano/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Pristine Audio
• Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939 - EMI boxed set (7 CDs)
• Emmanuel Feuermann, cello = BLOCH: Schelomo - Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski; R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote - Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy - Pristine Classical
• "From Vaughan Williams’ Attic" = VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Selections include The Wasps Overture, Old King Cole, Serenade to Music, Scott of the Antarctic & others - VW & others conduct - Dutton
• GUSTAV MAHLER: The Complete Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 with Adagio of No. 10 & Das Lied von der Erde + “Gustav Mahler Remembered” - Soloists/New York Philharmonic/Israel Philharmonic (Das Lied)/ Leonard Bernstein - Sony Classical (12 CDs)
• Fritz Busch Conducts = DVORAK: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - Guild
• Sir Adrian Boult Conducts = VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony No. 6 in E Minor; HADLEY: One Morning in Spring; BAX: Mediterranean; BERG: Lyric Suite - BBC Legends
• FURTWÄNGLER - The Complete RIAS Recordings – Live recordings from 1947-1954 - Yehudi Menuhin/ Gerhard Taschner/ Berlin Philharmonic/ Wilhelm Furtwängler - Audite (12 CDs + bonus CD)
• TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, Op. 66; The Nutcracker: Suite No. 1, Op. 71a; Suite No. 2 (arr. Fistoulari) - Paris Conservatory Orchestra/Anatole Fistoulari - Opus Kura
• SERGEY PROKOFIEV - The 5 Piano Concertos: No. 1 in D Flat Major; No. 2, Op. 16 in G minor; No. 3 in C Major; No. 4 in B Flat Major; No. 5 in G Major - Boris Berman, piano/ Horacio Gutiérrez, piano/Royal Concertgebouw /Neeme Jarvi - Chandos (2 CDs)
• The Russian Piano Tradition: Lev Oborin = BEETHOVEN: Ecossaises; Sonata in A Major; CHOPIN: 3 Etudes, Op. 25; Mazurka in G, Op. 50, No. 1; Sonata No. 3 in B Minor; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: The Months (excerpt) - APR
• ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH: Symphonies No. 1 & No. 4; Viola Concerto; Composer talking about his life and work – Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola/ Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Arthur Butterworth, conductor/ Halle Orchestra/ John Barbirolli, conductor – Dutton
• BORIS TISCHENKO: Dante Symphony No. 1, “Among the Live”; No. 2, “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here” - St. Petersburg Philharmonic/ conductors: Yuri Kochnev (No. 1), Nikolai Alexeev (No. 2) – Northern Flowers
• Enrico Mainardi, cello, Vol. I = Works of BRAHMS, BOCCHERINI, VIVALDI, MARCELLO, HINDEMITH, MELIPIERO, PIZZETTI, R. STRAUSS - Doremi (3 CDs)
• SCHUBERT par Furtwaengler: Rosamunde: Entr’acte No. 3 in E-flat Major; Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 “Great” - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Ninth Symphony)/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler - Tahra
• PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19; Chout Suite, Op. 21a; GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82 - Joseph Sivo, violin/ Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Horst Stein; London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado (Chout) - HDTT
• Toscanini conducts MOZART = Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 - Rudolf Serkin, piano/New York Philharmonic/NBC Symphony Orchestra (K. 201)/Arturo Toscanini - Pristine Audio
• ROSSINI: Stabat Mater - Maria Stader, soprano/Marianna Radev, alto/Ernst Haefliger, tenor/Kim Borg, bass/RIAS Chamber Choir and Children’s Choir/Berlin Women’s Choir/RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc Fricsay - Audite
• MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection”; CONSTANT: 24 Preludes for Orchestra - Berthe Montmart, soprano/Oralia Dominguez, mezzo-soprano/Choeur de la RTF/Orchestre National de la RTF/Leonard Bernstein - Radio France
• NIELSEN: Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia Espansiva,” Op. 27; Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia Semplice”; Moderen--Incidental Music - Ruth Gueldbaek, sop./Erik Sjoberg, bar./Danish State Radio-Symphony Orchestra/John Frandsen/Thomas Jensen (Sym. No. 6) - Dutton

Jazz CD Reviews

• Scotty Barnhart - Say It Plain - DIG
• Joey Peró - “Resonance” - self-published
• Bill Evans Trio – Turn Out the Stars – The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980 – Nonesuch (6 CDs)
• Bobby Broom Trio – Bobby Plays for Monk – Origin Records
• Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live - Concord Jazz
• Pat Metheny, baritone guitar - One Quiet Night - Metheny Group Productions/Nonesuch
• The 1956 Red Garland Trio - Essential Jazz Classics Art Tatum & Ben Webster - The Album (1956) - Essential Jazz Classics
• Kobie Watkins – Involved – Origin Records
• Jim Rotondi – Blues for Brother Ray – Posi-Tone
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia/Legacy
• Jerry Bergonzi - Simply Put - Savant
• Shelly Berg - The Nearness of You - Arbors
• Jürgen Friedrich - Pollock - Pirouet
• Arve Henriksen, trumpet - Cartography - ECM
• Nicholas Urie Large Ensemble - Excerpts from an Online Dating Service - Red Piano

DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

• The Boondock Saints, Blu-ray (1999)
• Inside Man, Blu-ray (2006/2009)
• Fricsay: Music Transfigured - Remembering Ferenc Fricsay
• Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace and Music - 40th-Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition - Director’s Cut, Blu-ray (1969/2009)
• Harlan Ellison - Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2007)
• MOZART: Don Giovanni (complete opera), Blu-ray (2008)
• Nature’s Most Amazing Events, Blu-ray (2009)
• HANDEL: Orlando, Blu-ray (2007/2009)
• BB King – Live At Montreux 1993, Blu-ray (2009)
• Verdi, La Traviata, Blu-ray (2006/2009)
• Elton John – The Red Piano, Live From Las Vegas, Blu-ray (2008/2009)
• Paycheck, Blu-ray (2003/2009)
• Lost: Complete Second Season, 7 Blu-ray discs (2009)
• Lost: Complete First Season, 7 Blu-ray discs (2009)
• VERDI: Messa da Requiem (2009)
• Giselle (complete ballet), Blu-ray (2006/2009)
• The Ramen Girl (2009)
• Home, Blu-ray (2009)
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008)
• Hobson's Choice (1953)
• Billie Holiday - The Life and Artistry of Lady Day (2004)
• Procol Harum in Concert (2009)
• The Future - A 360° View (2009)
• Spy Game, Blu-ray (2001/2009)

Special Features

• Rachmaninoff in Re-performance - Live at Zenph Studios

Pop/Rock/World CD Reviews

• Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui - Siwan - ECM
• George Harrison - Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison - Capitol Records
• Loop 2.4.3. - Zodiac Dust - Music Starts From Silence /Analog Arts
• Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women - Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women - Yep Roc