Disc Reviews Index
Reviews published on Audiophile Audition since January 4, 2012:SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews
- EDUARD FRANCK: String Quintets Op. 15 & 51 – Audite
- * BACH: Sonata No. 1; Sonata No. 3; Sonata in g; Sonata in b; Sonata in E-flat: Siciliana – Lara St. John, violin/ Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp – Ancalagon
- THIERRY LANCINO: Requiem – soloists/Philharmonic Orch. and Choir of Radio France/ Eliahu Inbal – Naxos audio-only Blu-ray
- Dick Hyman & Octet – From the Age of Swing – Reference Recording 200-gr. 45 rpm (2 discs)
- BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Clifford Curzon, piano/ London Symphony Orch./ George Szell – Decca/ ORG 45 rpm (2 discs)
- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957) – Jazzland/Fantasy Thelonious Monk – Something Blue (1971) – Black Lion/Pure Pleasure
- SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major; BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G Minor; Piano Quartet in C Minor: Andante – Mozart Piano Quartet – MD&G
- OLAV ANTON THOMMESSEN: Veslemoy synsk – Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-sop./ Nils Anders Mortensen, p. – 2L Audio-only Blu-ray + 2 SACDs
- WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor; Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major; Concertino for Clarinet and Orch. – Karl-Heinz Steffens, clarinet / Bamberg Sym./ Radoslaw Szulc – Tudor
- NINO ROTA: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Il Gattopardo suite – Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello/ Philharmonisches Orch. Augsburg/ Dirk Kaftan – Ars Produktion
- FRANZ SCHREKER: Irrelohe (Complete Opera) – Soloists/Theater Bonn Chorus & Orch./Stefan Blunier -MD&G multichannel SACD (2+2+2)
- Taj Mahal – Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff – Columbia Records/ Original Recordings Group (45 rpm vinyl)
- Chicago/The Blues/Today! – Vanguard Stereolab /Pure Pleasure Records (3 LPs)
- HAYDN: String Quartets Vol. 8 = String Q. Op. 54 – Auryn Quartet – Tacet DVD-A
- Woody Herman – Woody Herman 1963 – The Swingin’est Big Band Ever – Phillips/ Speakers Corner vinyl
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – Harvest)/EMI audiophile vinyl
- Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges – Back To Back – Verve (1959)/ Speakers Corner (2007) audiophile vinyl
- “Sing Freedom! African American Spirituals” [TrackList follows] – Conspirare / Craig Hella Johnson – Harmonia mundi
- Scrapomatic – Scrapomatic – Lancia Media vinyl
- Pure Diva: Tribute to Joan Hammond – Cheryl Barker, soprano/ Queensland Sym. Orch./ Guillaume Tourniaire – Melba
- “American Stringbook” = Works for String Orchestra by DIAMOND, BARBER, FOOTE & WM. SCHUMAN – do.gma ch. orch./Mikhail Gurewitsch – Audio•Max
- ETA HOFFMAN: Piano Sonatas 1-5; SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana – Luisa Guembes-Buchanan, p. – Del Aguila
- ‘Gulfstream’ = enhakē and guests plays works of LIBBY LARSEN, PETER SCHICKELE, AARON COPLAND & PETER LIEUWEN – Naxos
- Art of the Violin = YSAYE: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 4; AULIS SALLINEN: Cadenze; DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata; DAVID LEFKOWITZ: Eli Eli; BACH: Partita No. 2 – Petteri Iivonen, v./ Kevin Fitz-Gerald, p. – Yarlung Records
- Clarinet Trios by BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS & BRUCH – David Shifrin, clarinet/ David Finckel, cello/ Wu Han, piano – ArtistLed
- Homage to PADEREWSKI = Jonathan Plowright, piano – Hyperion
- DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Stabat Mater; Madrid Mass; Cibavit nos; Te Deum – Ens. Jacques Moderne/ Joel Suhubiette – Ligia
- ACROSS THE SEA = Chinese-American Flute Concertos. ZHOU LONG: Concerto; BRIGHT SHENG: Flute Moon; CHEN YI: The Golden Flute – Sharon Bezaly, flute /Singapore Sym. Orch./ Lan Shui – BIS
- MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: ‘Critical Models’ = various chamber works – Sono Luminus
- HANDEL: Agrippina (complete opera) – Soloists/Ak. für Alte Musik/ Rene Jacobs – Harmonia mundi (3 CDs)
- Andreas Haefliger: “Perspectives 5″ = BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 “Hammerklavier”; LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage: La Suisse – Avie (2 CDs)
- ‘Drive American’ = Works of JOHN ADAMS, JOAN TOWER, WM. BOLCOM & Others – Heidi Louise Williams, p. – Albany
- “Il caro Sassone: HANDEL in Italy” = Lucy Crowe, sop./ The English Concert / Harry Bicket – Harmonia mundi
- DVORAK: Love Songs, Op. 83; 5 Cypresses for String Quartet; Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 – Adriana Kucerova, soprano/ Quatour Thymos/ Christoph Eschenbach, piano – Avie
- BACH: English Suite No. 3; GINASTERA: Sonata No. 1; MEHMARI: Grande Baiao de Concerto; RACHMANINOV: Sonata No. 2 – Simone Leitao, piano – MSR
- YORK BOWEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 – BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis – Chandos
- BARTÓK: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Viola Concerto – James Ehnes, violin/ BBC Philharmonic Orch./ Gianandrea Noseda – Chandos
- PADEREWSKI: Piano Concerto in a; Polish Fantasy – Kevin Kenner, p./ Orch. of The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bialystok/ Marci Nalecz-Niesiolowski – Dux
- ALLEN BONDE: ‘Sound Spectrum’ = 9 works – soloists/Moravian Philharmonic – Navona
- MOZART: Piano Sonatas K. 280, 331, 333 - Aldo Ciccolini – La Dolce Volta
- Classics, Eclectic Geophysics—and Bach = Works of BACH & SISLER – Arkady Leytush, cond. – MSR
- Capricho Latino – Rachel Barton Pine, solo violin – Cedille
- GEORGE ROCHBERG: Violin Sonata; Caprice Variations – Peter Sheppard Skærved, v./ Aaron Shorr, p. – Metier (2 CDs)
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Music from The Snow Maiden; Sadko; Mlada; Le Coq d’or – Seattle Sym./ Gerard Schwartz – Naxos
- LAWRENCE BALL: ‘Method Music’ – Lawrence Ball, electronics – Navona Records (2 CDs)
- MORTON FELDMAN: Orchestra – Deutsches Symphonie-Orch. Berlin/ Brad Lubman – Mode
- “Sprezzatura” = Works for viola by CHIHARA, SISKIND, BRITTEN & HINDEMITH – Shelly Tramposh/ Cullan Bryant, p. – Ravello
- WILHELM STENHAMMAR: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 – Niklas Sivelöv, piano/ Malmö Sym. Orch. /Mario Venzago – Naxos
- ANDREW VIOLETTE: Sonata for the Creation of the World – Violette, organ – Composers Concordance (3 CDs)
- GIACINTO SCELSI: Canti del Capricorno – Michiko Hirayama, voice/ Ulrich Krieger, sax/ Matthias Bauer, bass/ Jurgen Grozinger & Roland Neffe, perc. – Wergo
- WAGNER: Lohengrin highlights – Jess Thomas, tenor/ Elisabeth Grummer, soprano/ Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano/ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone/ Gottlob Frick, bass/ Otto Wiener, bass/ Vienna State Opera Chorus/ Vienna Philharmonic/ Rudolf Kempe – EMI
- Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 9 = CHOPIN & SCHUBERT – Doremi
- A Tribute to FRITZ KREISLER = with Kreisler, Ruggiero Ricci, Jascha Heifetz, David Oistrakh, Christian Ferras, Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter & others – DGG (2 CDs)
- GAVRIIL POPOV: Chamber Symphony (Septet) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, cello, and double bass; Symphony No. 1 – St. Petersburg Orch./ Alexander Titov – Northern Flowers
- Conductor Fritz Busch in works of MOZART, HINDEMITH, BERG, LARSSON, REGER & BERWALD – Guild
- IRELAND: Piano Concerto; BRIDGE: Phantasm; WALTON: Sinfonia Concertante – Kathryn Stott, p./ Royal Philharmonic/ Vernon Handley – Dutton
- Carl Schuricht Conducts = Works of R. STRAUSS, LOTHAR, FRANCK, ZANDONAI & REZNICEK – Pristine Audio
- Narcisco Yepes: The Beginning of a Legend = Guitar works of RODRIGO, RAMEAU, DE VISEE, SCARLATTI, BACH, MILAND, SANZ – IDIS
- Hanson: American Music, Volume 4 = Works of HARRIS, GRIFFES & BARBER – Eastman-Rochester/Howard Hanson – Pristine
- The Bitter Mirror = Songs by Brecht and Dylan – Bettina Jonic, soprano/ various accompanying musicians – Motema (2 CDs)
- Mengelberg: New York Recordings: Vol. 1 = TCHAIKOVSKY, WAGNER, J. STRAUSS – Historic-Recordings
- BRAHMS: Ein deutsches Requiem – Maria Stader, sop./ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar./ Choir of ORTF and Orch. National de Paris/ Paul Kletzki – Archipel
- BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 4; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23; R. STRAUSS: Sinfonia Domestica – Friedrich Gulda, p./ Staatskapelle Dresden/ Franz Konwitschny – Orfeo (2 CDs)
- Drive, Blu-ray (2012)
- Frida, Blu-ray (2002/2012)
- From Straight to Bizarre (2012)
- PUCCINI: La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) – Blu-ray
- Kinshasa Symphony, Blu-ray (2011)
- Belle De Jour, Blu-ray (1967/2011)
- VERDI: La Traviata (complete opera), Blu-ray (2011)
- Al Di Meola – Morocco Fantasia, Blu-ray (2011)
- MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro (complete opera), Blu-ray (2011)
- Eastern Voices, Blu-ray (2012)
- Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan = Elite Syncopations (Scott Joplin); The Judas Tree (Brian Elias); Concerto (Shostakovich), Blu-ray (2010)
- Brittni Paiva – Living Ukulele
- Deep Purple With Orchestra – Live At Montreux 2011
- Mildred Pierce – The HBO Miniseries – DVD/Blu-ray Collector’s Edition (2 Blu-rays and 2 DVDs)
- Cowboys & Aliens, Blu-ray (2011)
- Bridesmaids – Blu-ray (2011)
- The Klezmatics – On Holy Ground (2010-11)
- The SIBELIUS Edition: Vol. 13, Miscellaneous Works – BIS (4 CDs + 1 DVD)
- STEVE REICH: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns – Kronos Quartet/So Percussion, 2 vibes/2 xylophones – Nonesuch CD + DVD
- GEORGE RUSSELL Box Set – Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note – CAM (9 CDs)
- The David Leonhardt Group Plays Cole Porter – Big Bang Records
- Westchester Jazz Orchestra – Maiden Voyage Suite – WJO Records
- Jamie Ousley – A Sea of Voices – T.I.E. Records
- Jack De Johnette- Sound Travels – Golden Beams/E1
- Jimmy Owens – The Monk Project – IPO Recordings
- Lorraine Feather – Tales of the Unusual – Jazzed Media
- Mike Mainieri/Marnix Busstra Quartet – Trinary Motion/Live In Europe – NYC Records
- Jeremy Pelt – Soul – High Note
- Steve Turre – Woody’s Delights – High Note
- Charlie Haden and Hank Jones – Come Sunday – Decca/ Emarcy
- Bob Lark and his Alumni Big Band – Reunion – Jazzed Media
- The Wee Trio – Ashes to Ashes: A David Bowie Intraspective – Bionic
- Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio – The 11th Gate – Motéma Music
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