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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis – Consummation – Blue Note/ Pure Pleasure Records – vinylPublished on April 26, 2012
Iconic jazz orchestra ushers in a new era for big band music.
B.B. King – Singin’ The Blues – Crown Records (1957)/ Pure Pleasure Records vinylPublished on April 26, 2012
The early career of the King Of Blues is captured on audiophile vinyl.
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” – London Sym. Orch./ Bernard Haitink – LSO LivePublished on April 26, 2012
Haven’t heard all the huge selection of Bruckner Fourth SACDs, but prefer this one of those I have.
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements – London Sym. Orch./ Valery Gergiev – LSO LivePublished on April 25, 2012
A smashing new multichannel interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s final orchestral work.
Northern Lights = Choral Works by OLA GJEILO – Phoenix Chorale/ Harrington String Quartet/ Emmanuel Lopez, cello/ Ola Gjeilo, piano/ Alison Chaney, sop./ Ted Belledin, tenor sax/ Charles Bruffy – ChandosPublished on April 25, 2012
Exquisite sounds from a new source, captured perfectly by the engineers at Chandos.
Peggy Lee – The Man I Love – Capitol (1957)/ Pure Pleasure Records – vinylPublished on April 25, 2012
The orchestra is full but nuanced and Lee’s voice is mellow and alluring.
JOHN ADAMS: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine – San Francisco Sym. Orch./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS MediaPublished on April 19, 2012
It’s fine to have this important Adams work in hi-res surround for the first time.
“In Memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren” = NORDGREN: Concerto for Sax Quartet and Strings; ARVO PART: Fratres; ASKELLMASSON: Quatrain; KALEVO AHO: In memorium Pehr Henrik Nordgren – Rascher Sax. Q./ Lapland Ch. Orch./John Storgards – AlbaPublished on April 15, 2012
A major concerto by the late Finnish composer, plus works in tribute to his memory.
* Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – EMI/Analogue ProductionsPublished on April 14, 2012
********* MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *********
May be the best rock album ever in surround.
![MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Complete Organ Works [TrackList follows] – Livia Mazzanti – Aeolus](http://audaud.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CastelnuovoTedescoOrganSA.jpg "MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Complete Organ Works [TrackList follows] – Livia Mazzanti – Aeolus")
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Complete Organ Works [TrackList follows] – Livia Mazzanti – AeolusPublished on April 13, 2012
World premiere recordings of all the pipe organ works of Castelnuovo-Tedesco.