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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” – Soloists/ SF Sym./ Michael Tilson Thomas – SFS MediaPublished on April 19, 2013
The Ninth is the latest in the SF Symphony/MTT Beethoven works series, following on the recent SACD of the Seventh.
HEINRICH SCHUTZ: Musikalische Exequien; Das ist je gewisslich; Gesang der drei Männer im feurigen Ofen; Das Wort ward Fleisch; Canticum Simeonis; Canticum Sineonis; Works of SCHEIN & HAKE – MD&GPublished on April 19, 2013
MD&G releases another disc dedicated to Schutz, this time a little more subdued in nature.
The Chants of the Holy Spirit – Gloriæ Dei Cantores Women’s Schola – Gloriæ Dei CantoresPublished on April 19, 2013
GDC continues what is becoming an expected high standard of excellence.
BERLIOZ: Grande Messe des morts – Barry Banks, tenor/ London Philharmonic Choir/ London Sym. Chorus/ London Sym. Orch./ Colin Davis – LSO LivePublished on April 19, 2013
Davis’s last attempt at the elusive and difficult Requiem. But is he sabotaged by St. Paul’s?
Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Asylum Records /Speakers Corner Records – vinylPublished on April 17, 2013
Controversial album showcases singer/songwriter’s restless spirit.
PROKOFIEV: Love for Three Oranges Suite; Scythian Suite – London Sym. Orch./ Antal Dorati (1957) – Mercury Records/ ORG 45 rpm vinylsPublished on April 17, 2013
A quite close A/B comparison, but of course the 45 rpm vinyls are the ultimate.
Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – Columbia Records Legacy Recordings – mono vinylMiles Davis – Milestones – Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings – mono vinylPublished on April 15, 2013
Two great Miles Davis classics on reissued vinyl – but why in mono when stereo masters are available?
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Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited – [TrackList follows] Columbia Records/ Sundazed mono vinylPublished on April 15, 2013
A vinyl reissue—fine—but why mono when a terrific stereo SACD is available?
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – DJM Records/ Speakers Corner Records – vinyl (2 discs)Published on April 15, 2013
Re-mastered vinyl double album is a rock milestone.
Pro Pacem: Texts, Art & Music for Peace – Montserrat Figueras, sop./ La Capella Reial de Catalunya/ Le Concert Des Nations/Hesperion XX/ Hesperion XXI/ Various Artists/ Jordi Savall, viole de gamba & direction – Alia VoxPublished on April 12, 2013
An odd concoction on a worthy topic, but despite the excellence of the music the parts don’t add up to the whole.