SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews
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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.
RACHMANINOFF: Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor (First Version); 5 Morceaux de Fantasie; Variations on a Theme of Corelli – Alessando Mazzamuto, piano – ArtsPublished on April 09, 2013
A fiery performance of 3 Rachmaninoff piano works in hi-res surround.
Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado – A Touch of Tabasco – RCA Victor /ORG (2-45 rpm 12″ vinyls)Published on April 09, 2013
If you can afford it, buy it. Highly recommended!
Cassandra Wilson – Belly Of The Sun – Blue Note /Pure Pleasure (2 audiophile LPs)Published on April 09, 2013
Listening to vinyl from Pure Pleasure is pure pleasure.
Asura – Non Projects (2 vinyls)Published on April 09, 2013
The music is much more than trance or typical electronica.
BRUCKNER: Complete Symphonies – Aachen Symphony Orch./ Marcus Bosch – Coviello Classics (10-disc set)Published on April 08, 2013
The first SACD recording of the complete symphonies is a rousing success for the most part.
BELA BARTOK: Kossuth; Concerto for Orchestra; Romanian Folk Dances – ORF Radio Sym. Orch. Vienna/ Cornelius Meister – RSO/CPOPublished on April 05, 2013
Not the top SACD version the Concerto for Orchestra, but an interesting release anyway.
CARL NIELSEN: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 – Lucy Hall, sop./ Marcus Farnsworth, bari./ London Symphony Orch./ Sir Colin Davis – LSO LivePublished on April 02, 2013
Two of the top Nielsen symphonies, completing the Davis Nielsen symphony cycle on SACD.
MARCELLO, HANDEL & VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto, Organ Concerto; Two Sinfonias, (2002 DVD or DVD-Audio)Published on April 01, 2013
A fine Baroque program in great surround, though no ID of which specific works are in it.
LUIGI BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D major; Octet for flute or oboe, horn, bassoon, two violins, viola, two cellos; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 10; Symphony in c minor – Pratum Integrum Orch./ Pavel Serbin, dir. & cello soloist – Caro MitisPublished on April 01, 2013
A choice quartet of selections using period instruments, in superb hi-res surround.