This transfer in Pure DSD256 directly from the original Desmar master tapes recorded by the great Bob Auger is hugely impressive. So clean, open, detailed and dynamic. Just beyond excellent! And the performance is one of the most compelling, most thoroughly convincing, performances of this symphony among the six alternate recordings I have in my… Read More »
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Berkeley based Fantasy Records built their early reputation in the 1950s with classic LPs from Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader, Gerry Mulligan, and Vince Guaraldi. Many of those LPs were pressed on red and blue translucent vinyl, and they became immensely popular with record buyers. I’ll never forget finding a sealed copy of Vince Guaraldi’s Jazz… Read More »
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In this edition of Notes on Recent Finds, I offer you a diverse set of albums I’ve been enjoying and replaying frequently. There is no theme to this assemblage other than I like them, I think they are all very nicely performed and recorded, and I find the music they contain most engaging. I hope… Read More »
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I really like forgotten bands and forgotten albums. Part of it’s the pleasure of figuring out one thing that different individuals do not know, and the opposite half is figuring out about obscure rock bands that made actually good music. Having mentioned this, I do not like cult bands. Cult bands are often overrated, and their attraction is often traceable… Read More »
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With this release of the Third Piano Concerto, Anna Fedorova’s wonderous traversal of the four Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos reaches a triumphant conclusion. It is a scintillating, powerful, gorgeously emotional performance. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Youth Symphony, and Valentin Silvestrov’s The Messenger. Anna Fedorova, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas conducting. Channel Classics 2023 (DXD) HERE… Read More »
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Ah, and THIS is the way it’s carried out, my pals. A totally delicious new launch from the queen of the Baroque violin, Rachel Podger. In partnership with keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout, Rachel provides to us a bit over an hour of utterly entrancing music by the usually underestimated Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788), fifth baby… Read More »
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Ah, and THIS is the way it’s finished, my pals. A totally delicious new launch from the queen of the Baroque violin, Rachel Podger. In partnership with keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout, Rachel provides to us a bit over an hour of utterly entrancing music by the usually underestimated Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788), fifth little one… Read More »
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Abey Fonn, President of Impex Records, all the time likes a great problem. But Impex Records’ newest mission required Abey to dip deep into her bag of tips to give you the final word vinyl model of Patricia Barber’s Nightclub. Nightclub was Barber’s sixth, to not point out, considered one of her best-selling albums with gross sales peaking at 200,000… Read More »
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Liszt, Les Préludes; Mephisto Waltz; Orpheus; Mazeppa. Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Paul Paray. Festival Classique FC 416 (LP). TT: 51.54 My “retrospective” opinions have often coated compact discs of—ahem—a sure classic. But I do know some audiophiles nonetheless favor vinyl over digital codecs—I’ve by no means given up my very own vinyl, although, with age, I’m trying to pare down the sprawling… Read More »
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Liszt, Les Préludes; Mephisto Waltz; Orpheus; Mazeppa. Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Paul Paray. Festival Classique FC 416 (LP). TT: 51.54 My “retrospective” critiques have often lined compact discs of—ahem—a sure classic. But I do know some audiophiles nonetheless favor vinyl over digital codecs—I’ve by no means given up my very own vinyl, although, with age, I’m trying to pare down the sprawling… Read More »
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