March 15, 2004 - Gustav
Holst’s The Perfect Fool under Sir Adrian Boult
"Radical Sounds" by Rad Bennett
August 1, 2008 - High
Resolution Is Alive and Well (Mahler: Symphony No.2, "Resurrection" |
Riisager: Benzin; Archeopteryx; Til Apollon, Lysets Gud | John Gorka:
The Gypsy Life | Pamela Thorby: Garden of Early Delights)
May 1, 2008 - Is There
Multichannel in High-End Audio's Future? (Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6,
"Pathétique"; Romeo and Juliet | Ian Shaw: Lifejacket | Berlioz: Symphonie
Fantastique)
February 1, 2008 - SACDs
and CDs (Grainger: The Warriors; Irish Tune from County Derry; Danish
Folk-Music Suite; Hill-Songs 1 & 2; Beautiful Fresh Flower; Colleen
Dhas | Roy Harris: Symphonies 8 ("San Francisco") & 9; Memories
of a Child’s Sunday | Prokofiev: Symphony 5; Ode to the End of the War
| Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- The Complete
Recordings | Haydn: Symphonies 97 & 102; Overture
"L’anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice" | Britannia)
September 1, 2007 - SACD:
Not Corpse but Phoenix (Bliss: Elegiac Sonnet
Gurney: Ludlow & Teme; Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge; Warlock: The
Curlew | Lauren White: At Last | Saint-Saëns: Africa: Fantasy for Piano
& Orchestra; Parysatis: Airs de ballet; Le jota aragonese; Samson
et Dalila: Grand Fantasy; Tarantelle; Sarabande et Rigaudon; Danse
Macabre(original version for tenor and orchestra); Marche militaire
français; The Muse and the Poet; Ascanio: Valse-Finale | Elgar: Enigma
Variations; Introduction and Allegro | The Doors: Perception | Berlioz: Harold
in Italy,Béatrice et Bénédict, Le Corsaire, Benvenuto Cellini,
Roman Carnival)
July 1, 2007 - Looking
Ahead by Experiencing the Past (Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5 in D; Fantasia
on a Theme by ThomasTallis; Serenade to Music | Ernest Ranglin: Order
of Distinction | J.S. Bach: Cantatas: No.205, "Der zufriedengestellte
Äolus"; No.110,"Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" | Tippett:
The Rose Lake; Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage | Tchaikovsky: The
Nutcracker (complete),Swan Lake (excerpts), Polonaisefrom Eugene
Onegin | Claire Martin: He Never Mentioned Love)
May 1, 2007 - A Ghost at
the Keyboard? (Spain | The Carl Verheyen Band: Take One Step | Haydn: Symphony
88, "The Letter V"; Symphony 101, "The Clock"; L’sola
Disabitata Overture | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1 & 2; Ma mère
l’oye; Bolero | Michel Camilo: Spirit of the Moment | Grieg: Olav
Trygvason; Foran Sydens Kloster(At the Cloister’s Gate); Six
Songs with Orchestra; Ved Rondane)
March 1, 2007 - Doing It
Right (Ives: Symphonies 1-4, Central Park in the Dark, General William
Booth Entersinto Heaven | The Beatles: Love | Sigurd Islandmoen:
Requiem | Fred Hersch: Personal Favorites | Bruckner: Motets | The
Tierney Sutton Band: On the Other Side)
January 1, 2007 -
Audiophile Discs from Norway (Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Death and
Transfiguration; Wagner: Prelude and Liebestodfrom "Tristan und
Isolde" | Mahler: Symphony No.2, "Resurrection" | Beck: Symphonies,
Op.4, Nos.1-3; Overture from "L’isle déserte" | Howard Shore: The
Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers -- The Complete Recordings | Puccini: Tosca
| Steve March Tormé: Tormé Sings Tormé)
November 1, 2006 - RCA
Living Stereo High-Resolution Opera (Conciertango | Elgar: Enigma Variations;
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes
from Peter Grimes | The World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings | Gloryland:
Folk Songs, Spirituals, Gospel Hymns of Hope & Glory | Stanford: The Revenge: A
Ballad of the Fleet; Songs of the Sea; Songs of theFleet | C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies
1-4; Cello Concerto in A)
September 1, 2006 -
Sample These (Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat | Bach: Cantatas 55, 56, 98, 180 |
Rautavaara: Symphony 1; Adagio Celeste; Book of Visions | Ravel: Piano
Concerto in G; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 4 in G; Schlimé: 3 Improvisations
| The Brand New Opry: Another Time | Mendelssohn: Piano Trios 1 & 2)
July 1, 2006 - More
Imaginative SACD and DVD-Audio (Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Lutoslawski: Concerto
for Orchestra | Toch: Piano Concerto; Piano Quintet | Boccherini: Guitar
Quintet in D; Quintet inC, "La Ritirata di Madrid"; Symphony
in D, Op.37 No.3; Symphony in A, Op.35 No.3 | Mozart: Violin Concertos 3-5
| Reubke: The Keyboard Works (Scherzo; Mazurka; Piano Sonata in
B-flat Minor; Trio in E-flat; Organ Sonata on Psalm 94) | Gerry
Mulligan Meets Scott Hamilton: Soft Lights & Sweet Music)
May 1, 2006 - More Uses
for SACD and DVD-Audio (Eybler: Symphonies 1 & 2; Overture | Georg
Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus | Handel: Saul | James Horner: The
Legend of Zorro | Sir Edward Meets Father Willis; Elgar: Polonia; Chanson
de Matin; Preludeand Angel’s Farewell from The Dream of
Gerontius; Contrasts: The Gavotte -- AD 1700 and 1900; Enigma Variations
| Sibelius: Kullervo)
March 1, 2006 - A New Use
for SACD (Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis | Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Long Walk
to Freedom | Del Tredici: Paul Revere’s Ride; Bernstein: Lamentation;
Theofanidis: The Here and Now | Altre Follie 1500-1705 | Hiromi: Spiral
| Battalia!: Baroque Battle Music for Trumpet Consort)
January 1, 2006 - Where
Does High-Resolution Audio Stand? (Leopold Stokowski: Symphonic Transcriptions;
Mussorgsky: A Night onBare Mountain, Entr’acte to Act IV of
Khovanshchina, Symphonic Synthesis ofBoris Godunov, Pictures at an
Exhibition; Tchaikovsky: Humoresque, Solitude Stokowski: Traditional
Slavic Christmas Music | Hanson: Symphony No.2, "Romantic"; Fanfare
for the Signal Corps; Suite fromMerry Mount; Bold Island Suite |
Jackson Browne: Running On Empty)
December 1, 2005 -
Another Label Supports Hi-Rez (Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op.6 | Smetana: Ma Vlast |
Willy Porter: Willy Porter)
November 1, 2005 - Nimbus
Records, Alive and Well, Four Times Over (Mahler: Symphony No.8, "Symphony of a
Thousand" | Ernestine Anderson: Never Make Your Move Too Soon | Dvorák:
Symphony No.9, “From the New World”; Martinu: Symphony No.2)
October 1, 2005 - Going
for a Solid Center (Grieg: Peer Gynt | Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank
Bridge, Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funèbre for Violin & Orchestra, Bartók:
Divertimento for StringOrchestra | Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms: 20th
Anniversary Edition)
September 1, 2005 - More
RCA Living Stereo (The Carl Verheyen Band: Rumor Mill | Duruflé: Requiem, Messe
cum Jubilo, Notre Père; Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium; Poulenc: Quatre
Petitesprières de Saint François d’Assise, Laudes de Antoine de
Padone | Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds)
August 1, 2005 - Where to
Get It (3 Guitars | Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico | Tallis: Spem in
alium; Salve intemerata (motet); Missa Salve intemerata; With all our
heart; Discomfort them, O Lord; I call and cry to thee, O Lord)
July 1, 2005 - Bringing
Up the Rear (Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix; Gregorian Chants for Passiontide
| Paul Williams: I’m Going Back There Someday | Fauré: Requiem, Ave
Verum, Tantum Ergo, Pavane, Les Djinns, Cantique de JeanRacine,
Madrigal)
June 1, 2005 - Seeing
Double, Hearing Triple (Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite;
Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon; Sextet from Capriccio | Rasmussen: Symphony
No.1, "Oceanic Days;" Saxophone Concerto | The Carpenters: Singles
1969-1981)
May 1, 2005 - Opera and
Surround: Cinematic Possibilities (J.S. Bach: St. John Passion | Grieg: Sigurd
Jorsalfar; Landkjenning; Bergliot; Funeral March in Memory of RikardNordraak; Den Bergtekne | Béla Fleck: Drive)
April 1, 2005 - Living
Stereo Goes SACD . . . Again! (J.S. Bach: Cantatas: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen,
BWV 56; Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158; Ich habe genug, BWV 82 | R.E.M.: New
Adventures in Hi-Fi | Mozart: Youth Symphonies, Volume 2)
March 1, 2005 - Where Are
High-Rez Recordings Going? (Schütz: Musicalische Vesper (Symphoniae Sacrae,
Psalmen Davids) | Haydn: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Symphony 22 in E-flat,
"Der Philosoph" | Michel Camilo: Solo)
February 1, 2005 -
Catching Up with 2004 -- Part Two (Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor,
"Resurrection"; Totenfeier | Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco
| Shirley Horn: Here’s to Life)
January 1, 2005 -
Catching Up with 2004 -- Part One (Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 | Shakespeare in
Song | Elton John: Honky Château)
December 1, 2004 -
Mercury Living Presence Goes Triple-Threat SACD (Handel: Messiah | Popov: Symphony
No.1, Shostakovich: Theme and Variations, Op.3 | Bonnie Raitt: Nick of Time)
November 1, 2004 - Living
Stereo Lives Again (Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenade in G Minor; Sinding: Violin
Concerto No.1; Romance in D | Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur: Sisters &
Brothers | Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company)
October 1, 2004 - Two Can
Be as Good as 5.1 (Kodály: Dances of Galanta; Bartók: Music for Strings,
Percussion, and Celeste; Divertimento | Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething | Indigo
Girls: All That We Let In)
September 1, 2004 - Once
Again in the Vanguard (Bad Haggis with Ruben Blades: Span | Dar Williams: The
Beauty of the Rain | Joseph Calleja: Tenor Arias)
August 1, 2004 - Channel
Classics Rerecords the Standard Repertoire for SACD (Claire Martin: Too Darn Hot! | Zappa:
Music by Frank Zappa | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | Mussorgsky: ANight
on Bare Mountain (original and Rimsky-Korsakov versions); Hopak; Golitsïn’s
Exile; Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel))
July 1, 2004 - 5.1 Fun
(Oscar Peterson: Exclusively for My Friends, Vols. 1-6 | Rachmaninoff: Piano
Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 | Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter; Fried auf Erden)
June 1, 2004 - Tying
Things Up (Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra; Cityscape | Mike
Oldfield: Tubular Bells 2003 | Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood)
May 1, 2004 - The Future
is DVD (Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Roxy Music: Avalon | Steely
Dan: Gaucho | George Strait: Honkytonkville | Shostakovich: Piano
Concertos 1 & 2; Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No. 2)
April 1, 2004 - MDG -- A
Different Approach to Multichannel (Handel: La Maga Abbandonata | David Elias: The
Window | Verdi: Requiem)
March 1, 2004 - Nine
High-Resolution Winners (Soundtrack: Chicago | .S. Bach: Violin Concertos in A
Minor and E Major... | Orff: Carmina Burana)
February 1, 2004 -
Patricia Barber via Mobile Fidelity, A Chicago Wind that Blows Nothing but Good (Cecilia
Bartoli: The Vivaldi Album | Blues Traveler: Truth Be Told | Liszt: Dante
Symphony; Tasso: lamento e trionfo)
January 1, 2004 - Its Own
Reward (Classical Brubeck: Beloved Son, Pange Lingua Variations, Voice of the Holy
Spirit, Regret | Dinah Washington: What a Diff’rence a Day Makes |Vivaldi:
Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos...)
December 1, 2003 -
’Tis the Advanced-Resolution Season (J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio |
Victorian Christmas | The Ray Brown Trio: Live at the Loa | Steve Earle: Guitar
Town)
November 1, 2003 - How
Many Channels and How Much Tampering? (Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony; Der
Rosenkavalier: Suite |Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band: XXL | Ravel:
Boléro, La Valse, Pavane pour une Infante défunte, Rapsodie
espagnole, Daphnis etChloé Suite No. 2)
October 1, 2003 -
Conversations with Mark Waldrep -- Part Three (The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds | Baroque
Music for Brass and Organ | Vivaldi: La Stravaganza)
September 1, 2003 -
Conversations with Mark Waldrep -- Part Two (Mozart: Don Giovanni: Highlights |
Barber: Symphony No. 1... | Steely Dan: Everything Must Go)
August 1, 2003 -
Conversations with Mark Waldrep (Biber: Missa Salisburgensis | Britten: War
Requiem, Sinfonia da Requiem, Ballad of Heroes | José Marin: Tonos
Humanos | Fleetwood Mac: Say You Will)
July 1, 2003 - All That
Jazz -- All Those Chanels (Holst: The Planets... | Hammlisch: A Chorus Line
| John Pizzarelli: The John Pizzarelli Trio -- Live at Birdland)
June 1, 2003 - Universal
May Soon Live Up to its Name (Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon | Bach:
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor... | Wayne Horvitz: Forever)
May 1, 2003 - Who's Got
the Time and Why Aren't They Giving It to Me? (Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor; Kindertotenlieder
| Emmylou Harris: Producer’s Cut | Dave Alvin: Blackjack David | Ray
Brown Trio: SoularEnergy)
April 1, 2003 -
There’s Gold in Them There Quadraphonic Vaults -- Let’s Mine It! (Handel: Music
for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music | Music for Solo Harp | The Romantic
Harp | R.E.M.: Document)
March 1, 2003 - Seeing
Double (Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart | Donald Fagen: The Nightfly | Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A Minor...)
January 15, 2003 -
Surround Music Awards, 2002 (And I Agree… With One Exception) (Linda Ronstadt: What’s
New | Tapestry: Song of Songs: Come Into My Garden | Crosby-Nash: Another
Stoney Evening)
December 15, 2002 -
Keeping Secrets from a Public that Wants to Know (The Latin Jazz Trio; Musique
Française Pour Clarinette & Piano; Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky/Mussorgsky
(Orchestrated by Ravel): Pictures at anExhibition)
November 15, 2002 -
Preserving Legacies (Dvorak: Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Carnival Overture.
Smetana: The Moldau, Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride.; Richard
Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Death and Transfiguration;The Rolling Stones:
Beggars Banquet)
October 15, 2002 -
Listening Point of View (Graham Nash: Songs for Survivors, Jacintha: Autumn
Leaves (The Songs of Johnny Mercer), Eliot Fisk Plays Bach and Scarlatti)
September 15, 2002 - A
Point of View (The Sound of Glory: Battle Hymn of the Republic and other Great Hymns of
Faith and Inspiration, Zephyr: Voices Unbound, Alison Krauss + Union Station:
New Favorite)
