AUDIOPHILE AUDITION's BEST OF THE YEAR CDs 2001[测试]
BEST OF THE YEAR CDs for 2001
Classical & Jazz (incl. Hi-Res Formats)
Here is our 17th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes and that of my contributors and also on what was available to us, but also with an equal emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues.)
- John Sunier
CLASSICAL
JOHN ADAMS: El Niño - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White - vocal soloists/Paul Hillier Theatre of Voices/London Voices/German Symphony Orch., Berlin/Kent Nagano - Nonesuch 79634-2 (2 Cds)
Ahn Trio - Ahn-Plugged (Lucia, piano; Angella, violin; Maria, cello) - EMI Classics 57022
ARNOLD OVERTURES - A Sussex Overture; Beckus the Dandipratt; The Smoke, The Fair Field, Commonwealth Christmas - London Philharmonic/Arnold - Reference Recordings RR-48CD
BACH: Complete works of Bach in 140 volumes - Helmut Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, et al. - Edition Bachakademie set, Hanssler (172 CDs!)
BACH: Mass in B Minor; Magnificat; Cantata BWV 80 (A mighty fortress is our God) - Soloists/La Chapelle Royale/ Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe - Harmonia mundi (2 CDs plus CD-ROM) HMX 2908110.12
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 - soloists/Choir of German State Opera, Berlin/Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim - Teldec 8573-83063-9 - DVD-A
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique; Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette - Cincinnati Sym. Orch./Paavo Jarvi - Telarc SACD-60578
BERNARD HERMANN - The Film Scores = The Man Who Knew Too Much: Prelude; Psycho Suite; Marnie Suite; North by Northwest; Vertigo Suite; Torn Curtain; Fahrenheit 451 etc. - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sony Classical SACD SS 62700
Conga-Line in Hell = DEL AGUILA: Conga-line in Hell; MARQUEZ: Danzon No. 4; NANCARROW: First Piece for Small Orchestra; SIERRA: Cuentos; CATURIA: First Cuban Suite; GUARNIERI: Flor de Tremembe - Camerata de las Americas/ Joel Sachs; Duane Cochran, piano - Dorian COR-93230
DEBUSSY: Preludes: Books I & II - Joan Rowland, piano - Surround By Entertainment DVD-A, SBE 1002-9
PAUL DUKAS: Fanfare to La Peri; La Peri ballet; The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Symphony in C - Cincinnati Symphony orchestra/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Telarc SACD CD-80515-SA
"Elegies" - Romances and Elegies for Viola and Piano. Kim Kashkashian, viola. Robert Levin, piano. ECM New Series ECM 1316
Sacred Feast - Gaudeamus - Directed by Paul Halley - DMP multichannel SACD -09
GLADIATOR - More Music from the Motion Picture (Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard) - Decca Enhanced CD 440 015 192-2
The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss: THINGS TO COME, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, THE ROYAL PALACES, WELCOME THE QUEEN, WAR IN THE AIR - BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba - Chandos 9896
DVORAK: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 Giuseppi Sinopoli conds. Staatskapelle Dresden DG 289471033-2
PHILIP GLASS: Symphony No. 5 - Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya - Soloists/Morgan State Univ. Choir/Hungarian Radio Children's Choir/Vienna Radio Sym. Orch./Dennis Russell Davies - Nonesuch 79618-2 (2 CDs)
PHILIP ON FILM - Film Works by Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Dracula, La Belle Et La Bete, Anima Mundi, Kundun, Mishima, The Secret Agent, The Thin Blue Line, The Man In The Bath, Diaspora, Facades - Mostly conducted by Michael Riesman with various soloists and ensembles - Nonesuch Boxed set - 79660-2 (5 Cds)
FRANZ HAYDN: Complete String Quartets. Angeles String Quartet. Universal/Philips 464 650-2 set
HOVHANESS: Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees." Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 267. "Upon Enchanted Ground" for Flute, Cello, Giant Tam Tam and Harp, Op. 90, No. 1. Sonata for Harp, Op. 127. "The Garden of Adonis." Suite for Flute and Harp, Op. 245. Yolanda Kondonassis, harp/I Fiamminghi/Rudolph Werthen. Telarc SACD - CD-80530
BENJAMIN LEES: Piano Concerto No. 2; ALLEN SHAWN: Piano Concerto; CRESTON: Dance Overture; ANDREW BISHOP: Crooning - Ian Hobson, p. (Lees)/Ursula Oppens, p. (Shawn)/Albany Sym. Orch./David Alan Miller - Albany TROY441
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Emiko Suga, sop./Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto/Shinyukai Choir/Saito Kinen Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa - Sony Classical S2K 89374
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Turangalila Symphony; L'ascension - Francois Weigel, piano/Thomas Bloch, Ondes Martenot/Polish National Radio Symphony Orch./Antoni Wit - Naxos 8.554478-79 (2 CDs)
M O R I M U R - (Music of J.S. Bach) - The Hilliard Ensemble/Christopher Poppen, baroque violin - ECM New Music 1765
After Mozart - Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - Nonesuch 79633-2
MOZART: The Complete Piano Concertos - Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano/John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. The English Baroque Soloists. Archiv 463
Anne Sofie Von Otter Meets Elvis Costello - For the Stars - DGG 469 530-2
PIANISTS AS COMPOSERS: Compositions and transcriptions by Bauer, Casadesus, Chasins, Cherkassky, Cortot, Friedman, Gabrilowitsch, Gould, Hamelin, Hofmann, Horowitz, Iturbi, Johannesen, Levitzki, Levy, Lewenthal, Pennario, Philipp, Rosenthal, Sancan, Sapellnikoff--Donald Manildi, piano--Élan 82415.
PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons; TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons - Philharmonic Cellists/Alfredo Marcucci, bandoneon - Orfeo C 128001A
PROKOFIEV: Sonatas 1 for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op.80; Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D, Op. 94a; Sonata for solo violin, Op.115. Evgueni Bushkov, violin; Stephen Prutsman, piano. Harmonia Mundi HMN 911656
SERGE PROKOFIEV: The Seven Symphonies; Lt. Kije Suite - Berlin Philharmonic/Seiji Ozawa - Deutsche Grammophon 463 761-2 (4 Cds)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; Etudes-Tableaux; Vocalise - Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue - Reference Recordings HDCD RR-96
RACHMANINOFF: Concerto No. 3 in E Minor - Arcadi Volodos, p./Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/James Levine; RACHMANINOFF: 6 solo piano works - Volodos, p.- Sony Classical SACD SS 64384
TERRY RILEY: Requiem for Adam; The Philosopher's Hand - The Kronos Quartet; Terry Riley, piano, (Philosopher's) - Nonesuch 79639-2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture - Atlanta Sym. Orch./Robert Spano - Telarc CD-80568
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Concert de Gaudi for Guitar and Orchestra; TAN DUN: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra - Sharon Isbin, guitar/Gulbenkian Orch./Muhai Tang - Teldec New Line 8573 81830-2
VERDI: String Quartet; BENJAMIN BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 3. Verdi Quartet - Hanssler Classic CD 98.394
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons; Concertos for Double Orchestra RV 581 & 582 - Mozart Players/David Juritz - Naxos 5.110001 - DVD-A
JAZZ
The Anthony Wilson Trio - Our Gang (Wilson, guitar/Joe Bagg, Hammond B3/Mark Ferber, drums) - Groove Note GRV2008-2 Gold
Bach 2000 - Dave Matthews and the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra - Milestone MCD-9312-2
Kenny Barron, piano & Regina Carter, violin - Freefall - Verve 314 549 706-2
First Time! - The Count Meets the Duke - Historic one-time session with the Basie Band and Ellington Orchestra together! - Columbia Legacy SACD CS 65571
Buena Vista Social Club - The Players and Singers of the son de Cuba - Produced by Ry Cooder - World Circuit/Nonesuch 79478-9 DVD-Audio
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Double Live - From the USA & UK (with Bobby Militello, alto sax; Alec Dankworth, bass; Randy Jones, drums) - Telarc 2CD-83400
Dave Brubeck - The 40th Anniversary Tour of the UK - (with Bobby Militello, alto sax; Alec Dankworth, bass; Randy Jones, drums) Telarc SACD-83440-SA
Gary Burton, vibes & ensemble - Libertango (Music of Astor Piazzolla) - Concord Jazz CCD-4887-2
Celebrating the Music of Weather Report - All-star players - Telarc DVD-A-73473
Sarah Jane Cion - Summer Night - Naxos Jazz 86071-2
Skies Of America, Ornette Coleman /London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Measham - Columbia/Legacy CK 63568
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis & Kai Winding & ens.- Capitol Jazz 30117
Miles Davis & Gil Evans - Sketches of Spain - Columbia Legacy SACD CS 65142
Joey DeFrancesco with guest Jimmy Smith - Incredible! - Live at the San Francisco Jazz Festival - Concord Jazz CCD-4890-2
Flim & The BB's - TriCycle (Billy Barber, piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers; Bill Berg, drums/percussion; Flim Johnson, 5 string Alembic basses & Oberheim synth.; Dick Oatts, alto, soprano and tenor sax, flute, clarinet) -DMP SACD-08
FINDING FORRESTER - featuring Bill Frisell, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman - Sony Music Soundtrack CR85350
In Montreal - Charlie Haden, double-bass; Egberto Gismonti, guitar & piano - ECM 1746
Mark Levinson Live Recordings at Red Rose Music, Volume One - RRM 01 SACD
JASON MORAN, keyboards - Facing Left - (with Tarus Mateen, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums) - Blue Note 23884
Music for the Motherless Child - Martin Simpson, guitar; Wu Man, pipa - Water Lily Acoustics stereo WLA-CS-49 SACD
Art Pepper + Eleven - Pepper, tenor & alto sax and clarinet; Arr. & cond. By Marty Paich - Contemporary/JVC xrcd VICJ-60245
Pilhofer Jazz Quartet - Full Circle - (Herb Pilhofer, piano/Gordy Johnson, bass/Michael Pilhofer, drums/Steve Yeager, vibes) - DMP SACD-14
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar - Swing Live - (with Peter Appleyard, vibes/Bernard Purdie, drums/Vallen Vache, clarinet; Michael Moore, bass) - Chesky SACD-223
Lalo Schifrin Presents Jazz Meets the Symphony Collection - I - Jazz Meets the Symphony; II - More Jazz Meets the Symphony; III- Firebird; IV - Metamorphosis; V - Conversations with Jazz Stars - Soloists include: Ray Brown, Paquito D'Rivera, Jon Faddis, Jeff Hamilton, Lalo Schifrin, Grady Tate, with The London Symphony and The London Philharmonic Orchestras cond. by Lalo Schifrin - Aleph Records 51702 63342 (5 CDs)
The George Shearing Quintet - Back to Birdland (with Don Thompson, vibes; Reg Schwager, guitar; Neil Swainson, bass; Dennis Mackrel, drums) Telarc CD-83524
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite - Interpreted by The Classical Jazz Quartet (arr. By Bob Belden) - Vertical Jazz 5507-2
THE COMPLETE PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS OF GERALD WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Mosaic Records Boxed Set MD5-198 (5 CDs, 12-inch box)
CLASSICAL REISSUES
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste - Rafael Kubelik cond. Bavarian Radio Orchestra Orfeo C551 011B
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 21, 23, 30,31 Walter Gieseking EMI 67586 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; Fidelio Overture - Chicago Symphony/Fritz Reiner - xrcd JVC JMCXR-0006
Erna Berger III (Mozart, Schubert, Strauss) Preiser 89537
BOULEZ CONDUCTS RAVEL - Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del Gracioso, Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 - NY Philharmonic/Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez - Sony Classical SACD SS 89121
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83 Artur Schnabel, piano/Sir Adrian Boult cond. BBC Symphony Orchestra Naxos Historical 8.110665
Arr. By JOSEPH CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (selections) - Netania Davrath, soprano/Orchestra cond. By Pierre de la Roche - Vanguard Classics SACD VSD 502
Great Hungarian Musicians: Gyorgy Cziffra, piano Hungaraton Classic HCD 32056
Einem: Dantons Tod (Schoffler, Patzak, Cebotari, Fricsay, cond.) Archipel ARPCD 0009 2
Walter Gieseking: Recordings from Hessian Radio (Falla, Hindemith, Schumann, Beethoven) Music & Arts CD-1074
Ireland: Violin Sonatas, Phantasie-Trio, Holy Boy (Grinke, Sammons, Ireland) Dutton CDLX 7103
Willem Mengelberg conducts Ravel, Kodaly, Debussy (w/Walter Gieseking, piano) Concertgebouw Series APL 101.5506
BBC Legends: David Oistrakh: Shostakovich Violin Concerto Nos. 1&2; Ysaye: Amitie for 2 Violins w/Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Evgeny Svetlanov conducting BBCL 4060-2
Vladimir de Pachmann--the Mythic Pianist, 1907-9127 Arbiter 129
Ruggiero Ricci plays Concertos by Wieniawski (No. 1), Vieuxtemps (No. 5) and Ernst (in F# Minor) and Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy w/Kees Bakels cond. Polish Radio National Symphony One-Eleven CD.10004
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Hermann Scherchen conds. Vienna State Opera Orchestra Westminster 289 471 201-2
Hermann Scherchen conducts Overtures - Rediscovery RD 015
The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiolor Danacord 2-CD DACOCD 491/2
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (Greindl, Melchert, Sardi, Scherchen cond) Opera D'Oro OPD-1321
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf: The Unissued EMI Recordings Testament SBT 120
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 - The Cleveland Orchestra/Lorin Maazel - Telarc stereo SACD-60563
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 5 and 6 Lovro von Matacic conducts Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Supraphon 2 CD SU 3544-2 012
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Integrales Isaac Karabtchewsky conducts Orchestre Symphonique du Bresil (w/Nelson Freire, piano) Iris Music 3CD 3001 843
Wagner: Die Walkure ((Suthaus, Buchner, Muller, Klose, Fricsay cond.) Myto 3 CD 012.H058 BEST OF THE YEAR CDs for 2000
Classical & Jazz
Here is our 16th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes and that of my contributors and also on what was available to us, but also with an emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues.)
- John Sunier
GENERAL CLASSICAL:
ALBINONI: 12 Concertos Op. 9 - Andrew Manze, v./Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Decca 289 458 129-2 (2 CDs)
ANTHEIL: Symphonies 4 & 6 - Nat. Sym. Orch. Of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar - Naxos 8.559033
BACH: Four Orchestral Suites - Brazilian Guitar Quartet - Delos DE3254
BACH: Goldberg Variations - Murray Perahia, piano - Sony Classical SK89243
BACH: The Seven Toccatas - Robert Troeger, clavichord - Lyrichord LEMS 8041
BACH works played by Mindru Katz, p./Pro Arte Orch./Harry Newstone - Cembal d'amore CD112
BACH-CAINE: The Goldberg Variations - Uri Caine Ensemble & guests - Winter & Winter 910 054-2 (2 CDs)
BARTOK: Complete Edition - Budapest Sym./Antal Dorati et al. - Hungaroton HCD 41002 (29 CDs!)
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies 3 & 5 - Concertgegouw/Erich Kleiber - Decca
BEETHOVEN: 17 of the Piano Sonatas - Solomon, p. - Testament boxed set
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2; Brahms: Violin Concerto - Francescatti, v./Vienna Philharmonic/Dmitri Mitropoulos - Orfeo
BERLIOZ: Requiem, Five Sacred Pieces - soloists/Montreal Sym. Orch. & Choir/Charles Dutoit - Decca 289 458 921-2
The Music of PAUL BOWLES - Eos Orch./Jonathan Sheffer - Red Seal 09026-63685-2
BIZET: Carmen (complete opera) de Los Angeles/Gedda/Sir Thomas Beecham cond. - EMI 56214 (3 CDs)
BOCCHERINI: Complete 28 Symphonies - German Chamber Academy Neuss/Johannes Goretizki - CPO 999 401-2 (8 CDs)
BRITTEN: War Requiem - soloists/choruses/Washington Chorus and Orchestra/Robert Shafer - TWC (Naxos) 3898
Britten: String Quartets, Vol. 2. Maggini String Quartet. Naxos 8.554360
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic" - Berlin Philharmonic/Gunter Wand - Red Seal 09026 68839-2
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 - Vienna Philharmonic/Carl Schuricht - Urania
CHOPIN: Concerto in E Minor etc. - Josef Hofmann, piano rolls - Nimbus NI 8803
COPLAND: - The Essence of America - Piano Concerto, Orchestral Variations, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Symphonic Ode, talk by MTT - San Francisco Sym./Michael Tilson Thomas - Red Seal 09026 63720-2 (3 CDs)
PAUL CRESTON: Symphonies 1 - 3 - Nat. Sym. Orch. Of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar - Naxos 8.559034
DVORAK: Complete Chamber Works - Guarnierei Trio Prague, Josef Suk, Panocha Quartet, et al. - Supraphon 111450-1 130 (15 CDs)
DVORAK: Complete String Quartets (14) - Prague String Quartet - DGG 29293 (9 Cds)
Elgar/Payne: Symphony 3. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Daniel. Naxos 8.554719
GEMINIANI: Concerti grossi after Corelli's Op. 5 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze - harmonia mundi 907261.62 (2 CDs)
GLASS: Sym. No. 3, Interludes from The Civil warS, The Light - Stuttgart Ch. Orch./Vienna Radio Sym./Dennis Russell Davies - Nonesuch 79581-2
HANDEL: The Eight Grand Suites - Blandine Verlet, harpsichord - Auvidis Astree E8655
HANDEL: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andre Manze - harmonia mundi 907228.29 (2 Cds)
HANSON: Sym. No. 1, Merry Mount Suite, Pan and the Priest, Variations on Two Ancient Hymns - Nashville Sym./Kenneth Schermerhorn - Naxos 8.559072
HAYDN & BOCCHERINI Cello Concertos - Jacqueline Du Pre,c./Daniel Barenboim & Sir John Barbirolli cond. - EMI 66948
HONEGGER: Le Roi David - soloists/Vittoria Regional Choir/Orchestre de la Cite/Michel Piquemal - Naxos 8.553649 (2 CDs)
KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus (complete ballet) - RIAS Ch. Choir/German Sym. Orch./Michael Jurowski - Capriccio 10 817/18 (2 CDs)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 - berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle - EMI 5 569 72 7
MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde - Placido Domingo/Bo Skovhus/LA Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sony Classical SK 60646
MILHAUD: Complete Symphonies - Basel Radio Sym. Orch./Alun Francis CPO 999 656-2 (5 CDs)
CONLON NANCARROW: Studies for Player Piano - Wergo WER6907 2 (5 Cds)
NIELSEN: Saul and David - complete opera cond. By Jascha Horenstein - Opera D'Oro
PENDERECKI: Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - Nat. Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra of Warsaw/Antoni Wit - Wergo WER6647-2
PROKOFIEFF: Alexander Nevsky; KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto - Kogan/BSO/Pierre Monteux - RCA High Perf. Series
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Volodos,p./Berlin Philharmonic/James Levine - Sony Classical SK64384
RESPIGHI: Pines & Fountains of Rome; Metamorphoseon - Cincinnati Sym./Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Telarc CD80505
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez; SCHWANTNER: From Afar, others - Sharon Isbin, guitar/Lausanne Ch. Orch./Lawrence Foster - Virgin Classics 7243 5 61627 23 (2 Cds)
Any recent releases in The Romantic Piano Concerto Series on Hyperion, incl. Concertos of THALBERG, PADEREWSKI, MOSONYI, HENSELT, PARRY, GLAZUNOV, LITOLFF, MENDELSSOHN, HOLBROOKE, ALKAN.
ROZSA: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto; Theme & Variations - McDuffie,v./Harrell,c./Atlanta Sym./Yoel Levi - Telarc CD80518
SCHUBERT: Complete Lieder - Graham Johnson, p., various vocalists and ensembles - Hyperion (37 volumes!)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Complete String Quartets - Emerson Quartet - DGG 289 463 284-2 (5 CDs)
The SIBELIUS Edition - Symphonies 1-7, Karelia Suite, Pelleas & Melisande, etc. - Halle Orch./Sir John Barbirolli - EMI 7243 5 677299 2 (5 Cds)
STRAVINSKY: Pulchinella; Symphony of Psalms - Suisse Romande Orch./Ernest Ansermet - Dutton
STRAVINSKY: Miniatures (Shadow Dances) - Orpheus Ch. Orchestra - DGG 289 453 458-2
TORU TAKEMITSU: Toward the Sea II, Film music, Entre-temps, more - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen - Telarc CD80469
VELJO TORMIS: Litany to Thunder - Estonia Philharmonic Ch. Choir/Tonu Kaljuste - ECM New Series 1687
VILLA-LOBOS: String Quartets, Vol. 5 (and this entire series on Dorian) - Cuarteto Latinoamericano - Dorian DOR-93211
The Complete WEBERN - Berlin Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez; Ensemble InterContemporain; Gidon Kremer, BBC Singers. Etc. - DGG 457 637-2 (6 Cds)
KARL WEIGL: String Quartets No. 1 & 5 - Artis Quartet of Vienna - Nimbus NI 5646
CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS:
Argerich: Live From the Concertgebouw: 1978 and 1979. EMI 7243 5 59034
Glorious John: Sir John Barbirolli Recordings from 1918-1970 - Dutton set
Eduard van Beinum: The Polydor and Decca Recordings from 1943-47 - Music & Arts of America
Bolero! - Orchestral Fireworks - Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue - Reference Recordings RR-92CD
Chambersax & friends - Works of BUSCH, VILLA-LOBOS, KOECHLIN, HINDEMITH, WEBERN - Clarinet Classics CC0029
Peter Blanchette with The Virtual Consort - Had Miles Met Maurice - Dorian DOR-93198
Insomnia - Works for violin & harp by FRANCAIX, R. STRAUSS, CAGE, PAART, ROTA, TAKEMITSU etc. - Gidon Kremer/Naoko Yoshino - Philips 289 456 016-2
Kronos Quartet - Caravan - Nonesuch 79490-2
Silencio - Works by PAART, GLASS, MARTYNOV - Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer - Nonesuch 79582-2
JAZZ:
Oscar Aleman - Swing Guitar Masterpieces, 1938-57 - Acoustic Disc ACD 29
Basie Big Band - Pablo/JVC xrcd VIGJ-60257
Daniel Barenboim & guests - Tribute to Ellington - Teldec 398425252-2
Carla Bley Band - 4 X 4 - Watt 30 012 159-2
Jaki Byard, piano - Solo/Strings - Prestige PRCD-24246-2
Don Byron - A Fine Line (Arias & Lieder) - Blue Note 26801
The Willem Breuker Kollektief with Loes Luca - Hunger! - Bvhaast CD9916
Dave Brubeck, solo piano - One Alone - Telarc Jazz CD83510
Ron Carter, bass - Orfeu - Blue Note CD 72435224902 2V
Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra - Giraf - DaCapo DCCD9440
Dave Douglas, trumpet - Soul On Soul - RCA Victor 63603-2
The Duke - The Essential Ellington Collection, 1927-1962 - Columbia Jazz C3K 65841
Don Ellis Band - Live in 3 2/3 over 4 Time - Pacific Jazz 7243 5 23996 2 8
Bill Evans - Further Conversations with Myself - Verve Master Edition 314 559 832-2
Bill Evans - The Last Waltz - Milestone 8MCD-4430-2 (8 Cds)
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - Telarc Jazz CD83442
D.D. Jackson, piano & B3 - Anthem - RCA Victor 63606-2
Duke Elegant - Dr. John Plays the Music of Duke Ellington - Blue Note 7243 5 23220 2 2
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide - ECM 1734
52nd Street Themes - Joe Lovano Nonet - Blue Note 72434 96667-2
Wynton Marsalis - Big Train - Columbia CK 69860-2
Oregon in Moscow - with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Sym. Orch. - Intuition 3303 2 (2 CDs)
Greg Osby - The Invisible Hand - Blue Note 20134
The Jazz Giants Play Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite - Prestige PRCD 24224-2
Nicholas Payton - Nick @ Night - verve 314 547 5982
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin - Two Worlds - Works of BACH, FALLA, BARTOK, MOMPOU, VILLA-LOBOS, GRUSIN - Decca 012 157 960-2
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West - Contemporary JVC xrcd VICJ-60088
Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django - Gypsy - Linn AKD 090
Clark Terry, trumpet - One on One - Chesky JD 198
The Sound of Jazz (l957 TV Special with Basie, Waldron, Giuffre, Rushing, Holiday et al.) - Columbia Legacy CK66082 BEST OF THE YEAR CDs for 1999 - Classical & Jazz
Here is my 15th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list of nearly 100 CDs. It is predicated on my personal tastes and what was available to me, but also with an emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues, for which I thank Gary Lemco for his contributions this year).
- John Sunier
GENERAL CLASSICAL TITLES
BACH: Concerti & Praeludia for Two Harpsichords - Skip Sempé and Olivier Fortin - Auvidis E 8645
J.S. BACH: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (6) - Mela Tenenbaum, v./Gerald Ranck, h. - ESS.A.Y CD1064/65 (2 CDs)
BELA BARTOK: The 6 String Quartets - The Takacs Quartet London 289 455 297-2 (2 CDs)
BERLIOZ OVERTURES - Les France Juges; Waverley; King Lear; Roman Carnival; Beatrice and Benedict; The Corsair; Benvenuto Cellini - Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis - Red Seal 09026 68790-2
BERNSTEIN: Suite from Candide; Five Songs; Mass: 3 Meditations; Divertimento - Minnesota Orch./Eiji Oue - Reference Recordings HDCD RR-87CD
BIBER: Battalia; LOCKE: The Tempest - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini - Teldec Das Alte Werk 3984
BOCCHERINI: His Complete 28 Symphonies, Op. 10, 12, 21, 35, 37 41 & 42 - Deutsche Kammerakademi Neuss/Johannes Goritzki - CPO 999 401-2 (8 CDs)
BRAHMS; A German Requiem Op. 45 (in English) - Janice Chandler, sop./Nathan Gunn, bar./Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Utah Symphony/Craig Jessop cond. - Telarc CD-80501
CHICK COREA: Spain (for sextet and orchestra); Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra - Corea, piano/Origin/London Philharmonic/Avishai Cohen, bass/Jeff Ballard, drums/Corea conducting - Sony Classical SK 61799
JOHN CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin - Joshua Bell, v./Philharmonic Orch./Esa-Pekka Salonen cond. - Sony Classical SK 63010
ELGAR: Cello Concerto; Britten: Cello Symphony - Truls Mork, cello/City of Birmingham Symphony/Sir Simon Rattle - Virgin Classics 5 45356-2
HANDEL: The Eight Grand Suites - Blandine Verlet, harpsichord - Auvidis Astree E 8655
HANS WERNER HENZE: Undine Ballet - London Sinfonietta/Peter Donohoe, piano/Oliver Knussen - Deutch Grammophon 453 467-2, (2 CDs)
LEOS JANACEK: String Quartet No. 1, after Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata' String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters" - Guarnari Quartet - Philips 456 574-2
JON LEIFS: Hekla - also: Iceland Overture; Requiem; Loftr Suite; Reminiscence du Nord; Elegy - Iceland Symphony/Motet Choir/Schola cantorum/En Shao - BIS CD-1030
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night" - Atlanta Symphony Orch./Yoel Levi - Telarc CD-80514-A (2 CDs)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 - Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Zander - Telarc 3CD-80527
MESSIAEN: Illuminations of the Beyond - Bastille Opera Orchestra/ Myung When Chung - DGG/Musical Heritage Society 515254H
ARVO PAART: Fratres; Tabula Rasa; Symphony No. 3 - Gil Shaham, violin/Adele Anthony (v. I in Tabula Rasa)/Gothenburg Symphony/Neeme Jarvi - DGG 457 647-2
PROKOFIEV: Piano Works Vol. IX - Transcriptions - Frederic Chiu - Harmonia mundi 907195
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Poem of Ecstasy; Prometheus; Piano Concerto in F sharp minor - Anatol Ugorski, piano/Chicago Symphony/Chicago Symphony Chorus/Pierre Boulez - DGG 289 459 647-2
PHILIP SAINTON: Moby Dick - Complete film score - Moscow Sym. Orch./Wm. T. Stromberg - Marco Polo 8.225050
STRAVINSKY: Orpheus; Danses Concertantes - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - DGG 459 644-2
STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements; Symphony in C; Symphony of Psalms - Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Sir Georg Solti - Decca 289 458 898-2
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1 thru 6 - Heinz Hofliger & Maurice Bourgue, oboes; Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon; Klaus Stoll, double-bass; Jonathan Rubin, lute; Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord - ECM New Series 1671 72 (2 CDs)
CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS
THE JOHN ADAMS EARBOX - San Francisco Symphony, Kronos Quartet, Halle Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of St. Luke's, & Adams, synthesizers - Nonesuch Records boxed set (10 CDs)
NEW MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS - William Bolcom, John Corigliano, Morton Gould, Ned Rorem & Paul Schoenfield - Prize-winning duo-pianists from the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition - Vanguard Classics SVC-106
THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO, No. 21 - THEODOR KULLAK: Concerto in C Minor; ALEXANDER DREYSCHOCK: Concerto in D Minor - Piers Lane, p./BBC Scottish Symphony Orch./Niklas Willen - Hyperion CDA67086
ETERNITY AND A DAY - Film music composed & performed by Eleni Karaindrou - ECM New Series 1692
LE CINEMA - Gidon Kremer, violin/Oleg Maisenberg, piano/Berlin Sym. Orch./Andrey Boreyko - Teldec 0630 17222-2
FIRST GLIMPSES OF SUNLIGHT - Dorian Wind Quintet with Billy Childs, piano, plays: Robert Ward: Raleigh Divertimento; Billy Childs: A Day in the Forest of Dreams; Lee Hoiby: Diversions; David Sampson: Short Stories - Summit DCD 233
ESSENCIA DO BRASIL - Brazilian Guitar Quartet - Delos DE 3245
VOLODOS, piano - works of Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Schumann - Sony Classical SK 60893
MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS - Andras Schiff & Peter Serkin - Mozart: Fugue in C Minor; Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven; Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica - ECM New Series 1676/77 (2 CDs)
DANZÓN - Marquez: Danzon No. 2; Caturla: Three Cuban Dances; Chavez: Republican Overture; Buxtehude-Chavez: Chaconne in e; Fernandez: Batuque; Revueltas: Janitzio; Alvarez: Metro Chabacano; Nobre: Convergencias Simon Bolivar Symphony of Venezuela/Keri-Lynn Wilson - Dorian xCD 90254
MNEMOSYNE - The Hilliard Ensemble and Jan Garbarek, saxophones - ECM New Series 1700/01 (2 CDs)
WIND DANCES - HART: Circus Ring; McTEE: Soundings; HARBISON: Olympic Dances; SCHWANTNER: In Evening's Stillness; SPARKE: Dance Movements - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Corporon - Klavier KCD-11084
THE GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY Series on Philips (with contributions from many other labels & Steinway) - the entire series - 100 gorgeous 2-CD volumes; the most ambitious project in record music history!]
MIKLOS ROSZA AT M-G-M - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology - Rhino Movie Music/TMC R2 75723 (2 CDs)
BAROQUE INSPIRES THE MOVIES - Various performers - Auvidis AS 129005 (2 CDs)
THE LION' ROAR - CLASSIC MGM FILM SCORES, 1935-1965 - Rhino Movie Music R275701 (2 Cds)
SOLO - Yo-Yo Ma, cello - Works of Mark O'Connor, Bright Sheng, Alexander Tcherepnin, Zoltan Kodaly, David Wilde - Sony Classical SK 64114
DEATH OF AN ANGEL - Piazzolla: Death of an Angel; Fugue & Mystery; Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileiras Nos. 4 & 9; Blauth: Concertino for Oboe & Strings; Ginastera: Pampeana No. 1; Concerto for Strings - Camarata Bariloche/Fernando Hasaj - Dorian DOR-90249
A WINDOW IN TIME - RACHMANINOFF Performs his Solo Piano Works via piano rolls - Telarc CD-80489; A WINDOW IN TIME (2) - RACHMANINOFF Performs BACH, CHOPIN, MENDELSSOHN, PADEREWSKI, SCHUBERT, TCHAIKOVSKY and others via piano rolls - Telarc CD-80491
CLASSICAL REISSUES
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"/Rabaud: La Procession, Nocturne, Op. 6 - Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts New York Philharmonic - Urania URN 22.102 (Distrib. Qualiton)
The Young Celibidache cond. Berlin Philharmonic: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3/Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Tahra TAH 271 (Distrib. Jem Music)
Ernest Levy, Forgotten Genius: Beethoven: "Hammerklavier" Sonata; Sonata No. 32 in C Minor/Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, etc.
Marston 52007-2 2 (Distrib. Harmonia Mundi)
BIZET-SHCHEDRIN: Carmen Ballet; SHOSTAKOVICH: Hamlet Incidental Music; GLAZUNOV: Carnaval Overture - Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler (1968-69) - High Performance 09026 63308-2
BRAHMS: The Four Symphonies - NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini - RCA Red Seal 74321 55838 (2 Cds)
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasia - David Oistrakh, violin/London Symphony/Jascha Horenstein; HINDEMITH: Violin Concerto - London Symphony/Paul Hindemith - London/Classic CD CSCD 6337
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat- Sergiu Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic - EMI 7243 5 56691 24 2
CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne (complete) - Netania Davrath, soprano/Orchestra cond. By Pierre de la Roche - Vanguard Classics SVC 38/39 (2 CDs)
DEBUSSY: La Mer; Nocturnes, Jeux, Afternoon of a Faun; New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein; Sony Classical SMK 60972
ENESCO: Roumanian Rhapsodies/Suites 1-3/Poeme roumain, Op. 1/Symphonie coincertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 -Lawrence Foster conducts Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo - Erato 3984-24247-2
FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat (complete ballet); Interlude & Dance from La Vida Breve - Ernest Ansermet/Suisse Romande Orch./Teresa Berganza, mezzo - London/Classic Compact Discs CSCD 6224
MacDOWELL: Symphonic Poems: Song of Roland, Op. 30; Hamlet.Ophelia, Op. 22; Lancelot and Elaine, Op. 25; Lamia, Op. 29 - Karl Krueger conds., Royal Philharmonic - Bridge 9089
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D/Purcell (arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Woodwind and Horns - Sir John Barbirolli conds. Halle Orchestra - Dutton CDSJB 1015 (Distrib. Harmonia Mundi)
MOZART: Concerto No. 20; Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332; 2-piano Concerto, K. 385 (with Amparo Iturbi) - Jose Iturbi, p./Rochester Philharmonic - Ivory classics 70908 (Distrib. Allegro)
RACHMANINOFF Plays The Complete Piano Concertos Nos. 1 thru 4 - with the Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (except Stokowski in No. 2) - Mono-poly G1-2030 (2 Cds)
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS: Centennial Anthology, 15 of his Masterpieces - New Philharmonia/Eduardo Mata; Leopold Stokowski and his Orchestra; London Sinfonietta/David Atherton; Xalapa Sym. Orch./Luis Herrera de la Fuente - Red Seal 9026-63548-2 (2 CDs)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of the Tsar Saltan; May Night; Russian Easter Overture - Ernest Ansermet/Suisse Romande Orch. - London/Classic Compact Discs CSCD 6012
SCHOENBERG: Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10; Siegmeister: Ozark Set-Dimitri Mitropoulos conds. NBC Symphony, 1945 - Astrid Varnay, soprano - Urania URN 22.110 (Distrib. Qualiton)
SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata/Schumann: 5 Pieces in Folk Style/Debussy: Cello Sonata - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Benjamin Britten, piano - Decca Legends 1968 289 460 974-2
SCHUMANN: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. VI - Joerg Demus, piano - Nuovo Era 7316 (Distrib. Allegro)
R. STRAUSS: Elektra - R. Resnik, Inge Borkh, Audrey Schuh, Benjamin Rayson, Alan Crofoot - New Orleans Opera Orch. &Chorus - Knud Andersson cond., 1966 - VAI 1170-2 2
VILLA-LOBOS: Instrumental and Orchestral Works - New Philharmonia Orch./Academy of St. Martin/London Philharmonic/Christina Ortiz, piano/John Harle, saxophone/Vladimir Ashkenazy/Neville Marriner/Jesus Lopez Cobos - EMI Classic double forte 72435 72670 2 1 (2 CDs)
WAGNER: Gotterdammerung (Complete) - Astrid Varnay (Brunnhilde); Bernd Aldenhoff (Siegfried); Hermann Uhde (Gunther); Ludwig Weber (Hagen); Elisabeth Hoengen (Waltraute); Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Woglinde) - Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Testament SBT 4175 4
Dutch Masters, Vol. 29: Eduard van Beinum: J.C. BACH: Sinfonias/Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201; Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 - Philips Import 462 525-2
Otto Klemperer, The Unknown Recordings: Liszt/Strauss/Bach/Thomas/Corelli - Los Angeles Philharmonic - Magic Master MM 37069 (Distrib. Allegro)
JAZZ BEST OF THE YEAR 1999 List - John Henry
DAVE DOUGLAS, trumpet - Convergence - Soul Note 121316-2
STEFON HARRIS, vibes - BlackActionFigure - Blue Note 724349954625
THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: Concorde - Prestige JVCXR 0203-2
BROTHER JACK McDUFF, B-3: Bringin' It Home - Concord Jazz CCD-4855
HERE'S TO BEN - A Vocal Tribute to Ben Webster - Jacintha - Groove Note GRV Gold 2001-2
KEITH JARRETT, solo piano - The Melody At Night, With You - ECM 1675
CUARTETO DE SAXOFONES DE SANTIAGO CUBA - Auvidis/Silex Y 225075
FRED HERSCH AT JORDAN HALL - Let Yourself Go - Nonesuch 79558-2
LAMBERT, HENDRICKS and BAVAN at Newport ཻ - RCA Victor 09026 68731-2
I REMEMBER BILL - A Tribute to Bill Evans - RCA Victor 09026 - 68929-2
THE KENNY DREW JR. TRIO - Winter Flower - Milestone MCD 9289-2
PATRICIA BARBER - Companion - Blue Note 7243 5 22963 2 3
COUNT BASIE MEETS OSCAR PETERSON - The Timekeepers (with Louis Bellson, drums & John Heard, bass - Verve/JVC xrcd2 0206-2
JOHN COLTRANE: Black Pearls - with Donald Byrd, trumpet/Red Garland, piano/Paul Chambers, bass/Arthur Taylor, drums - Prestige/JVCXR-0017-2
MONK - Live at the It Club - complete - Columbia/Legacy C2K 65288; MONK ALONE - The complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings of 1962-68 - Columbia/Legacy C2K 65495
JON FADDIS, trumpet - Remembrances - arranged and conducted by Carlos Franzetti - Chesky JD166
FLORIAN ROSS: Suite for Soprano Sax and String Orchestra - Dave Liebman, soprano sax/Florian Ross, p./Dietmar Fuhr, bass/Jochen Ruckert, drums/Event String Ensemble/Manfred Knaak, conductor - Naxos Jazz 86037-2
HAVANA FLUTE SUMMIT - Jane Bunnett/Orland Valle/Celine Valle/Richard Egues, flutes; Oscar Rodriguez, bass; Hilario Duran, & others - Naxos Jazz 86005-2
JAZZ IN FILM - Terence Blanchard, with Joe Henderson & others - Sony Classical SK 60671
FIRST TIME! THE COUNT MEETS THE DUKE - Basie & Ellington Bands together! - Legacy CK 65571;SUCH SWEET THUNDER - Duke Ellington Band - Legacy 65568
TRIBUTE TO ELLINGTON - Daniel Barenboim, piano and guests Don Byron, clarinet & Dianne Reeves, vocals - Teldec 398425 252-2
STOCKHOLM JAZZORCHESTRA: Tango - conducted & arranged by Carlos Franzetti - DMP CD-525
MOONDOG & THE LONDON SAXOPHONIC: Sax Pax for a Sax - Atlantic 83069-2
THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT - Benny Goodman, with Harry James, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett & others - Columbia Legacy C2K 65143 (2 CDs)
JIM HALL & PAT METHENY - Telarc CD-83442
THELONIOUS MONK & SONNY ROLLINS - Prestige PRCD-7075-2
THE PRESTIGE RECORDS STORY- Boxed Set of 4 CDs - Prestige 4PRCD-4426-2
THE COMPLETE VERVE STUFF SMITH SESSIONS - Mosaic MD4-186 (4 CD boxed set)
THE GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA - Theme for Monterey - MAMA MMF 1021 BEST OF THE YEAR CDs - 1998
This is the 14th annual Best of the Year List I have assembled, continuing the practice started at the beginning of the 13+ year stretch of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION broadcasts. Many of these CDs will be reviewed here during the coming months and RealAudio clips from some of them will be heard at this site. As before, I make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on my personal tastes, what is available to me, special interests of the moment (seems to be guitar this year) - but always with an equal emphasis on both the music and the sonic quality of each particular CD. As with audio components, Let Your Ears be Your Guide in these or any additions to your collection!
- John Sunier
GENERAL CLASSICAL TITLES:
ALBENIZ: Iberia, complete - Cincinnati Sym./Jesus Lopez-Cobos (Telarc 2CD 80470)
ALKAN: Piano Concerto; Concerti de camera 1-3 - Feofanov,p./Razumovsky Symphony/Robert Stankovsky (Naxos 8.553702)
DAVID AMRAM: Triple Concerto for woodwinds, brass, jazz quintet and orchestra - Amram Q./Rochester Philharmonic/David Zinman (Flying Fish CD FF 751)
BACH: The Cello Suites - Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Sony Classical S2K 63203 )
BACH: The Art of Fugue - Keller Quartet (ECM New Series 1652 457 849-2)
BACH: The Goldberg Variations - Kurt Rodarmer, guitar (Sony Classical SK 60257)
BACH: Complete Sonatas & Partitas - Paul Galbraith, guitar (Delos DE 3232 )
H. BAUMANN: Alice in Wonderland ballet music - Hanover Radio Philharmonic/Herbert Baumann (Thorofon CTH 2360)
BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 5; BRAHMS: Sym. No. 1 - Orch.. Cond. By Gunther Schuller (GM Recordings GM2051CD)
AMY BEACH: Fire-Flies - Solo Piano Music - Joanne Polk, p. (Arabesque Z6721)
BIBER: Sonatae - Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes (Sonatas both for the altar and for the table)- Rare Fruites Council Ens./Manfredo Kraemer (Auvis E 8630)
JOHN CAGE: Sonatas and Interludes - Aleck Karis, prepared piano (Bridge 9081A/B)
CHAUSSON: Poeme, Piano Trio in g, Andante & Allegro, Piece Op. 39 - Graffin/Devoyon/Neidich/Hoffman/Chilingirian Quartet - Hyperion CDA67028)
E.F. DALL'ABACO: Concerti - Concerto Colgne (Teldec 3984-22166-2)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES: Mavis in Las Vegas and other works - BBC Philharmonic/Scottish Ch. Orch./Royal Philharmonic/Davies (Collins 15242)
DVORAK: Piano Trio "Dumky;" SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2 - Eroica Trio (EMI 7243 56673-2)
ELGAR-PAYNE: Symphony No. 3 - BBC Sym. Orch./Andrew Davis (NMC D053)
BRIAN ENO: Music for Airports - Bang on a Can All-Stars Ens. (Point Music 314 536 847-2)
FALLA: Suites and Dances - The Schirmer Ens./Brett Kelly (Naxos 8.554366)
ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL: Othello, suite from the ballet - San Francisco Ballet Orch./Emil de Cou (Varese Sarabande VSD-5942)
DOHNANYI: Symphony No. 1 in d - London Philaharmonic Orch./Leon Botstein (Telarc CD-80511)
JACQUES DUPHLY: Harpsichord Music - Katherine Roberts Perl, hpch. (Dorian DOR-93169)
GEMINIANI: Concerti Grossi Vol. 2 - Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krecek (Naxos 8.553020)
HANDEL: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 (complete) - The Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907228.29 )
VAGN HOLMBOE: Four Symphonic Metamorphoses - Aalborg Sym. Orch./Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD-852)
HOVHANESS: "Celestial Fantasy" (various works) - Slovak Radio Sym., Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR-93166)
KAMRAN INCE: Arches; Fall of Constantinople; Remembering Lycia - Alan Feinberg, piano/Albany Sym./David Alan Miller (Argo 289 455 151-2)
KORNGOLD: The Sea Hawk; Symphony in F-Sharp - Oregon Sym./James DePreist (Delos DE 3234)
KORNGOLD: Suite for 2 Violins, Cello and Piano Left Hand; SCHMIDT: Quintet in G - Leon Fleisher, p./Silverstein & Smirnoff,v./Tree,viola/Ma, cello (Sony Classical SK 48253)
LECUONA: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4 - Thomas Tirino, p. (BIS CD-874)
LOWELL LIEBERMANN: Concertos for Piccolo/Flute & Harp/Flute - James Galway, fl./Hyun-Sun Na, harp/London Mozart Players/Lowell Liebermann (RCA Red Seal 9026 63235-2)
GYORGY LIGETI: Keyboard Works for Piano, Two Pianos, Piano 4 Hands, Harpsichord, Organ - Chojnacka/Szathmary//Kataeva/Aimard (Sony Classical 7464 62307-2)
MacKENZIE: Scottish Concerto; TOVEY: Piano Concerto in A - Steven Osborne, p./BBC Scottish Sym./Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA67023)
MARTIN: Mass; PIZZETTI: Requiem - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA67017)
MEDTNER: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Marc-Andre Hamelin, p. (Hyperion CDA67221/4 )
MOMPOU: Cancons i danses; Charmes; Scenes d'enfants - Jordi Maso, p. (Naxos 8.554332)
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI: Complete Works for Flute - Hawley & Rampal, fl./Stanford Woodwind Q./Muczynski, p. (American Classics Series - Naxos 8.559001)
NADERMAN: Seven Sonatas for Harp - Annie Challan, harp (Arion ARN 553943)
WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER: Symphony No. 1; Suite "Last Summer" - Radio Sym. Orch. Of the Saar/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 561-2)
PIAZZOLLA: Piazzolla & Cello Passion - Eckart Runge, c./Jacques Ammon, piano (Ars Musici AM 1244-2)
Works of PUCCINI, PONCHIELLI & CATALANI for Orchestra - Filarmonica Della Scala/Riccardo Muti (Sony Classical SK 63025)
RACHMANINOFF: "A Window in Time" (Piano rolls cut by Rachmaninoff reproduced with a new digital process) (Telarc CD-80489)
RAVEL-MIOLIN: Arrangements for Ten-String and Alto Guitars - Anders Miolin, g. (BIS CD-886)
ROTA: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Norrkoping Sym. Orch./Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS CD-970)
JOHN RUTTER: Requiem & other choral works - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/City of London Sinfonia/The Wallace Collection/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 56605 2 7)
ANTHONY LOUIS SCARMOLIN: Orchestral Works - Janacek Philharmonic Orch./Slovak Radio Sym./Joel Eric Suben (Naxos American Classics Series 8.559012)
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets Nos. 3, 7, 8 - The Yggdrasil Quartet (BIS CD 913)
SCHUBERT: Symphonies: The Great and Unfinished - Scottish Chamber Orch./Sir Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD-80502)
SCHUBERT-LISZT: Lieder Transcriptions - Frederic Chiu, piano (Harmonia mundi 907239)
SCHUBERT: Octet - Berlin Philharmonic Octet (Nimbus NI 5577)
LEO SOWERBY; Symphony No. 2; Concert Overture; Passacaglia, Interlude & Fugue; All On a Summer's Day - Czech National Sym./Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 039)
JOHN TAVENER: The Protecting Veil for cello and string orchestra; Wake Up and Die - Yo-Yo Ma, c./Baltimore Sym. Orch./David Zinman (Sony Classical SK 62821)
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons; BALAKIREV: Islamey - Yefim Bronfman, piano (Sony Classical SK 60689)
TORU TAKEMITSU: From me flows what you call Time; Twill by Twilight; Requiem - Nexus/Pacfic Sym. Orch./Carl St. Clair (Sony Classical SK 63044)
TELEMANN & BACH: Trio Sonatas for Two Flutes - Julius Backer & Bradley Garner, flutes (LaserLight 14387)
VIVALDI: Concert for the Prince of Poland - The Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (Harmonia mundi 907230)
ZEMLINSKY: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Gurzenich Orch. Kolner Philharmonic/James Conlon (EMI 5 56473 2 0)
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CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS:
DANZON: Works of Revueltas, Marquez, Alvarez, Nobre & Chavez - Simon Bolivar Sym. Orch. of Venezuela/Keri-Lynn Wilson (Dorian CD-90254)
DEATH OF AN ANGEL: Works of Ginastera, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Blauth - Camerata Bariloche Ch. Orch. Of Argentina/Fernando Hasaj (Dorian COR 90249)
THE FRENCH TRUMPET:Works of Honegger, Tomasi, Bacri, Charlier, Schmitt, Enesco, Delerue - Eric Aubier, trp./Orch. De Bretagne/Francois-Xavier Bilger (Pierre Verany PV798011)
LA FOLIA: Variations on a theme by: Corelli, Marias, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, CPE Bach & Geminiani - The Purcell Quartet/The Purcell Band/Robert Woolley, harpsichord (Hyperion CDA67035)
LATIN CELLO: Works of Gade, Jobim, Piazzolla, Bonfa, Bernstein, etc. - The London Cello Sound/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD0109)
L.A.G.Q.: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet with percussion, flute, shahkuhachi, clarinet, pan flutes (Sony Classical ASK 60274)
MEPHISTO & CO.: Works of Liszt, Mussorgsky, Liadov, Franck, Dukas, St. Saens, Arnold & J. Strauss - Minnesota Orch./Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings RR-82CD)
NEW WORLD JAZZ: Works of John Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein, Milhaud, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Antheil and Raksin - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA Red Seal 68798-2)
CHRISTOPHER PARKENING CELEBRATES SEGOVIA: Works of Albeniz, Granados, Ponce, Tarrega, Sor, Villa-Lobos and Bach - Parkening, guitar [+ 10-min. Video on Enhanced CD] (Angel 72435 56730 0 8)
PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS: Works of Bizet, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Mozart - Arcadi Volodos, p. (Sony Classical SK 62691)
STOCKHOLM GUITAR TRIO: Works of Albeniz, Granados, Ravel & Peterson Berger (Opus 3 CD 19701)
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CLASSICAL REISSUE CDs:
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classical SMK 60730, and most of the rest of the "Bernstein Century" Series)
BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos - Jascha Heifetz,v./Boston Sym. Orch./Charles Munch (Living Stereo 09026-68980-2, and most of the Living Stereo series)
BEETHOVEN: The Nine Symphonies - NBC Sym. Orch./Toscanini (RCA Red Seal 74321 55835/6/7 (5 CDs)
BERWALD: Piano Concerto; Piano Pieces - Greta Erikson, p./SRP/Stig Westerberg (Genesis GCD 111)
BRUCH: The Complete Symphonies - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch./Kurt Masur (Philips Duo 289 462 164-2)
DELIUS: Brigg Fair; On Hearing the First Cuckoo; Dances Rhapsodies 1 & 2, etc. - Royal Philharmonic/Sir Thomas Beecham (Dutton Labs CDLX 7028)
HINDEMITH: Sym. Metamorphosis; KODALY: Peacock Variations; BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin Suite - Chicago Sym. Orch./Rafael Kubelik (Mercury Living Presence 289 434 397-2, and most of the rest of the Living Presence Series)
MOZART: Solo Keyboard Works (The 1954 Haydn Society Recordings) - Lili Kraus, piano (Music & Arts CD-1001 - 5 Cds)
The HARRY PARTCH Collection, Volumes 1 - 4 (CRI 751, 752, 753, 754)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Antar; IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches - Utah Sym./Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics SVC-8, and most of this series)
RUBINSTEIN: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Leslie Howard (Hyperion dyad CDD22007)
SCHOENBERG: Pelleas and Melisande for Orch.; SCRIABIN: Prometheus - Philharmonic-Symphony/Dimitri Mitropoulos (Music & Arts CD-967)
SCRIABIN: Piano Music - John Ogdon, p. (EMI Double Fforte 7243 5 72652 2 5)
SIBELIUS: Complete Tone Poems, Vol. 1 & 2 - London Philharmonic/Sir Adrian Boult (Omega Classics OCD 1027 & 1028)
STRAVINSKY Conducts Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss; Symphony in C; Pulcinella; The Soldier's Story; Octet for Winds - (Sony Masterworks Heritage MH2K 63325)
VERDI: Requiem; Opera Overtures and Choruses - solosits/Orch. & Chorus of the Rome Opera House/Orch. & Chorus of La Scala, Milan/Tullio Serafin (Testament SBT 2140 )
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JAZZ:
Manny Albam - with Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubard etc.: Sketches of Jazz, Music from the Book of Life (Laserlight 17182)
John Basile Quartet: The Desmond Project (Chesky JD156)
Bill Berry & His Ellington All-Stars: For Duke / Earl Fatha Hines: Fatha (M&K Gold CD RT-5001)
Sidney Bechet: High Society (Traditional Line TL 1336)
Richie Buckley: Soundtrack from The General (Milan 35863-2)
Ron Carter Trio: So What (Blue Note CDP 724349497627)
Chick Corea: Remembering Bud Powell (Stretch SCD9012-2)
TakeDake with Neptune: Asian Roots (Denon CY-18072)
Miles Davis Nonet: The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz CDP 724349455023)
A Tribute to Miles Davis: Endless Miles (N2K Encoded Music 10027)
Bill Evans: Piano Player (Columbia Legacy CK 65361)
John Faddis, trumpet: Remembrances (Chesky JD166)
Corky Hall, harp/vibes/keyboards: Corky (GNP Crescendo 2254)
Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings (Mosaic MD6-175, and most of the rest of the Mosaic reissues!)
Dick Hyman, piano solo: In Recital (Reference Recordings RR-84CD)
Roger Kellaway, solo piano: Live at the Vineyard (Challenge Records CHR 70042)
Donny McCaslin: Exile and Discovery (Naxos Jazz 86014-2)
Brad Mehldau: The Art of the Trio Vol. Two (Warner Bros. 46848-2)
Thelonious Monk: Live at the It Club (Columbia Legacy C2K 65288)
T. Monk: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings - Monk Alone (Columbia Legacy C2K 65495)
Monterey Jazz Festival - 40 Legendary Years (Malpaso/Warner Bros. 9 46703-2 )
Gerry Mulligan: Mullenium (Columbia Legacy CK 65678)
Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite (Rhino R2 72260 )
Marcus Roberts: The Joy of Joplin (Sony Classical SK 60554)
Warren Smith, percussion: Cats Are Stealing My S...! (Mapleshade 05332)
Jacky Terrasson Trio: Alive (Blue Note CDP 7243 85965128)
Billy Taylor, piano: Ten Fingers - One Voice (Arkadia Jazz 71602)
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Concorde (Prestige/JVC XRCD 0203-2, and most of the rest of the jazz XRCD series!)
Bucky and Joh Pizzarelli: Contrasts (Arbors Jazz ARCD 19209)
Django Reinhardt & various: Django with His American Friends (DRG 8493)
Don Sebesky: I Remember Bill (Tribute to Bill Evans) (RCA Victor 09026 68929-2)
The Swedish Jazz Kings, with Kenny Davern: Come Love (Opus 3 CD 19703
The West Coast Jazz Box - An Anthology of California Jazz (Contemporary 4CCD-4425-2) BEST OF THE YEAR CDs of 1997
JEHAN ALAIN: Organ Works Vol. 1 - Eric Lebrun (Naxos 8.553632)
BACH: Brandenburg Concertos (6) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Teldec 4509-98442-2)(2)
C.P.E. BACH: The Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 3 - Miklós Spányi, harpsi./Concerto Armonico/Szüts & Spányi (BIS CD-767)
BARBER: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Souvenirs - Robert McDuffie, v./Jon Kimura Parker, p./Atlanta Sym./Yoel Levi (Telarc CD-80441)
BRAHMS: The Four Symphonies; Var. On a Theme by Haydn; Academic Festival Ov. - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD-80450) (3)
BRAHMS: Sonatas for Viola and Piano Nos. 1 & 2 - Kim Kashkashian, viola/Robert Levin, p. (ECM 1630)
BRITTEN: Sym. For Cello and Orchestra; WALTON: Cello Concerto - Julian Lloyd Webber, c./Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner (Philips 454 442-2)
BRITTEN: Cello Suites 1 - 3 - Tim Hugh, c. ((Naxos 8.553663)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major - Berlin Philharmonic/Günter Wand (Red Seal 09026-68503-2)
FERRUCCIO BUSONI: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Four Bagatelles - Per Enoksson, v./Kathryn Stott, p. (BIS CD-784)
GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK: Suite symphonique; Aphrodite; Elegy - Czech State Philharmonic, Brno/José Serebrier (Reference Recordings RR-74CD)
JOHN CORIGLIANO: String Quartet; HAYDN: Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD-80415)
GEORGE ENESCU: Sym. No. 2; Romanian Rhapsody - BBC Philharmonic/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9537)
FRANCK: Piano Music - Stephen Hough, p. (Hyperion CDA66918)
GLAZUNOV: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 - Moscow Sym./Alexander Anissimov (Naxos 8.553769)
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT: The Goldschmidt Album - City of Birmingham Sym./Rattle; Berlin Comic Opera Sym./Kreizberg; Montreal Sym./Dutoit; Berlin Radio Sym./Goldschmidt (London 452 599-2)
GOUNOD: Three Quartets - Quatuor Danel (Auvidis/Valois V 4798)
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 - The Bekova Sisters (Chandos CHAN 9461)
HANDEL: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Orpheus Ch. Orchestra (DGG 447 733-2) (3)
BERNARD HERRMANN: The Film Scores - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony Classical SK 62700)
HENRY H. HUSS: Piano Concerto in B; ERNEST SCHILLING: Suite Fantastique - Ian Hobson, p./BBC Scottish Sym./Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA66949)
KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus Suites 1, 2 & 3 - St. Petersburg State Sym./André Anichanov (Naxos 8.550801)
UUNO KLAMI: Sym. No. 1; King Lear Ov. - Tampere Philharmonic/Tuomas Ollila (Ondine ODE 854-2)
GYÖRGY LIGETI: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Fredrik Ullén, p. (BIS CD-783)
RUBEN LILJEFORS: Piano Concerto in F Minor; Sym. In E Flat Major - Irène Mannheimer, p./Gävleborg Sym. Orch./Mats Liljefors (Sterling CDS-1017-2)
LISZT: Transcendental Etudes - Kemal Gekic, p. (JVC 6505-2)
MAHLER: Das Klagende Lied - Soloists/San Francisco Symphony Sym. & Chorus/Michael Tilson Thomas (Red Seal 09026-68599 2)
MONTEVERDI: Vespers of 1610 - Soloists/Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc 2CD-80453) (2)
GEORG MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Concerti grossi - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini & Jesper Christensen (Harmonia mundi HMC 901581)
OFFENBACH: Concerto militair in G Major; Andante; LALO: Concerto in D Minor - Ofra Harnoy, c./Bournemouth Sym./Antonio de Almeida (Red Seal 09026-68420-2)
OTTO OLSSON: Sym. In G Minor for large orchestra - Gävleborg Sym./Mats Liljefors (Sterling CDS-1020-2)
PROKOFIEV: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra; MIASKOVSKY: Cello Concerto - Mischa Maisky, c./Russian National Orch./Mikhail Pletnev (DGG 449 821-2)
SCHOENBERG: "Schoenberg in Hollywood" - German Sym. Orch. Of Berlin/Berlin Radio Sym./John Mauceri (London 448 619-2)
SCHUMANN: Sonata for Piano No. 1 in F Sharp Minor; Kresileriana - Murray Perahia, p. (Sony Classical SK 62786)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3; Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Jazz Orch. - Frankfurt Radio Sym./Dmitri Kataenko (Red Seal 09026-68304-2)
LEO SOWERBY: Tone Poems of Leo Sowerby - Czech Nat. Sym./Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 033)
WILHELM STENHAMMAR: Sym. No. 2; Excelsior! - Royal Scottish Nat. Orch./Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.553888)
JOHAN SVENDSEN: Norsk kunstner karneval & 5 other works - Trondheim Sym./Ole Kristian Ruud (Virgin 7243 5 45128 2 7)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Ballet (complete) - Marinsky Theatre Orch., St. Petersburg/Victor Fedotov (JVC JVCC-6500-2) (2)
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Three Piano Sonatas - Leslie Howard (Hyperion CDA66939)
TELEMANN: 12 Paris Quartets - Barthold, Wieland & Sigiswald Kuijken/Gustav Leonhardt (Vivarte S3K 63115) (3)
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Sym. No. 7 "Les Danses de la Vie" - Moscow Sym./Antonia de Almeida (Marco Polo 8.223877-8) (2)
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 4, 5, 7 & 9 & Chôros No. 10 - BBC Singers/New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (Red Seal 09026-68538-2)
VON WEBER: Chamber Music of Carl Maria von Weber - Ch. Music Society of Lincoln Center/David Shifrin, clarinet & director (Delos DE 3194)
DAG WIRÉN: Serenade for Strings; Cello Concerto; Divertimento; Piano Concerto - Widlund, p./Rondin, c./Swedish Ch. Orch./Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid, symphonic poem; Sinfonietta - Gürzenich Orch./Kölner Philharmonic/James Conlon (EMI 7243 5 55515 2 8)
COLLECTIONS:
"The American Album" - PISTON: Sonatina; COPLAND: Sonata; Nocturne; IVES: Sonata No. 4; BAKER: Blues - Anne Akiklo Myers, violin/André-Michel Schub, piano (Red Seal 09026-68114-2)
"Earquake" - Works of HANSON, KHACHATURIAN, GINASTERA, IBERT, BOLCOM, RESPIGHI, PAUTAVAARA, LEIFS, NIELSEN, PROKOFIEV, SHOSTAKOVICH ETC. - Helsinki Philharmonic/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 894-2)
"Earwitness Transcriptions" - Highlights of radio series of restored piano roll performances by historic composers and pianists of the past, incl. Rubinstein, Prokofiev, Busoni, Horowitz, Cortot, Grainger, Grieg, Hofmann (Earwitness 2-CD set, distr. by Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Box 781, Middletown, CT 06457)
"The Five Sacred Trees" - WILLIAMS: The Five Sacred Trees; TAKEMITSU: Tree Line; HOVHANESS: Mysterious Mountain; TOBIAS PICKER: Old and Lost Rivers - Judith LeClair, bassoon/London Sym./John Williams (Sony Classical SK 62729)
"Música Armorial" - String Quintets from Northeastern Brazil - Quinteto da Paraíba (Nimbus NI 5483)
"Les petits nerveux" - FRANÇAIX: Les petits nerveux; POULENC: Sextet; Trio; ST.-SAENS: Caprice; Tarantella; ROUSSEL: Divertissement - Hexagon (Piano and winds group) (Bridge 9079)
"Piano in Hollywood" - Classic Movie Concertos by ADDINSELL, WILDMAN, ROZSA, BATH, GERSHWIN, STEVENS, & WARD - Santiago Rodriguez, p./Fairfax Sym./William Hudson (Élan CD 82268)
"Ports of Call" - Works of CHABRIER, SIBELIUS, IBERT, ALVÉN. BORODIN, SMETANA & TCHAIKOVSKY - Minnesota Orch./Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings RR-80CD)
"Rítmicas" - Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, with Camerata de las Américas/Enrique Arturo Diemecke (Dorian DOR-90245)
REISSUES:
BEETHOVEN: The Middle Quartets - The Fine Arts Quartet (Everest EVC 9053/55) (3)
BERLIOZ: Complete Orchestral Works - London Sym./Royal Concertgebouw Orch./Royal Opera House Orch./Sir Colin Davis (Philips 456 143-2) (6 Cds)
"The Hollywood String Quartet" - RAVEL: Intro. & Allegro; DEBUSSY: Danses sacrée et profane; TURINA: Bullfighter's Prayer; VILLA-LOBOS: Quartet No. 6; CRESTON: Quartet Op. 8 (Testament SBT 1053)
MAHLER: Sym. No. 1 in D Major "Titan;" RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead - Minneapolis Sym./Dimitri Mitropoulos (Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage MHK 62342)
"The Romeros - The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar" - Works of GRANADOS, TORROBA, ALBENIZ, SOR, TARREGA, VILLA-LOBOS, MILAN, BACH, DOWLAND etc. - Celedonio, Celin, Pepe & Angel Romero, guitars (Mercury Living Presence 434 385-2)
SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme of Tallis; WAGNER: Siegried Idyll - Sym. Of the Air/Leopold Stokowski (Bridge 9074)
SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet; Death and the Maiden Quartet - Fine Arts Q (Boston Skyline BSD 145)
SCRIABIN: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Ruth Laredo, p. (Nonesuch 73035-2) (2)
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" - Music of RODGERS, GOULD, BERNSTEIN, FALLA, COPLAND, GINASTERA, SHOSTAKOVICH & KHACHATURIAN - Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler (RCA Living Stereo 090236-68550-2)
"The Stokowski Stereo Collection" - All of his stereo recordings (incl. several in surround sound) for Victor from 1954-1975, incl. BACH transcriptions; MAHLER: Sym. No. 2; BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 3; BRAHMS: Sym. No. 4; DVORAK: "New World" Sym.; KHACHATURIAN: Sym. No. 3; TCHAIKOVSKY: Sym. No. 6; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade; CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne; HANDEL: Royal Fireworks and Water Music Suites; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite; MENOTTI: Sebastian Suite; WAGNER for Orch. & others plus rehearsal recordings. (RCA Gold Seal 09026-68443-2 - 14 CD Set)
[NOTE:This list should be regarded with no more reverence than any "Best Of Anything" list; it is the very personal and sometimes even accidental sum of what most struck the ears of this program producer during 1997. As with audio components, Let Your Ears be Your Guide in these or any additions to your collection! We do not sell any of the above but we do offer binaural CDs for headphone experiences - visit our web site at THE BINAURAL SOURCE. Best Music Of The Year CDs 2002
Classical/Jazz/Rock
(incl. both Hi-Res Formats)
Here is our 18th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, we make no definite claims for this list. It is predicated on our personal tastes and also on what was available to us, but also with an equal emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues. This year for the first time we are including choices in rock.)
- John Sunier
CLASSICAL
JOHN ADAMS: Naive And Sentimental Music; Mother Of The Man; Chain To The Rhythm - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Nonesuch 79636-2
J.S. BACH: Concertos, Vol. II = Violin Concerto in G Minor BWV1056, Concerto for oboe and violin in C Minor BVW 1060, Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV 1041, Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor BWV 1043, Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042, Concerto for 3 violins in D Major BWV 1064 - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Hudson - Tacet DVD-Audio DVD D1111
BACH: 7 Harpsichord Concertos; Triple Concerto BWV 1044 - Richard Egarr, harpsichord/The Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze - Harmonia mundi 097283.84 - (2 CDs)
BACH: The Art Of The Fugue - Les Violon Du Roy/Bernard Labadie - Dorian xCD-90297
BACH: The Brandenburg Concertos - English Chamber Orchestra/Johannes Somary - The Bach Guild/Vanguard Classics multichannel SACD (2 discs) - VSD 513/514:
BACH: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord - Giuliano Carmignola, v./Andrea Marcon, harpsichord - Sony Classical S2K 89469 (2 CDs):
BARBER: Violin Concerto; Souvenirs (Ballet Suite); Serenade For Strings; Music For A Scene From Shelley. James Buswell, violin. Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559044:
BARTOK: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 6 / Vertavo String Quartet - Berit Cardas, 1st Violin ; Oyvor Volle, 2nd Violin; Henninge Landaas, Viola; Bjorg Vaernes, Cello - Simax Classics PSC 1197
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B Flat, Op. 130 (with alternative sixth movement in place of normal Grosse Fugue, Op. 133) - The Lindsays - ASV stereo SACD - DCA 9117
DUPRE - FRANCK - WIDOR - Michael Murray at the organ of St. Sulpice, Paris - Telarc multichannel SACD-60516
WILHELM FURTWANGLER: Symphony No. 2 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim - Teldec Classics 0927 43495 2 (2 CDs):
HAYDN: String Quartets, Op. 76; Op. 77; Op. 103 - Amadeus String Quartet - DGG 289 471 762-2 (3 CD's)
MOZART: Requiem; J. C. BACH: Introitus and Kyrie from the Totenmesse - Soloists, choir and orchestras of the Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Valdhoven - multichannel SACD Channel Classics CCS SA 18102
The Film Music of JERRY GOLDSMITH - London Sym. Orch./Jerry Goldsmith cond. - Telarc SACD-60433, multichannel SACD
PHILIP GLASS: Philip on Film - Kronos String Quartet, et al. - Nonesuch 79660-2 (5 CDs)
HANDEL: Complete Violin Sonatas - Andrew Manze, v./Richard Egarr, harpsichord - Harmonia mundi HMU 907259:
The Coronation of King George II, 1727 - HANDEL'S Coronation Anthems and ceremonial music by PURCELL, BLOW, TALLIS, GIBBONS and others - Choir of The King's Consort/The King's Consort/Robert King - Hyperion SACDA67286 - 2 multichannel SACDs
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The 20th Century Album = Works of JOLIVET, TIPPETT, COPLAND, BRIAN, BRITTEN, BENNETT, PREVIN, POULENC, SCHULLER, JANACEK, BLISS, TOMASI, ARNOLD, HINDEMITH, DODGSON, SALZEDO, WEILL - Decca 2894705012-4 (2 CDs)
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: Music from the Films - The Sea Hawk, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Captain Blood, The Prince and the Pauper - London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn - DGG 28937 13472-5:
LAGQ Latin - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Andrew York - Telarc multichannel SACD 60593
MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke's performing version) - Berlin Philharmonic/Sir Simon Rattle - EMI Classics DVD-A 4 92394 9
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas - Multichannel SACD, 2 discs, San Francisco Symphony 821936-0001-2
WYNTON MARSALIS: All Rise - Marsalis, trumpet/Paul Smith Singers/Northridge Singers of California State University/Morgan State University Choir/Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra/Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sony Classical S2K 89817 (2 CDs)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Vingt regards sur l抏nfant-Jesus - Steven Osborne, piano - Hyperion CDA67351/2 (2 CDs)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Turangalila Symphonie (complete) - Michel Beroff, piano; Jeanne Loriod, ondes martinot; London Sym. Orch./Andre Previn - EMI Classics multichannel 4.0 DVD-A 7243 4 92398 90:
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ for mixed choir, seven instrumental soloists and very large orchestra - (Soloists include Roger Muraro, piano, plus flute, clarinet, cello, marimba, vibraphone and xylorimba)/Choir of Radio France/Radio France Philharmonic/Myung-Whun Chung - DGG 471 569-2 (2 CDs)
IGNAZ MOSCHELES: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 in E Flat Major & No. 3 in G Minor; Anticipations of Scotland: A Grand Fantasia - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley, pianist & conductor - Hyperion CDA67276
MOZART: The Four Flute Quartets - Wolfgang Schulz, flute/Gaede Trio - Tacet 4.0 24/96 DVD-A:
Peacock Pie = JACOB: Concertino; GIBBS: Peacock Pie, Concertino; ROOTHAM: Miniature Suite; MILFORD: Concertino in E; DRING: Festival Scherzo - Martin Roscoe, piano/Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter - Hyperion CDA67316:
POULENC: Concerto for Organ; PETIT: Concertino; BARBER: Toccata Festiva - Dame Gillian Weir, organ/English Chamber Orchestra/David Hill (in Poulenc) & Raymond Leppard, conductors - Linn Records multichannel SACD CKD 180
POULENC: Violin-Piano Sonata; DEBUSSY: Violin-Piano Sonata in G Minor; ST.-SAENS: Violin-Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor - Midori, violin/Robert McDonald, piano - Sony Classical stereo SACD-(only) SS 89699
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3; SCRIABIN: Etudes; Liu Yang River - Lang Lang, piano/St. Petersburg Philharmonic/Yuri Temirkanov - Telarc multichannel SACD-60582:
MAX REGER: Reger and Romanticism - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Leon Botstein, conductor. Telarc CD-80589:
RESPIGHI: Belkis, Queen of Sheba Suite; Dance of the Gnomes; The Pines of Rome - Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue - Reference Recordings RR-95CD (HDCD)
NINO ROTA: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Dmitry Yablonsky, c./I Virtuosi Italiani/Daniel Boico - Chandos 9892
JOLY BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 2; Crossroads Ballet - Bournemouth Symphony Orch./Alvaro Cassuto - Marco Polo 8.225216
RODRIGO Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 1 - Soleriana, Zarabanda lejana y Villancico, Cinco Piezas Infantiles - Asturias Sym. Orch./Maximiano Valdes - Naxos 8.555844:
FREDERICK RZEWSKI = RZEWSKI PLAYS RZEWSKI: Piano Works, 1975-1999. Nonesuch (7 CDs)
Shifting Landscapes = JOHN ADAMS: Fearful Symmetries for Orchestra, The Chairman Dances; LEPO SUMERA: Symphony No. 2 - Symphony Orchestra of the Norrlands Opera/Kristian J鋜vi - CCn'C Records 01912 Multichannel SACD
BRITTEN: Cello Suites - Truls M鴕k, Cello - Virgin Classics 5 45399 2 3:
RODION SHCHEDRIN: Carmen Suite, Concerto No. 1 "Naughty Limericks," Concerto No. 2 "The Chimes" - Russian National Orchestra/Mihail Pletnev - DGG 289 471 136-2
SCHOENBERG: Gurrelieder--Karita Mattila, sop/Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo/Thomas Moser, tenor/Philip Langridge, tenor/Thomas Quasthoff, bar/Simon Rattle, cond/Berlin Philharmonic/Berlin and Leipzig Radio Choirs--EMI 557303 (2 CDs)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major; TUBIN: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Jarvi, Conductor - Telarc SACD 60585 -Multichannel SACD
ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor; Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat major - Jonathan Plowright, p./BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./Martyn Brabbins - Hyperion CDA67314
GEIRR TVEITT: A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suite No. 1; Suite No. 4 "Wedding Suite" Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Bjarte Engeset - Naxos 8.555078
Twentieth Century Contrasts = MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: Strut; LUKAS FOSS: For Toru; WM. BOLCOM: Concerto-Serenade; JAMES HANNA: Downs; ALEC WILDER: Five Love Songs; QUINCY PORTER: Music for Strings; PIAZZOLLA ADAMS: Todo Buenos Aires; HENRI PENSIS; Fantasy on Two Christmas Carols - Miramar Sinfonietta/Henri Pensis - Albany Records TROY509
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lake in the Mountains; Six Studies in English Folksong; Phantasy Quintet; Violin Sonata in A minor; String Quartet No. 2 in A minor - The Nash Ensemble: Ian Brown, piano; Marianne Thorsen, violin; Elizabeth Wexler, violin; Lawrence Power, viola; Louise Williams, viola; Paul Watkins, cello - Hyperion CDA 67313:
JOHN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, Three Pieces for Solo Cello, Heartwood - Yo-Yo Ma, cello/Recording Arts Orch. Of Los Angeles/John Williams - Sony Classical SK 89670::
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony - Christine Goerke, Soprano/Brett Polegato, Baritone/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Robert Spano, Conductor/Norman MacKenzie, ASO Director of Choruses - Telarc multichannel SACD-60588
JAZZ
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - ?..and his mother called him Bill?- RCA Bluebird 9026-63744-27
Bobby Previte: The 23 Constellations of Joan Mir?- Ensemble cond. By Kirk Nurock - Tzadik TZ 7072
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Warner Bros. 9 48114-2
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans- Know What I Mean? - Analogue Productions CAPJ 9433 -Hybrid Stereo SACD
The Benny Goodman Quartet - Together Again! (Goodman, clarinet; Teddy Wilson, piano; Lionel Hampton, vibes; Gene Krupa, drums) - RCA Bluebird 09026-63881-27
Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone - Virtuosi - Concord Jazz CCD-2105-2
Jason Moran, solo pianos - Modernistic - Blue Note 72435-39838-2 6
Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar, 1939-1941 - Reissue produced by Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna - Columbia Legacy 65564 (4 CD set)
Miles Davis - Tutu (with Marcus Miller, Adam Holzman, George Duke, Michael Urbaniak & others) - Warner Bros. DVD-A 9 48429-9
Monty Alexander - My America - Telarc multichannel SACD 6355-2
Dave Holland Big Band - What Goes Around - ECM 1777 440 014 002-2
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach) - Debut/Fantasy DCD-124-2
Artie Shaw Self Portrait - nearly 100 selections by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra from l936 thru 1954 on 5 CDs - Bluebird boxed set 09026 63808-2
Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach - Money Jungle - Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9
Al di Meola - Flesh On Flesh - with Anthony Jackson, contrabass; Gumbi Ortiz, congas; Mario Parmisano, acoustic piano, synth, marimba & calliope; Alejando Santos, flutes & panpipes; Ernie Adams, drums; etc. - Telarc CD 83543
Ray Brown Trio - Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists (Ray Brown, bass; with John Pizzarelli, Herb Ellis, Russell Malone, Kenny Burrell, Bruce Forman and Ulf Wakenius, guitar; Geoff Keezer, piano; Karriem Riggins, drums) - Telarc CD83499
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (Incl. Wayne Shorter, sop. & tenor sax & Lyricon, tack piano; Joe Zawinul, piano, vocals, Melodica, synth, organ, percussion, Fender Rhodes; Miroslav Vitous & Alphonso Johnson, bass; Dom Um Romao & Ray Baretto, percussion; Skip Hadden & Ismael Wilburn, drums) - Columbia Legacy multichannel SACD (only) CS 65112
Joe Lovano - Viva Caruso (with Joe Lovano Street Band, Opera House Ensemble) Woodwind Orchestrations by Byron Olson - Blue Note 72435 35986-2 4
Bobby McFerrin - Beyond Words (with Chick Corea, piano; Bass/guitar/percussion, Richard Bona; Drums, Omar Hakim; Percussion, Cyro Baptista & guest soloists) - Blue Note/Angel 7243 34201 2 3
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (with Tommy Flanagan, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Max Roach, drums) - Prestige/Fantasy/Analogue Productions Mono SACD CAPJ 7079SA
Clark Terry - One On One (with Monty Alexander, Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Benny Green, Sir Roland Hanna, John Lewis, Marian McPartland, Junior Mance, Billy Taylor and others) Multichannel SACD - Chesky SACD231
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Blues - Bluebird 09026-63840
The Larry Goldings Trio (Goldings, B3; Peter Bernstein, guitar; Bill Stewart, drums/cymbals/gongs) - Moonbird - Palmetto/Hi Res Music stereo DVD-A HRM 2004
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar - Swing Live (with Peter Appleyard, vibes; Allen Vache, clarinet; Bernard Purdie, drums; Michael Moore, bass) Chesky DVD A "2/4/6 disc" CHDVD222
Invisible Nature - John Surman (sop. & bar. Sax, bass clar., synthesizers); Jack DeJohnette (drums, electronic percussion, piano) - ECM 1796
Regina Carter, violin - Something for Grace - Atlantic 82975-2
Michael Camilo - Triangulo (with Anthony Jackson, bass; Horatio Hernandez, drums) - Telarc Jazz multichannel SACD SACD 63549
Jim Hall & Basses (Scott Colley, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, George Mraz, Christian McBride) - Telarc CD-83506
Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day - Warner Bros. DVD-A 9 46791-9
CLASSICAL REISSUES
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra - JVC xrcd JMCXR-0007
BELA BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin - New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez - Sony Classical SACD (only) SS 87710
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; MOZART: Symphony No. 41 - Hans Knappertsusch conducts Munich Philh. and Vienna Philh. - Urania SP 4202
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio - Ferenc Fricsay cond. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande w/Metternich, Anders, Werth, Frick - Gebhardt JGCD 0045-2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"; Piano Sonatas 8 "Pathetique" & 23 "Appassionata" Edwin Fischer/Wilhelm Furtwaengler cond. Philharmonia Orch. - EMI 7243 5 74800
FAURE: 13 Barcarolles; Theme and Variations - Germaine Thyssens Valentin, piano - Testament SBT 1215
Sergio Fiorentino Edition, Vol. 4 = LISZT and CHOPIN Orchestral Recordings - Fiorentino, piano w/Vernon Handley cond. Guildford Philharmonic - APR 5584
FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor - Boston Symphony Orch./Charles Munch - BMG/JVC xrcd JMCXR-0018
Michael Gielen Edition 75th Anniversary: STRAVINSKY, BUSONI, BEETHOVEN, RAVEL, BRUCKNER, GIELEN, STEUERMANN, SCHUBERT, BACH, SCHOENBERG, SCRIABIN - Hanssler 93.056-93.060 (5 CDs)
Clemens Krauss conducts BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; MOZART: Symphony No. 41- Clemens Krauss/Bremen State Philharmonic Orchestra - Tahra TAH 455
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Vincent, Ferrier, Otto Klemperer cond. 1951 Holland Festival - Guild GHCD 2210
Edith Picht, Axenfeld, Last Recital - BRAHMS: Klavierstuecke, Op. 117 119 - Camerata 28CM-637
RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloe (complete ballet) - Boston Symphony/Charles Munch - JVCXR-0222-2
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome - JVC xrcd JMCXR 0008
R. STRAUSS: Elektra (NY, 1949) - Varnay, Janssen, Nicolaidi, Jagel w/Dimitri Mitropoulos cond. NY Philharmonic - Guild GHCD 2213/14
Stokowski conducts SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2; HAYDn Symphony No. 53; music by R. STRAUSS, MOZART, HUMPERDINCK - Leopold Stokowski conducts Symphony Orchestra - Cala CACD0532
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungens - Hans Knappertsbusch cond. 1956 Bayreuth Festival, w/Varnay, Uhde, Traxel, Windgassen, Greindl - Music&Arts CD-4009 (13 discs)
Bruno Walter conducts BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique and RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - Bruno Walter conducts NBC Symphony - Arbiter 133
WALTON conducts WALTON = Cello Concerto (Fournier); Crown Imperial; Facade; The Twelve; Variations on a Theme of Hindemith; Coronation Te Deum - William Walton conducts Royal Philharmonic and BBC Symphony -
BBC Legends BBCL 4098-2
POP/ROCK
The Band - The Last Waltz = With guests Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Neil Young - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 78260
Don Byron - You Are #6 (More Music for Six Musicians) - Byron, clarinet & bass cl.; James Zollar, trumpet & flugelhorn; Edsel Gomez, piano; Leo Traversa, bass & vocals; Milton Cardona, percussion & vocals; Ben Wittman, drums & percussion; 15 guest performers - Blue Note 32231
Eric Clapton - Reptile - Reprise DVD-Audio (also DTS) 9 47966-9
The Best of Mickey Hart - Over the Edge and Back - 360 Degrees/Ryko DVD-Audio DVDA 10494
Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills - Columbia Legacy multichannel (SACD only) CS 65784
B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King - Reprise DVD-Audio 9 47612-9
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 74385-93
John Mceuen and Jimmy Ibotson - Nitty Gritty Surround - Special Appearance by Jennifer Warnes - AIX Records AIX 80008 DVD-A
Mofro - Blackwater - Hi-Res Music HRM 2002 Stereo DVD-A
Randy Newman - Little Criminals - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 78349
Queen - A Night At The Opera; DTS-1091 DVD-A
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature - Giant Records 9 24719 9
James Taylor - JT - Multichannel SACD, Sony SONSAM69801
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer - Chess CHESA 940 - Single Layer Stereo SACD 好多英文呀 吾生也有涯，而CD也无涯。
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