The Music of HARL MCDONALD = Symphony No. May be the best available version of this colorful widescreen late romantic epic, certainly sonically. 3 “Il’ya Muromets” – Buffalo Philharmonic Orch./ JoAnn Falletta – Naxos audio-only Blu-rayīy John Sunier | | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews Guild permits us to relive the spectacular gala event in Philadelphia, 1962, when Stokowski led an operatic tribute to the Academy of Music. Stokowski – Gala Night at the Opera = Works of WAGNER, MOZART, GOUNOD, BORODIN, VERDI & PUCCINI – Soloists/Philadelphia Orch./ Leopold Stokowski – Guild With this reissue there are only a few post-electrical Stokowski recordings remaining to be available on CD. Stokowski – CD and Digital Premiers = Works of WAGNER, TCHAIKOVSKY, PURCELL & PROKOFIEV – Pristine Audio Pristine’s Mark Obert-Thorn assembles a generous tribute to Lucien Caillet’s gifts as orchestrator and arranger of classical scores. SIBELIUS: Historic Recordings and Rarities, 1928-1945 = The Seven Symphonies Karelia Suite Andante festive Pohjola’s Daughter Belshazzar’s Feast Tapiola Night Ride and Sunrise The Oceanides Romance in C Major The Bard The Tempest Pelleas and Lucien Caillet – Studio Recordings, 1936-1946 = Works of BACH, PURCELL, TURINA, CAILLET, MUSSORGSKY – Ormandy/ Reiner/ Stokowski/ Fiedler – Pristine Audioīy John Sunier | | Classical Reissue Reviews – Warner Classics (7 CDs)īy Audiophile Audition | | Classical Reissue Reviewsįor his 150th birthday, Sibelius has his classic inscriptions restored for a grand pageant by many of his favored interpreters. 2 – Philadelphia Orch./ Eugene Ormandy – HDTT audio-only Blu-ray Here are two more of the SIBELIUS: Historic Recordings and Rarities, 1928-1945 – feat. * BACH’s Greatest Fugues Scored for Double Orchestra – Philadelphia Orch./ Eugene Ormandy – HDTT audio-only Blu-ray * SIBELIUS: Symphony No. ************ MULTICHANNEL DISCS OF THE MONTH *********** Two audio-only Blu-rays with four-channel surround and Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia. Ormandy – HDTT audio-only Blu-rayīy Audiophile Audition | | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos 8.573518, 68:21 (8/12/16) ****: Prokofiev conceived his 1947 Sixth Symphony as an elegy of the tragedy of * BACH’s Greatest Fugues Scored for Double Orch. Two contrasting Prokofiev works of 1947 capture our attention through the ongoing series by Marin Alsop. 108 MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain BALAKIREV: Tamara IVES: Hallowe’en – Montreal Symphony Orchestra/ Kent Nagano – Decca 483 0396, 69:26 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 40 DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DVORAK: The Noonday Witch, Op. 36 The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible): Prelude to Act 3 Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship: take recorded Appendix: The Tale of the “Dance Macabre” = Works of ST.-SEANS, DUKAS, DVORAK, MUSSORSKY, BALAKIREV & IVES – Montreal Sym./Kent Nagano – Deccaīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical CD ReviewsĪ bit late for the holiday, this cross-section of Halloween symphonic poems features an excellent ensemble from Montreal. Mark Obert-Thorn restores one of the great wonders of Stokowski’s art, his brilliant and convincing versions of Rimsky-Korsakov’s scores. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, and other orchestral works – Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audioīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical Reissue Reviews, Special Features The four Rachmaninov concertos and Rhapsody could hardly be more “authentic” than those presented by the composer in lustrous remastering. Pristine Audio continues to amaze! RACHMANINOV plays RACHMANINOV = The Four Piano Concertos & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Philadelphia Orchestra – Pristine 2 & 4 – The Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audioīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical CD Reviews, Classical Reissue Reviews
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