Mamadou Diabate, kora – Douga Mansa – World Village 468082, 60:00 *****: Douga Mansa is Mamadou Diabate’s fourth album and it’s a return to the solo format of his second album, 2003′s Behmanka. For those unfamiliar with Diabate and his instrument, the kora, it can be hard to believe that...
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Mamadou Diabate, kora – Douga Mansa – World Village
Yotam – Resonance – Jazz Legacy Productions
Yotam – Resonance – Jazz Legacy Productions JLP 1001008, 66:56 ****: (Yotam Silberstein – guitar, voice, goud; Aaron Goldberg – piano; Christian McBride – bass; Gregory Hutchinson – drums; Roy Hargrove – trumpet (tracks 4 & 10)) Many young jazz guitarists gravitate toward rockier terrain, swayed by and sometimes replicating players such as Pat...
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Audio News for June 1, 2010
Wadia and Qsonix Join Forces – High-end digital audio component maker Wadia Digital Inc. and leading digital music server developer Qsonix have announced their alliance. Wadia’s reputation is for the creation of digital audio components to satisfy the most demanding audiophile, while Qsonixs has developed a music management system for collectors and discerning audio...
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Editorial for June 2010
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 For June our drawing-giveaway is the Livio Pandora & Internet Wi-Fi Radio, which brings over 16,000 Internet stations, podcasts, and the free Pandora music service to any room of your home or via your home audio system. We reviewed the Livio Radio here. With Pandora you can set up...
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SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”; RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe–Suite No. 2; RESPIGHI: Feste Romane – NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini – Opus Kura
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”; RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe–Suite No. 2; RESPIGHI: Feste Romane – NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini Opus Kura OPK 7052, 71:05 ****:
Three inscriptions from 1949 grace this fine restoration, especially as Arturo Toscanini kept a tight rein on each of these scores....
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Karajan in New York, Vol. 2 = WEBERN: Five Pieces, Op. 5; MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 – New York Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan – Pristine Audio
Karajan in New York, Vol. 2 = WEBERN: Five Pieces, Op. 5; MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 – New York Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan Pristine Audio PASC 224 , 63:06 ****: Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) led a series of concerts...
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The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. XVI, Josef Lhevinne: His 1906/1911 European Interpretations = Sel. of CHOPIN, MENDELSSOHN GODARD, SCRIABIN, SCHUMANN, LISZT, CLUCK, RUBENSTEIN, CZERNY, WEBER, others – Tacet
The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. XVI, Josef Lhevinne: His 1906/1911 European Interpretations = SCHLOEZER: Etude de Concert in E-flat, Op. 1, No. 1; CHOPIN: Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Mazurka in D, Op. 33, No. 2; Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12; GODARD: Scherzo, Op. 107; MENDELSSOHN: Presto in...
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War of the Worlds, Blu-ray (2005/2010)
War of the Worlds, Blu-ray (2005/2010) Director: Steven Spielberg Starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins Studio: Amblin Ent./DreamWorks/Paramount 07493 Video: Anamorphic/enhanced for 16:9 color 1080p HD Audio: English DTS-HD MA, DD 2.0 Subtitles: English SDH, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese Music: John Williams Extras: Revisiting the Invasion, The H.G. Wells Legacy, Steven...
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RAUTAVAARA: Before the Icons; A Tapestry of Life – Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam – Ondine
RAUTAVAARA: Before the Icons; A Tapestry of Life – Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam – Ondine ODE 1149-2 (Distr. by Naxos) *****: If I wanted to become a classical music composer and could choose any country to live in, the obvious choice would be Finland. In addition to having the world’s highest literacy rate and...
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