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High-End Audiophile Music Review Archives
Classical Music Reviews
Best Music Of 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2002
Artist Vs. Critic: A lively debate over how modern performers can best approach early music.
The mono maven explains why even fervent audiophiles should be grabbing up pre-stereo records
The Mono Maven Considers More Great Westminster LPs
The Mono Maven Surveying RCA Mono LPs
The mono maven considers an alternative to an audiophile stereo favorite.
The Mono Maven highlights more gems from the Decca - London catalog
The Mono Maven Recommends More Decca-London Mono Treasures
The Mono Maven Completes His Survey Of London Stereo Treasury Reissues On LP.
The Mono Maven Part 2 Of His Survey Of London Stereo Treasury Reissues On LP.
The Mono Maven Listens To Mercury Living Presence Vinyl LP Releases, Volume 1.
Late-Mono Gems From Lesser-Known Conductors
The Mono Maven begins a survey of Columbia sans Sony. Part 1
The Mono Maven: Mercury Living Presence, Vol. 2 Howard Hanson
The Mono Maven returns to explicate some fine stereo recordings from Central Europe.
The Mono (and Stereo too) Maven Describes More Excellent Recordings from the Hungaraton Label
The Mono Maven has returned to Enjoy the Music.com with the first of three surveys of Big Band LPs.
African Heritage Symphonic Series
An American Requiem by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra
American Works for Organ and Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concertos
Johann Sebastian Bach The French Suites
Three Approaches To Bach's Problematic Art Of Fugue
Zuill Bailey plays Bach's Cello Suites
Exciting period instrument performances of choral masterpieces by Bach
Bach Harpsichord Recital from Richard Egarr
J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partiatas for Solo Violin by Alina Ibragimova
Johan Sebastian Bach Six Brandenburg Concertos
Bach Violin Concertos from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque.
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein playes piano version of Bach's Goldbergs.
Two Approaches To Bach's English Suites
Baroque Music for Brass and Organ
Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle from Valery Gergiev
Ludwig Von Beethoven Symphonies No. 1 in C Major, op. 21 and No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Nine Symphonies plus Coriolan, Egmont, and Prometheus Overtures
Ludwig van Beethoven The Five Piano Concertos
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Ivan Fischer's breathtaking Beethoven Pastoral.
Ludwig Von Beethoven Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
MTT-San Francisco presents Beethoven warhorses in great performances in demo-quality sound.
Ludwig Van Beethoven String Quartets
Shallow Beethoven concertos in poor sound from virtuoso idol Lang Lang
Beethoven Sonatas in excellent sound from Angela Hewitt
Beethoven Allegretto From Symphony No. 7 Theme and Variations
Ludwig Van Beethoven Egmont Overture, op. 84
Orchestra performances of four Beethoven symphonies
Complete Beethoven concertos showcasing a brilliant new Australian piano
Beethoven from Arrau and Klemperer
Artur Schnabel's incomparable Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonatas And Opus 106 Hammerklavier
Ludwig van Beethoven Bruno Walter's Eroica Classic records Reissued
Beethoven works for Cello and Piano Vol 2.
Tab Benoit The Sea Saint Sessions
Hector Berloiz Symphonie Fantastique Munch
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 La Mort de Cleopatre - Scene Lyrique
Leonard Bernstein's first and last ballet
Leonard Bernstein's controversial Mass
Cello Suites and Folk Pieces by Ernest Bloch
Olga Kern tackles Brahms's demanding solo piano sets of Variations
Brahms Symphony Number 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
Johannes Brahms piano concertos
Brahms Violin and Double Concertos from Repin and Chailly
Johannes Brahms Seven Fantasias, Opus 116; Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Opus 24
Superlative Musicianship in Brendel's Final Concerts
Bernard Haitink's Brahms On LSO Live
Arthur Rubinstein's Brahms Solo Piano Music
Benjamin Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
"Britten's Orchestra" Benjamin Britten
Britten's Cello Symphony, Op. 68, Cello Suite No. 1, Op 72
Concord Chamber Music Society Brubeck, Gandolfi And Foss.
Bruckner Conductors Goodall and Sanderling
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 In E Major
Historic Bruckner from Rafael Kubelik
Carlo Maria Guilini's Special Way with Bruckner
Interesting if flawed recitals from two piano virtuosas, Kathia Buniatishivili and Helene Grimaud.
Capitol FDS Recordings Volume 1
A vibrant, exciting Carmen, live from the Metropolitain Opera.
Pianist Denis Matsuev The Carnegie Hall Recital
American composer Elliott Carter's complete piano music
George W. Chadwick Orchestral Works from an Early Master
Shura Cherkassky The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings
Chicago Pro Musica The Medinah Sessions
Classical CD Reissue Music (15 Reviews)
The virtuoso violin of Ray Chen
Chopin Sontat No. 3 Op. 58 In B Minor
Brilliant middle-period Chopin from the great Maurizio Pollini
Frederic Chopin Solo Piano Works
Three Different Approaches To Chopin
Rubenstein's Definitive Chopin Sonatas In Brilliant Sound
The enterprising Cedille label presents chamber music from five active composers.
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 Billy the Kid (Suite)
Copland Via Harmonia Mundi Release
MTT-SFS present a challenging but rewarding disc of Copland and Charles Ives.
François Couperin Keyboard Music (volume 2)
Interpretations of Francois Couperin
Tenor Ian Bostridge and Friends Explore the Songs of Noel Coward
Max Westler examines Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun on EMI and Philips
Declarations: Music Between the Wars
From Gergiev-LSO, and interpretive mixed bag on major scores by Debussy.
Dervish Decade and Midsummer's Night
Die Röhre - The Tube Glowing Baroque
Ernst von Dohnamyi Variations on a Nursery Tune
Brilliant Martinu and Engaging Dvorak Symphonies from Telarc
Orchestral Favorites From Dvorak And Smetana, Arranged For Piano Duet
Dvorak symphonic and choral performances
DVD-Audio Reviews (Thirteen Total)
Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto In B minor, Op. 104
Dvorak Quartet Death And The Maiden And Also American
The definitive New World Symphony?
Eduardo Eguez The Lute Music of J.S. Bach
Sir Colin Davis and the LSO concert performances of familiar Elgar.
Engaging Contemporary Chamber Music from Chicago
Conductor Eugene Ormandy Humor
Fantaisie: A fine-sounding collection for flute lovers.
Fiddlers 4 Bruce Molsky, Michael Doucet, Darol Anger...
Fiesta: Gustave Dudamel leads an exciting, great-sounding survey of colorful Latin-American music.
Ethan Frome: A Lyric Opera In Three Acts
Cesar Franck And Johannes Brahms
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra; Prelude No. 2 for Piano
Vittorio Giannini Piano Concert; Symphony No. 4 Gabriela Imreh, piano
Giulini And The Philharmonia Orchestra In Treasurable Concert Performances
Giulini does Brahams and Mozart
Reinhold Gliere Symphony No. 3, Op. 42 "Ilya Murometz"
Reinhold Gliere: The Many Manifestations Of Ilya Mourometz
Jerry Goldsmith Christus Apollo, Music for Orchestra and Fireworks
Got Swing! Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops
Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy (suite) and 12 other works for concert band
Grimaud and Zinman give us cultivated Gershwin and Ravel concertos
Piano virtuoso Marc-Andre Hamelin shows off his composing skills.
Handel and Haydn keyboard music from Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt.
Early chamber music from Handel, in crisp performances with superb sound.
John Harbison And Stephen Hartke
Joseph Haydn 10 Piano Sonatas Marc-André Hamelin (2 CD Set)
Haydn Violin Concerti in C Major, HobVlla:1' in G Major, HobVlla:4
Heifetz Playing the Rozsa Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Heifetz Playing the Bruch Concerto in G Minor
Jennifer Higdonrom Orchestral Showpieces
High Resolution Multi-Channel Digital Audio Music Reviews (26 total)
Attractive performances of Hindemith's works for viola and orchestra.
From Cedille, a fine collection of Paul Hindemith's chamber music for clarinet
Vladimir Horowitz Rediscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital November 16, 1975
The Film Music of Gerry Goldsmith
Heifetz Playing Bruch's Scottish Fantasy
JVC XRCD Revisited for the First Time
New JVC XRCD Music Reviews (6 total)
Hyperion Knight Plays The NYC Primedia Show 2002
Italian Baroque violin sonatas
MTT-SFS present a challenging but rewarding disc of Copland and Charles Ives.
Paavo Järvi And Explore Stravinsky's More Intimate Side On PentaTone Classics
Aaron Jay Kernis, well presented by Chicago's "summer orchestra."
Yolanda Kondonassis The Romantic Harp
A treasurerable recital by the great mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
A comparison of six great pianists' versions of the Liszt B minor Sonata.
Living Presence 20th-Century Music
Magnolia - Music From The Motion Picture
Mahler's First And Sixth Symphonies
Gustave Mahler Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 In G Major
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 In D Minor
Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra give us a wonderful Mahler Fourth.
Winning Mahler From Daniel Harding And Jonathan Knott
Gergiev - LSO tackle Mahler's Fourth Symphony
Mahler in-concert performances from Gergiev and the LSO. Symphonies No. 2 and No. 8
Mahler from Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony
The best Mahler Second of the digital era.
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor, San Francisco Symphony
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
Maria By The Orchestra La Scintilla With Adam Fischer
Telarc offers classic and modern Hollywood scores from seafaring films.
The Complete Baroque Musician, Part 1
The Complete Baroque Musician, Part 2
Mega Movies Warning - Mega Sound Effects
Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
French Songs by Soprano Patrice Michael
Modeste Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Various Operas From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart piano music played on a replica of Mozart's piano.
Winning Mozart from a fiddling siblings Scott and Lara St. John.
Mozart Piano Concertos No 20 in D Minor, K.466 No 27 in B Flat Major, K.595
Mozart Clarinetist Jon Manasse Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem, K. 626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Piano Concertos
Testament Presents The Young Amadeus Quartet Playing Mozart
Mozart and Witt Vinyl Goodies From Cisco Music
Robert Silverman's Mozart Piano Sonata Cycle
A definitive set of Carl Nielsen's symphonies
A Well Chosen Program Of Late Eighteenth-Century Opera Arias
Andreas Staier Plays Mozart On The Fortepiano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Abduction from the Seraglio
Charles Munch Conducting The Boston Symphony: RCA Living Stereos On XRCD2
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
French Late-Romantic Composer Gabriel Pierné
Engaging, offbeat chamber music from Cedille
André Previn and His Pals West Side Story
Prokofieff Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
From Telarc, good-sounding prokofieff disc of Russian symphonic warhorses.
Prokofiev Symphonic Suite of Waltzes
Prokofiev's complete Romeo & Juliet ballet score
Russian Ballet Suites by Prokofiev, Khachaturian and Shostakovich
Guilty Pleasures From Astor Piazzola
From Cediile, a fine-sounding celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning American compositions.
Purcell's Masterwork Dido and Aeneas
Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Rhapsody On a Theme Of Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2; Scherzo; Dances from Aleko
Lang Lang Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Vocalise and Etudes-Tableaux
Tharaud Plays Ravel's Complete Piano Music
Grimaud and Zinman give us cultivated Gershwin and Ravel concertos.
Ravel's Daphnis And Chloe Ballet
From Gergiev-LSO, and interpretive mixed bag on major scores by Ravel.
Excellent Mid-70s Ravel Reissued On SACD
More Fine Ravel Reissued On SACD
Steve Reich's Challenging Commentary in Words, Music and Video
Respighi Belkis, Queen of Sheba - Suite
Reiner: Chicago Symphony - Overtures and Dances
JVC XRCD Richter-Munch Beethoven First Piano Concerto
Sviatoslav Richter's Legendary Pictures at an Exhibition
Duo-pianists Pascal and Ami Roge offer a charming set of French piano music titled Wedding Cake
Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic" & Others by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Winning performances of obscure but well-crafted Romantic piano concertos.
Ned Rorem Eleven Studies For Eleven Players
Royal Mezzo Barber Andromache's Farewell
Russian Audiophile Favorites From The '70s, Reissued In SACD
Colorful Concert Showpieces From Film Composer Miklós Rózsa
Erik Satie Avant-Dernières Pensées
Charles Sawtelle Music from Rancho DeVille
Scary Music From Scary (Horror) Movies And Elsewhere
Revelatory Schoenberg and Sibelius Violin Concertos
Schoenberg Suite for Piano Opus 25; Six Little Piano Pieces Opus 19
Robert Schumann Spanisches Liederspiel, Op.74; Minnespiel, Op. 101; Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138.
A treasurable DVD documentation of Leonard Bernstein’s wonderful command of the Schumann symphonies.
Bracing Schubert symphonies from conductor Jonathan Nott
Robert Schumann Das Paradies Und Die Peri, op. 50
Mitsuko Uchida's Passionate Schumann.
Robert Schumann String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No. 3 & Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Rosalyra Quartet Shostakovich String Quartets Nos. 2 And 8
Powerful Shostakovich Symphonies from Oleg Caetani
Shostakovich from Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartets 1-13
Shostakovich Via Harmonia Mundi Release
Brilliant Shostakovich and Shchedrin Concertos from Marc-André Hamelin
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues Op 87
Schubert Ninth, Max Westler bids a not-so-fond farewell to the recordings of Sir Simon Rattle
Testament Presents The Young Amadeus Quartet Playing Schubert
Schubert Symphony Number Nine in C Major
A Fine William Schuman Symphony Cycle Is Completed
Alexander Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy
Robert Schumann Symphonies and Genoveva Overture
Shostakovich's first and last symphonies
Dmitri Shostakovitch On SACD and Naxos CD
A great beginning for the Pacifica Quartet’s Shostakovich cycle.
Alexander Melnikov takes a run at the Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues
Sibelius and Lindberg Violin Concertos
Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Tubin Symphony No. 5 Jarvi
Sir Colin Davis Continues His LSO Live Sibelius Cycle
Serious Bass - An Interview with Mary Scully
Telarc offers two attractive discs of Latin American guitar music.
Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 57
Conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Showcases Composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
A beautifully directed DVD showcasing the brilliance of pianist Grigory Sokolov.
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) and Im Sommerwind
Stravinsky scores from the 1920s
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring SACD
Stravinsky Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; Four Etudes
Super Audio CD (SACD) Classical Music Reviews
Super Audio CD (SACD) Jazz Music Reviews
Taby Church Chamber Choir Hush! The Angels Are Singing
Daniele Gatti Conducts Two Tchaikowsky Warhorses
Tchaikovsky chamber music from an intriguing small label
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
The Ten Tenors Here's To The Heroes
Twilight Of The Romantics by the Orion Ensemble
The Mono Maven on Dorati's Definitive Swan Lake
The Mono Maven Surveys Complete Recordings Of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker And Sleeping Beauty Ballets
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Romeo and Juliet Overture
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto In D, Op. 35
Great Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky from conductor Ferenc Fricsay
Tchaikovsky Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Shostakovich from fast-rising conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Ballet Excerpts
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture DVD-Audio
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture SACD
From Telarc, good-sounding Tchaikovsky disc of Russian symphonic warhorses.
Traditional worldwide music from the Chicago Symphony
Telarc presents four important American composers' works of "honor and remembrance."
Transformation: Stravinsky / Scarlatti / Brahms
Traversata Italian Music in America
Mark Twain Original Soundtrack Recording
Jesus Lopez-Cobos Music of Turina and Debussy
Various DVD-Audio And SACD Discs
Violin Fantasies: a stimulating variety of works under the "fantasy" banner
Performing Vivaldi: Re-Creation And Desecration
From Telarc, a brilliantly played and recorded Vivaldi Four Seasons.
Pascal ans Ami Roge Wedding Cake
Wendy Warner Plays Popper & Piatigorsky
Sir Adrian & The Symphonies of Vaughan Williams
Exciting period instrument performances of choral masterpieces Vivaldi
Excellent CDs From Dorian And Testament Celebrate 15th, 16th And 17th-Century Music
A great-sounding recording of a symphony composed by legendary conductor Felix Weingartner
West Of The Sun: Music Of The Americas
From Telarc, a fine Vaughn Williams program
Benjamin Zander's Vibrant Mahler First Symphony & Songs of a Wayfarer
Want something off the beaten path? Try this bargain 3-CD set of music by Alexander von Zemlinsky.
Laurel Zucker & Mark Shapiro The Dark Side of the Flute
Laurel Zucker & Sara Andon The Complete W.F. Bach Flute Duos
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