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Ray Sings, Basie Swings - Ray Charles        (10 of 10 found this review helpful)
  October 17, 2007

After only the very first listen I smelled the sweet aroma of Grammy Award nomination or win all over this recording, especially for Production and Engineering and may be other categories. If it is so honored this time the Concord/Telarc group will be justly deserving unlike when a few years ago the ... more
Respighi: Church Windows etc. - Ashkenazy          (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  August 10, 2007

Because this disc serves as my introduction to each of these compositions I must talk in very general terms about the performances. For the uninitiated (yours truly) to these compositions, I found the performances to be extraordinarily compelling and with more to discover with each listen. My ... more
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 - Bélanger , Nézet-Séguin        (7 of 9 found this review helpful)
  July 5, 2007

I recently completed listening to the Saint Saens Symphony No. 3 (Organ) performed by the Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal with Nezet-Seguin conducting and Philippe Belanger on the organ. I usually don’t bother posting comments about music I don’t recommend. It takes far more effort than ... more
Benny Carter: Jazz Giant        (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  May 23, 2007

With all the discussion currently going on in Audio Asylun Hi-Rez about two-channel vs. multi-channel and with me being firmly a SACD multi-channel devotee, would you know it I have been listening the last couple of days to recordings that are decidedly not multi-channel. I first listened to Duke ... more
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 - Latry, Eschenbach        (11 of 13 found this review helpful)
  March 1, 2007

With yet another review of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eschenbach, Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Barber, works for organ and orchestra SA-CD.net will soon be in overload with impressions on this impressive release. And with good reason. I can think of no disc with which I have had such heightened ... more

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