FEATURE MUSIC REVIEW:

 

 

 

Classic Records Everest 35mm Magnetic Film Recording

 

Leopold Stokowski

conducting The Houston Symphony Orchestra

 

(HDAD 2029)

 

 

July, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following are Dagogo-reviewed discs that Constantine feels are of above-average sonic qualities, as well as musically rewarding to listen to on a regular basis.

 

Please note that while all CD's listed below are musically rewarding and sonically above-average, some do possess sonics superior yet to the rest, some are musical genres of highly personal preference, and then some are simply less exciting for demonstration purposes. If you see Constantine auditioning systems at Shows, chances are he is using at least one of the following discs in the auditioning.

 

 

In reverse chronological order

 

Cantate Domino

Lasting Impression Music [LIM K2 HD 025]  Mar 2008.

 

"THE DEFINITIVE CHOIR / PIPE-ORGAN (CHURCH) MUSIC DEMONSTRATION DISC"

 

 

Masterpiece

Mario, Suzuki, guitar; Masao Okada, 2nd & 3rd guitar, Tomoko Nakamigawa, 3rd & 2nd guitar.

[Master Music XRCD24 XRCD24-NT001]  Dec 2007.

 

 

 

Beethoven, Ludwig von

Beethoven Overtures

Teac Esoteric 20th Anniversary Limited Edition hybrid SACD.

Sir Colin Davis/Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [Teac Esoteric TDGD-90013] October 2007

 

 

THIS IS K2 HD SOUND!

First Impression Music [FIM K2 HD 078]  Sep 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

Dotou Banri

Ondekoza.  [JVC XRCD2 SVCD-1027]  July 2004.

 

"THE MOST POWERFUL TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT DEMONSTRATION DISC"

 

 

   

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasons/ Concerto for 3 Violins, Viola & Bass

in F Minor, RV551/ Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 128
Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca, Giuliano Carmignola, violin.  Hybrid SACD, Super HDCD 24-Bit [First Impression Music SACD 052] Feb 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

Music Review index

 

 

 

Jazz & Easy Listening (by title)

 

 

All My Loving ...

Jheena Lodwick, vocal.  [JVC XRCD24 24-bit Super Analog CD  XRCD24 - 1007SA] March 2004.

 

 

 

 

Autumn In Seattle

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, piano; Ken Kaneko, bass; Toshio Osumi, drums.  Hybrid SACD.  [First Impression
Music]  Jan 2004.

 

 

 

Blow Up 2

Isao Suzuk, Viola de Gamba.  JVC 24-bit Super Analog
XRCD.  [JVC JFIS-XR-002]  Feb 2005.

 

 

 

 

Cafe Society

Don Gomes. [WYSE WCD-04010]

October 2005

 

 

 

 

Come Together

Lynn Arriale Trio.  [MOTEMA 8-20320-0059-2]
August 2004.

 

 

 

 

Concierto

Jim Hall.  Hybrid SACD.  [Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
UDSACD 2012]  Jan 2004.

 

 

 

 

Dreaming

Amanda McBroom, vocal.   [JVC XRCD2 MAGXR-001]
April 2004.

 

 

 

 

Masterpiece

Mario, Suzuki, guitar; Masao Okada, 2nd & 3rd guitar, Tomoko Nakamigawa, 3rd & 2nd guitar.

[Master Music XRCD24 XRCD24-NT001]  Dec 2007.

 

 

 

Modern Cool

Patricia Barber.  Hybrid SACD.  [Mobile Fidelity
Sound Lab UDSACD2003]  Dec 2003.

 

 

 

 

Out of Nowwhere

Anne Weerapass, vocal. [Jazznote 170702-02-2]

 

 

 

 

 

Songs of A-Tao

JVC SR-XRCD-001

 

 

 

 

 

Take Your Time

"Blue" Gene Tyranny.  [Lovely Music LCD 1066]  
Dec 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classical (by composer)

 

 

Beethoven, Ludwig von

Beethoven Overtures

Teac Esoteric 20th Anniversary Limited Edition hybrid SACD.

Sir Colin Davis/Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [Teac Esoteric TDGD-90013] October 2007

 

   

Beethoven, Ludwig von

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60
Carlos Kleiber/Bavarian State Orchestra
Orfeo [C 100 841 B] September 2004

 

 

 

Beethoven, Ludwig von

Symphony No. 6 in F flat major Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Carlos Kleiber/Bavarian State Orchestra
Orfeo [C 600 031 B] September 2004

 

 

 

Beethoven, Ludwig von

Piano Concerto No. 1 & Sonata No. 22
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Charles Munch/Boston Symphony.  JVC XRCD24 24-bit Super
Analog CD  [JM-XR24018] August 2004

 

 

Beethoven, Ludwig von

"Appassionata" & "Funeral March" Sonatas
Sviatoslav Richter, piano.  

JVC XRCD24 24-bit Super Analog CD  [JM-XR24017] August
2004

 

Dvorak, Antonin

Symphony No. 9 in E, op. 95, From the New World
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer.  Hybrid SACD [Philips
470 617-2] Dec 2003.

 

 

 

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures At An Exhibition/Night On Bald Mountain
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin.

Hybrid SACD [Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 4004]
Feb 2004.

 

 

 

Mussorgsky, Modest

The Planets
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind.
Hybrid SACD [Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 4005]
Oct 2004.

 

 

Tchaikovsky, Piotr Illich

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux.  
JVC XRCD24 Super Analog [JM-XR24015] June 2004.

 

 

 

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasaons

/Concerto for 3 Violins, Viola & Bass in F Minor,

RV 551/ Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 128
Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca, Giuliano Carmignola, violin.  Hybrid SACD, Super HDCD 24-Bit [First Impression Music SACD 052] Feb 2004.

 

 

Miscellaneous

Leopold Stokowski conducting The Houston Symphony Orchestra
Wagner: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music fro
m
"Die Walküre"; Chopin: Mazurka Op. 17, Prelude Op. 28, Waltz Op. 64; Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn tune by Justin Morgan. [Classic Records Everest 35mm Magnetic Film Recording CD + DVD-A/DVD-V HDAD 2029] Jul 2008

 

 

Miscellaneous

French Harpsichord (The)
Louis COUPERIN: Suite in F. Jean-Henry
D’ANGLEBERT: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnière. Gaspard LE
ROUX: Suite in F. François COUPERIN: Three movements from
Sixtième Ordre in B flat. Pancrace ROYCE: La Marche des Scythes.
David POLLOCK, harpsichord.[London Independent Records LIR
006] Dec 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

Soundtrack (by title)

 

 

Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World

Original music composed and produced by Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti. Digital, synthesizer and sample
programming by Iva Davies. Score orchestrated and conducted by
Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti [Decca Records
B0001574-02] Dec 2003.

 

Star Trek Nemesis

Music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith, with orchestrations by Mark McKenzie and Conrad Pope, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Hybrid SACD [Varèse Sarabande Surround SACD 302 066 430 2] Dec 2003.

 

 

 

Various (by title)

 

 

Cantate Domino

Lasting Impression Music [LIM K2 HD 025]  Mar 2008.

 

"THE DEFINITIVE CHOIR / PIPE-ORGAN (CHURCH) MUSIC DEMONSTRATION DISC"

 

 

Dotou Banri

Ondekoza.  [JVC XRCD2 SVCD-1027]  July 2004.

"THE MOST POWERFUL TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT DEMONSTRATION DISC"

 

 

 

LINN Records 2001

CD Sampler  [LINN LKP 175]  Feb 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

THIS IS K2 HD SOUND!

First Impression Music [FIM K2 HD 078]  Sep 2007.