Music Reviews - Stereo Times

Holiday Music to Soothe, Amuse, and Inspire

December 4, 2002

Holiday Music to Soothe, Amuse, and Inspire Part One Jason Serinus 5 December 2002 The high quality of this year’s holiday-inspired releases comes as a welcome surprise. Until I began to play the first disc in my quite high review [Read More]

The Serinus Report

October 7, 2002

The Serinus Report Music Reviews Jason Serinus 10 October 2002 Lamento-Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Theatre of Early Music [ATMA Baroque ACD2 2261] Hearing the beauty and pathetic purity of Daniel Taylor’s countertenor as he enters to repeat, over and [Read More]

John Hicks And Gust Tsilis At The Atheneum, La Jolla, California

September 10, 2002

John Hicks And Gust Tsilis At The Atheneum, La Jolla, California Album and Performance Review Jim Merod 10 September 2002 Pianist John Hicks and his partner, vibraphonist Gust Tsilis, were nearly thwarted from playing to a [Read More]

Opera Obsession!: Opera D/ORO’S Greatest Hits

September 6, 2002

The Serinus Report Music Reviews Jason Serinus 6 September 2002 Opera Obsession!: Opera D/ORO’S Greatest Hits – OPD-1001 Attention, opera lovers and those who are trying to figure out why vocal fanatics go so nuts [Read More]

Karrin Allyson: In Blue

August 14, 2002

Karrin Allyson: In Blue [Concord CCD-2106-2] Jim Merod 14 August2002 Vocalist Karrin Allyson is one of the truly gifted, swinging and (gracefully, thankfully) subtle female vocalists on the scene today … and, since there are [Read More]

Ellington At The White House

August 3, 2002

Ellington At The White House Jim Merod 3 August 2002 Duke Ellington’s seventieth birthday was celebrated with a patriotic royal flair on April 29, 1969. Richard Nixon’s White House gathering of jazz, cultural and [Read More]

Samba Jazz Fantasia

June 10, 2002

Samba Jazz Fantasia Duduka Da Fonseca [Malandro Records MAL 71018] Jim Merod 10 June 2002 Malandro Records, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has become one of the hippest places on the planet. If you doubt that attribution, [Read More]

In Italy with Regina Carter

January 6, 2002

In Italy with Regina Carter Alvester Garnett 6 January 2002 The concert we just performed here in Italy with Regina was quite special. She performed on Paganini’s “il Cannone” Gauneiri-made violin for one set [Read More]

DOHNÁNYI, ANYONE?

December 30, 2001

DOHNÁNYI, ANYONE? CHRISTOPHE VON DOHNÁNYI / THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA / COMPACT DISC EDITION Mike Silverton 30 December 2001 Disc one:Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter (The Jacob’s Ladder).A Survivor from Warsaw. Variations for Orchestra. Julian Patrick, baritone; William [Read More]

The 44th Year of Monterey Jazz

October 1, 2001

The 44th Year of Monterey Jazz Jim Merod 1 October 2001 Terrorist assaults preceding this year’s jazz festival in picturesque Monterey did not blight the spirit of this venerable annual gathering. In fact, the 44th [Read More]