最近几年的最佳CD
JAZZ:
Oscar Aleman - Swing Guitar Masterpieces, 1938-57 - Acoustic Disc ACD 29
Basie Big Band - Pablo/JVC xrcd VIGJ-60257
Daniel Barenboim & guests - Tribute to Ellington - Teldec 398425252-2
Carla Bley Band - 4 X 4 - Watt 30 012 159-2
Jaki Byard, piano - Solo/Strings - Prestige PRCD-24246-2
Don Byron - A Fine Line (Arias & Lieder) - Blue Note 26801
The Willem Breuker Kollektief with Loes Luca - Hunger! - Bvhaast CD9916
Dave Brubeck, solo piano - One Alone - Telarc Jazz CD83510
Ron Carter, bass - Orfeu - Blue Note CD 72435224902 2V
Pierre D?rge's New Jungle Orchestra - Giraf - DaCapo DCCD9440
Dave Douglas, trumpet - Soul On Soul - RCA Victor 63603-2
The Duke - The Essential Ellington Collection, 1927-1962 - Columbia Jazz C3K 65841
Don Ellis Band - Live in 3 2/3 over 4 Time - Pacific Jazz 7243 5 23996 2 8
Bill Evans - Further Conversations with Myself - Verve Master Edition 314 559 832-2
Bill Evans - The Last Waltz - Milestone 8MCD-4430-2 (8 Cds)
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - Telarc Jazz CD83442
D.D. Jackson, piano & B3 - Anthem - RCA Victor 63606-2
Duke Elegant - Dr. John Plays the Music of Duke Ellington - Blue Note 7243 5 23220 2 2
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide - ECM 1734
52nd Street Themes - Joe Lovano Nonet - Blue Note 72434 96667-2
Wynton Marsalis - Big Train - Columbia CK 69860-2
Oregon in Moscow - with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Sym. Orch. - Intuition 3303 2 (2 CDs)
Greg Osby - The Invisible Hand - Blue Note 20134
The Jazz Giants Play Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite - Prestige PRCD 24224-2
Nicholas Payton - Nick @ Night - verve 314 547 5982
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin - Two Worlds - Works of BACH, FALLA, BARTOK, MOMPOU, VILLA-LOBOS, GRUSIN - Decca 012 157 960-2
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West - Contemporary JVC xrcd VICJ-60088
Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django - Gypsy - Linn AKD 090
Clark Terry, trumpet - One on One - Chesky JD 198
The Sound of Jazz (l957 TV Special with Basie, Waldron, Giuffre, Rushing, Holiday et al.) - Columbia Legacy CK66082
BEST OF THE YEAR CDs for 1999 - Classical & Jazz
Here is my 15th annual Best of the Year List, continuing the service first offered in 1985 with the public radio version of AUDIOPHILE AUDITION. As usual, I make no definite claims for this list of nearly 100 CDs. It is predicated on my personal tastes and what was available to me, but also with an emphasis on both the musical and sonic quality of each CD (excepting some of the reissues, for which I thank Gary Lemco for his contributions this year).
- John Sunier
GENERAL CLASSICAL TITLES
BACH: Concerti & Praeludia for Two Harpsichords - Skip Sempé and Olivier Fortin - Auvidis E 8645
J.S. BACH: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (6) - Mela Tenenbaum, v./Gerald Ranck, h. - ESS.A.Y CD1064/65 (2 CDs)
BELA BARTOK: The 6 String Quartets - The Takacs Quartet London 289 455 297-2 (2 CDs)
BERLIOZ OVERTURES - Les France Juges; Waverley; King Lear; Roman Carnival; Beatrice and Benedict; The Corsair; Benvenuto Cellini - Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis - Red Seal 09026 68790-2
BERNSTEIN: Suite from Candide; Five Songs; Mass: 3 Meditations; Divertimento - Minnesota Orch./Eiji Oue - Reference Recordings HDCD RR-87CD
BIBER: Battalia; LOCKE: The Tempest - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini - Teldec Das Alte Werk 3984
BOCCHERINI: His Complete 28 Symphonies, Op. 10, 12, 21, 35, 37 41 & 42 - Deutsche Kammerakademi Neuss/Johannes Goritzki - CPO 999 401-2 (8 CDs)
BRAHMS; A German Requiem Op. 45 (in English) - Janice Chandler, sop./Nathan Gunn, bar./Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Utah Symphony/Craig Jessop cond. - Telarc CD-80501
CHICK COREA: Spain (for sextet and orchestra); Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra - Corea, piano/Origin/London Philharmonic/Avishai Cohen, bass/Jeff Ballard, drums/Corea conducting - Sony Classical SK 61799
JOHN CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin - Joshua Bell, v./Philharmonic Orch./Esa-Pekka Salonen cond. - Sony Classical SK 63010
ELGAR: Cello Concerto; Britten: Cello Symphony - Truls Mork, cello/City of Birmingham Symphony/Sir Simon Rattle - Virgin Classics 5 45356-2
HANDEL: The Eight Grand Suites - Blandine Verlet, harpsichord - Auvidis Astree E 8655
HANS WERNER HENZE: Undine Ballet - London Sinfonietta/Peter Donohoe, piano/Oliver Knussen - Deutch Grammophon 453 467-2, (2 CDs)
LEOS JANACEK: String Quartet No. 1, after Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata'; String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters" - Guarnari Quartet - Philips 456 574-2
JON LEIFS: Hekla - also: Iceland Overture; Requiem; Loftr Suite; Reminiscence du Nord; Elegy - Iceland Symphony/Motet Choir/Schola cantorum/En Shao - BIS CD-1030
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night" - Atlanta Symphony Orch./Yoel Levi - Telarc CD-80514-A (2 CDs)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 - Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Zander - Telarc 3CD-80527
MESSIAEN: Illuminations of the Beyond - Bastille Opera Orchestra/ Myung When Chung - DGG/Musical Heritage Society 515254H
ARVO PAART: Fratres; Tabula Rasa; Symphony No. 3 - Gil Shaham, violin/Adele Anthony (v. I in Tabula Rasa)/Gothenburg Symphony/Neeme Jarvi - DGG 457 647-2
PROKOFIEV: Piano Works Vol. IX - Transcriptions - Frederic Chiu - Harmonia mundi 907195 [Plus entire Prokofeiv cycle by Chiu]
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Poem of Ecstasy; Prometheus; Piano Concerto in F sharp minor - Anatol Ugorski, piano/Chicago Symphony/Chicago Symphony Chorus/Pierre Boulez - DGG 289 459 647-2
PHILIP SAINTON: Moby Dick - Complete film score - Moscow Sym. Orch./Wm. T. Stromberg - Marco Polo 8.225050
STRAVINSKY: Orpheus; Danses Concertantes - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - DGG 459 644-2
STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements; Symphony in C; Symphony of Psalms - Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Sir Georg Solti - Decca 289 458 898-2
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1 thru 6 - Heinz Hofliger & Maurice Bourgue, oboes; Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon; Klaus Stoll, double-bass; Jonathan Rubin, lute; Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord - ECM New Series 1671 72 (2 CDs)
Manny Albam - with Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubard etc.: Sketches of Jazz, Music from the Book of Life (Laserlight 17182)
John Basile Quartet: The Desmond Project (Chesky JD156)
Bill Berry & His Ellington All-Stars: For Duke / Earl Fatha Hines: Fatha (M&K Gold CD RT-5001)
Sidney Bechet: High Society (Traditional Line TL 1336)
Richie Buckley: Soundtrack from The General (Milan 35863-2)
Ron Carter Trio: So What (Blue Note CDP 724349497627)
Chick Corea: Remembering Bud Powell (Stretch SCD9012-2)
TakeDake with Neptune: Asian Roots (Denon CY-18072)
Miles Davis Nonet: The Complete Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz CDP 724349455023)
A Tribute to Miles Davis: Endless Miles (N2K Encoded Music 10027)
Bill Evans: Piano Player (Columbia Legacy CK 65361)
John Faddis, trumpet: Remembrances (Chesky JD166)
Corky Hall, harp/vibes/keyboards: Corky (GNP Crescendo 2254)
Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings (Mosaic MD6-175, and most of the rest of the Mosaic reissues!)
Dick Hyman, piano solo: In Recital (Reference Recordings RR-84CD)
Roger Kellaway, solo piano: Live at the Vineyard (Challenge Records CHR 70042)
Donny McCaslin: Exile and Discovery (Naxos Jazz 86014-2)
Brad Mehldau: The Art of the Trio Vol. Two (Warner Bros. 46848-2)
Thelonious Monk: Live at the It Club (Columbia Legacy C2K 65288)
T. Monk: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings - Monk Alone (Columbia Legacy C2K 65495)
Monterey Jazz Festival - 40 Legendary Years (Malpaso/Warner Bros. 9 46703-2 [3])
Gerry Mulligan: Mullenium (Columbia Legacy CK 65678)
Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite (Rhino R2 72260 [2])
Marcus Roberts: The Joy of Joplin (Sony Classical SK 60554)
Warren Smith, percussion: Cats Are Stealing My S...! (Mapleshade 05332)
Jacky Terrasson Trio: Alive (Blue Note CDP 7243 85965128)
Billy Taylor, piano: Ten Fingers - One Voice (Arkadia Jazz 71602)
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Concorde (Prestige/JVC XRCD 0203-2, and most of the rest of the jazz XRCD series!)
Bucky and Joh Pizzarelli: Contrasts (Arbors Jazz ARCD 19209)
Django Reinhardt & various: Django with His American Friends (DRG 8493[3])
Don Sebesky: I Remember Bill (Tribute to Bill Evans) (RCA Victor 09026 68929-2)
The Swedish Jazz Kings, with Kenny Davern: Come Love (Opus 3 CD 19703
The West Coast Jazz Box - An Anthology of California Jazz (Contemporary 4CCD-4425-2)