Sacd 2019

Percy Faith was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of Pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format. Faith became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Though best known for his recording career, Faith also occasionally scored motion pictures. This Vocalion's reissue features 2 LP on 1 SACD - New Thing (1974) & Black Magic Woman (1971).

Russian-born pianist Vladimir Shafranov, who was introduced to Japanese jazz fans by Atelier Sawano in the 1990s, has moved on to Venus Records. A long-time resident of Finland, Shafranov teams up here with Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. With the support of this powerful rhythm section, Shafranov dazzles with his romanticism, beautiful harmonies, and driving swing. A thoroughly enjoyable trio album and a must-have for Shafranov fans.

Adela Dalto has been immersed in the highest levels of creative Latin and Brazilian music and has mixed the sophisticated elements of this music with American jazz. Her Latin jazz repertoire also includes her original compositions, combining beautiful vocal sounds with fiery rhythms. Adela fell in love with pianist/composer Horace Silver's "Peace" when she was working with a Latin-jazz group and looking for interesting songs. She quickly added it to her repertoire. Adela’s version, perhaps the definitive jazz vocal rendering, features a tenor solo by Dick Oatts, a veteran of the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.

Adela Dalto has been immersed in the highest levels of creative Latin and Brazilian music and has mixed the sophisticated elements of this music with American jazz. Her Latin jazz repertoire also includes her original compositions, combining beautiful vocal sounds with fiery rhythms. As a Latin Jazz vocalist, recording artist and songwriter, with a successful career that spans over 30 years, her performance has been described as "A sublime melding of Latin and jazz styles – Dalto is sensuous and spellbinding".

Three tenor saxophonists, Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski and Scott Hamilton, join forces for this album of six magical jazz tunes including "That Old Black Magic" and "You And The Night And The Music". The trio are backed by pianist Tom Ranier, bassist David Stone and drummer Kevin Kanner.

Louis Charles "B.W." Stevenson was an American country pop singer and musician, working in a genre now called progressive country. "B.W." stood for "Buckwheat". This two-fer SACD combines his 1973 album My Maria with Calabasas, released the following year. Originally these LPs were released separately on RCA, and had been out of print some time. This pleasant and lite country-pop set highlights many original Stevenson compositions, including "Pass This Way", "(Livin' It) Day By Day", "Song for Katy", and the biggest hit of his career, "My Maria".

The Viena Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini performing Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. The reissue of classical music masterpieces by Esoteric has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections. These new audio versions feature Esoteric’s proprietary re-mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.

After a successful early career in Hollywood as a jazz musician and arranger, André Previn transitioned into the world of classical music, making a name for himself in London for his innovative programming and refreshing reappraisals of many warhorses, in particular in English and Russian music. In the mid-1970s his Gustav Holst's Planets and his Benjamin Britten orchestral recordings were among the most highly sought after by audiophile listeners of that era. These are is most incredible recorded musical journeys. Don't miss this one.

Alexandra Shakina's second release for Japanese Venus label. Backed by Massimo Farao' on piano, Nicola Barbon on bass and Gianni Cazzola on drums, sings "Isn't It Romantic?", "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Mood Indigo", "I'm A Fool To Want You", and more.

A populist programmer, avuncular podium presence, and constant visitor to small-town concert halls and living room televisions, Arthur Fiedler personified orchestral music in America. He was less glamorous, less intellectual, and in many ways less respected than Leonard Bernstein, but those deficiencies worked to Fiedler's advantage in the minds of ordinary Americans. He also enjoyed greater longevity on his home turf – nearly 50 years in the national limelight, as opposed to Bernstein's one decade of unmatched glory in New York before running off to Europe to become another gray eminence. Fiedler's success, though, was also the source of some frustration; he was forever pigeonholed as a pops conductor.