Recording of June 1994: Mirror Blue
<B>RICHARD THOMPSON: <I>Mirror Blue</I></B><BR> Capitol CDP 7 81492 2 (CD). Tchad Blake, eng.; Mitchell Froom, prod. AAD. TT: 55:13
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Recording of May 1994: Gershwin: Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano
<B>GERSHWIN: Piano Music</B><BR> <I>Rhapsody in Blue</I> (solo piano version by Gershwin); 3 Preludes; "Sleepless Night"; Impromptu in 2 Keys; Song Transcriptions: "Sweet and Low-Down," "Maybe," "Clap Yo' hands," "So am I," "Looking for a Boy," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "That Certain Feeling"; Second Rhapsody (solo piano version by David Buechner)<BR> David Buechner, piano<BR> Connoisseur Society CD 4191 (CD only). Patricia A. Duciaume, eng.; E. Alan Silver, prod. D?D. TT: 59:26
Recording of April 1994: Under the Pink
<B>TORI AMOS: <I>Under the Pink</I></B><BR> Atlantic 82567-2 (CD). John Beverly Jones, Paul McKenna, Eric Rosse, engs.; Eric Rosse, Tori Amos, prods. AAD? TT: 56:52
Recording of March 1994: Pärt: Te Deum, etc.
<B>PÄRT: <I>Te Deum</I>, <I>Silouans Song</I>, <I>Magnificat</I>, <I>Berliner Messe</I></B><BR> Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Talinn Chamber Orchestra<BR> ECM 1505 (CD only). Manfred Eicher, prod.; Peter Laenger, Andreas Neubronner, engs. DDD. TT: 66:01
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Stereophile Consulting technical editor Robert Harley and I were walking down Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue trying to remember where we'd parked our rental car. We were in town for the Fall 1993 Audio Engineering Society Convention, and had just had dinner with record reviewer Beth Jacques.
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Space...the Final Frontier
High-end audiophiles are space freaks---we relish the warmth and spaciousness of a fine, old performing hall almost as much as we do the music recorded in it. But my attendance at a series of orchestral concerts held last summer brought home to me---as never before---the sad fact that our search for the ultimate soundstage is doomed to failure: we're trying to reproduce three-dimensional space from a two-dimensional system, and it simply can't be done.
1994 Records To Die For
Here we go again---the usual <I>Stereophile</I> suspects rounding up some very <I>un</I>usual suspects of their own, and all collected in "Records To Die For," the highest annual concentration of surprising recommendations in the biz. Reviewers of wares soft and hard pick their absolute most favoritest recordings, each of which must be a) a topnotch performance in b) topnotch stereo sound. But be warned: some of us cheat (if we can get away with it).
Recording of February 1994: The Yellow Shark
<B>ZAPPA: <I>The Yellow Shark</I></B><BR> Ensemble Modern; Peter Rundel, Frank Zappa, conductors<BR> Barking Pumpkin R2 71600 (CD only). Frank Zappa, prod.; Spencer Chrislu, Harry Andronis, Dave Dondorf, engs.; Todd Yvega, Synclavier asst. DDD. TT: 72:00
1992 Records To Die For
Letters? Boy, did we get letters last year when we ran the very first "Records to Die For": subscription renewals, subscription cancellations, groveling gratitude, death threats, paeans, pans, madness, ecstasy, invitations to any number of sanity hearings (we sent our regrets)---and that was just from our own staff. How could we <I>not</I> do it again?
The Shun Mook Affair
<I>Editor's note: When Jonathan Scull reviewed the Shun Mook devices back in 1994, he unleashed a hailstorm of controversy that continues to this day. Below is his original report along with some of the follow-up articles and fallout.</I>