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MUSIC REVIEWS: Michael Tilson Thomas (Jul. 1985)
Stereo Review, issues by year and month1974 COVER: "La Mer," by Ada Calabrese Feb. 1974 THE MUSIC CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN FRANCE--A report on the "second degree" at the "Paris Autumn" Festival, ERIC SALZMAN THE BASIC REPERTOIRE--Schubert's Symphony No. 2, MARTIN BOOKSPAN WAYLON JENNINGS One answer to the question "What's happening to country?", ALLAN PARACHINI J. Mark's HALL OF OBSCURITY--REVISITED--New acquisitions for the Gallery of Beautiful Losers ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF NEGLECTED FRENCH MUSIC--There are still many gaping holes in the specialist's library, RICHARD FREED RAYMOND LEPPARD--A scholar-performer who hears-and understands-his critics, ROBERT S. CLARK RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARDS--1973 STEREO REVIEW'S critics and editors select the industry's top artistic achievements JONATHAN LIVINGSTON, POPSTAR--Is his philosophy really for the birds? PAUL KRESH FRANK SINATRA'S BACK His new recording is a little less than a triumph, REX REED THE WHO'S "QUADROPHENIA" -- Another "rock opera" that may be two sides too long, LESTER BANGS CHOOSING SIDES--The Private World of Glenn Gould, IRVING KOLODIN THE COMPLETE RACHMANINOFF -- Fifteen discs, five albums--every note he ever recorded, ERIC SALZMAN Conductor Antal Dorati stars in a reissue series: MERCURY'S "GOLDEN IMPORTS" THE EQUIPMENT NEW PRODUCTS--A roundup of the latest in high-fidelity equipment AUDIO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS--Advice on readers' technical problems, LARRY KLEIN AUDIO BASICS Glossary of Technical Terms--7, RALPH HODGES TECHNICAL TALK Is Phase Shift Audible? EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS -- Hirsch-Houck Laboratory reports on the Hitachi SR-5200 receiver, Grado FTR +1 CD-4 phono cartridge, Bib Model 45 Changer Groov-Kleen, and Akai GX-285D stereo tape deck, JULIAN D. HIRSCH PERFECTING SOUND REPRODUCTION--Are discs, tapes, and FM broadcasts as good as they might be? CRAIG STARK TAPE HORIZONS--Bridging the Gap, CRAIG STARK THE REVIEWS BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH
THE REGULARS EDITORIALLY SPEAKING, WILLIAM ANDERSON GOING ON RECORD, JAMES GOODFRIEND THE SIMELS REPORT, STEVE SIMELS ADs Sherwood Electronic Laboratories Fisher Sony STR Receivers Dokoder Dynaco A-35 loudspeakers Discwasher harman/kardon EMPIRE SCIENTIFIC CORP. 4000D series cartridge AUDIO-TECHNICA--phono cartridge and tonearm Janzen electrostatic loudspeakers Navy Empire Speakers Radio Shack / Tandy / Realistic Shure Brothers Inc. Design Acoustics Texaco Opera Stereo Review's GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING MUSIC  JUNE 1974, VOLUME 32, NUMBER 6 THE MUSIC MELCHIOR RETURNS TO THE MET--A little ceremony and a lot of sentiment. WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE THE BASIC REPERTOIRE--Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. MARTIN BOOKSPAN CRESCENDO! Even discord can be, in its own way, sweet. JACK SOMER WILLIAM SCHUMAN The fortunes of an American composer, educator, and administrator. SHEILA KEATS DIONNE WARWICKE--Still working hard on her second career. ROBERT WINDELER APROPOS BOB DYLAN--Like Rip Van Winkle, returning, he found the world changed. DON HECKMAN
CHOOSING SIDES--The German Tradition. IRVING KOLODIN THE AVANT-GARDE Some new music distinguished by brevity and wit. ERIC SALZMAN
THE EQUIPMENT NEW PRODUCTS--A roundup of the latest in high-fidelity equipment AUDIO QUESTIONS and ANSWERS--Advice on readers' technical problems. AUDIO NEWS--Views and comment on recent developments. AUDIO BASICS--Glossary of Technical Terms -10 TECHNICAL TALK--What Is Noise?; Hirsch-Houck Laboratory reports on the Harman/Kardon 900+ AM/FM four-channel receiver, JBL L100 speaker system, Pilot 211 AM /stereo FM tuner, and Pioneer RT-1020L tape deck GUIDE TO UPGRADING The when, what, and how of replacing your components TAPE HORIZONS Don't Just Dub. THE REVIEWS THE REGULARS EDITORIALLY SPEAKING by WILLIAM ANDERSON GOING ON RECORD by JAMES GOODFRIEND THE SIMELS REPORT by STEVE SIMELS ADs: Bang & Olufsen phono cartridges Bose Dynaco Fisher Studio-Standard 514 Infinity JVC KLH (speakers) Miracord/ELAC turntables (ad) Onkyo Revox Shure Brothers Inc. Technics by Panasonic (speakers) Telephonics headphones Ziff cases 1975Sept. 1975 Ads: AUDIO DYNAMICS CORPORATION (ADC) phono cartridges BANG & OLUFSEN Bell & Howell Schools Dual turntables Dynaco Empire's 9000GT speaker Empire cartridges EMPIRE SCIENTIFIC CORP. 598-iii turntable HEATHKIT and Heath JENNINGS RESEARCH INC. speakers KENWOOD Stereo Cassette Deck Klipsch and Associates, Inc. Koss Phase/2+2 Quadrafone Lenco L-85 IC transcription turntable Nikko Pioneer Electronics [High Polymer Molecular transducer technology headphones] Scientific Audio Electronics (SAE) Shure Brothers Inc. Sony STR-7065A SYLVANIA RS 4744 receiver TEAC Cassette decks Technics by Panasonic cassette decks YAMAHA CT-7000 receiver Depts: Introducing the Staff ... Chicago Consumer Electronics Show NEW PRODUCTS SIMELS REPORT EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS: Dynaco PAT-5 Stereo Preamplifier Philips 209S--Electronic Record Player Sherwood S-7010 AM/FM Stereo Receiver Sony ST-4950 AM/FM Stereo Tuner Music and Music Reviews: CLASSICAL DISCS (LP records) and TAPES THE BASIC REPERTOIRE (SIBELIUS' SYMPHONIES) Schoenberg’s “Gurre-Lieder” and Others RECORDINGS OF SPECIAL MERIT -- Best of the Month The Man Who Wrote (the recitatives to) Bizet's Carmen THE OPERA FILE Etc.   1977
Jan. 1977The Equipment: NEW PRODUCTS: Roundup of latest audio equipment and accessories AUDIO QUESTIONS and ANSWERS: Advice on readers' technical problems, by LARRY KLEIN AUDIO BASICS: The Greater Good, by RALPH HODGES TAPE HORIZONS: Sync and Swim, by CRAIG STARK TECHNICAL TALK: Class A, B, C, D ...and G Amplifiers, by JULIAN D. HIRSCH EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS: Hirsch-Houck Laboratory test results on the: JVC JR-S600 AM/FM stereo receiver, Marantz Model 1250 integrated stereo amplifier, KLH Model 354 speaker system, and Micro Seiki DDX-1000 turntable and MA-505 tonearm PHONO CARTRIDGES: A short course in cartridge types and specs for the buyer, by JULIAN D. HIRSCH The Music PLAQUES MARK THE SPOT: A COLLECTION OF MUSICAL LANDMARKS: A sampling only (we didn't have room for all two hundred), by WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE MUSIC FOR CLASSICAL GUITAR: A roundup of recent recordings, STEPHANIE VON BUCHAU SMALL LABELS They have a lot to offer collectors of folk, jazz, and blues IRA MAYER BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH: Instrumental: Vivaldi's Seasons, Cherubini's String Quartets; Blues: "The Nighthawks Liver"; Contemporary Folk (?): Ry Cooder's "Chicken Skin Music"; Opera: Massenet's Esclarmonde; Jazz: Fraser MacPherson Trio POPULAR DISCS and TAPES; Don McLean: Simply Terrific, by PETER REILLY; Russ Columbo, "Radio's Valentino", by PAUL KRESH; The Extraordinary Stevie Wonder: "Songs in the Key of Life" by CHRIS ALBERTSON; Side by Side by Sondheim, by PETER REILLY; Latin Jazz: Dizzie and Machito, by JOHN STORM ROBERTS CLASSICAL DISCS and TAPES; Lazar Berman's "Appassionata" by ERIC SALZMAN; The Symphonies of Sweden's Hugo Alfven, by DAVID HALL The Regulars EDITORIALLY SPEAKING, WILLIAM ANDERSON GOING ON RECORD, JAMES GOODFRIEND THE POP BEAT, STEVE SIMELS
NOVEMBER 1977 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 5 Equipment: NEW PRODUCTS: Roundup of the latest audio equipment and accessories AUDIO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Advice on readers' technical problems LARRY KLEIN AUDIO BASICS: Getting the Room Right--II, RALPH HODGES TAPE TALK--Theoretical and practical tape problems solved, CRAIG STARK EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS: Hirsch-Houck Laboratory test results on the Mitsubishi DA-P10 preamplifier and DA-A15 power amplifier, Stanton 8815 stereo phono cartridge, Fisher MT-6225 turntable, ESS amt lb speaker system, and Pioneer RT-707 open-reel tape deck JULIAN D. HIRSCH UNDERSTANDING RECORD PLAYERS: What you should know before you go out shopping, JULIAN D. HIRSCH MUSIC: THE CASE OF THE BELITTLED BEATLES TAPES: Perry Mason would have known just how to handle it, HARRY CASTLEMAN AND WALLY PODRAZIK THE SYMPHONIES OF DVORAK A critical survey of what the current catalog has to offer IRVING KOLODIN KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE "I keep reading about us everywhere. What's it all about?" RICK MITZ BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH: Concerted music: Carl Nielsen's Clarinet, Flute, and Violin Concertos; Elgar's Cello Concerto Vocal: Tom Paxton's "New Songs from the Briarpatch"; Nancy Wilson's "I've Never Been to Me"; two recital discs by Jill Gomez.... Rock: War's "Platinum Jazz" POPULAR DISCS AND TAPES: Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue" WILLIAM ANDERSON The Animals Return STEVE SIMELS Virtuoso Jack Jones HENRY PLEASANTS Knnillssonn NOEL COPPAGE Rock-'n'-roll Roots on Savoy Records JOEL VANCE "I Love My Wife" PETER REILLY Bobby Bare, Enigma NOEL COPPAGE Introducing Egberto Gismonti CHRIS ALBERTSON CLASSICAL DISCS AND TAPES: The Sensational Heinrich Schiff RICHARD FREED; Rostropovich Conducts the Tchaikovsky Symphonies RICHARD FREED; Quintessence: A Rich Lode of Reissues RICHARD FREED; The Delights of Gerald Finzi DAVID HALL; The Art of Lotte Lehmann GEORGE JELLINEK; Stokowski's Wagner ERIC SALZMAN REGULARS: EDITORIALLY SPEAKING; WILLIAM ANDERSON LETTERS TO THE EDITOR INSTALLATION OF THE MONTH; RICHARD SARBIN TECHNICAL TALK; JULIAN D. HIRSCH GOING ON RECORD; JAMES GOODFRIEND THE POP BEAT; PAULETTE WEISS ADs: ADC LMF CARBON FIBRE TONEARMS Dynaco B-I-C VENTURI speakers Crown International Dodge automotive Electro-Voice speakers ESS speakers with Heil technology H.H. Scott, Inc. electronics JVC KD-35 cassette deck Pioneer SX1250 receiver SAE Stereo Review test demonstration records 1978Feb. 1978
NEW PRODUCTS--Roundup of the latest audio equipment and accessories AUDIO QUESTIONS and ANSWERS--Advice on readers' technical problems LARRY KLEIN AUDIO NEWS Digital Devices, Room Acoustics, Power-amplifier Costs AUDIO BASICS The Cassette: A Short History RALPH HoDGES TAPE TALK--Theoretical and practical tape problems solved CRAIG STARK EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS : Hirsch-Houck Laboratory test results on the Marantz 2500 AM/FM stereo receiver, Sanyo RD5300 cassette deck, Sansui AU-717 integrated amplifier, Audio-Technica AT-605 audio-insulator set, and Infinity Qa speaker system SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY SECTION I Remember Mono--An Audiobiography Six industry spokesmen address the future of audio technology CASSETTE DECKS -- A look at the specs and features available in each price class, IVAN BERGER The Music SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY SECTION Our reviewing panel selects the best recordings of the past twenty years RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARDS--1977 STEREO REVIEW'S critics and editors select the industry's top artistic achievements RICHARD RODGERS The diamond-jubilee year of the dean of the American musical theater JAMES GOODFRIEND 100 BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH Instrumental: Schoenberg's five string quartets ... Opera: Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Orchestral: Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 43 and 59 ... Vocal: Ray Charles' "True to Life," Jane Olivor's "Chasing Rainbows," John Stewart's "Fire in the Wind" POPULAR DISCS AND TAPES Rodgers and Hart Revisited (Third and Fourth Times), PAUL KRESH The Rolling Stones' "Love You Live" STEVE SIMELS Elton's Greatest PETER REILLY Debby Boone's Debut PETER REILLY The Sex Pistols STEVE SIMELS A Very Special Quintet CHRIS ALBERTSON Stride Pianist Fats Waller: Dee-licious JOEL VANCE CLASSICAL DISCS AND TAPES Rodrigo's Concierto Again PAUL KRESH Bartok's Quartets BERNARD JACOBSON The Regulars EDITORIALLY SPEAKING, WILLIAM ANDERSON LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Technical Talk, Julian D. Hirsch THE POP BEAT, PAULETTE WEISS ADs Sonus (SONIC RESEARCH, INC.) -- Phono Cartridges Hitachi's Class G Sansui Teledyne Acoustic Research (AR) H.H. Scott, Inc. Toyota Fisher Corporation MERITON ELECTRONICS LUX Audio TEAC JVC BIC VENTURI speaker system Micro Seiki Denson audio Videoton speaker Setton International Ltd. Marantz
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July, 1981 [COVER: Wild M5A Stereomicroscope courtesy E. Leitz, Inc.. Rockleigh, N.J.] Depts: Equipment and Articles: The Shorter Guide to Cartridge Shopping Music: ADs: Micro-Acoustics phono cartridges PIONEER--WE BRING IT BACK ALIVE 1983May, 1983 Depts: Cartoons and Humor Ads: Denon Three Head Cassette Decks KEF Standard Series Loudspeakers Kyocera CD Player Radio Shack's Dual-Cassette Deck Sansui D-970 full-logic cassette deck Sennheiser--MS 100 Teac Series Z cassette decks Equipment and Articles: Technical Talk By Julian D. Hirsch--Upgrading Your Stereo System Part 3 Turntables: How to Evaluate the Specs How to Judge a Vinyl LP Record Without Playing It Bang & Olufsen MMC 2 Phono Cartridge Music: Best of the month--Stereo Review's Selection of Recordings of Special Merit State-of-the-Art Sound for Bernard Haitink's Illuminating Reading of Shostakovich's Fifth The Juilliard Quartet's Third Bartok Set Ranks Among the Very Finest Classical Music--News Briefs--Disc and Tape Reviews Stereo Review's STEREO DIRECTORY & BUYING GUIDE(An annual single-issue magazine publication by Stereo Review. We will not present equipment directory below. But we will adapt contained articles, as well as interesting period ads.)) 1979
THE COVER 1. Marantz 420 Car Stereo 2. Studer-Revox B77 Open -Reel Tape Machine 3. Electro-Voice 309 Microphone with stand 4 David Hafler DH-101A Preamplifier 5. Hitachi D-900 Stereo Cassette Deck 6. Onkyo T-909 Digital Tuner 7. Soundcraftsmen RP-2215-R Equalizer 8. Denon POA-1001 Power Amplifier 9. Toshiba SA -7150 Digital Receiver 10. Audio Technica ATH7 Headphones 11. Lux PD 444 Turntable 12. Acoustic Research AR9 Speaker System ====== ====== ====== ADs: ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR18 speakers Advent/1 speakers Altec Lansing Tangerine speakers AMERICAN ACOUSTICS LABS (AAL) loudspeakers Avid Minimum Diffraction Loudspeakers Cerwin-Vega S1 speakers Dual turntables Empire 698 Turntable Frazier loudspeakers GENESIS physics corporation speakers Infinity Systems speakers KUSTOM ACOUSTICS speakers Jensen Lifestyle Speaker Klipsch loudspeakers Koss CM/530 bookshelf speakers Marantz speakers Mesa speakers Micro-Acoustics (Phono Cartridges, ad) Ohm Acoustics speakers Onkyo TA-630D Cassette Deck Philips AF877 turntables Shure/SME Series III TEAC C-1 cassette deck Thorens Isotrack turntables Articles: A Decision-Making Guide For Your First Stereo Component System |
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