Sensible Sound articles from April 2000

Sensible Sound archives from April 2000

RAMBLINGS.
April 1, 2000... Welcome to Issue #80, an issue with a little bit of everything (which means that if you look hard enough, you will probably find something to make you mad). Two-channel, multi-channel, speakers, subwoofers--there should be something in this...

FORUM.
April 1, 2000... Getting Right to the Point You're right, the music IS the point! Thanks for the recent listing of staff picks in Issue 78. I was particularly wowed by Kevin East's list. He and I must share some demographics, as I went through his list...

Erratum.
April 1, 2000... Thank you very much for the wonderful review of my CD shed your skin in your December/January issue. The website address that you listed is no longer valid. It is currently www.orangecap.com A correction in this respect would be well...

SURVEYING THE SOUNDSCAPE.
April 1, 2000... Fads, Fallacies, and Tweaks: I recently read Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science, a somewhat dated but interesting book on pseudoscience by Martin Gardner. His report on one researcher's attempts to validate dowsing caught my eye. Dowsing...

Home Theater: Some Points to Ponder.
April 1, 2000... I think that most of those who read this magazine are audio enthusiasts first and home-theater buffs second (if at all). However, even those with the most emphatic animosity toward home theater will have to admit several things. (1) Home...

Legacy Audio StreamLine Preamplifier.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Legacy Audio, Sangamon Ave., Springfield, IL 62702; 800/283-4644; www.legacy-audio.com Price: $1,595 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Karl W. Nehring The StreamLine preamplifier is the successor to the High...

Onkyo TX-DS575 A/V Receiver.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Onkyo USA Corporation, 200 Williams Dr., Ramsey, NJ 07446; 201/825-7950 Price: $529.95 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: David M. Doll If you start at $1,000 and shop up from there, you can find very good home...

Yamaha DVD-S795 DVD Player.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Yamaha Electronics Corporation, 6660 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620; 800-4-YAMAHA Price: $699 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Howard Ferstler If you read through my comments in my "Staff Picks" piece...

Sneak Preview: Legacy Audio Empire Loudspeakers and Point One Subwoofer.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Legacy Audio, Sangamon Ave., Springfield, IL 62702; 800/283-4644; legacy-audio.com Price: Empire, $6,250/pair; Point One, $2,200 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Karl W. Nehring Loudspeakers from Legacy Audio...

Mach 1 Subwoofer.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Mach 1 Acoustics, 57 Stiles Farm Rd, Wilton, NH 03086; 603/654-9826 Price: $1,800 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: James T. Frane There was a time, not too long ago in my memory, when very few subwoofers were...

Polk Audio RMDS-1 Home Theater Audio System.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Polk Audio, 5601 Metro Dr., Baltimore, MD 21215; 410/358-3600; polkaudio.com Price: $2,699 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Howard Ferstler This review will be something quite unusual for our magazine, and I...

Of Dipoles and Nulls: A Frugal Approach to Homebrew HT.
April 1, 2000... Home-theater beginners quickly learn that their side speakers (still called "rear" speakers, often, even though the effect is better when they're to the sides of the listening positions) ought not to be too localizable. That's why so-called...

Velodyne HGS-12 Subwoofer.
April 1, 2000... Manufacturer: Velodyne Acoustics, 1070 Commercial Street, Suite 101, San Jose, CA 95112; 408/436-7270 Price: $2,149 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Howard Ferstler I am two things for sure: cheap and a lover of good...

Harold Ashby: Just for You (Mapleshade 06232).
April 1, 2000... Harold Ashby: Just for You (Mapleshade 06232) This excellent-sounding new release from Mapleshade is worth picking up for one incredibly beautiful and moving cut, "Lotus Blossom" by Billy Strayhorn. What tenor saxophonist Harold Ashby,...

The Bach Book: 40th Anniversary Album: Jacques Loussier Trio (Telarc Jazz CD 83474).
April 1, 2000... The Bach Book: 40th Anniversary Album: Jacques Loussier Trio (Telarc Jazz CD 83474) This could be a little confusing, so please bear with me. French pianist Jacques Loussier released his original Bach-oriented recording with his first...

Don Byron: Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note Records 7243 4 99545 2 6).
April 1, 2000... Don Byron: Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note Records 7243 4 99545 2 6) Clarinetist Don Byron gets superb support on this recording from Bill Frisell on guitar, Drew Gress on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Byron and Frisell complement...

Wendy Carlos: Switched-On Boxed Set (Highlights) (East Side Digital ESD 81422).
April 1, 2000... Wendy Carlos: Switched-On Boxed Set (Highlights) (East Side Digital ESD 81422) It is not clear whether East Side Digital will eventually make this highlights disc available on its own: it was sent as a promotional piece to offer a sample...

Rosemary Clooney: Songs from the Girl Singer: A Musical Autobiography (Concord Jazz CCD2-4870-2).
April 1, 2000... Rosemary Clooney: Songs from the Girl Singer: A Musical Autobiography (Concord Jazz CCD2-4870-2) This two-CD boxed set from Concord Jazz breaks its content cleanly between the two discs, the first CD containing historical recordings that...

Corigliano: The Red Violin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Joshua Bell, violin/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony Classical SK 63010).
April 1, 2000... Corigliano: The Red Violin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Joshua Bell, violin/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony Classical SK 63010) This is not your typical soundtrack. First, it was written by a contemporary...

Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell (ECM New Series 1697 465 234-2).
April 1, 2000... Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell (ECM New Series 1697 465 234-2) The music on this CD was originally written about 400 years ago by John Dowland (1563-1626), but as sung by tenor John Potter (of the Hilliard Ensemble), accompanied by...

Dvorak: Stabat Mater Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Robert Shaw (Telarc 2CD-80506).
April 1, 2000... Dvorak: Stabat Mater Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Robert Shaw (Telarc 2CD-80506) This was Robert Shaw's final recording, and it's a good one. Telarc captured the sessions in DSD (mixed down to 16-bit format for this CD), so we can...

Kancheli: Lament Gidon Kremer, violin/ Maacha Deubner, soprano/Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Jansug Kakhidze (ECM New Series 1656 289 465 138-2).
April 1, 2000... Kancheli: Lament Gidon Kremer, violin/ Maacha Deubner, soprano/Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Jansug Kakhidze (ECM New Series 1656 289 465 138-2) This is music from beyond time. How would you assign a time to it? Is it modern? Is it an...

Kris Kristofferson: The Austin Sessions (Atlantic 83208-2).
April 1, 2000... Kris Kristofferson: The Austin Sessions (Atlantic 83208-2) This CD is a reminder of just how many really good songs Kris Kristofferson was responsible for back in the '70s, most of them made into hits by artists other than Kristofferson...

Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Lost Trident Sessions (Columbia/Legacy CK 65959).
April 1, 2000... Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Lost Trident Sessions (Columbia/Legacy CK 65959) Yes, these sessions really were lost. Or at least the tapes of these sessions were lost, for more than 25 years. Recorded in London in June, 1973, this was to have...

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Telarc 2CD-80514).
April 1, 2000... Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Telarc 2CD-80514) This two-CD set (for the price of one) offers this symphony in the best recorded sound I have ever encountered for this work. Telarc really knows how to record...

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA Victor 09026-63510-2).
April 1, 2000... Mahler: Symphony No. 7 London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA Victor 09026-63510-2) When I first started listening to this recording, I thought maybe something was amiss in my system, as there seemed to be a quite noticeable...

Ellis Marsalis: Duke in Blue (Columbia CK 63631).
April 1, 2000... Ellis Marsalis: Duke in Blue (Columbia CK 63631) Over the past year I have listened to a bunch of Duke Ellington tribute recordings, and I have found most of them to be eminently forgettable. This one by Ellis Marsalis is an exception....

Brad Mehldau: Art of the Trio Vol. IV: Back at The Vanguard (Warner Bros. 9 47463-2).
April 1, 2000... Brad Mehldau: Art of the Trio Vol. IV: Back at The Vanguard (Warner Bros. 9 47463-2) In the wake of Songs (The Art of the Trio, Volume III) from this series, which I reviewed enthusiastically when it came out, pianist Brad Mehldau has...

Arvo Part: Alina Vladimir Spivakov, violin/Sergei Bezrodny, piano/Dietmar Schwalke, cello/Alexander Malter, piano (ECM New Series 1591 289 449 958-2).
April 1, 2000... Arvo Part: Alina Vladimir Spivakov, violin/Sergei Bezrodny, piano/Dietmar Schwalke, cello/Alexander Malter, piano (ECM New Series 1591 289 449 958-2) The program on this recording has an interesting structure. There are five performances...

Nicholas Payton: Nick@Night (Verve 314 547 598-2).
April 1, 2000... Nicholas Payton: Nick@Night (Verve 314 547 598-2) Trumpeter Nicholas Payton always seems to deliver the goods, and his latest recording is no exception. His quintet (Nicholas Payton on trumpet, flugelhorn, harpsichord[!], and celeste; Tim...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jose Serebrier (Reference Recordings RR89CD).
April 1, 2000... Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jose Serebrier (Reference Recordings RR89CD) Although I find this music pleasant to listen to from time to time, I will readily confess that it is not...

Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra Robert McDuffie, violin/Lynn Harrell, cello/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD-80518).
April 1, 2000... Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra Robert McDuffie, violin/Lynn Harrell, cello/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD-80518) Miklos...

Pancho Sanchez: Latin Soul (Concord Jazz CCD-4863-2).
April 1, 2000... Pancho Sanchez: Latin Soul (Concord Jazz CCD-4863-2) The word that comes to mind when I grasp for a one-word description of this recording is "robust." Latin Soul is robust in terms of performance, in terms of sound, and in terms of its...

Serebrier Conducts Serebrier London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jose Serebrier (Reference Recordings RR-90CD).
April 1, 2000... Serebrier Conducts Serebrier London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jose Serebrier (Reference Recordings RR-90CD) Jose Serebrier (b. 1938) is a conductor who is not that widely known. Some readers may recall that early in his career, Serebrier was...

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Mahler: Totenfeier Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon 289 457 649-2).
April 1, 2000... Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon 289 457 649-2) I will freely confess that I am probably not the right person to be reviewing recordings of Strauss's...

Texas Tornados: Live from the Limo, Vol I (Frontera Records 72438 7751 2 4).
April 1, 2000... Texas Tornados: Live from the Limo, Vol I (Frontera Records 72438 7751 2 4) As I reported in my Ramblings column in Issue 79, Doug Sahm, the lead voice and primary instigator of the Texas Tornados, died in November, 1999. This set was...

Mel Torme: The Best of the Concord Years (Concord Jazz CCD2-4871-2).
April 1, 2000... Mel Torme: The Best of the Concord Years (Concord Jazz CCD2-4871-2) This deluxe two-CD set offers an overview of Torme's output from the early '80s through the mid-'90s. To these ears, the best cuts are those that feature George Shearing on...

Veljo Tormis: Litany to Thunder Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM New Series 1687 465 223-2).
April 1, 2000... Veljo Tormis: Litany to Thunder Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM New Series 1687 465 223-2) Those familiar with Tormis's choral music from ECM's two-CD set Forgotten Peoples will find this music less haunting, more...

Erkki-Sven Tuur: Flux David Geringas, cello/Radio Symphonieorchester Wien/Dennis Russell Davies (ECM New Series 1673 289 465 134-2).
April 1, 2000... Erkki-Sven Tuur: Flux David Geringas, cello/Radio Symphonieorchester Wien/Dennis Russell Davies (ECM New Series 1673 289 465 134-2) The young Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tuur (b. 1959) here follows up on the promise of his debut disc for...

Double Double.
April 1, 2000... A few issues ago, I sang the praises of the budget-priced Arte Nova CDs of Beethoven symphonies conducted by David Zinman, and then in our annual recordings issue, Number 78, several contributors made favorable mention of that set. Recently,...

Carousel Corner.
April 1, 2000... This issue we return to one of the original premises of this column--the odd, and sometimes not so odd, connections which may lead you to lurch, leap, or just move from one album to another during the course of your listening. We could beg the...

The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra: The Picnic Party.
April 1, 2000... The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra: The Picnic Party, Chandos Flyback 2003. In Part I of this discussion (Issue 76), I spent much time ranting to you about the significance to this audiophile of the quotation above. I had meant for this...

Albinoni: 12 Concertos, op. 9 Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music. Decca 289 458 129-2 (2-disc set).
April 1, 2000... Albinoni: 12 Concertos, op. 9. Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music. Decca 289 458 129-2 (2-disc set). At last count the number of classical works I had never heard before stood at approximately 876,562. After listening to this...

The Music of Samuel Barber.
April 1, 2000... The Music of Samuel Barber. Vladimir Golschmann, Symphony of the Air; Antonio Janigro, I Solisti Zagreb. Vanguard Classics SVC-123 HD. This Vanguard reissue presents an overview of short, popular works by American composer Samuel Barber....

Bruckner: Mass in F minor. Margaret Price, soprano; Doris Soffel, alto; Peter Straka, tenor; Matthias Holle, bass; Sergiu Celebidache, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. EMI Classics CDC 7243-5-56702-2.
April 1, 2000... Bruckner: Mass in F minor. Margaret Price, soprano; Doris Soffel, alto; Peter Straka, tenor; Matthias Holle, bass; Sergiu Celebidache, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. EMI Classics CDC 7243-5-56702-2. The late Sergiu Celibidache...

Wendy Carlos: Switched-on Boxed Set, Highlights. ESD 81422.
April 1, 2000... Wendy Carlos: Switched-on Boxed Set, Highlights. ESD 81422. Of course you remember Wendy Carlos; Walter Carlos in 1968, when he introduced classical music to the world on a synthesizer. There were a lot of imitators thereafter, including...

Debussy: Jeux; La Mer; Nocturnes. Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. RCA 74321-64616-2.
April 1, 2000... Debussy: Jeux; La Mer; Nocturnes. Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. RCA 74321-64616-2. These three Debussy chestnuts hardly need introduction. One can find them on a multitude of fine CDs, so I am not entirely convinced of the...

Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck for Cello and Orchestra; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ruralia Hungarica. Maria Kliegel, cello; Jeno Jando, piano; Michael Halasz, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia. Naxos 8.554468.
April 1, 2000... Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck for Cello and Orchestra; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ruralia Hungarica. Maria Kliegel, cello; Jeno Jando, piano; Michael Halasz, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia. Naxos 8.554468. Erno Dohnanyi was another of those...

Double Play: Rachel Barton & Wendy Warmer Play Great Duos for Violin and Cello. Cedille Records CDR 90000 047.
April 1, 2000... Double Play: Rachel Barton & Wendy Warner Play Great Duos for Violin and Cello. Cedille Records CDR 90000 047. Warning: You'd better love the sound of the violin and cello played up-close, or you'll not much appreciate this album. Ms....

The Fantastic Philadelphians.
April 1, 2000... The Fantastic Philadelphians. Eugene Ormandy, the Philadelphia Orchestra. RCA High Performance 09026-63313-2. Maybe the folks at RCA have finally figured out what to do with all those old quadraphonic recordings they made in the early '70s....

Herrmann & Newman: The Egyptian. William T. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.225078.
April 1, 2000... Herrmann & Newman: The Egyptian. William T. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.225078. Marco Polo is a label fast becoming known for its restorations of classic film scores. This one, reconstructed by John Morgan, is best...

Hoffmann: Arlequin Ballet; Overtures. Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss. CPO 999 6062 2.
April 1, 2000... Hoffmann: Arlequin Ballet; Overtures. Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss. CPO 999 6062 2. You know E.T.A. Hoffmann of Nutcracker fame, late 18th/early 19th-century writer, composer, and jurist. He wrote music, stories,...

Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel. Anna Moffo, Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Lucia Popp; Kurt Eichhorn, Munich Radio Orchestra. RCA 74321-25281-2 (2-disc set).
April 1, 2000... Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel. Anna Moffo, Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Lucia Popp; Kurt Eichhorn, Munich Radio Orchestra. RCA 74321-25281-2 (2-disc set). Engelbert Humperdinck's 1893 opera Hansel und Gretel is...

Erich Kunz Sings German University Songs, Vol. 3.
April 1, 2000... Erich Kunz Sings German University Songs, Vol. 3. Erich Kunz, baritone; Anton Paulik, Orchestra and Male Chorus of the Vienna State Opera. Vanguard OVC-6035. Some people might find this disc enormously frivolous. I find it enormously fun....

Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra. RCA 09026-63510-2.
April 1, 2000... Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra. RCA 09026-63510-2. If either the producer or the engineer had nudged Tilson Thomas and said "Move it along," this recording might have been a contender. But at 81...

Mozart: Requiem. Karita Mattila, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Michael Schade, Bryn Terfel; Schwedischer Rundfunkchor; Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. DG 289 463 181-2.
April 1, 2000... Mozart: Requiem. Karita Mattila, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Michael Schade, Bryn Terfel; Schwedischer Rundfunkchor; Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. DG 289 463 181-2. When I first put this disc on, it had been years since...

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 14. Alfred Brendel, piano; Antonio Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb. Vanguard Classics SVC-116.
April 1, 2000... Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 14. Alfred Brendel, piano; Antonio Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb. Vanguard Classics SVC-116. Alfred Brendel may be the most thoughtful pianist alive, yet his work is not bereft of sparkle and energy,...

Respighi/Rossini: La Boutique fantasque; Impressioni brasiliane. Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Decca 289 455 983-2.
April 1, 2000... Respighi/Rossini: La Boutique fantasque; Impressioni brasiliane. Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Decca 289 455 983-2. Respighi's delightful composite of lesser-known Rossini tunes makes a splendid impression under conductor...

Satie: Orchestral Works. Jerome Kaltenbach, Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy. Naxos 8.554279.
April 1, 2000... Satie: Orchestral Works. Jerome Kaltenbach, Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy. Naxos 8.554279. How can you resist a ballet inspired by Jean Cocteau, whose curtain, costumes and decor were originally designed by Picasso and...

Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Quintet for Piano and Strings. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Thomas Stevens, trumpet; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Juilliard String Quartet. Sony SK 60677.
April 1, 2000... Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Quintet for Piano and Strings. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Thomas Stevens, trumpet; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Juilliard String...

Shostakovich: Waltzes. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3257.
April 1, 2000... Shostakovich: Waltzes. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3257. When you think of music by Shostakovich, the waltz probably isn't the first thing that springs to mind. But he obviously wrote quite a few waltzes; not...

Sibelius: Finlandia; Karelia Suite; Lemminkainen Suite. Petri Sakari, Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.554265.
April 1, 2000... Sibelius: Finlandia; Karelia Suite; Lemminkainen Suite. Petri Sakari, Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.554265. This is one of those "however" albums. The music is popular and well played, the sound is good, the disc is generously filled...

Steiner: King Kong. William J. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.223763.
April 1, 2000... Steiner: King Kong. William J. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.223763. Look out! The big ape is back, this time bigger and better than ever. Marco Polo, which does this kind of thing as well as anyone, give us Max...

Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier. Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. DG 289 457 649-2.
April 1, 2000... Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier. Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. DG 289 457 649-2. Under the conductorship of Pierre Boulez, Strauss's famous tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra, is very precise, very...

Stravinsky: Symphonies. Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Decca 289 458 898-2.
April 1, 2000... Stravinsky: Symphonies. Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Decca 289 458 898-2. Although his ballets overshadow his other orchestral work, Stravinsky wrote several short symphonies in. his lifetime. This disc presents...

Ziehrer: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 2. Michael Dittrich, Razumovsky Sinfonia. Marco Polo 8.223815.
April 1, 2000... Ziehrer: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 2. Michael Dittrich, Razumovsky Sinfonia. Marco Polo 8.223815. If you enjoy waltzes, this disc may be of interest. Carl Michael Ziehrer was a rival of the Strausses in the heyday of the waltz, and...