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Kalman RubinsonMendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Rondo Brillant, Hebrides OvertureRoberto Prosseda, piano; The Hague Residentie Orchestra, Jan Willem de VriendDecca 4817207 (5.1-channel DXD download, CD). 2018. Bert van der Wolf, prod., eng. DDD. TT: 62:08Bert van der Wolf of Northstar Recording, producer of many wonderful albums for Channel Classics and other labels, now has a license to release on his website, www.spiritofturtle.com, the projects he records for Decca "in all the High Resolution versions that I have available." I hope his model will lead to the release of more hi-rez multichannel recordings from major labels.Equally important, these are excellent classic performances of the piano concertos and the Rondo Brilliant by a Mendelssohn specialist, and van der Wolf has captured the richness of Roberto Prosseda's Fazioli F278 piano in perfect balance with orchestra and hall. While others may play these works as if every movement is a scherzo, Prosseda and conductor Jan Willem de Vriend conjure from Mendelssohn the spirit of early Beethoven, and that added rigor is very refreshing. Only the Hebrides Overture seems less than ideal given this treatment, but it, too, is quite nice.Rimsky-Korsakov et al: OriginalsMajor Arjan Tien, Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraChannel Classics 40818 5-channel DSD256 download, CD). 2018. Jared Sacks, prod., eng. DDD. TT: 60:55This is a delight to the ear. I began with Rimsky-Korsakov's Trombone Concerto, with the volume mistakenly set to a very high level. A joyous explosion of brass and percussion engulfed me, and for an instant I was reminded of the band classics conducted by Frederick Fennell for Telarc. But unlike Fennell's emphasis on American and British music, this program is all Russian and uncharacteristically fun. Producer Jared Sacks has miked the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy closely enough that you hear all the richness and dynamics of the instruments, but with enough perspective and breathing space to encompass the entire ensemble. Brass, woodwinds, and percussion delight and impress the ear.The backbone of the album are Rimsky-Korsakov's three works for solo instrument and band: the Trombone Concerto, the Concert Piece for Clarinet, and the Variations for Oboe. All are enjoyable. The most serious work here, Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, is more elegant than stern. This is an album I can enjoy almost every day—especially when I'm able to turn up the volume.Robert SchryerBruce Cockburn: Stealing FireTrue North TR-57 (LP). 1984. Jon Goldsmith, Kerry Crawford, prods.; John Naslen, eng. AAA. TT: 41:56Thirty-five years after its release, Stealing Fire's collection of well-crafted, guitar-driven, folksy rock tunes, including the hit single "If I Had a Rocket Launcher," endures as 1980s pop music with substance. I may also have a soft spot for this album because I fondly remember hearing it, in all its crisp, punchy, impressively uncompressed, tastefully produced stereophonic splendor, being played at the first hi-fi shows I attended as a nascent audiophile. Apart from a couple of underwhelming tracks, this album is a musical and a sonic treat whose overarching cry against social injustice and government abuse remains, alas, as apropos as ever.Jimmy Smith: Root Down: Jimmy Smith Live!Jimmy Smith, Hammond B3 organ; Steve Williams, harmonica; Arthur Adams, guitar; Wilton Felder, bass guitar; Buck Clarke, congas, percussion; Paul Humphrey, drumsVerve V6 8806 (LP). 1972/2016. Eddie Ray, prod.; Ed Greene, Jack Hunt, engs. AAA. TT: 41:47This vintage album's cover photo, of Jimmy Smith poised onstage over his Hammond organ in what seems a moment of intense creative reflection, is an apt metaphor for the music within. Performed in front of a small but appreciatively vocal crowd at L.A.'s Bombay Bicycle Club, this 1972 set hits its groove from the get-go and never lets up. Live jazz recordings don't get much better than this, musically or sonically. Such is its ability to convey the flesh and blood behind the act that, when listening to it, I often feel that I'm there, too, hooting it up with the others.Jason Victor SerinusSandrine Piau: ChimèreSongs by Baksa, Barber, Debussy, Gurney, Loewe, Poulenc, Previn, Schumann, WolfSandrine Piau, soprano; Susan Manoff, pianoAlpha Classics 397 (CD, 24/96 download in Europe). 2018. Martin Sauer, prod, ed., mastering. DDD. TT: 58:27Exquisite is not a descriptor to be dispensed lightly. Yet as I listen to soprano Sandrine Piau's impeccable phrasing in this beautifully sung recital of songs addressing dreams and illusions—the "fake news" around which lives revolve—no other adjective adequately describes artistry of such refinement. The way Piau connects phrases and rounds off notes has been equaled by few oth