GRooVE back magazine no. 008/26

With this issue, receive 2 CD downloads: the AudioRecords 2026 SAMPLER & Mitropoulos conducts Beethoven and Mendelssohn

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In this issue:

• In this issue, we offer our readers a disk with ten tracks taken from the Roman audiophile label's recordings, characterized by remarkable naturalness of sound and performers capable of conveying emotions and sonic atmospheres of excellent craftsmanship - Listening Guide to the AudioRecords Sampler
• In this issue, we provide our readers with a second downloadable disk, from the Capsa Symphōnıa historical recordings catalog, featuring two famous symphonic pieces conducted live by the great Greek interpreter in 1956 and 1957 respectively - Two Interpretive Gems: Beethoven's and Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos

The contents:

5 Editorial
8 Our CD: AudioRecords
12 Matteo Mancuso, from Sicily conquering jazz
20 The esoteric aspects of Richard Wagner's Parsifal
34 Portrait of Michel Petrucciani, emblem of contagious genius
44 Interview with Rocco Patriarca, patron of AudioRecords
48 Ten years after David Bowie's death
60 Claudio Fasoli, the explorer of sound worlds
74 Domenico Scarlatti revisited on the organ
80 Maurizio Baglini between classical and pop
86 Around classical music
92 In the realm of jazz
100 Rock and surroundings
104 The jazz piano playing of Antonio Faraò and Roberto Magris
106 Beethoven's and Mendelssohn's Fifth according to Mitropoulos
108 The AOP DS60 loudspeakers
114 Musical Tastings 2026
118 Records & Turntables (part four)
126 GRooVE back Radio
128 The libretto of Die Zauberflöte

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