AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats.  Over 100 SACD, DVD Video/Audio and standard CD reviews are published during each month, and our archives go back to January 2001. 

Our April Drawing/Givaway is for a pair of  these audiophile CDs from Mapleshade, a label covering a wide spectrum of genres with an emphasis on fine jazz and blues. The first disc presents pianist Alan Gampel in the Liszt B minor Piano Sonata and the Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, played on the superb Fazioli piano. The second features Jack Jeffers’ NY Classics Big Band, playing in an Ellington style with great arrangements and dynamic sonics. [Reviewed Here.]  A dozen winners of both CDs will be drawn from Audiophile Audition readers who register here on the site this month.  See our current Editorial Page for more details.    

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