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[pjme]

Bartok, of course!



Here she's propably playing some  Ysayë or Enescu, I think... Vieuxtemps,or, possibly , La méditation de Thaîs...

Anyway, she loved music!

[The new erato]

45 CDs

[ritter]

Yet another French operatic rarity will be offered by Ediciones Singulares and the Palazzetto Bru Zane later this year:



http://www.bru-zane.com/?pubblicazioni=herculanum&lang=en

[The new erato]

Marcel Dupre, the Mercury Living Presence recordings on 10 discs:

[Henk]

Yet another French operatic rarity will be offered by Ediciones Singulares and the Palazzetto Bru Zane later this year:



http://www.bru-zane.com/?pubblicazioni=herculanum&lang=en

What a misuse of that great Roman city, which has been preserved through time. Ugh.

[ritter]

What a misuse of that great Roman city, which has been preserved through time. Ugh.

[Brian]

This is basically a 2CD historical anthology of popular hits, but I don't mind, because James Brawn is cool. Bummer about those Bach preludes not being attached to fugues, though.



CD1
DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in E major, K.380 (Andante commodo)
Sonata in C major, K.159 'La Caccia' (Allegro)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK I
Prelude in C major, BWV 846
Prelude in C minor, BWV 847
Prelude in D major, BWV 850
Prelude in E-flat minor, BWV 853
Prelude in E major, BWV 854

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331 'Rondo alla Turca'
Fantasia in D minor, K.397

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
'Für Elise' (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59)

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Moment Musicale No.3 in F minor, Op.94 / D.780
Impromptu No.3 in G-flat major, Op.90 / D.899

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Prelude No.4 in E minor, Op.28
Étude No.12 in C minor, Op.25 'Ocean'
Étude No.3 in E major, Op.10 'La Tristesse'
Étude No.1 in A-flat major, Op.25 'Aeolian Harp'
Étude No.5 in G-flat major, Op.10 'Black Key'


CD2
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Prelude No.15 in D-flat major, Op.28 'Raindrop'
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.45

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Consolation No.3 in D-flat major, S.172

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Waltz in A-flat major, Op.39, No.15
Intermezzo in A major, Op.118, No.2

EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)
Arietta in E-flat major, Op.12, No.1

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op.2, No.1

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op.32, No.12
Prelude in B minor, Op.32, No.10
Prelude in D major, Op.23, No.4
Prelude in G major, Op.32, No.5

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Toccata in D minor, Op.11

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
I Got Rhythm

[Henk]

 

"but the supernatural is used here to serve an openly stated mysticism: the eruption of Vesuvius brings a spectacular, cataclysmic ending, signifying the decadence of the ancient world and the triumph of Christianity."

[ritter]

"but the supernatural is used here to serve an openly stated mysticism: the eruption of Vesuvius brings a spectacular, cataclysmic ending, signifying the decadence of the ancient world and the triumph of Christianity."

Yep, I had read that...well, that's the way fiction works  . Shouldn't make this opera any worse (or better, for that matter  )...

[Papy Oli]

James Brawn is cool. Bummer about those Bach preludes not being attached to fugues, though.

he took you to th'abridged...

0:)

[Brian]

In case anybody was excited for the new Channel Classics recording of Schubert's string quintet D. 956, there is an important caveat:



Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists: Candida Thompson (violin), Jacobien Rozemond (violin), Daniel Bard (viola), Kaori Yamagami (cello) & Rick Stotijn (double bass)

"What would Schubert have done if he had heard Dragonetti play? With this in mind, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta requested Marijn van Prooijen, a double bass player and arranger, to adapt the second cello part for the double bass. Rick Stotijn plays it on a small double bass with a high tuning in fourths and even a high C string, which allow room for the player to be flexible in using the different registers."

[Que]

"What would Schubert have done if he had heard Dragonetti play? With this in mind, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta requested Marijn van Prooijen, a double bass player and arranger, to adapt the second cello part for the double bass. Rick Stotijn plays it on a small double bass with a high tuning in fourths and even a high C string, which allow room for the player to be flexible in using the different registers."

He probably would have run as hard as he could!

People come up with the weirdest sh*t....

Q

[Brian]

The recording of the late Henryk Górecki's final composition, Symphony No. 4, Tansman Episodes, was made during the 2014 world premiere performance at London's Royal Festival Hall with co-commissioner London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrey Boreyko.

The piece, which pays homage to Górecki's fellow Polish composer Alexsander Tansman, was incomplete at the time of Górecki's 2010 death and thus missed its previously scheduled premiere. However the score had precise indications for orchestration, which Górecki's son Mikolaj, also a composer, used to complete it.



With the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra! Arias from Don, Nozze, Cosi, and Die Zauberflote, plus Symphony No. 36.

[Papy Oli]

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http://www.amazon.de/Sibelius-Historical-Recordings-Rarities-28-48-Beecham/dp/B012PMZM4Y/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1XKY1P7QNDAE2RJ604FX


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http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-56cd/dp/B00TH53056/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZSB95EKA9KRYX9EVWJA

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http://www.amazon.de/Radu-Lupu-Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Lupu/dp/B013L20KIA/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZSB95EKA9KRYX9EVWJA

[kishnevi]

Received my copy of Andris Nelsons/BSO recording of DSCH 10.  Liners advert future releases of 5/8/9 and 6/7 with the same overall title, Under Stalin's Shadow.

[TheGSMoeller]

The recording of the late Henryk Górecki's final composition, Symphony No. 4, Tansman Episodes, was made during the 2014 world premiere performance at London's Royal Festival Hall with co-commissioner London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrey Boreyko.

The piece, which pays homage to Górecki's fellow Polish composer Alexsander Tansman, was incomplete at the time of Górecki's 2010 death and thus missed its previously scheduled premiere. However the score had precise indications for orchestration, which Górecki's son Mikolaj, also a composer, used to complete it.

Thanks for the posting, Brian. I've been waiting for a release of the 4th.

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http://www.amazon.de/Sibelius-Historical-Recordings-Rarities-28-48-Beecham/dp/B012PMZM4Y/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1XKY1P7QNDAE2RJ604FX


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http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-56cd/dp/B00TH53056/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZSB95EKA9KRYX9EVWJA

[asin]B013L20KIA[/asin]

http://www.amazon.de/Radu-Lupu-Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Lupu/dp/B013L20KIA/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZSB95EKA9KRYX9EVWJA

Let's also not forget:

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[ritter]

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http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-56cd/dp/B00TH53056/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZSB95EKA9KRYX9EVWJA

This one looks very appealing to me, despite the duplications with the "standard" Works of Igor Stravinsky set. Thank for pointing it out, Papy Oli! I wonder if it wil include this recording, which AFAIK was never transferred to CD (they do mention "all the authorized performances that Stravinsky's assistant Robert Craft conducted for the label" in the description):



Regards,

EDIT: It does include these fragments from the discarded early versions of  Les Noces. AmUK already gives the full contents...

[Mirror Image]

Coming soon...

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[Wakefield]

Usually Brilliant Classics box sets are very good. Some of them are uniformly excellent. But I think this one is referential, especially the superb L'arte del violino, played as all the repertory for strings by the Baroque violinist Igor Ruhadze:

Locatelli: Complete Edition
21 CD
Release: September 2015 (although it's currently available on jpc.de)