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[Brian]

artists/contents for the Warner Prokofiev box



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Performers/contents look great. The String Quartet No. 1 is an obvious omission but I own that (Prazak/Praga and Pavel Haas/Supraphon). I own 6.5 of the CDs (everything from the Previn box + Silvestri Love for Three Oranges). The four discs of Peter and the Wolf are an impossibly silly inclusion - I only listen to it without narration, so having four whole discs of various languages is stupid. Still likely to buy for the 25 valuable discs.

[Todd]

The String Quartet No. 1 is an obvious omission but I own that (Prazak/Praga and Pavel Haas/Supraphon).

I wonder if it is included and the contents listing is just wrong.  That would not be the first time that has happened.

The piano sonata distribution is both weird and wonderful.

[Harry]

Could be interesting, will be released on 16th of December. some beautiful old organs too.

[JBS]

I wonder if it is included and the contents listing is just wrong.  That would not be the first time that has happened.

The piano sonata distribution is both weird and wonderful.

Both the Piano Works and Chamber Music lists end with an ellipsis, so there's definitely more. And given that they have 2 performances of the Cello Sonata and multiple partial performances of Visions Fugitives (not to mention the multiple Питер и волк recordings), one would think they could squeeze in SQ1.

[JBS]

Guess what? I just checked the Amazon and Presto listings for "Prokofiev String Quartet"--and it appears as if there's no recording of SQ1 on any label in the Warner stable--and no recording of SQ2 other than the one from Quartetto Italiano.

Appatently the same situation that resulted in the First Cello Concerto being left out of Warner's Saint Saens set.

[Brian]

It is strange that they are willing to license recordings to fill gaps in some of their new boxes (Diaghilev, Gerard Caussé, anything marked "complete") but not for others like this one.

[JBS]

It is strange that they are willing to license recordings to fill gaps in some of their new boxes (Diaghilev, Gerard Caussé, anything marked "complete") but not for others like this one.

....or get some of their current artists to record it--which is what happened in the EMI days for their Mahler and Debussy sets.

[Brian]

....or get some of their current artists to record it--which is what happened in the EMI days for their Mahler and Debussy sets.

And most recently the Berlioz box had a few newly-commissioned recordings of fragments and organ works, I think.

[Brian]

February on Hyperion: Stephen Hough plays Mompou's Musica Callada. That sounds essential. As does their other release: Mahan Esfahani playing modern Czech harpsichord concertos by Martinu, Krasa, and Kalabis.

sound samples of the modern piano Marais from Queyras and Tharaud

And another oddity:

[Todd]

February on Hyperion: Stephen Hough plays Mompou's Musica Callada. That sounds essential.

Yes.

[JBS]

And another oddity:

Is that the Cello Concerto or the Violin Concerto?

I seem to remember someone has already done the Cello Concerto as a Viola Concerto.

[Roasted Swan]

Is that the Cello Concerto or the Violin Concerto?

I seem to remember someone has already done the Cello Concerto as a Viola Concerto.

Cello Concerto - arranged by Lionel Tertis and known by Elgar.  Less of a novelty these days - there have been quite a few recordings

[vandermolen]

That was the performance that I attended Cesar! It's a very long but impressive score. The Head of Music at the school where I work knows MacMillan and kindly invited me to the concert. I've greatly enjoyed MacMillan's 4th and 5th symphonies and read his short but enjoyable and, at the end, moving book 'A Scots Song - A Life in Music'.

[Mandryka]

What is interesting about this is that it's more poetic than bravura - I mean, he tries to find a bit of real music in op 10.

[Mandryka]

Great sound! They're here in the room. Mozart jeden tag.

[pjme]

This Etcetera cd with late romantic repertoire from Flanders should be available soon.

Naruhiko Kawaguchi uses a Pleyel (1829), an Érard (1837) and a Blüthner (1867).

Recorded  in 2020 and 2021 in Waalse Kerk / Amsterdam and Doopsgezinde Kerk / Haarlem.

CHARLES LOUIS HANSSENS (Ghent, 1802 – Brussels, 1871)
1] Concerto pour le piano forte 19:13
(arranged for sextet by the composer, 1839)

PETER BENOIT (Harelbeke, 1834 – Antwerp, 1901)
2] Barcarolle op. 2 nr. 2 (1858) 03:16
3] Troisième fantaisie op. 18 (1860) 05:14
4] Quatrième fantasia (fantastique) op. 20 (1860) 04:48

JEAN VANDERHEYDEN (Tongeren, 1823 – Schaerbeek, 1889)
5] Caprice sur la romance flamande 'Roosje uit de dalen' de J.J. Volckerick op. 4 (before 1855) 07:46

PHILIPPE VANDEN BERGHE (Menen, 1822 – Menen, 1885)
6] Au clair de la lune. Impromptu op. 17 (1866?) 03:23
7] Simple mélodie op. 29 03:54
8] Mazurka de salon op. 30 (1866?) 06:09
9] Pier-Lala. Fantaisie pour piano sur un air populaire flamand du XVIIe siècle op. 24 (before 1855) 07:11

[Symphonic Addict]

That was the performance that I attended Cesar! It's a very long but impressive score. The Head of Music at the school where I work knows MacMillan and kindly invited me to the concert. I've greatly enjoyed MacMillan's 4th and 5th symphonies and read his short but enjoyable and, at the end, moving book 'A Scots Song - A Life in Music'.

Very nice, Jeffrey, it had to be a very special concert then. Those symphonies appeal to me very much as well, so does the Concerto for percussion and orchestra Veni, veni Emmanuel.

Looking forward to listening to the Christmas Oratorio.

[vandermolen]

Very nice, Jeffrey, it had to be a very special concert then. Those symphonies appeal to me very much as well, so does the Concerto for percussion and orchestra Veni, veni Emmanuel.

Looking forward to listening to the Christmas Oratorio.

You get a taste of it here Cesar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_DIiOpvUqY

[Symphonic Addict]

You get a taste of it here Cesar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_DIiOpvUqY

Thank you, Jeffrey, sounds like a lovely work!

[Roy Bland]