New Releases

[JBS]

In typical Amazon style, this listing is tagged with Klara Wurtz as the artist.
Release date is May 23.

Amazon blurb

The aim of this musical tour - an expedition that travels backwards, from today to the Renaissance - is to reconstruct the overarching strands that comprise and unite five centuries of music of a "Roman school" famed for it's contrapuntal rigour, melodic flair and popular roots. The label "romano", which many a musician of bygone eras proudly displayed after their name, is a sure sign of belonging to a school, to a special style. The backdrop for this excursion back in time is Rome, which in this same Jubilee Year of 2025 is the destination for millions of pilgrims on the march from every part of the world, each with their own history and culture. And the various stops on the journey present the music of the eternal city, a music that - no matter whether sacred or secular or whatever the type of work - is as capable today as then of moving, delighting and nourishing the soul of any human being. After exploring the personality of Giovanni Zamboni (L'ultimo romano, 2016) and the refinements of the French repertoire (Meditation, 2022), in this, his third solo album for Arcana, Simone Vallerotonda engages with contemporary and ancient music, broadening the horizons of the lute with a confidence and sense of novelty that fascinate and surprise

[ritter]

New recordings of Pierre Boulez's Éclat, Éclat-Multiples, and Sur incises.



Michael Wendeberg, who —together with Nicholas Hodges— had recorded Boulez's complete music for solo piano and piano duet (also on the Bastille Musique label), now appears as conductor.

Announced for March 21.
https://bastillemusique.bandcamp.com/album/pierre-boulez-clat-multiples

[Roy Bland]

[Selig]

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/gubaidulina-rejoice-sara-cubarsi-dirk-wietheger-ensemble-musikfabrik/cloojpbcmi1lb

[Roy Bland]

[Mandryka]

[Madiel]

Odd that Jed did not write that review for CT. Also, although I've seen many glowing reviews, I've yet to be tempted because it is yet another set that claims to be complete while not actually being complete. It appears to be missing "La Parade" and the piano reduction of Daphnis. Four complete traversals (Thiollier, Tharaud, Dumont, Uhlig) have included La Parade, while Uhlig alone has done the 19-minute Daphnis reduction.

Aha. Just seen this while looking for Poizat information.

Neither of these things are really piano pieces, though. So I'll give him a pass on actually being complete. Yes, what exists for La Parade is on piano. But many people don't include it in the piano music simply because it's a piano sketch of a ballet.

[Brian]

I hope you saw the fuller discussion around that, too, for more perspectives. The other day I sampled Miroirs and the Sonatine and liked them.

[ritter]

TBH, the omission of La Parade from any traversal of Ravel's piano music is a blessing... I got Uhlig's for that piece. A waste of money and time...

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

TBH, the omission of La Parade from any traversal of Ravel's piano music is a blessing... I got Uhlig's for that piece. A waste of money and time...

I wouldn't go that far, but I do feel that La Parade is one of Ravel's weakest solo piano works.

[Madiel]

I wouldn't go that far, but I do feel that La Parade is one of Ravel's weakest solo piano works.

Because, as I mentioned, it isn't really a solo piano work.

Well also because it's very early.

Edit: I've just been listening to La Parade online, honestly it sounds more like Poulenc!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Because, as I mentioned, it isn't really a solo piano work.

Well also because it's very early.

Edit: I've just been listening to La Parade online, honestly it sounds more like Poulenc!

That's true. It was initially conceived as a ballet, but Ravel never got around to doing anything with it outside of a piano score. Still, it's a forgettable piece or, at least, for me this seems to be the case.

[Roasted Swan]

I thought Emre Yavuz's Rachmaninoff a few years back was stunning.  He's now produced a single Ravel disc collection;



(Gaspard & Le Tombeau are the main/biggest works missing) and I have to say I think its really beautiful.  Stunning playing and the recording of the big Bosendorfer piano is just gorgeous.  I'm no Ravel piano expert but this strikes me as very fine.....

[vandermolen]

EVEN MORE MAY STUFF







Byron Adams (b. 1955) - Midsummer Music
Barber - Violin Concerto
David Conte (b. 1955) - Sinfonietta



The force-feeding of Alexey Shor's "music" continues.



The final volume in a very interesting four-volume series of Segovia's commissions.

I like the look of the Langgaard set!

[Brian]

[foxandpeng]

I like the look of the Langgaard set!

My thinking exactly 💯

[Roasted Swan]

My thinking exactly 💯

https://musicwebinternational.com/2025/03/langgaard-the-early-recordings-danacord/

[Brian]

[foxandpeng]

https://musicwebinternational.com/2025/03/langgaard-the-early-recordings-danacord/

Fantastic, thank you!

[Madiel]

Do we have a contents listing somewhere? Or someone might know anyway.