New Releases

[Green Destiny]

I don't think this has been posted yet? - a new Earl Wild set:

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[SonicMan46]

Belder is now complete:

 
Q

Apparently, we will need to wait for a Guinea pig who reports about Harbach. 

I have a great opinion of Belder, maybe even more in Soler than in his previous Scarlatti (also extremely good).

Yes, I saw that Brilliant box of 9 discs, 8 w/ Belder (first six on harpsichord, which I own, & last two on fortepiano) and one of double organ concertos; not sure I need the latter, so I could simply get V. 4 for about $10 on the Amazon MP and not worry about the Harbach for $100 or more - now I am curious 'why' Belder 's presumably 'complete sonatas' are on 8 discs, while Harbach takes 14 discs?  For those interested, Jed Distler's take on the latter release HERE - Dave

[Que]

Yes, I saw that Brilliant box of 9 discs, 8 w/ Belder (first six on harpsichord, which I own, & last two on fortepiano) and one of double organ concertos; not sure I need the latter, so I could simply get V. 4 for about $10 on the Amazon MP and not worry about the Harbach for $100 or more - now I am curious 'why' Belder 's presumably 'complete sonatas' are on 8 discs, while Harbach takes 14 discs?  For those interested, Jed Distler's take on the latter release HERE - Dave

All reviews, including one by Bertil van Boer on FANFARE can be read HERE

Q

[Moonfish]

In response to earlier posts about the upcoming Horowitz release: Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Compl.Columbia Rec:

It is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.jp for about $114 shipped to the US (incl. S&H and after tax deduction).

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B011NVB9UO

[Green Destiny]

Contents of the DG Sibelius Edition (posted my Moonfish a few weeks back):

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CD 1
Symphony no. 1
Wiener Philharmoniker / Bernstein

CD 2
Symphony no. 2
Wiener Philharmoniker / Bernstein

CD 3
Symphony no. 3; Lemminkänen Suite
Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kamubr>
CD 4
Symphonies nos. 4 & 6
Berliner Philharmoniker / Karajan

CD 5
Symphonies nos. 5 & 7
Berliner Philharmoniker / Karajan

CD 6
Kullervo Symphony
Turku PO / Jorma Panula

CD 7
En saga
Karelia Suite
Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kamu

Rakastava for Strings
ASMF / Marriner
Spring Song
Finlandia
Pohjola's Daughter
Gothenburg SO / Järvi

CD 8
Night Ride and Sunrise
Gothenburg SO / Järvi

In Memoriam
Hungarian State SO / Jalas

The Bard
Helsinki Radio Symphony / Kamu

Luonnotar*
The Oceanides
Andante festivo
Tapiola
Gothenburg SO / Järvi
* Soile Osokoski, soprano

CD 9
Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47
2 Serenades op. 69
Humoresque op. 87 no. 1
Anne-Sophie Mutter / Staatskapelle Dresden / Previn

CD 10
Songs Kim Borg, bass / Erik Werba, piano
Tom Krause, baritone/Pentti Koskimies, piano

CD 11
String Quartet in D minor op. 56 "Voces intimae"
Emerson String Quartet
Malinconia op. 20 for cello and piano
Heinrich Schiff / Elisabeth Leonskaja
The Spruce, Winter Landscape for solo piano
Bengt Forsberg
Romance in D flat for solo piano op 24 /9
Shura Cherkassky

CD 12
King Christian II op. 27 – Suite for orchestra
GSO / Järvi
Pelleas & Melisande
SRO/ Horst Stein

CD 13
Scénes historiques – Suite no. 1 op. 25
Scénes historiques – Suite no.2 op. 66
Scaramouche op. 71
Swanwhite – Suite op. 54
Hungarian State SO /Jussi Jalas

CD 14
Four Kuolema extracts:
1 Valse triste
2 Scene with Cranes
3 Canzonetta
4 Valse romantique
GSO / Järvi

The Tempest Suite no. 1 op. 109 no. 2
The Tempest – Suite no. 2 op. 109 no. 3
Hungarian State SO / Jussi Jalas

[Moonfish]

Sibelius: Symphonies         WP/Maazel     (remastered/ 4 cds + bluray) - Oct 2, 2015

http://www.amazon.de/Die-Sieben-Sinfonien-Blu-Ray-Audio/dp/B011WEVXZ8

[kishnevi]

Contents of the DG Sibelius Edition (posted my Moonfish a few weeks back):

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The portrait on that set is a bit startling for me.  It looks a lot like my GI doctor.

[Green Destiny]

The portrait on that set is a bit startling for me.  It looks a lot like my GI doctor.

[Brian]

Two new Icon boxes from Warner announced for September:

Jean Martinon - 14 CDs 
contents: http://www.warnermusic.ch/catalogue_detail-n28-i825646154975-sD.html

Igor Markevitch - 18 CDs - no contents yet

Images.

[Brian]

Here's how Google translates the contents of the Markevitch box from Japanese. Really looking forward to hearing how he interprets "Townspeople Aristocracy," "Reluctantly King Polish Festival," and that immortal Tomajini classic, "Mood Good Woman."

Disc 1 ● Rossini: "Barber of Seville" Overture ● Rossini: "silk of the ladder" Overture ● Rossini: "William Tell" Overture ● Rossini: "Thieving Magpie" Overture ● Rossini: " L'italiana in Algeri "Overture ● Rossini: "La Cenerentola" Overture 　France National Radio Orchestra 　in 1957 recording (mono) ● Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major Op.90 "Italy" 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1955 recording (monaural)
Disc2 ~ 3 ● R. Strauss: Suite "townspeople aristocracy" Op.60 ● JS Bach (Marukevu~ichi ed.): Musical Offering BWV.1079 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1956 recording (mono) ● Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major "clock" ● Haydn: Symphony No. No. 102 in B flat major 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1955 recording (mono) ● Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Banro minor D.759 "Unfinished" 　France National Radio Orchestra 　in 1955 recording ( monaural)
Disc4 ● Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op.36 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1956 recording (mono) ● Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op.11 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1955 recording (monaural)
Disc5 ● Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1951 recording (mono) ● Stravinsky: Spring festival of 　the Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1959 recording (stereo)
Disc6 ● Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 Op.25 "classical" 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　1951 ~ 1952 recording (mono) ● Stravinsky: "Suite No. 2" - waltz 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music "Nutcracker" Suite Op.71a 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1959 recording ( stereo) ● Tchaikovsky: Ballet music "Swan Lake" Suite Op.20 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet" 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1959 recording (stereo)
Disc7 ● Bartok: Dance Suite Satie ●: Parade ● Busoni: dance Waltz ● Lyadov: Kikimora ● list: Mephisto Waltz 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Ravel: La Valse ● Chabrier: reluctantly king-Polish Festival 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1952 recording (monaural)
Disc8 ● Weber: invitation to the dance ● Chopin: Le Sylphide - Mazurka ● Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess ● Tomajini: mood good woman ● Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe second Suite 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Ducasse: Sorcerer's Apprentice 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1952 recording (mono) ● Falla: triangle hat Suite 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　1951-1952年recording (monaural)
Disc9 ● Verdi: "Giovanna Darko" Overture ● Verdi: " Macbeth "- the third act of the ballet music ● Verdi: "The fate of power" Overture ● Verdi: "Aida" Prelude 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1949 recording (mono) ● Verdi: "Battle of Legnano" Overture ● Verdi: "Louisa mirror "Overture 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1951 recording (mono) ● Weber: invitation to the dance 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1950 recording (mono) ● Mozart: German Dances K.605 ~ No. 3 ● Berlioz: the Faust of Damnation - Fairy dance ● Saint-Saens: Dance of death ● Sibelius: Sad Waltz 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (monaural)
Disc10 ● Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals 　Geza Anda & Bella Shiki 　1954 recording (mono) ● Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf 　Wilfred Pikkuresu (words: English) 　1950 recording (mono) ● Britain: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 　Peter Pears (words: English) 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　1952 & 1954 recording (monaural)
Disc11 ~ 12 ● Glinka: Opera " Ivan Susanin "(it was life dedicated to the emperor) songs 　Boris Christoph 　Nicolai Gedda 　Teresa Stich = Randall, another 　Belgrade National Opera Choir 　Con sale Lamoureux Association Orchestra 　1950 recording (monaural)
Disc13 ● Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture " Romeo and Juliet, " 　the French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Prokofiev: "Three Orange Love" Suite ● Prokofiev: Scythian Suite 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1955 recording (mono) ● Prokofiev: Symphonic Suite "of steel History " 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (monaural)
Disc14 Mussorgsky: Bald Mountain overnight ● Stravinsky: Divertimento ● "Pulcinella" Suite 　French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Stravinsky: Petrushka (excerpt) 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　1954 recording (monaural)
Disc15 ● R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel of amusing mischief ● Borodin: Tartarian people dance of 　the French National Radio Orchestra 　in 1954 recording (mono) ● Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf ● Britain: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 　Orchestre de Paris 　Peter Ustinov (words: French) 　1969 recording (stereo)
Disc16 ~ 17 ● Offenbach: La Perikoru (songs) 　Con Sale Lamoureux Association Orchestra 　1958 recording (stereo) ● Handel : Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6-5 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1950 recording (mono) ● Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn 　Philharmonia Orchestra 　in 1951 recording (monaural)
Disc18 ● Darrapikkora: Bond song 　Rome Santa Cecilia National Orchestra 　1952 recording (mono) ● Markevitch: The flight of Icarus ● Markevitch: a new era 　Belgian National Orchestra 　in 1938 recording (monaural)

[Todd]

[Brian]

September on Naxos





Grazyna Bacewicz
Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 and 5
Lutosławski Quartet



BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3 - Kaddish. Claire Bloom, Kelley Nassief, Paulo Mestre, The Maryland State Boychoir, The Washington Chorus, The Sao Paulo Symphony Choir, Members of The Sao Paulo SO, Baltimore SO / Marin Alsop. Naxos American Classics



Charles Camilleri

Mediterranean
Piano Concerto No. 1 'Mediterranean'
Accordion Concerto
Malta Suite

Charlene Farrugia, Piano
Franko Božac, Accordion
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra / Miran Vaupotić

The three works on this recording come from the first phase in the musical development of Malta's prolific composer Charles Camilleri, and are some of his most rewarding and enduring works. The Piano Concerto No. 1 'Mediterranean' owes much to the Romantic concerto tradition but is suffused with the distinctive flavours of music from southern Europe and North Africa. A virtuoso of the accordion, Camilleri wrote a Concerto for the instrument that journeys humorously from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The Malta Suite, a set of colourful dances, is widely considered the island' s musical emblem.

Because of his teaching appointments Camilleri is still remembered in the UK, USA and especially Canada. His memory is still vivid in his native island and the Waltz from the Malta Suite recorded in this disc is played every day in one of Valletta's main squares (Valletta is the Maltese capital). These three works date from his early Nationalist phase where he fused Maltese and Mediterranean folk tunes to 'art music' traditions, similar to works by de Falla, Bartók and Vaughan Williams. The music is brilliant and approachable; the Piano Concerto would make a good Prom piece.



The young, prize-winning, international recitalist Eren Süalp has constructed a programme that shows the cosmopolitan nature of contemporary guitar writing, exploring music from his own country, Turkey, as well as from Venezuela, Cuba, and England. It ranges from the witty twists and turns of Turgay Erdener's Five Grotesques through Bayraktar's Six Anatolian Pieces – evocative arrangements that occasionally summon up the sound of Turkish plucked instruments – to Leo Brouwer's powerful Sonata of 1990. Stephen Dodgson's Partita No. 1 is startlingly original and brings a unique sound-world to the guitar.



Olivier Messiaen

Poèmes pour Mi
Vocalise-Étude
Chants de Terre et de Ciel
Hetna Bruun, soprano; Kristoffer Hyldig, piano

[Madiel]

Here's how Google translates the contents of the Markevitch box from Japanese. Really looking forward to hearing how he interprets "Townspeople Aristocracy," "Reluctantly King Polish Festival," and that immortal Tomajini classic, "Mood Good Woman."

If you know the translation isn't idiomatic, then fix it. Not even closely related languages are just straightforward word-for-word translations, so of course translation between such different languages as English and Japanese isn't going to recreate phrases correctly.

[Brian]

CHANNEL CLASSICS in September/October.



Plus two exciting albums with no artwork yet:

Schubert String Quintet D956 - Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists

Brahms Symphony No 4 - Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orch.

[Todd]

CHANNEL CLASSICS in September/October.

Oh yeah!

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

Coming out August 14th in the UK (the 28th in the US), but already available on Amazon Germany (haven't checked other Amazon sites besides US, UK, and Germany):

[Brian]

This fall is going to be hard on a lot of our budgets!!



BIBER Baroque Splendor. Missa Salisburgensis

FANFARA [Bartholomäo Riedl (ca. 1650-1688)]
Motet: PLAUDITE TYMPANA, à 53 (1682)
BATTALIA, à 10 (1673) Sonata, Die liederliche Gesellschaft von allerley Humor: Allegro, Presto, Der Mars, Presto, Aria, Die Schlacht, Lamento der Verwundten Musquetirer: Adagio
SONATA SANCTI POLYCARPI, à 9 (1673)
MISSA SALISBURGENSIS, à 53 (1682) Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Recorded in Cardona (Catalunya) January 14-16, 2015
except for La Battalia à 10, recorded on February 11th, 2002





Toivo Kuula (1883-1918), a Finnish composer with significant melodic gifts and a private pupil of Sibelius, is best-known as a tragic national-romantic composer of vocal music. Although Kuula's focus was in vocal music he took considerable interest in writing orchestral music and in his orchestral works he is often a conjurer of powerful Nordic moods. Kuula had also aims of becoming a symphonist but his untimely death left the project unfinished.



TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame – The Queen Of Spades. Didyk, Serjan, Diadkova, Shishlyaev, Markov, Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons. BR Klassik 3cds



MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor. Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Daniel Harding. BR Klassik
82:28
bizarre cover art



Cary Ratcliff (b. 1953): Ode to Common Things (1996; chamber version, 2014)
Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970): Tu sangre en la mía Soneto 53 (2009, rev. 2014), Tu voz Soneto 52 (2007)
Donald Grantham (b. 1947): La canción desesperada (2005, rev. 2014)
Conspirare
Chamber Players
Craig Hella Johnson

Craig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare in this vibrant tribute to revered Chilean poet and statesman Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose life-affirming poetry is the inspiration for these captivating choral settings by Donald Grantham, Shawn Kirchner and Cary Ratcliff, all recorded here for the first time.



eighth blackbird plays Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Philip Glass, and Son Lux



Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (25:12)

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Three Divertimenti (10:17)
Alla Marcia (3:19)

Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)
String Quartet No. 4: Illuminations (19:30)

Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
18 Tenebrae (12:42)



Long-overdue reissue of the Prazak Quartet's 1990s Schubert quintet D. 956. Marc Coppey, bonus cello.



SCHUBERT Piano Sonata D960. 12 Landler D970, Melodie Hongroise D817. Shani Diluka. Mirare

Based on my previous experience with Shani Diluka, extreme impressionist in playing style - could be verrrrrry slow performances of these pieces.



Utah SO/Thierry Fischer



VIVALDI, ANTONIO The Complete Viola d'Amore Concertos. Hopkinson Smith, Rachel Barton Pine, Ars Antigua. Cedille



Watercolor

1 Chen Peixun Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
2-6 Maurice Ravel Miroirs
7-14 Sergei Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux, Op. 33
15-22 Tan Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1
Shen Lu, piano



BRUCKNER, ANTON Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major, WAB 105. Hamburg Philharmonic / Simone Young. Oehms SACD



TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta. Lyric Opera in One Act. Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne / Dmitrij Kitajenko. Oehms 2cds

[Camphy]

Seeing this:



reminded me of seeing this:



and that reminded me of reading this:

"Alexandre (Tharaud) is now embarking on his lifetime project, the recording of Bach's Variations Goldberg, which will be released for the label ERATO in the autumn 2015."

[André]

...So  Help Me God... 

Just puchased the 25 cd set of Ozawa DG recordings for a paltry 30 oïros, shipping included. Not that I need any of its titles (Russo's Street music excluded maybe)


Forgive me, Cashier, for I have sinned...