New Releases

[Mandryka]

[vandermolen]

JULY STUFF

(A very adventurous month for repertoire in general - not a lot of warhorses in this batch!!)

I like the look of the Sibelius CD.

[Mirror Image]

I like the look of the Sibelius CD.

+1 I just hope Gardner can deliver the goods. He's becoming a conductor has become increasingly dull with each new recording of his that comes out.

[Mandryka]

https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015096kai

Including a 2020 piece, agitato cantabile. There's an exceptional piece for clarinet - Let me die before I wake.

[staxomega]

The young Fou Ts'ong plays Chopin

"After his success in the 1955 International Chopin Competition, Fou Ts'ong made a series of recordings in the early 1960s for the Westminster label which garnered high praise. Sensitively re-mastered, a selection of the Chopin performances which established his reputation, appear on CD for the very first time."
https://www.heritage-records.com/shop/keyboard/heritage-keyboard/the-young-fou-tsong-plays-chopin/

I can't wait to hear this. I'm still hoping Sony will release a box of his recordings for those of us that don't play vinyl much anymore.

Finally! 

[Holden]

I can't wait to hear this. I'm still hoping Sony will release a box of his recordings for those of us that don't play vinyl much anymore.

Finally! 

Would like to hear the Fou T'Song

How does the Koroliov compare with Sergei Schepkin's recording. I like both of them in Bach. I have Koroliov playing the two and three part inventions and it's a wonderful disc.

[Roasted Swan]

+1 I just hope Gardner can deliver the goods. He's becoming a conductor has become increasingly dull with each new recording of his that comes out.

He's been one of those conductors graced by good orchestral playing and good engineering.  Put those qualities to one side and I hear little beyond safe 'centrist' conducting.  I don't know who Gardener "is" as a conductor.  Could I ever pick on one of his interpretations for its insoight and individuality....?  Probably not!

[Brian]

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good month for Busoni sonatina enthusiasts





Camiel Boomsma: "Discovering the music by Dutch composer Gerhard (and his son Karel) Hamm was really a game of fate. After a recital, Carl Hamm, who is a direct descendant, gave me a stack of scores. While playing through the pieces at home I was struck by their delicacy and narrative power. Gerhard Hamm belongs in a way to the musical family of Robert Schumann. He writes little poetic reflections on grand Romantic gestures. In these small musical poems a whole world lies hidden. Sometimes powerful and proud, sometimes vulnerable and reflective. Romantic expression beautiful in itself. In his "Gefunden: 6 Clavierstücke in Liedform opus 18' Gerhard Hamm's musical gift as a composer is beautifully displayed. Hamm's craftsmanship is excellent but he never neglects poetic expression."



highlight compilation from 20 years of live recordings at a Vienna festival. Excerpts from larger works unfortunately



1983-84, Josef Suk - Josef Chuchro - Josef Hala - they should have called themselves the Josef Trio

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Finally:

What's better than a tuba???!!
THREE TUBAS

[Mandryka]

The Kiener Goldbergs on harpsichord is one I'll be curious to hear.

[André]

As for me, the Andriessen stands out.

[Que]

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1983-84, Josef Suk - Josef Chuchro - Josef Hala - they should have called themselves the Josef Trio

Count me in! 

[Mirror Image]

He's been one of those conductors graced by good orchestral playing and good engineering.  Put those qualities to one side and I hear little beyond safe 'centrist' conducting.  I don't know who Gardener "is" as a conductor.  Could I ever pick on one of his interpretations for its insoight and individuality....?  Probably not!

This is a good point, but it could also be made about so many conductors working today. For example, when Karajan or Szell got on a podium, for better or for worse, you know what you're getting. I just don't hear much in the way of a unique persona in Gardner nor many of his peers.

[Mirror Image]

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Boy, they're really pushing Lise Davidsen who is an 'okay' vocalist. I listened to her Vier letzte Lieder the other day (w/ Salonen on Decca) and was incredibly disappointed with her voice. There's just no life in it nor any belief in the text she's singing or, at least, this is my own view.

[Mandryka]

The first track, the toccata of 830 , is a radical experiment, he plays quite slowly, with lots of legato and cantabile, like later piano music in fact. I haven't heard anything else.

[Mandryka]

https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015094kai

[amw]

I was considering it but Monadologie V seems to have intentionally been left complete (i.e. the last two sonatas + Il Terremoto were not recorded & the artist does not seem to have intended to do so). Incomplete works are always a bit of a turn-off. Maybe Winter & Winter's house pianist (Collot?) will do it eventually.

[Mandryka]

I was considering it but Monadologie V seems to have intentionally been left complete (i.e. the last two sonatas + Il Terremoto were not recorded & the artist does not seem to have intended to do so). Incomplete works are always a bit of a turn-off. Maybe Winter & Winter's house pianist (Collot?) will do it eventually.

While looking for it on Qobuz I found this Bernhard Lang based recording, and first impressions are really positive (haven't heard the piano recording yet.)



https://www.allaboutjazz.com/new-jazz-meeting-baden-baden-2002-trio-x-3-hat-hut-records-review-by-john-kelman.php?width=810

Paulo Alvares, a piano player there, has made this recording which you'll also find streaming




Most of it seems to be transcriptions of ensemble pieces, and they haven't attracted me so much. But one piece, Total, is a fabulous exploration of the percussive possibilities of a regular unprepared piano - I can't stop playing it!

[Mirror Image]

Heads up Saint-Saëns fans!

Coming soon -





I'd definitely going to be buying this! I LOVE this composer's music and I feel like there's so much that I haven't even heard yet.

[GioCar]

Listening to right now, on Qobuz.

Schiff really brings new life to these old warhorses. He plays a Blüthner grand piano c.1859 and conducts the orchestra.

[Mandryka]