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[Mandryka]

[DavidW]

This is a great mystery series, very long episodes, though. I just finished S1.

[Mandryka]

What is this, I hear you think. The answer is Suite 11b. But what is that?

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9800151--giacinto-scelsi-collection-vol-9

[Madiel]

This is a great mystery series, very long episodes, though. I just finished S1.

I suspect this isn't the thread you were aiming for.

[JBS]

From Twitter/X
What the Dorati Haydn box looks like

[steve ridgway]

What is this, I hear you think. The answer is Suite 11b. But what is that?

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9800151--giacinto-scelsi-collection-vol-9

I see there is a Suite No. 11 for piano (1956) and Fabrizio Ottaviucci is a pianist so I guess it's not like a "b" version of Berio's Sequenza pieces where it's been changed for a different instrument.

[DavidW]

I suspect this isn't the thread you were aiming for.

Thanks, I moved it.

[pjme]

Lore Binon and Inge Spinette: a great combination in an original program

https://passacaille.be/en/product/caesura-6541-satie-poulenc-cage/

[JBS]

Release date 11/21


From Decca's listing

With over one billion streams worldwide, Víkingur Ólafsson is one of the most listened-to classical artists of our time. Following the global success of his Grammy®-winning recording of the Goldberg Variations, the Icelandic pianist now presents his latest album: Opus 109. At its heart is Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, a masterpiece of the composer's late period, which Víkingur places in an illuminating and musically thrilling temporal dialogue, tracing the lineages that converge on this beloved beacon of the piano literature.
 
Tracklist:
1. J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier I: Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
4. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
5. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
6. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
7. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
8. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
9. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
10. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
11. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566: I. Moderato
12. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566: II. Allegretto
13. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
14. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo
15. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo.
16. J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
17. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Edit)

[Brian]

That'll be an instant buy for me, but he could have just called it the E Album. And what's with that final track, I wonder...

[Todd]

With over one billion streams worldwide, Víkingur Ólafsson is one of the most listened-to classical artists of our time.

At least the erstwhile classical majors have finally caught up to the mid 2010s for pop music in terms of cited metrics.  Alas, Ólafsson is but a blip in the streaming world.

[Todd]

Oh, hell yeah!

[Todd]

[Mandryka]

I see there is a Suite No. 11 for piano (1956) and Fabrizio Ottaviucci is a pianist so I guess it's not like a "b" version of Berio's Sequenza pieces where it's been changed for a different instrument.

Well Sabine Liebner recorded Suite 11 and I can say for sure that what she did sounds nothing like what Fabrizio Ottaviucci does. Try and hear these, they're interesting and show once again how important Scelsi is (like an anticipation of Galina Ustvolskaya.)

[jlopes]

The October issue of Gramophone brings the news that in November Decca will release a six-disc box set of previously unreleased material by Radu Lupu.

Excerpt from the magazine text:

The new set will include unreleased Decca masters of Mozart's two piano quartets, K478 and K493, with the Tel Aviv Quartet, and of two Schubert piano sonatas, the C major D840 and the D major D850, both of which have until now been notable gaps in Lupu's Decca discography. Conceived and curated with the support of Radu Lupu's widow, Delia Bugarin, this set also includes the first official release of radio broadcasts from the BBC, Dutch Radio and SWR, featuring repertoire that Lupu never recorded commercially, most notably Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 18, K456. Decca's booklet will include a note by Jessica Duchen, who speaks to musicians who worked with Lupu, as well as tributes from Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Mehta and Murray Perahia.