New Releases

[Roy Bland]

gagauz music

[Mandryka]

Thanks for this. Did you listen to the Chiaroscuro Op. 33 set? I found they overplayed / exaggerated too many of the jokes. 

I still haven't heard the Chiaroscuro, and though your comment puts me off a bit, I will do. I like Terpsycordes a lot.

 

[pjme]

gagauz music

Never heard of the Gagauz...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagauz_people#Bibliography

Love it  !  I suppose however, that this post belongs in the  Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!.

[JBS]

[Brian]

JANUARY 2026









Binns gave the UK premiere of the Prokofiev Fourth Concerto and this is the UK first radio broadcast of the work.





The largest single piece is Julius Rontgen's "Aus Jotunheim," a collection of Norwegian folk tales. But a majority of the album is music by contemporary composers: Piers Hellawell, Albert Schnelzer, Benjamin Staern, and Tryggvi Baldvinsson.



The Seven Deadly Sins
The New Orpheus cantata
Violin concerto with wind orchestra

[Brian]

JANUARY CONTINUED







Note on the Antonio Jose sonata, from the performer (who wrote his own booklet essay):
"In this recording, the guitar arrangement is based on the original handwritten manuscript. The mere time spent on research and investigative work to locate the manuscripts and make this recording possible has been a challenge in itself. But it has been worth the effort, and hopefully, these works will take on a more prominent role among the guitar's standard repertoire in the future."







Somewhat misleading as this is 1 CD with abridged/cut versions of the Violin Sonata (16 minutes) and String Quartet (just 11 minutes). The main attraction is the two performances of Enigma, one conducted by Elgar (26:35) and one by Henry Wood (24:36). Collectively the four recordings date from 1919-1924.

[Florestan]

For those who might wonder about the title. Her name means "lark" in Romanian. The title of the album means "The Lark". (Btw, her name on the covers misses the diacritic over "a". It should read Ciocârlie.)

[Todd]

Excellent program.  Terrible front and rear cover.  It did stand out visually, and I will likely stream it, so the marketing team earned at least $0.01 (rounded up) in revenue.

[JBS]

About the mandocello
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandocello

Gigashvili was the pianist on the Mozart concerto CD I listened to last night, but the concertos he played are not ones to judge a pianist by.

[Madiel]

1. The Stravinsky 'Late Works' album is definitely of interest, a neat way to get a bunch of things from that phase of his career.

2. I'm faintly scared to find out just what a mandocello is. Because I don't think it can be anything good...

EDIT: Oh okay, it's a mandolin. Just of a particular size. Not some horrible hybrid invention. So it reflects the actual Italian meaning of the -cello suffix before we turned it into a separate word.

SECOND EDIT: Which makes me ask, which Bach suites is he playing on it? It's not obvious that the (violon)cello suites would be the most sensible choice.

[Brian]

ooooooooohhhhhhh



Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Lebenssturme, D. 947
Fugue, D. 952
Rondo, D. 951

All works composed in 1828. And reviving a discussion from a page or two ago, the total timing is 48 minutes.

[Nostromo]

Thank you to everyone who contributes to this thread. It's so helpful, and I appreciate your efforts. Lots of good looking new releases on the horizon. (I'll contribute, too, when I come across something interesting!)

[Que]

Fans of Friedhelm Flamme (which does not include me) will going to have a field day with this! 22 discs...

[Harry]

Fans of Friedhelm Flamme (which does not include me) will going to have a field day with this! 22 discs...

Yup saw that too, and as with you I am not a admirer of his particular art to say the least.

[prémont]

Fans of Friedhelm Flamme (which does not include me) will going to have a field day with this! 22 discs...

Gosh, 22 CDs! I didn't realize that there were that many. And I have them all already. Flamme is very uneven, but some of the CDs are not that bad.

[Harry]

Gosh, 22 CDs! I didn't realize that there were that many. And I have them all already. Flamme is very uneven, but some of the CDs are not that bad.

In this I agree with you, but some of his mannerisms are irritating...very!   All his releases are  on Qobuz, but the complete box is not, that might take a while or not, for there is no need for them since they are already as single CD's on the site.