New Releases

[Todd]

Interesting.





Boult always catches my eye, not because I'm a huge fan - he's good, though - but because I once worked with one of his great-grandsons who had a signed LP hanging from his wall.  He was surprised that I knew who his great-grandfather was, because that was exceedingly rare in his experience.













Preemptive cover art.

[Symphonic Addict]

The Sohy Symphony is really good, so great to have another recording of it. The work can be found on this outstanding compilation devoted to women composers:

[Mandryka]

https://gliangeligenve.bandcamp.com/album/bach-the-complete-chorale-cantatas-2

[Brian]

This fella had an alarmingly big forehead. 15 CDs. Contents: https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/releases-archive/horst-stein-the-decca-recordings/



17 CDs. In addition to the conductors on the cover, there is an album of Kodaly conducting Kodaly, a two CD set of Liszt "The Legend of the Holy Elisabeth", a Haydn mass, and an album of live performances from a 1961 piano competition featuring four pianists. 11 of 17 CDs are first-ever appearances on CD. Contents: https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/releases-archive/hungarian-pictures/

[JBS]

This fella had an alarmingly big forehead. 15 CDs. Contents: https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/releases-archive/horst-stein-the-decca-recordings/

Interesting that they include one DG album, but not the 9 CDs worth of Reger he recorded for Koch-Swann with the Bamberg Symphony, which DG re-issued as part of its Reger Orchestral Works set (which I happen to be listening to this week).

[Brian]

Some March 2026 stuff I found on Presto...





Schumann - Waldszenen
Schubert - Sonata D. 850
Schumann - Phantasiestucke Op. 111

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'lobgesang'
Jone Martinez, Eri Sawae, Benjamin Bruns, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
BIS

Giacomo Puccini: Orchestral Music
John Wilson
Sinfonia of London
Chandos

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos 1 & 2
Chiaroscuro Quartet (string quartet)
BIS

Dora Pejačević: Complete Symphonic Works
Annika Schlicht, Martina Filjak, Staatskapelle Weimar, Ivan Repušić
Audite

[Daverz]

Looks like a great set for those who don't already have the Sibelius, Bruckner, and Beethoven recordings.

[Madiel]

Some March 2026 stuff I found on Presto...





Schumann - Waldszenen
Schubert - Sonata D. 850
Schumann - Phantasiestucke Op. 111

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'lobgesang'
Jone Martinez, Eri Sawae, Benjamin Bruns, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
BIS

Giacomo Puccini: Orchestral Music
John Wilson
Sinfonia of London
Chandos

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos 1 & 2
Chiaroscuro Quartet (string quartet)
BIS

Dora Pejačević: Complete Symphonic Works
Annika Schlicht, Martina Filjak, Staatskapelle Weimar, Ivan Repušić
Audite

I am always pleased to see a Haydn Seven Last Words in its original format (far rarer than the string quartet transcription). I might even buy one one day...

Also interesting to see the Pejacevic. Competing performances of that repertoire can only be good for the listeners.

And Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan doing the Mendelssohn Lobgesang is intriguing.

[Brian]

It's too bad that the Widor, Vierne, and Durufle are not complete works series. But this still looks like a treasure trove, especially in combination with one of the now OOP Marie-Claire Alain J.S. Bach sets.

[JBS]

It's too bad that the Widor, Vierne, and Durufle are not complete works series. But this still looks like a treasure trove,  especially in combination with one of the now OOP Marie-Claire Alain J.S. Bach sets.

Toujours la commercialisation

That would explain why the world's most famous composer of organ music was not included in "the encyclopedia of the organ".

When's the release date? And has @Harry pre-ordered it yet?😁

[Brian]

By the way, Marie-Claire's 100th birthday will be next August...so I wonder if another big box set will be on the horizon at that time...

(Oh and Amazon.de did not have a release date yet.)