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[Brian]

Anyone for theremin sonatas?



I feel seasick thinking about it......

I will say this, Carolina Eyck is a Soon-to-be-Sarge-Certified Theremin Babe (two years older than I am).

[Mirror Image]

Announced for early October:

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"Bruno Maderna's Requiem was long considered lost and was indeed only premiered in the Teatro la Fenice in Venice in November 2009 about 36 years after his death. In 1943, Maderna was called up for military service and fought as a partisan against Italy's erstwhile allies, the Germans. He was taken prisoner by the SS, who interrogated him in Dachau and released him shortly afterwards. 'At that moment, it was the only possibility to write a requiem and then to die', Maderna said later. The Requiem suggests an intensive study of the models in the genre, e.g. those by Giuseppe Verdi and Hector Berlioz. At the same time, as a 'War Requiem' the work is a pacifist manifesto."

Very nice indeed, ritter. Thanks for pointing this one out. I'm becoming increasingly interested in Maderna's music. I've had my eye on that Neos series for quite some time.

[ritter]

You're welcome, MirrorImage! Do sample the NEOS series...there's some wonderful music there (Aura, Biogramma, Quadrivium, the Violin concerto, etc., etc.). The Sinopoli disc (originally DG, now Brilliant) is also very worthwhile, as are some hard-to-find Stradivarius issues. I am particularly fon of Serenata per un satellite on this dosc:



Regards,

[Mirror Image]

You're welcome, MirrorImage! Do sample the NEOS series...there's some wonderful music there (Aura, Biogramma, Quadrivium, the Violin concerto, etc., etc.). The Sinopoli disc (originally DG, now Brilliant) is also very worthwhile, as are some hard-to-find Stradivarius issues. I am particularly fon of Serenata per un satellite on this dosc:



Regards,

Thanks for the recs. I have actually bought that Sinopoli on Brilliant (originally DG of course) a few days ago. Can't wait to hear it.

[SonicMan46]

I will say this, Carolina Eyck is a Soon-to-be-Sarge-Certified Theremin Babe (two years older than I am).

 

First saw a theremin in 1968 visiting my future in-laws in New Jersey - was in working order (I made some noises on in that would have fit into sic-fi films from the 1950s in which the instrument was occasionally used) - looked like the one I added above and is still 'in the family' but not sure if it works anymore?  Dave

[ritter]

Hännsler continues its Geroge Enescu series with a 3-CD set of his piano music (to appear imminently in Europe):

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The set includes works which did not appear in the only other comprehensive traversal of Enescu's compositions for piano (Christian Petrescu on a long OOP Accord set).

[Mandryka]

I have quite a bit of Schiff's Decca Bach along with his ECM Goldbergs. I actually prefer the Decca.
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Is that because of the voicing in the ECM recording?

[The new erato]

Interesting:

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[The new erato]

Coming reissue on Melodiya:



jpc has Oct 9th as release date.

[The new erato]

And Glossa doing Isaac is wonderful news!

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Is that because of the voicing in the ECM recording?

Yes, very much so. Schiff Decca and Schiff ECM (the Goldbergs I have) are like two different pianists. Schiff Decca is more introvert, more searching, more apt to ferret out the inner voices in the music. You get the sense (or I do) that every gesture, no matter how small, is vital in the creation of the narrative and everything just flowers from there.

Not that Schiff ECM (Goldbergs) is bad. It just isn't as "connect the dots" as on Decca. It's more a "find the broad view and tie everything together from a high vantage point" type of interpretation. Points A through Z are logically sequenced and exteriorized. That's the beauty of it. But I simply miss the "interiorization" if you will of the Decca.

[ritter]

Coming reissue on Melodiya:



jpc has Oct 9th as release date.

Is that the same recording that DG issued on LP many years ago? I've read wonders of this work...tempting!

[Mandryka]

Yes, very much so. Schiff Decca and Schiff ECM (the Goldbergs I have) are like two different pianists. Schiff Decca is more introvert, more searching, more apt to ferret out the inner voices in the music. You get the sense (or I do) that every gesture, no matter how small, is vital in the creation of the narrative and everything just flowers from there.

Schiff ECM (Goldbergs) certainly isn't bad, not by a country mile. It just isn't as "connect the dots" as on Decca. It's more a "find the broad view and tie everything together from a high vantage point" type of interpretation. Points A through Z are logically sequenced and exteriorized. That's the beauty of it. But I simply miss the "interiorization" if you will of the Decca.

I appreciate what your saying here a lot.

[kishnevi]

Coming reissue on Melodiya:



jpc has Oct 9th as release date.

Cato alert!

[Camphy]

(21 disks)




Symphonies 52, 53 & 59, performed by Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Rebecca Miller

[Camphy]

Another one:


(8 disks)

[Cato]

Coming reissue on Melodiya:



jpc has Oct 9th as release date.

Cato alert!

I am alerted!  Is this recording complete, or does it contain cuts?  Right now, the standard is the performance from the Bard Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein conducting: available as a download, not yet on CD.

http://www.amazon.com/Taneyev-Oresteia-American-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B00FOTT6TS

[Todd]

[Itullian]

Where is the Schwarzkopf box from please?
Thank you

[Todd]

Where is the Schwarzkopf box from please?

Amazon Germany.