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[Roy Bland]

[kyjo]

This release might be of interest for @kyjo

Indeed it is - thanks, Cesar! Damase's endearing music never fails to lift my spirits.

[Brian]

Some more LATE APRIL releases that have not been posted in this thread already.



The Petitgirard is a ballet about the early history of Chinese Buddhism.



coupling: Four Orchestral Pieces



Beethoven - Eroica Variations
Scarlatti - K. 487 in C, K. 29 in D
Scriabin - Sonata No. 9 and Waltz No. 4
Messiaen - Le baiser de l'Enfant Jesus (in just 10:57)
Brahms - Intermezzi Op. 117



Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Grandi, Merula, Rigatti, Lotti, Rossi, Cavalli, Fontana



Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Catamorphosis 21'
Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) 9'
Daniel Bjarnason - From Space I Saw Earth 13'
Maria Sigfusdottir - Clockworking 9'
Bara Gisladottir - Ós 6'

The booklet does not reveal if Catamorphosis is about cats.

[Brahmsian]

Some more LATE APRIL releases that have not been posted in this thread already.




Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Catamorphosis 21'
Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) 9'
Daniel Bjarnason - From Space I Saw Earth 13'
Maria Sigfusdottir - Clockworking 9'
Bara Gisladottir - Ós 6'

The booklet does not reveal if Catamorphosis is about cats.

Haha     Joking aside, I'll be curious about this one, as I do enjoy some of the things I've heard from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

[vandermolen]

Some more LATE APRIL releases that have not been posted in this thread already.



The Petitgirard is a ballet about the early history of Chinese Buddhism.



coupling: Four Orchestral Pieces



Beethoven - Eroica Variations
Scarlatti - K. 487 in C, K. 29 in D
Scriabin - Sonata No. 9 and Waltz No. 4
Messiaen - Le baiser de l'Enfant Jesus (in just 10:57)
Brahms - Intermezzi Op. 117



Monteverdi, Legrenzi, Grandi, Merula, Rigatti, Lotti, Rossi, Cavalli, Fontana



Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Catamorphosis 21'
Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) 9'
Daniel Bjarnason - From Space I Saw Earth 13'
Maria Sigfusdottir - Clockworking 9'
Bara Gisladottir - Ós 6'

The booklet does not reveal if Catamorphosis is about cats.

I like the look of Laurent Petitgirard's 'Journey to the West'. However, Naxos seem to have shot up in price (like everything else).

[Mandryka]

[Mandryka]

[JBS]

Re: Catamorphosis
--has its own Wiki entry: no felines mentioned

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catamorphosis

Re: Journey to the West
--not really based on history, but based on a legend/folk tale cycle which became one of the great novels of Chinese literature, although it may not have a solo author.
See here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

As a kid I read the Waley abridgement; as an adult I have the 4 volume Yu translation.
ETA
On the other hand there is a novella entitled Catamorphosis; instead of a guy discovering he's a roach in Prague, there's a woman discovering she's a cat in Paris.

[Madiel]

From the composer's own website and program notes, the "cat" in Catamorphosis appears to be derived from the word "catastrophe".

[Todd]

Two Ameling boxes are coming.



I hope this is the start of a second take on the cycle and not a reissue.









The second recent cover with this hair motif.  More important, this offers a new recording of the Brahms Second Piano Sonata.

[San Antone]

I hope this is the start of a second take on the cycle and not a reissue.

They did #13 for Naxos in 2012, but 14 and 15 haven't been recorded before.  In any event, this is good news.

[JBS]

Prestomusic's blurb

The Baroque dream team of Rachel Podger and Kristian Bezuidenhout interpret the astonishing music of C.P.E. Bach's Violin Sonatas in C minor, B minor, D major and G minor. The two early sonatas here from the 1730s resemble the older style of his father. Listening to these works, you can imagine J.S. Bach glancing over Emanuel's shoulders while he wrote them as a teenager at home in Leipzig. The later sonatas, written 30 to 50 years later, reveal an emancipated composer whose developed musical language embodies the 'Empfindsamer Stil', the directly emotional and rhetorical style characteristic of northern-german music of the time.

'It was wonderful to delve into the specific musical world that belongs to C.P.E. Bach for this recording with Kris. These violin sonatas are (quite unfortunately!) largely overshadowed by the classical Viennese sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven. Part of his genius is that he is full of surprises and unpredictable turns, and this was hugely enjoyable for me during the musical partnership with the wonderful Kristian Bezuidenhout.' – Rachel Podger

[Todd]

They did #13 for Naxos in 2012, but 14 and 15 haven't been recorded before.  In any event, this is good news.

That's right, my bad.  That means this is basically a mandatory purchase.

[JBS]

[Todd]

A must hear.

[vers la flamme]

What can you tell me about this? I'd be interested to hear a WTC played on harpsichord, fortepiano AND clavichord.

Edit: You don't have to respond to that, I just saw some of your comments on this recording in the "Bach on harpsichord" thread.

[Mandryka]

(3 JSB French Suites. Distinctive Italian harpsichord. Extravert performances.)

[Symphonic Addict]

[JBS]

(3 JSB French Suites. Distinctive Italian harpsichord. Extravert performances.)

With that cover it better be extroverted!

[Harry]

A new release of Beauty Farm, yay.