New Releases

[Brian]

See very bottom of previous page for Barry Douglas Schubert tracklist. Boy, is it silly that they put the same picture on both the front and the back.

[Mandryka]

Hopefully this March

[anothername]

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Björk on a classical release.  Possibly interesting.

The Barber is very good !

[Zeus]

Björk on a classical release.  Possibly interesting.

To be honest, I thought it was horrible.

Bjork writes her own songs for her voice as a reflection of her delicate and quirky personality. "All Is Full of Love" is a really good song when sung by her. Renee Fleming doesn't even come close to sounding like Bjork.  Renee Fleming sounds like someone singing Bjork in the shower.

[Mirror Image]

To be honest, I thought it was horrible.

Bjork writes her songs for her voice as a reflection of her delicate and quirky personality. "All Is Full of Love" is a really good song when sung by her. Renee Fleming doesn't even come close to sounding like Bjork.  Renee Fleming sounds like someone singing Bjork in the shower.

I agree with you here. I thought Fleming did a terrible job as well. Bjork's music does not lend itself to vocals that are sung in a classical stylistic context. That's one thing I don't understand about Fleming in general. I think she's a fine soprano but when she tries to sing other genres of music, she completely loses me because she treats the vocals very much the same way she treats classical vocals or at least this is what I've encountered when she has strayed away from her 'home turf' so to speak. I really wish vocalists of her high caliber would stop trying to cross-over to other genres and just stick to what I believe they're actually good at.

[Wakefield]

This 5-CD set (Brilliant Classics):

Biber: Mystery Sonatas/ The Complete Violin Sonatas
Ensemble Violini Capricciosi
Igor Ruhadze

[Orpheus]

from jpc:

1.CD Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 3; Coriolan-Ouvertüre
2.CD Beethoven: Symphonien Nr. 5 & 5
3.CD Beethoven: Missa solemnis op. 123
4.CD Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 1
5.CD Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 2; Reger: Mozart-Variationen op. 132
6./7.CD Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten
8.CD Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; 4 Rückert-Lieder
9.CD Mozart: Serenade Nr. 7 "Haffner"
10.CD Mozart: Serenaden Nr. 6 "Serenata notturna" & Nr. 9 "Posthorn"; Schubert: Ouvertüre & Ballettmusik zu Rosamunde
11.CD Mozart: Serenade Nr. 10 "Gran Partita"
12.CD Mozart: Serenaden Nr. 6 "Serenata notturna" & Nr. 13 "Kleine Nachtmusik"
13.-15.CD Strauss: Alpensymphonie; Don Juan; Walzerfolge aus Der Rosenkavalier; Also sprach Zarathustra; Festliches Präludium; Till Eulenspiegel; Tanz der sieben Schleier aus Salome; Ein Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung
16./17.CD "Erzähltes Leben" - Karl Böhm probt Schuberts Symphonie Nr. 9; Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 9


Recently I bought the previous box "Late recordings" and rightly did...

[Que]

This 5-CD set (Brilliant Classics):

Biber: Mystery Sonatas/ The Complete Violin Sonatas
Ensemble Violini Capricciosi
Igor Ruhadze

The number of recordings of the Rosenkranz Sonatas has exploded over the last couple of years!    And many by such outstanding Baroque violinists.

I see the need for a personal assessment of what is now out there that can possibly complement or even replace my Andrew Manze set, a violonist whose quirky style I'm generally not so keen on but he prooved to have a knack for Biber....

Q

PS Would be interested in your personal shortlist 

[Madiel]

Tried listening to Renee Fleming performing "Joga", one of Bjork's finest songs in my opinion. Didn't hate it, but it didn't really convince me that it was worthwhile either. Despite the strings, it is too self-evidently a pop song, complete with beats.

Also... whoever at Amazon decided that "Guðmundsdóttir" is a surname needs to be slapped with an Icelandic clue stick. Having been in a couple of CD shops in Reykjavik, I can guarantee that this is not how it works.

[Wakefield]

The number of recordings of the Rosenkrantz Sonatas has exploded over the last couple of years!    And many by such outstanding Baroque violinists.

I see the need for a personal assessment of what is now out there that can possibly complement or even replace my Andrew Manze set, a violonist whose quirky style I'm generally not so keen on but he prooved to have a knack for Biber....

Q

PS Would be interested in your personal shortlist 

It's hard to follow this ever growing discography. An old version? Music Antiqua Köln (still superb); one not so recent: Walter Reiter and Cordaria on Brilliant Classics, and a newcomer: Lina Thur Bonet and her Musica Alchemica on Pan Classics... Don't forget the Spaniards, they are doing some outstanding things the last years. 
 


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/biber-mystery-sonatas/hnum/8302138

[kishnevi]

The number of recordings of the Rosenkranz Sonatas has exploded over the last couple of years!    And many by such outstanding Baroque violinists.

I see the need for a personal assessment of what is now out there that can possibly complement or even replace my Andrew Manze set, a violonist whose quirky style I'm generally not so keen on but he prooved to have a knack for Biber....

Q

PS Would be interested in your personal shortlist 

Todd has some expertise here....

I generally liked Ruhadze and Co.'s performance in the Locatelli box, and the fact that this is a Rosenkrantz und andern sonaten set has some appeal.  The only Biber non-Rosary sonata CD I have is Holloway's recording on ECM.

[Todd]

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So far I've only heard Rana in romantic repertoire (Chopin & Tchaikovsky) where she excels. VERY curious about her Bach...

[Todd]

Somehow the Gabetta and Ciani evaded prior detection; both have been out stateside since at least early last month.  I think I need to act quick on the Ciani, lest it disappear.  The Gabetta has another Elgar recording plus a Martinu.

[king ubu]

Anyone knows more about the Schuricht Complete Decca that has recently popped up on Amazon? Seems to be 10 discs:

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01MU3373Z/

[Todd]

Anyone knows more about the Schuricht Complete Decca that has recently popped up on Amazon? Seems to be 10 discs:

I believe it's an original jackets repackaging of the Original Masters box devoted to him, but if it ends up being ten fully loaded discs, I'll buy without delay.

[Drasko]

I believe it's an original jackets repackaging of the Original Masters box devoted to him, but if it ends up being ten fully loaded discs, I'll buy without delay.

There are few more things they could add to the previous 5 CD set: Eroica with BPO, Wagner excerpts from Paris, Mozart 35th with VPO, and there was a live Bruckner 5th on DG which I guess could be added as well.

So far I've only heard Rana in romantic repertoire (Chopin & Tchaikovsky) where she excels. VERY curious about her Bach...

There is very good live 2nd Partita on youtube.

   

[Todd]

There are few more things they could add to the previous 5 CD set: Eroica with BPO, Wagner excerpts from Paris, Mozart 35th with VPO, and there was a live Bruckner 5th on DG which I guess could be added as well.

If the Eroica and Bruckner 5 are included, it will be hard to pass up.

[Sergeant Rock]

There is very good live 2nd Partita on youtube.

Thanks...it is good: the Sinfonia performed almost the way I hear it ideally in my head 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZws7DoISGU

Sarge

[king ubu]

If the Eroica and Bruckner 5 are included, it will be hard to pass up.

I've only recently bought the other set ... hmmmpf. Sucks if I have to buy much of the same again, but I'm definitely interested in more Schuricht.