New Releases

[prémont]

Lots of Stephane Caillat on Spotify, it'll give you a good indication of what to expect.

And lots of him on youtube. Typical 1950-60es performance style. Seemingly large choir, swimming sound, lacking in articulation and expression, - not at all my thing.

[The new erato]

This who already have the sets by Munrow, the Hilliard Ensemble and the like, will be grinding their teeth!

And a lot of old scrapings from the bottom of the barrel....
What does that tell us? That the major companies abandoned Early Music decades ago..

For me, I don't think there is much that appeals apart from the occasional Ensemble Binchous/Vellard recording.

I already have most of the wortwhile stuff as well. I probably won't buy the box to listen to the few discs of marginal interest......

[Brian]

A "period instruments" Carmen with stars in the leads and on the podium, recorded at the theater where the opera was premiered.

[Mandryka]

I already have most of the wortwhile stuff as well. I probably won't buy the box to listen to the few discs of marginal interest......

Do you have the complete Art of the Netherlands, all 51 tracks?

[Artem]

[Que]

Do you have the complete Art of the Netherlands, all 51 tracks?

How many tracks are missing compared to the LP set?

Which doesn't look very indispensable anyway?

https://www.discogs.com/Early-Music-Consort-Of-London-David-Munrow-The-Art-Of-The-Netherlands/release/4488654

[T. D.]

Thanks.
The apparent Works for Piano II bewildered me - it's volume 54 of Mode's Cage Edition, and there were plenty of previous piano recordings...
But the typeface is confusing, it's actually Works for Piano 11!

https://moderecords.com/catalog/the-works-for-piano-11/

[Alek Hidell]

This one confused me momentarily. I thought it was the "Works for Piano II" - as in the Roman numeral for 2 - and I wondered when volume I was released. And is it the piano works of Cage or Feldman? (Or both?)

But a little Googling tells me that this is in fact volume 11 in a series of the piano works of John Cage. Led astray by the font!

I didn't know Feldman did an arrangement of Cheap Imitation (a piece I've never actually heard - the original is for solo piano, I think). I might like to hear this.

EDIT: Ha, I see T.D. beat me to it.

[prémont]

How many tracks are missing compared to the LP set?

About one half of the instrumental music from vol. 2.

[Mandryka]

About one half of the instrumental music from vol. 2.

Ah, in that case I'll pass.

[prémont]

Ah, in that case I'll pass.

I compared the original LP release which I owned to the later CD rerelease (the one Que listed) which I own. I don''t know if the forthcoming Warner rerelease includes the instrumental works which were missing on these CDs - time will show. I have the missing tracks in digitized version somewhere, but don't know if I can find them easily. As far as I recall there was a devasting error on one of those tracks, which didn't make it to the CD release..

[T. D.]

This one confused me momentarily. I thought it was the "Works for Piano II" - as in the Roman numeral for 2 - and I wondered when volume I was released. And is it the piano works of Cage or Feldman? (Or both?)

But a little Googling tells me that this is in fact volume 11 in a series of the piano works of John Cage. Led astray by the font!

I didn't know Feldman did an arrangement of Cheap Imitation (a piece I've never actually heard - the original is for solo piano, I think). I might like to hear this.

EDIT: Ha, I see T.D. beat me to it.

It's even more confusing...
I thought Cheap Imitation was a rather well-known piece, and was surprised to see it only included in Vol. 54 of the Cage Edition.
But Stephen Drury already recorded the solo piano version on mode 63, Vol. 17 of the Cage Edition,  Piano Works 3.
It's also been recorded in Wergo's Cage series, by Schleiermacher on MDG and many others (https://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=37).
I don't yet own a recording, might go for Simonacci on Brilliant Classics. I have some other Cage piano CDs by Simonacci; he's IMO far from the best interpreter out there, but his recordings don't cost much.

[Madiel]

This one confused me momentarily. I thought it was the "Works for Piano II" - as in the Roman numeral for 2 - and I wondered when volume I was released. And is it the piano works of Cage or Feldman? (Or both?)

But a little Googling tells me that this is in fact volume 11 in a series of the piano works of John Cage. Led astray by the font!

I didn't know Feldman did an arrangement of Cheap Imitation (a piece I've never actually heard - the original is for solo piano, I think). I might like to hear this.

EDIT: Ha, I see T.D. beat me to it.

I encountered the exact same problem yesterday, with a listing on Amazon confusing Volume 11 of Grieg piano works with Volume 2. In that case the font on the cover wasn't nearly so deceiving, but someone within the Amazon system was deceived anyway.

[Brian]

Very cool boxes!!







Also coming this summer

[Mandryka]

     


https://www.challengerecords.com/artists/1239356182

Two new Cappella Pratensis releases.

[Que]

     


https://www.challengerecords.com/artists/1239356182

Two new Cappella Pratensis releases.

Very interesting!   

The 1st volume is a reissue:




According to their website the total series of "The Den Bosch Choirbooks" will be five volumes

[JBS]

Regarding Ms. Shebanova:

Anyone familiar with her?

[Mandryka]

Very interesting!   

The 1st volume is a reissue:




According to their website the total series of "The Den Bosch Choirbooks" will be five volumes

Oh yes, it's a nice recording. I heard half of it last night after listening to some of Beauty Farm's de la Rue. In fact - it showed how very special the Beauty Farm is, despite the strengths of Stratton Bull.  Beauty Farm have raised the bar considerably.

[betterthanfine]

Interesting, not at least for the lovely, potentially sparkling Fantaisie, which hasn't received that many recordings, relatively speaking. Argerich did a great Debussy Violin Sonata with Gitlis, but this will probably be different, due to his style. And the Cello Sonata is usually a gem (she recorded it before, such as with Maisky).

Unfortunately, Barenboim is the pianist for the two sonatas. Argerich only plays the Fantaisie.

[milk]

Oh yes, it's a nice recording. I heard half of it last night after listening to some of Beauty Farm's de la Rue. In fact - it showed how very special the Beauty Farm is, despite the strengths of Stratton Bull.  Beauty Farm have raised the bar considerably.

Those Beauty Farm "album" covers are something!