New Releases

[Mandryka]

The complete sets of the Eight Great suites I own, faves with fat types (I'm not into piano versions of this music):

Tilney
Nicholson
Yates
Egarr
Verlet
Gilbert
Cummings
Rowland
Ahlgrimm
Alvini
Ross
Remy
Borgstede
Stella
Dantone

Do you know whether Kempff recorded any Handel? I ask because I have a CD by Eric Heidsieck called Hommage à William Kempff with a Handel suite.

[prémont]

I seem to recall that he has recorded the variation-movement from the Great suite in E-major, the so called Harmonius Blacksmith variations, and I think I own them on a CD which mostly contains Bach arrangements. He also recorded his own arrangement of a minuet from one of the small keyboard suites, but that's all I think.

[Brian]

April on Hyperion



Bargiel was a friend and colleague of Brahms and the music is said to be Brahmsian.



What clunky cover design.



D664 (19:21)
D769a (1:09)
D894 (37:25)

[Florestan]

April on Hyperion



Bargiel was a friend and colleague of Brahms

Also Schumann's brother-in-law, being Clara Wieck's maternal half-brother. 

[Que]

The complete sets of the Eight Great suites I own, faves with fat types (I'm not into piano versions of this music):

Tilney
Nicholson
Yates
Egarr
Verlet
Gilbert
Cummings
Rowland
Ahlgrimm
Alvini
Ross
Remy
Borgstede
Stella
Dantone

Thnx!  I haven't heard them all, but so far I like Belder Borgstede, Dantone, Ross and Verlet.

[prémont]

Thnx!  I haven't heard them all, but so far I like Belder, Dantone, Ross and Verlet.

And I haven't heard Belder. Did he record the Händel suites?

[Que]

And I haven't heard Belder. Did he record the Händel suites?

Oh yes, he did. I'm suprised you didn't know!   

I seem to keep mixing up Belder and Borgstede. Anyway...

[prémont]

Oh yes, he did. I'm suprised you didn't know!   

Would you mind to provide a link to his Händel recordings? 

I seem to keep mixing up Belder and Borgstede. Anyway...

IMO Borgstede is better in Händel than I would expect Belder to be. Well I may be mistaken. Concerning the Borgstede set it doesn't hurt that it also includes some sympathetic Händel recordings by Loreggian.

[Madiel]

Also Schumann's brother-in-law, being Clara Wieck's maternal half-brother. 

This is getting to the point where we'll need a diagram.

[Florestan]

This is getting to the point where we'll need a diagram.

[Rinaldo]

Out today:

Karel Ančerl Live Recordings (15 CDs)



Lovely video teaser with Ančerl speaking (with subtitles):

https://www.youtube.com/v/nsp5NoP4X0s

[Mandryka]

(rather good!)

[Que]

The complete sets of the Eight Great suites I own, faves with fat types (I'm not into piano versions of this music):

Tilney
Nicholson
Yates
Egarr
Verlet
Gilbert
Cummings
Rowland
Ahlgrimm
Alvini
Ross
Remy
Borgstede
Stella
Dantone

Interesting new release! 

[prémont]

Interesting new release! 

Yes, interesting at least. IMO Francesco Corti (is he a son of Alessio Corti - he mentions his farther as being an organist, but not whom) is a hit or miss. His Bach harpsicord concertos vol.1 are the most uninspired I have heard since long, whereas his L. Couperin CD was among the best I have heard.

[JBS]

Yes, interesting at least. IMO Francesco Corti (is he a son of Alessio Corti - he mentions his farther as being an organist, but not whom) is a hit or miss. His Bach harpsicord concertos vol.1 are the most uninspired I have heard since long, whereas his L. Couperin CD was among the best I have heard.

Francesco was born in 1987 in Arezzo. Alessio was born in 1967, and seems to have been based in Milan at that point.

Since 1983 Alessio Corti is titular at the Chiesa di Santa Maria Segreta in Milan, and since 1991 he is also titular organist at the Chiesa Cristiana Protestante in the same city,

Would a Milanese church actually appoint a 16 year old as titular organist?

[Mandryka]

Re Corti, I enjoyed the CD called "Little Books"
Re Haendel, has anyone tried the Hantai?

[prémont]

Interesting coming release

AoF Kenneth Weiss

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/art-of-fugue/hnum/10818865

[prémont]

Francesco was born in 1987 in Arezzo. Alessio was born in 1967, and seems to have been based in Milan at that point.

If they are not father and son, they may be related otherwise.

Would a Milanese church actually appoint a 16 year old as titular organist?

Well he may have been a prodigy.

[Mirror Image]

This looks interesting:



I'm in the market for a complete Mendelssohn piano set, so this might be one I consider getting, but, of course, Howard Shelley is another option who has an ongoing series on Hyperion, although it might finished now.

Also considering once it's released:

[Florestan]

This looks interesting:



I'm in the market for a complete Mendelssohn piano set, so this might be one I consider getting, but, of course, Howard Shelley is another option who has an ongoing series on Hyperion, although it might finished now.

There is also Roberto Prosseda on Decca, completed and supercomplete (includes not only literally everything he wrote for piano, but also the piano 4-hand works). 10 CDs in all.

I have the Martin Jones set on Nimbus but at 6 CDs it's clearly not complete and the sound is far from ideal, though serviceable.

This Markovina set is very tempting indeed.

Also considering once it's released:

Great! The three volin sonatas are early works but utterly charming and quite different in character. Mendelssohn was a genius, no doubt about it. This the recording I have: