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[Mandryka]

[Mandryka]

[Mandryka]

[Mandryka]

[Mandryka]

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/92/000162729.pdf

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Reissue?

[Que]

Oh dear... 

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/92/000162729.pdf

That one I'll give a listen! 

[Bachtoven]

For those of you who buy downloads, does the Hires Audio site work? https://www.highresaudio.com/en/genre/Classical/new-releases

All this week I have gotten this message:
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No server is available to handle this request.

[akebergv]

For those who do not mind downloads, the Pettersson Box is available right now at eClassical (here). There is also a 50% Black Friday code (Black50) that still works. That way Redbook quality of all 17 discs can be had for $26 and HiRes (including surround) for $40.

[Brian]

Since Eloquence is doing the classic Wiener-Oktett in a box set, it makes sense that they will also do...



"Postcards from Vienna: drawn largely from the supreme players of the Wiener Philharmoniker, collected here are the Decca recordings of Viennese chamber music ensembles, including the New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists, Wiener Waldhornverein and Vienna Flute Trio, many making their first international appearance on CD. Led by clarinetist Alfred Boskovsky, the first line-up of the Vienna Octet made its last recording for Decca in 1972, but Boskovsky was behind the revival of the group's name, having already chosen the young members of the Vienna Philharmonic who would carry on the work of the ensemble and its traditions of superbly mellifluous, silver-toned playing.

"Boskovsky's successor in the clarinet chair of the new Octet was Peter Schmidl, who contributes unique recollections to the booklet essay (by Peter Quantrill). Like their predecessors, the members of the Octet enjoyed an exclusive contract with Decca, and they began recording in 1977 with the same two classics of the Classical repertoire which defined their sound and their musical approach, the Octet by Schubert and the Septet by Beethoven - the set affords the fascinating opportunity to compare these interpretations with their digital-era remakes from 1990. At the same time, Schmidl and his colleagues in the VPO wind section established a wind ensemble along similar lines - the Vienna Wind Soloists (Wiener Bläserensemble (Vienna Wind Soloists) - and their debut was much more adventurous, featuring works by Hindemith, Janáček and Ligeti which nevertheless glowed in the reflection of the distinctively transparent Vienna wind sound. The Wind Soloists went to DG in 1977 for a single recording, of the Wind Quintet by Schoenberg which Schmidl looks back on as a highlight of his career, but otherwise both ensembles found their natural home in the music of Mozart, making recordings of the Clarinet Trio and Quintet (Schmidl the soloist) and the three great wind serenades which have scarcely been rivalled on disc for instinctively flexible phrasing and sheer beauty of sound. The group's final sessions in 1992 included a pair of Beethoven rarities, the early Octet and Sextet, setting the seal on an often-underrated group of recordings which fully stand comparison with the more famous Vienna Octet recordings from the 50s and 60s."

[Mandryka]

https://bastillemusique.bandcamp.com/album/hugues-dufourt-surgir

[Brian]

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The William Steinberg Complete RCA Victor Recordings (4 CDs) will be coming out a month or two after the Command Classics box.

I am a little bit confused about this, however. Wikipedia lists this as his RCA output with the Boston symphony around 1969-70 (before jumping to DG):

September 29, 1969 Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, D 944 The Great
January 12, 1970 Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre with Joseph Silverstein, violin
January 12, 1970 Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
January 19 and October 19, 1970 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
October 26, 1970 Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
January 12, 1970 Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; Scherzo a la Russe [never before issued]
October 26, 1970 Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Octet in E flat [never before issued]

That all adds up to about three CDs, I think (Schubert, Bruckner, and all the fun scherzo-y bits).

But then there's his mono work with RCA as an accompanist, often leading the pickup RCA Victor Symphony:

March 26, 1946 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein), NBC Symphony Orchestra
May 9–10, 1947 Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto (Artur Rubinstein)
September 12, 1947 Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
February 19, 1949 Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto (Nathan Milstein)
April 14, 1949 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Alexander Brailowsky)
July 7, 1950 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (William Kapell), Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
June 12–13, 1951 Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 15, 1951 Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 and 2 for Violin (Jascha Heifetz)
June 15, 1951 Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 18, 1951 Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 19, 1951 Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and rondo capriccioso (Jascha Heifetz, violin)

Amazon.DE doesn't explain what is happening here, so it's something to keep an eye on when the listing is filled out more completely.

[Daverz]

The William Steinberg Complete RCA Victor Recordings (4 CDs) will be coming out a month or two after the Command Classics box.

[snip]
January 19 and October 19, 1970 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6

Fingers crossed that they found a good source for this.  I've heard two awful RCA LP pressings of this.  Then there was a Japanese CD release that sounded just as bad as those LPs.

[Todd]

An unusual pairing.





Intriguing.  Apparently, Mr Rattle made sure to cast Mrs Rattle in a role. 

[JBS]

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The William Steinberg Complete RCA Victor Recordings (4 CDs) will be coming out a month or two after the Command Classics box.

I am a little bit confused about this, however. Wikipedia lists this as his RCA output with the Boston symphony around 1969-70 (before jumping to DG):

September 29, 1969 Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, D 944 The Great
January 12, 1970 Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre with Joseph Silverstein, violin
January 12, 1970 Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
January 19 and October 19, 1970 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
October 26, 1970 Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
January 12, 1970 Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; Scherzo a la Russe [never before issued]
October 26, 1970 Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Octet in E flat [never before issued]

That all adds up to about three CDs, I think (Schubert, Bruckner, and all the fun scherzo-y bits).

But then there's his mono work with RCA as an accompanist, often leading the pickup RCA Victor Symphony:

March 26, 1946 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Artur Rubinstein), NBC Symphony Orchestra
May 9–10, 1947 Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto (Artur Rubinstein)
September 12, 1947 Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
February 19, 1949 Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto (Nathan Milstein)
April 14, 1949 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Alexander Brailowsky)
July 7, 1950 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (William Kapell), Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
June 12–13, 1951 Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 15, 1951 Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 and 2 for Violin (Jascha Heifetz)
June 15, 1951 Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 18, 1951 Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise (Jascha Heifetz, violin)
June 19, 1951 Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and rondo capriccioso (Jascha Heifetz, violin)

Amazon.DE doesn't explain what is happening here, so it's something to keep an eye on when the listing is filled out more completely.

The mono recordings work out to approximately 4 CDs. Perhaps the Boston recordings didn't count as RCA *Victor*?

[Roy Bland]

[Brian]

March releases from BIS will be all Bach and nothing but Bach...



I also saw a no-details upcoming listing for "Bach: Complete Vocal Works" on 78 CDs from BIS...

[DavidW]

March releases from BIS will be all Bach and nothing but Bach...



I also saw a no-details upcoming listing for "Bach: Complete Vocal Works" on 78 CDs from BIS...

You know they could expand it to be complete Bach Suzuki set since he has recorded all these organ and harpsichord works as well!  Funny enough even though I have flacs of all the cantatas, I'm still tempted anyway to have them on cd (despite my thread)!  This is very cool since the Suzuki box set was a limited edition that has been OOP for a few years.

[Brian]

MARCH ON NAXOS



Josephslegende is 71 minutes across 28 tracks



"Florence Price and Leo Sowerby were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other's work."



"César Guerra-Peixe is one of the leading composers associated with musical nationalism in Brazil. A Retirada da Laguna is a programmatic suite that describes one of the most dramatic moments in the Paraguayan War of 1864–70, while his Concertino is a clever hybrid between folk music timbres and sophisticated high art ambitions. Museu da Inconfidência is one of the composer's most admired works, taking us through a museum of 18th-century rebellion and heroism. Guerra-Peixe's Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 and 2 can be heard on Naxos 8.573925, acclaimed by ClassicsToday.com as 'absolutely world-class'."

and this one has no cover art yet

Gaspar Cassadó; Federico Mompou: Complete Solo Guitar Works
Eugenio Della Chiara
Release Date: 22nd Mar 2024
Catalogue No: 8579103
Label: Naxos

[Brian]

Fingers crossed that they found a good source for this.  I've heard two awful RCA LP pressings of this.  Then there was a Japanese CD release that sounded just as bad as those LPs.

The mono recordings work out to approximately 4 CDs. Perhaps the Boston recordings didn't count as RCA *Victor*?

We have an answer to the question of the contents, but not regarding the sound.



He doesn't even conduct one of them! Surely they are working on a Fiedler big box?