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[Opus106]

I more interested in this, myself.

[asin]B009YKMALY[/asin]

[Que]

That might be nice, I would be interested in an update of my Kuijken/Petite Bande recording!
(Which hasn't been surpassed or even equalled in all these years IMO)

Q

[Octave]

I didn't see anyone post this yet; I haven't seen contents for it:

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE VOLUME 2 (55cd)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B7364H2/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk
ASIN: B00B7364H2  [but does not appear at Amazon US yet]

A release date (at Amazon UK) of early April.

I missed the first one because there was too much on it that did not excite me (maybe for reasons of ignorance only); but I might just pony up for this one, depending on how much GMGers sing the praises of the content.

[Opus106]

I didn't see anyone post this yet; I haven't seen contents for it:

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE VOLUME 2 (55cd)

ASIN: B00B7364H2  [but does not appearat Amazon US yet]

A release date (at Amazon UK) of early April.

I missed the first one because there was too much on it that did not excite me (maybe for reasons of ignorance only); but I might just pony up for this one, depending on how much GMGers sing the praises of the content.

We're on it.

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,20141.msg696369.html#msg696369

[TheGSMoeller]

Just read that Paul Mccreesh and the Gabrieli musicians have recorded Britten's War Requiem for a Sept. 2013 release date.

[Brian]

Anybody have experience with these?

Arensky:
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Bach, J S:
Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 4 in D minor, BWV790
Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 9 in F minor, BWV795
Three-part Invention (Sinfonia) No. 3 in D major, BWV789
Beethoven:
String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
String Trio in E flat major, Op. 3
Serenade for string trio in D major, Op. 8
String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
String Trio in D major, Op. 9 No. 2
Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 1 No. 1
Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2
Boccherini:
Sonata for Flute or Violin & Harpsichord, Op. 5 No. 4 in D major, G 28
Brahms:
Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Dvorak:
Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (B166) 'Dumky'
Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 (B130)
Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Françaix:
String Trio
Franck, C:
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14
Glière:
No. 1 from Eight Pieces for Violin & Cello Op. 39
Handel:
Keyboard Suite, HWV 432 in G minor: Passacaille
Haydn:
Divertimento For Cello & String Orchestra In D Major
Kodály:
Adagio for viola (or cello or violin) & piano
Martinu:
Duo for Violin and Cello No. 1, H. 157
Mendelssohn:
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Mozart:
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'
String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515
Ravel:
Piano Trio in A minor
Rozsa:
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello & Orchestra, Op. 29
Schubert:
String Trio in B flat major, D581
String Quintet in C major, D956
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929
Spohr:
Double String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 65 (String Octet)
Stravinsky:
Suite italienne
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Toch:
Divertimento for violin and cello, Op. 37 No. 2
Turina:
Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35
Vivaldi:
Concerto for Violin & Cello in B flat minor, RV 547
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
This is the first ever complete collection of the legendary Heifetz-Piatigorsky concerts. A budget priced, 21-CD boxed set in deluxe clamshell box with standard cardboard sleeves, with facsimile sleeves & labels. There is a new introduction from Heifetz expert John Maltese. Highlights of these superb set include Dvorak's Piano Quintet No.2 & Tchaikovsky's souvenir de Florence

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/promo.php?promo=404&blurb=404

[jlaurson]

Anybody have experience with these?

Piatigorsky is da bomb! My favorite 'historical' cellist, bar none.

I almost never NOT wish he had played with a more musical violinist, though. :-) (Brahms Double Cto., case in point)

Everything where Heifetz is less than 1/2 the ingredient has all-round potential of greatness.

[Octave]

I just noticed that it looks like Decca will be reissuing their Wagner GREAT OPERAS FROM THE BAYREUTH FESTIVAL (33cd) this June.  Of course, I notice this just days after receiving my Bohm RING.     I don't know many of these recordings, though the Bohm TRISTAN, one of the mere-few I've heard, still sounds pretty great to me.

[asin]B00159679S[/asin]

The ASIN is to the first edition, with zoomable back cover with contents.  Here is the link for the Decca re-edition:
http://www.deccaclassics.com/cat/single?sort=newest&PRODUCT_NR=4780279&javascript=1&UNBUYABLE=1&per_page=10&ADD_OTHER=1&presentation=list

[Brian]

Coming soon on BIS:

Prokofiev – Symphony No.6
Please note: The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD)
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No.6 in E flat minor, Op.111 (1945–47)
  1.   I. Allegro moderato   14'19
  2.   II. Largo   15'52
  3.   III. Vivace   11'55

Lieutenant Kijé, Suite symphonique, Op.60 (1933)
  4.   I. Naissance de Kijé   4'18
  5.   II. Romance   4'05
  6.   III. Noces de Kijé   2'44
  7.   IV. Troïka   2'49
  8.   V. L'Enterrement de Kijé   5'34

The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic Suite, Op.33b (1921)
  9.   I. The Clowns   2'57
  10.   II. The Magician Celio and Fata Morgana Play Cards (Infernal Scene)   3'39
  11.   III. March   1'47
  12.   IV. Scherzo   1'27
  13.   V. The Prince and Princess   3'54
  14.   VI. Flight   2'10

Andrei Bondarenko, baritone
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

John Williams
Catch Me If You Can
  1.   Stealthily   2'51
  2.   Reflectively and Freely   2'11
  3.   Joyfully   1'48

Darius Milhaud
La création du monde
  4.   Ouverture. Modéré   4'01
  5.   I. Le chaos avant la création   1'42
  6.   II. La naissance de la flore et de la faune   2'56
  7.   III. La naissance de l'homme et de la femme   2'02
  8.   IV. Le désir   3'49
  9.   V. Le printemps ou l'apaisement   1'41

Roger Boutry
Divertimento pour saxophone alto et orchestre d'harmonie
  10.   I. Allegro ma non troppo   3'13
  11.   II. Andante – Cadence   3'47
  12.   III. Presto   1'45

Paul Creston
Concerto for alto saxophone and band
  13.   I. Energetic   6'14
  14.   II. Meditative   7'12
  15.   III. Rhythmic   5'26

Anders Emilsson
  16.   Salute the band   11'57
  17.   Escualo   4'03
Claude Delangle, alto saxophone
Swedish Wind Ensemble, ensemble
Christian Lindberg, conductor

And for more old-fashioned sorts:

The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy
Tomaso Albinoni
Balletto in G major, Op.3 No.3 (1701)

Francesco Antonio Bonporti
Sonata in G minor, Op.6 No.7 (1705)

Antonio Vivaldi
Folia, Op.1 No.12 (1705)   9'13

Giovanni Bononcini
Sonata II from XII Sonatas for the Chamber (1732)

Nicola Porpora
Sonata, Op.2 No.III (London 1736)

Giuseppe Sammartini
Sonata V from XII Sonate (Paris 1743)

Pietro Locatelli
Sonata in D major, Op.8 No.8 (1744)

Domenico Gallo
Sonata No.1 in G major (c.1750?)

Giuseppe Tartini
Suonata a tre in D minor (undated manuscript)
London Baroque, ensemble

Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos 19 & 23
Please note: The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.19 in F major, K 459
  1.   I. Allegro   11'12
  2.   II. Allegretto   6'19
  3.   III. Allegro assai   7'16

Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K 488
  4.   I. Allegro   10'34
  5.   II. Adagio   5'33
  6.   III. Allegro assai   7'45
Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano
Kölner Akademie, Die, orchestra
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

[Karl Henning]

That second is an interesting mix, Brian. Having just sung some Creston with my buddy Paul's choir, I should like to give the Creston alto saxophone concerto a listen.  (I know we played some Creston in one of the region bands I took part in, way back in the day, but I have no recollection what the piece was. Pretty sure it was a slighter piece than a concerto for saxophone and band.

[TheGSMoeller]

Coming soon on BIS:

Not another 6th (that I'm sure I'll buy)

[Octave]

Maybe old news, but this is the first peek I've gotten at what might be the first released version of the next installment in the DG firesale/commemoration of HvK, the complete 1970s recordings:


ASIN: B00B5NTK7K
But this ASIN only seemed to work for me at Amazon US, not at Amazon UK; nor did I see a forthcoming listing for this set at Amazon UK.
I wonder if this is like the original/dry-run Korean [??] edition of the 1960s box, which iirc came out perhaps a year before the Euro-American edition.  It seems to also be 'original jacket', and you can buy one right now from a MP dealer for $420, you sucker.  Here's the kind of unintelligible blurbage from Amazon:

Herbert Von Karajan 70 - 1970 The Complete DG Recording [88CD Boxset] LP Miniature/ through printedmatter/many of Out of print included Universal Deutsche Grammophon high quality BOX SETS (Karajan signiture) original cover reappearance LP Miniature(also Gate Fold too) 300pages copious through printedmatter Beethoven's Symphony full-length recording and 24th album OIBP re-mastering!! many of Out of print included CD1 Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerto grosso in G minor op.6 No.8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" Francesco Manfredini (1684-1762) Concerto in C major op.3 No.12 "fatto per la notte di Natale" Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) Concerto in G minor op.8 No.6 "in forma di Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale" Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) Concerto grosso in F minor op.1 No.8 Thomas Brandis, Emil Maas, violin Ottomar Borwitzky, violoncello Dietrich Gerhardt, Hans Priem, viola Waldemar Döling, Wolfgang Meyer, cemballo Berliner Philharmoniker and 88 CD included

ASIN: B00BANCWSO

Likewise the Szell Sony 49cd box, available from MP sellers for ~$195.

[Wakefield]

Two new releases.

The first one is probably more interesting because of the less explored repertoire.




The Age of Passions:  Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Petra Müllejans & Karl Kaiser (not bad at all)

[Que]

The first one is probably more interesting because of the less explored repertoire.

Definitely of interest!

Q

[Octave]

I ran across a listing of the Mercury Living Presence Vol. 2 box contents, though I think it's been auto-translated from Japanese, so the reading might be a bit rough at times.  I will reproduce the links I posted a page ago or so...

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE VOLUME 2 (55cd)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B7364H2/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk
ASIN: B00B7364H2  [but does not appear at Amazon US yet]

A release date (at Amazon UK) of early April.

EDIT: well, one could also look at the official product page at Decca    
http://www.deccaclassics.com/cat/single?sort=newest&PRODUCT_NR=4785092&javascript=1&UNBUYABLE=1&per_page=10&ADD_OTHER=1&start=10&presentation=list

[CD1] Schoenberg, Webern, Berg: Orchestral Works ~ Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1961-1962
[CD2] Respighi: ~ Antal Dorati-other "Pines of Rome" fountain "of Rome" Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1957 & 1960
[CD3] Bartok: ~ Antal Dorati-other "portrait" two "Dance Suite" "Concerto for Orchestra" London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1958 & 1962
[CD4] Respighi: "archaic and Dances for Lute Aria No. 3 ~ No. 1" ~ Antal Dorati, Philharmonia other Fungarika (conductor) 1958
[CD5] "Symphony No. 7 & 8" DVORAK:~ Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1963
[CD6] "An American in Paris," Copland: Rodeo Gershwin Suite "ballet", "~ Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra other (conductor) 1957 & 1960
[CD7] Satie: "ballet" Pallard "", Millau: "" cow on the roof, "ballet", ~ Antal Dorati & other London Symphony Orchestra (conductor), 1965 & 1960 [recording] other
[CD8] "Romeo and Juliet" "No. 6," Pathetique "Symphony" Tchaikovsky:~ Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1960
[CD9] Bartok: ~ Antal Dorati-other "music for Celesta Strings, Percussion and" London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1964 & 1960
[CD10] Bartok: ~ Antal Dorati, "other" "Divertimento" Miraculous "Chinese ballet" Symphony BBC (conductor) 1964 & 1960
[CD11] Tchaikovsky: ~ Antal Dorati-other "Francesca da Rimini" "Fantasy" "Symphony No. 4" other London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1960
[CD12] "Overture" creatures "" Prometheus "Symphony No. 5 & 6" Beethoven: ~ Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1962 & 1960
[CD13] Iberia Suite "" "", Falla: "Albeniz - Antal Dorati," other life "Transient" opera Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1957-1958
[CD14] Bartok: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1953 & 1954 [recording] "Miraculous" China, Rafael Kubelik - other (mono)
[CD15] Beethoven: ~ Antal Dorati-other "Symphony No. 7" London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1960-1963
[CD16 & 17] Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake "ballet music" "(songs original version)" ~ Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1954
[CD18 ~ 20] Delibes: "ballet" Sylvia ""London Symphony Orchestra (conductor) [recorded 1958] ~ Anatole Fistoulari,Delibes: "ballet" Coppelia ""~ Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1957
[CD21] "Organ Symphony No. 6," Frank: ?? "Pieces" heroic, other ~ Marcel Dupré (Org) 1957
[CD22] Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Works ~ Frederick Fennell = Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra (conductor) 1958 & 1964
[CD23] Grainger, Persichetti, Khachaturian, et al: ~ Frederick Fennell Works for Wind Ensemble Eastman tube music (conductor) 1958 & 1959
[CD24] Morton Gould, Giannini, Hovu~anesu: ~ Frederick Fennell Works for Wind Ensemble Eastman tube music (conductor) 1958 & 1959
[CD25] Grainger, Coates: Orchestral Works ~ Frederick Fennell = Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1965
[CD26] ~ Frederick Fennell March collector pipe music ensemble name Eastman (conductor) 1956 & 1958
[CD27] Coates, Anderson: Orchestral Works ~ Frederick Fennell London Pops Orchestra (Conductor), Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra = 1964 & 1965
[CD28] "The Spirit of '76" "Rafuruzu-and-Furorisshizu"~ Frederick Fennell Eastman pipe Members of ensemble music (conductor) 1956
[CD29] Mozart: "Gran Partita", R. Strauss: ~ Frederick Fennell other "Serenade Op.7" music ensemble Eastman pipe (conductor) 1958
[CD30] Holst: "No. 1 & 2nd Suite for Band", ~ Frederick Fennell Eastman tube other music ensemble (conductor) 1954 & 1955
[CD31] "Symphony No. 1 & 2": Hanson ~ = Howard Hanson Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) 1957 & 1958
[CD32] "Legend of the Fall River", "Barber: Morton Gould" Medea " ~ = Howard Hanson Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1960
[CD33] Ives, W · Schumann, Menin: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) years 1957-1962
[CD34] "Lament for Beowulf" "Elegy" "Symphony No. 3": Hanson~ = Howard Hanson Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) years 1957-1963
[CD35] Barber, Piston, Griffith, Kenan, Macquarie, Bagusuma: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) years 1957-1963
[CD36] McPhee, Sessions, Thomson: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) 1956 & 1965
[CD37] Moore, Carpenter, Rogers, Phillips-Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) years 1956-1958
[CD38] Chadwick, MacDowell, Peter: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor) years 1956-1961
[CD39] Nelson, Purcell, Sukiani, Goldin, et al: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor),Years 1958-1962
[CD40] Montenu, Grieg, Lyadov, Leffler, Hanson: ~ Howard Hanson Orchestral Works = Eastman Rochester Orchestra (conductor),Years 1956-1965
[CD41] "Symphony No. 38", Dvorak: Mozart: From the New World "Symphony No. 9" "" Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1951 & 1953 [recording] ~ Rafael Kubelik (mono)
[CD42] "Shore excursions", Ravel: Ibert ~ Paul Paray "other song in the morning of a clown" "Spanish Rhapsody" Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1959 & 1962
[CD43] Overtures France ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1961 & 1962
[CD44] "To celebrate the 500 years after his death Joan of Arc" Missa: Symphony No. 3, "", Paray: "Saint-Saens ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1956 & 1957
[CD45] Chabrier, Roussel: Orchestral Works, Vol. ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1957-1960
[CD46] Ravel, Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1958-1961
[CD47] Suite of the first woman, "Arles" Carmen Suite "", Thomas: "Bizet Overture mignon" "Ramon" " ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) years 1956-1960
[CD48] List, Weber, Saint-Saëns, R. Strauss, Schmitt: Orchestral Works, Vol. ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1958 & 1959
[CD49] Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun "" Ma Roy mail "," sea "Iberia" "": DEBUSSY ~ Paul Paray Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1955 & 1957
[CD50] ~ The Golden Age of Harpsichord Puyana Rafael (Cemb) 1962 & 1964
[CD51] ~ Rafael-Garuvu~esu Genovu~evu~a Puyana & Harpsichord Works of JS Bach and his sons (Cemb) 1963
[CD52] Puyana Harpsichord Works - Rafael Picchi, Frescobaldi, Telemann, and D. Scarlatti (Cemb) Years 1962-1964
[CD53] Chopin, Mendelssohn, Debussy: ~ Janos Starker Cello Sonatas (Vc), Joruji-Seboku (P) 1963 & 1964
[CD54] "The Rite of Spring" Stravinsky: ~ Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (conductor) 1959
[CD55] "Piano Concerto", R. Strauss: Corigliano "Parerugon" ~ Hilde Sommer (P), Victor Alessandro San Antonio Symphony Orchestra (conductor), 1969

[Brian]

Sergeant Rock, pick up the white courtesy phone.

[North Star]

March 12 at Amazon.com:
[asin]B00A6U5B6M[/asin]

[Brian]

So any doubt as to Chandos Records' master plan?

Chandos ongoing recording projects:

Complete Chopin works - Louis Lortie
Complete Haydn sonatas - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Complete Beethoven sonatas - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Complete Schumann piano works - Imogen Cooper
Complete Brahms piano works - Barry Douglas
Complete Schubert piano works - Barry Douglas

[Brian]

The Pacifica Quartet are releasing Vol. 3 of their Shostakovich Quartet cycle!



9, 10, 11, 12, and Mieczyslaw Weinberg's Sixth Quartet, which has six movements spanning 32 minutes.

[Karl Henning]

The Pacifica Quartet are releasing Vol. 3 of their Shostakovich Quartet cycle!



9, 10, 11, 12, and Mieczyslaw Weinberg's Sixth Quartet, which has six movements spanning 32 minutes.

Yummers.