New Releases

[bioluminescentsquid]

It arrived this afternoon. The sound is very good, the harpsichord, a 17th century Ruckers which has been very lightly modified in the 18th century, a petit revalement. It has some beautiful registers and benefits from an 8' stop. The readings are contrapuntal - I mean he finds opportunities to create tensions and dialogues between the voices - and intense (as opposed to lyrical or dramatically extrovert) I'm noticing this more than in vol 3, which I listened to the other week. Very exciting for people who get excited by such things!

I like it! It's the same Ruckers that Leonhardt recorded his early 50's Froberger on, although I've heard people insist that it became a much less exciting instrument after an invasive 70's restoration.

[Brian]

FEBRUARY STUFF
(that hasn't been posted already)



The Mahler 10 is the Deryck Cooke version.



This is a reissue of a 2007 performance Naxos released in Germany only - but since then, Igor Levit has become famous, so Naxos decided to make his name all big.



Unfortunately the Yevgeny Sudbin First Concerto/Rhapsody recordings have been shorn from this box set, which greatly reduces its interest.

An unusual program:



Another unusual program here:



And it's good to see John Wilson's pickup band give up on playing greatest hits and record something a little less common for once:

[Brian]

FEBRUARY II



A Marco Polo reissue:



A potentially Very Big Deal release of George Szell material which has supposedly never before been released on CD (Sergeant Rock will be along to verify!):





And finally...

"Quarantine Symphony"!!!!!!!!!! "Composed for socially distanced orchestra"!!! "The message of the work is clear, as the turmoil of the first movement gives way to a message of hope"   

[Maestro267]

Yes! Is that a big deal?! It's the defining event of our times. What you're doing is akin to moaning about composers writing works dealing with the World Wars.

[Brahmsian]

Yes! Is that a big deal?! It's the defining event of our times. What you're doing is akin to moaning about composers writing works dealing with the World Wars.

I agree with you, Maestro.

[Madiel]

For the Medtner songs album is there information about which songs are included?

[Brian]

For the Medtner songs album is there information about which songs are included?

Even better...there's a whole nother album I missed, and info on both.





Interesting seeing that the Brilliant recital appears to be significantly slower on every set of songs.

[Florestan]

Even better...there's a whole nother album I missed, and info on both.





Interesting seeing that the Brilliant recital appears to be significantly slower on every set of songs.

I have the first volume:



and remember enjoying it.

[Madiel]

Thanks both, I have some investigating to do.

[bioluminescentsquid]

Thank you. I have eliminated Pierot & Bismuth previously to achieve my current favorites list . I don't think I can listen to organ version  .

I just remembered there is this one:

Mira Glodeanu with Ausonia

While only containing 5 of the rosary sonatas they are juxtaposed with other 17th century music (specifically Rosenmüller's Leçons de ténèbres, which I like even more than the Biber, and other miscellaneous bits of music on Lautenwerk). Beautiful playing of course - I'm consistently liking what I hear from Glodeanu.

[Brahmsian]

I just remembered there is this one:

Mira Glodeanu with Ausonia

While only containing 5 of the rosary sonatas they are juxtaposed with other 17th century music (specifically Rosenmüller's Leçons de ténèbres, which I like even more than the Biber, and other miscellaneous bits of music on Lautenwerk). Beautiful playing of course - I'm consistently liking what I hear from Glodeanu.

WTF, just regarding the image. 

[bioluminescentsquid]

WTF, just regarding the image. 

It's from the central panel of Jan van Eyck's Ghent altarpiece.



There's a staged version of the St. Matthew Passion that took the visual motif quite literally https://youtu.be/JwFqsOGqUVs?t=58
(something about this reminds me of those boxed wines with faucets on them)

[Wanderer]

Interesting seeing that the Brilliant recital appears to be significantly slower on every set of songs.

This is probably due to the pianists, rather than the singers. The piano parts of Medtner's lieder are often very elaborate, not unlike his Skazki.
The Chandos release looks particularly enticing. Karpeyev is a well-known Medtner specialist.

[Symphonic Addict]

FEBRUARY STUFF
(that hasn't been posted already)

The Respighi and Vladigerov caught my eye. The latter one will be indispensable for me.

[Symphonic Addict]

And finally...

"Quarantine Symphony"!!!!!!!!!! "Composed for socially distanced orchestra"!!! "The message of the work is clear, as the turmoil of the first movement gives way to a message of hope"   

This will be quite intriguing to hear.

[Brass Hole]

I just remembered there is this one:

Mira Glodeanu with Ausonia

While only containing 5 of the rosary sonatas they are juxtaposed with other 17th century music (specifically Rosenmüller's Leçons de ténèbres, which I like even more than the Biber, and other miscellaneous bits of music on Lautenwerk). Beautiful playing of course - I'm consistently liking what I hear from Glodeanu.

Thanks, I already have that Ensemble Ausonia. As you mentioned it only has 5 of the sonatas.

[Brass Hole]

WTF, just regarding the image. 

  You should see the 5th page of the booklet.


Edit edited for gore!

[Brahmsian]

  You should see the 5th page of the booklet.


Edit: This is the complete 5th page except the black part of the 4th page on the left:

My cup runneth over!

[Todd]

The picture screams 1970s, but the copyright date coolly states 2021.







2021 is at least a triple anniversary year - Albinoni, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky - and of those three, the last piques my interest the most.  Don't know if I need another complete set, but hopefully something new and spiffy also comes out, or long buried treasure gets reissues (eg, MTT's RCA recordings).

[JBS]

The picture screams 1970s, but the copyright date coolly states 2021.







2021 is at least a triple anniversary year - Albinoni, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky - and of those three, the last piques my interest the most.  Don't know if I need another complete set, but hopefully something new and spiffy also comes out, or long buried treasure gets reissues (eg, MTT's RCA recordings).

Marc Monnet can be found here
https://www.marcmonnet.com/

MTT's Ives recordings were just issued as a box, so his Stravinsky seems a good possibility.