New releases

[Bryn]

Bernstein - An American in Paris. Due for release on August 24th from Warner a7CD set of 1970s recordings of Bernstein with the ONF, inc his studio recordings of Berlioz Sym Fant and Harold in Italy, Milhaud but also some previously unreleased live recordings of Ravel and others. I guess of interest to all Lenny fans!

Is that the Symphonie fantastique, with large metal plates for the bells, that came out on LP at a special price of less than £1? If so, it got played a great deal here in my youf.

[cloughie]

Is that the Symphonie fantastique, with large metal plates for the bells, that came out on LP at a special price of less than £1? If so, it got played a great deal here in my youf.

No I think that was NYPO on CBS SPR21. This was on EMI and was also one of the SQ quadrophonic issues. It was issued on CD on CDM7690022.

[Barbirollians]

A new recording from the terrifically talented Pavel Kolesnikov of Beethoven comes out on 31 August . His Chopin, Tchaikovsky and L Couperin discs have been outstanding.

[Alison]

A new recording from the terrifically talented Pavel Kolesnikov of Beethoven comes out on 31 August . His Chopin, Tchaikovsky and L Couperin discs have been outstanding.

Totally agree Barbs. Outstanding musicianship. Must look up what the new disc contains ...

[Alison]

Did anyone get the Ticciati Brahms symphonies? Jayne?

[jayne lee wilson]

Did anyone get the Ticciati Brahms symphonies? Jayne?

No! The Venzago obsessed me for weeks, and then the Proms came along just when I needed them, really... now Dausgaard (yes, him again...) has released more of his other-SCO cycle...there's a lot of it about.

But I guess the primary problem is that Linn/Ticciati aren't available on Qobuz....

[Barbirollians]

Been enjoying the Valerie Tryon new Mozart recordings on Somm - the Gramophone reviewer seems to have listened to different performances of K466& K467 to me . They are all about the music rather than the player - not self effacing but faithful. Look forward to the duet recordings which he appears to have preferred.

[jayne lee wilson]

from the Bernstein thread....

Last night/early this morning (I'm never quite sure of the difference these days) I discovered (on Qobuz HiFi) the new release of the Symphony No.2 with Zimerman/Berlin Phil/Rattle... oh, it's poor value as a CD/download purchase yes, but the performance! Utterly wonderful, the subtlest and most beautiful I've heard yet, even alongside the more "operatic" Rana/Pappano.

I'd just heard the 1950 Foss/Bernstein and was about to return to bed, but scanning Qobuz Discover blear-eyed, I stumbled upon this new one, and the cat-on-me rule persuaded me to go one further. Thanks, Mizzy!
Anyone who loves Bernstein or the Symphonies in particular, needs to hear this any which way!

[Jonathan]

Really looking forward to hearing this (which I currently have on pre-order): https://www.mdt.co.uk/liszt-twelve-s...sics-3cds.html - and it's only £8.15 for 3 discs at the moment!

[Bryn]

Really looking forward to hearing this (which I currently have on pre-order): https://www.mdt.co.uk/liszt-twelve-s...sics-3cds.html - and it's only £8.15 for 3 discs at the moment!

Order duly placed. It will be interesting to hear how those he prepared for solo piano compare.

[mathias broucek]

The fabled Celibidache Munich recordings of Daphnis Suites 1&2 is being released by the Munich Phil label on 14 September. Not to be confused with the Stuttgart, ORTF or Swedish RSO versions (which are less well played and/or recorded). I've only ever heard a lossy streamed version but it was VERY impressive. It was never officially released and second hand copies of the pirated versions go for silly money.

See these ecstatic comments from Peter Gutmann

http://www.classicalnotes.net/reviews/celibidache.html

[Constantbee]

from the Bernstein thread....

Last night/early this morning (I'm never quite sure of the difference these days) I discovered (on Qobuz HiFi) the new release of the Symphony No.2 with Zimerman/Berlin Phil/Rattle... oh, it's poor value as a CD/download purchase yes, but the performance! Utterly wonderful, the subtlest and most beautiful I've heard yet, even alongside the more "operatic" Rana/Pappano.

I'd just heard the 1950 Foss/Bernstein and was about to return to bed, but scanning Qobuz Discover blear-eyed, I stumbled upon this new one, and the cat-on-me rule persuaded me to go one further. Thanks, Mizzy!
Anyone who loves Bernstein or the Symphonies in particular, needs to hear this any which way!

Thanks for this Jayne Extra chicken for Mizzy for services to 2-legged kind Still not taken the plunge with streaming services so I followed the recording up to discover that it appears to be the Berliner Phil concert of 16 June 2018, now available on the BP’s digital concert hall, price EUR9.90. And there’s more … Second up in the concert is ‘Agile’ by Magnus Lindberg (Lindberg clarinet concerto in Prom 4), 4th on is ‘Notturno Inquieto’ by Brett Dean (enjoyed his piece in Prom 30). So, plenty of current interest, if you like that kind of thing.

Link to BP DCH is here:

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/51225

As you might expect it's quite a slick website.

[teamsaint]

Thanks for this Jayne Extra chicken for Mizzy for services to 2-legged kind Still not taken the plunge with streaming services so I followed the recording up to discover that it appears to be the Berliner Phil concert of 16 June 2018, now available on the BP’s digital concert hall, price EUR9.90. And there’s more … Second up in the concert is ‘Agile’ by Magnus Lindberg (Lindberg clarinet concerto in Prom 4), 4th on is ‘Notturno Inquieto’ by Brett Dean (enjoyed his piece in Prom 30). So, plenty of current interest, if you like that kind of thing.

Link to BP DCH is here:

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/51225

As you might expect it's quite a slick website.

The new Rattle/BPO Age of Anxiety is also available on Spotify.

[Jonathan]

Order duly placed. It will be interesting to hear how those he prepared for solo piano compare.

Indeed! It's a shame there is no 2 piano version of "From the Cradle to the Grave" to add to the 12 on these discs.

[jayne lee wilson]

Thanks for this Jayne Extra chicken for Mizzy for services to 2-legged kind Still not taken the plunge with streaming services so I followed the recording up to discover that it appears to be the Berliner Phil concert of 16 June 2018, now available on the BP’s digital concert hall, price EUR9.90. And there’s more … Second up in the concert is ‘Agile’ by Magnus Lindberg (Lindberg clarinet concerto in Prom 4), 4th on is ‘Notturno Inquieto’ by Brett Dean (enjoyed his piece in Prom 30). So, plenty of current interest, if you like that kind of thing.

Link to BP DCH is here:

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/51225

As you might expect it's quite a slick website.

Some programme, right?
The CD note says "live recording Philharmonie 13-16 June 2018". Quick work then! They must have sensed how special it is.
Turns out the short-measure disc is beautifully packaged, with Edward Hopper's Nighthawks reproduced inside. I have the free pass to the DCH which came as usual with the new season programme, so I may visit again (I used to listen regularly before they reduced the live bitrate to 256 acc, just after R3 had brought in the 320aac stream..(doh! etc).; 320 kbps is still available in the DCH archive though).
But I'm having unprecedented streaming/computer problems at the moment, so thank god for CDs (New Releases of which now seem like expensive luxuries...tempura mutantur etc). couldn't live without Qobuz Discover though... anxiously (exhaustingly) seeking a solution...(off/on, unplug/plug, uninstall/reinstall, etc...

(Mizzy's now on the step, looking out at the drizzle...wants her chicken treats reward....)