New releases

[MickyD]

Here's a strange release - I always welcome new recordings of the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and this one is coupled with the Choral Fantasia with the admirable Accentus choir. But using an 1892 Pleyel piano? A weird halfway house HIP disc...I will be fascinated to hear if it gets a hearing on Record Review.

[Pulcinella]

Here's a strange release - I always welcome new recordings of the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and this one is coupled with the Choral Fantasia with the admirable Accentus choir. But using an 1892 Pleyel piano? A weird halfway house HIP disc...I will be fascinated to hear if it gets a hearing on Record Review.

It did: today!
(Some comments on other threads, Micky.)

[MickyD]

It did: today!
(Some comments on other threads, Micky.)

Ah right, thanks Pulcinella...I haven't had the chance to catch up on today's programme! What are your thoughts, folks?

[DublinJimbo]

Here's a strange release - I always welcome new recordings of the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and this one is coupled with the Choral Fantasia with the admirable Accentus choir. But using an 1892 Pleyel piano? A weird halfway house HIP disc...I will be fascinated to hear if it gets a hearing on Record Review.

I posted about this release in another thread. I find the piano very successful.

[jayne lee wilson]

via Qobuz Studio at 16/44.1...


Quasi minimalist sometimes, rather wistful sometimes, often sweetly melodic.... more out of Gorecki than Lutosławski perhaps.... this is modern music? Wherein is it modern...?
Very enjoyable anyway....(did I detect a Rodrigo homage in the Błażewicz Guitar Concerto somewhere...?)

You want contemporary easy-listening, we got contemporary easy-listening...

So listen to the Girl
And give this a whirl....

[sidneyfox]

The Silesian Quartet have their performances of Weinberg's string quartets no.s 11, 12 and 13 later this month. I enjoy Weinberg's chamber music and his quartets are up there with those of Dimitri Shostakovich in my opinion.

Edit: I was wrong - it's already out (as of 19th April)

[gurnemanz]

The year before the soprano, Stella Doufexis, died of cancer aged only 47 in 2015 she recorded Schumann's Dichterliebe and Op 39 Lieder. Just issued on DG with a moving tribute by composer Christian Jost to his beloved wife - his own version of Dichterliebe. Just listened on Spoify and was very touched.

One song has special poignancy:

Hör ich das Liedchen klingen,
Das einst die Liebste sang,
So will mir die Brust zerspringen.
Vor wildem Schmerzensdrang.

When I hear the song my dearest love once sang, my breast wants to burst with a wild pang of pain.

[Barbirollians]

I have very much enjoyed Pavel Kolesnikov’s latest record of early Beethoven with especially fine performances of the Op33 Bagatelles and the Moonlight Sonata. In fact the whole record is fab.

[Dave2002]

I didn't know he played piano as well!

[Bryn]

I didn't know he played piano as well!

https://crosseyedpianist.wordpress.com/tag/pavel-kolesnikov/

[Dave2002]

Indeed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kolesnikov

[Edgy 2]

The Silesian Quartet have their performances of Weinberg's string quartets no.s 11, 12 and 13 later this month. I enjoy Weinberg's chamber music and his quartets are up there with those of Dimitri Shostakovich in my opinion.

Edit: I was wrong - it's already out (as of 19th April)

I think some are better

[sidneyfox]

I think some are better

A bit controversial, that! (which ones? )

[Bryn]

A bit controversial, that! (which ones? )

One is reminded of Ulyanov's citing of a Russian fable re. Rosa Luxemburg's relative merits, "Eagles may at times fly lower than hens but hens can never rise to the height of eagles". A bit harsh if applied to those close friends DDS and MW, but you get my drift, I hope.

[Barbirollians]

Anyone bought or heard Mirga's DG Weinberg set ?