New releases

[jayne lee wilson]

Plenty of excitement on Qobuz this week, with the second ICA COE/Harnoncourt Live Box (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms - CDs out next week) and three Gubaidulina World Premiere recordings....

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/sofia-gubaidulina-dialog-ich-und-du-the-wrath-of-god-the-light-of-the-end-vadim-repin-gewandhausorchester-leipzig-andris-nelsons/ao4wyo0wp3k4b

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/haydn-mozart-beethoven-brahms-chamber-orchestra-of-europe-and-nikolaus-harnoncourt/acei9h4fj5imc

Also NDR/Manze with the Mozart 38 & 39......

[TBuckley]

Morton Feldman - Piano & String Quartet
Mark Knoop, Apartment House
Another Timbre, Nov 2021

http://www.anothertimbre.com/fedmanpianostringquartet.html

An interesting new recording of this great piece from the excellent Another Timbre label.

[Bryn]

Morton Feldman - Piano & String Quartet
Mark Knoop, Apartment House
Another Timbre, Nov 2021

http://www.anothertimbre.com/fedmanpianostringquartet.html

An interesting new recording of this great piece from the excellent Another Timbre label.

Surprisingly, I have not yet got round to ordering that from Simon. Their earlier recording of Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello was very good. A fine alternative to the Tilbury/Smith Quartet members. Come to that, Piano and String Quartet is not even on the Another Timbre site yet, though I knew it was down for a November release.

[Alison]

I see there’s a Solti London box coming out.

Hadn’t realised that Lady Solti passed away earlier this year.

[cloughie]

I see there’s a Solti London box coming out.

Hadn’t realised that Lady Solti passed away earlier this year.

You’ve probably seen the same ad as me which mentioned Lady Valerie! - I think as with the Chicago box it would be a very nice thing to have but the % duplicates would be very high!

[TBuckley]

Surprisingly, I have not yet got round to ordering that from Simon. Their earlier recording of Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello was very good. A fine alternative to the Tilbury/Smith Quartet members. Come to that, Piano and String Quartet is not even on the Another Timbre site yet, though I knew it was down for a November release.

It is on the 'Coming Next' part of the home page but there is currently no ordering button for CD - I had a quick look on bandcamp but it isn't showing there yet. I looked at the Tilbury/Smith Qt set a while back as an alternative to my Takahashi/Kronos recording. I didn't pursue it as I was put off by the DVD format and also, at 89mins, it was probably a bit slow for my taste. The new recording handily comes in at just under 80 mins.

[Bryn]

It is on the 'Coming Next' part of the home page but there is currently no ordering button for CD - I had a quick look on bandcamp but it isn't showing there yet. I looked at the Tilbury/Smith Qt set a while back as an alternative to my Takahashi/Kronos recording. I didn't pursue it as I was put off by the DVD format and also, at 89mins, it was probably a bit slow for my taste. The new recording handily comes in at just under 80 mins.

Now not only on DVD, see http://www.jtilbury.com/morton-feldman/ for a download option. There is a very special character to the playing on that performance. The Smith Quartet used baroque bows to aid in producing the fine pianissimi that Feldman called for. This is a live performance with occasional patches from the rehearsals where audience noise, et al interfered with the music. The most remarkable triumph of editing is probably that in the recording of For John Cage. There was literally a car crash outside the venue that was clearly to be heard inside. Fortunately, Sebastian Lexer was able to 'seamlessly' patch in from a spot-on rehearsal take.

[Edgy 2]

Weinberg - The Passenger

Release date 5th November, available in the Naxos Library now

http://capriccio.at/mieczyslaw-weinberg-die-passagierin

[TBuckley]

Now not only on DVD, see http://www.jtilbury.com/morton-feldman/ for a download option. There is a very special character to the playing on that performance. The Smith Quartet used baroque bows to aid in producing the fine pianissimi that Feldman called for. This is a live performance with occasional patches from the rehearsals where audience noise, et al interfered with the music. The most remarkable triumph of editing is probably that in the recording of For John Cage. There was literally a car crash outside the venue that was clearly to be heard inside. Fortunately, Sebastian Lexer was able to 'seamlessly' patch in from a spot-on rehearsal take.

Thanks for the link - a real treasure trove.

[MickyD]

A fine new recording of these lovely pieces by Delalande. Interesting that a young Vincent Dumestre was part of the band when Hugo Reyne made his complete recording for Harmonia Mundi back in the 90s. Now he gives us his own take with a selection - it all sounds so luxurious.

[Bryn]

Recently displayed on Freeview info for Radio 3: "Now Playing: Jonathan Nott - Pelleas and Melisande". No mention of Debussy (or Schoenberg, come to that).

[MickyD]

So happy to see a complete recording of Rameau's divine "Achante et Céphise" mentioned on the programme this morning. Up to now we've only ever had orchestral suites from it.

I first heard the work at St John's Smith Square back in the 80s, with Trevor Pinnock directing and Nicholas Anderson producing for Radio 3.

[jayne lee wilson]

Thanks to Gabriel Jackson for recommending this to me.... Op.51 are among the greatest quartets of all, and after hearing the startlingly new (colours and phrasings) No.1 here this morning.... I just had to alert listeners to this.....Can't wait for more later....!

If you followed up my recommendation of the ABC disc of Ironwood, in the Brahms Op.25 & 34, you'll have some idea of what to expect...rich in rubato and portamento & stunningly different colours and textures.... but - individual too, as from the first bars Judith van Driel really leads from the first violin (like Grumiaux!).......
I've adored 51/1 as a personal icon for almost all of my life, and this performance is uniquely thrilling and haunting...wow.
"The quartet play with unwound gut strings and a set of bespoke classical bows."




Brahms: The String Quartets & String Quintet No. 2

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, Lilli Maijala

• Released on 22/10/2021 by RUBICON
• QOBUZ 24/96

[RichardB]

So happy to see a complete recording of Rameau's divine "Achante et Céphise" mentioned on the programme this morning. Up to now we've only ever had orchestral suites from it.

Yes indeed, it's a very exciting recording too, much more unbuttoned than most Rameau performances on record. I think that leaves only Daphnis et Eglé and a few smaller works still to be recorded.

[MickyD]

Yes indeed, it's a very exciting recording too, much more unbuttoned than most Rameau performances on record. I think that leaves only Daphnis et Eglé and a few smaller works still to be recorded.

I'm ordering it today, great to hear an enthusiastic recommendation! Yes, I think you're right, not much else to be recorded. If only the lost "Samson" would come to light!