New releases

[Edgy 2]

Prokofiev

Piano Sonatas 1, 2 & 5, Visions Fugitives

Alexander Melnikov (Harmonia Mundi)

Phenomenal playing as in the previous 2 volumes of the complete sonatas

[MickyD]

Twenty years after his "Symphonie Imaginaire" disc of Rameau, Mark Minkowski is giving us a second helping - and by all accounts it is ravishing. Extracts on France Musique this morning.

[Nick Armstrong]

Twenty years after his "Symphonie Imaginaire" disc of Rameau, Mark Minkowski is giving us a second helping - and by all accounts it is ravishing. Extracts on France Musique this morning.

Great shout Micky! Thanks for this, I wasn’t aware.

Did you hear the baroque catch-up from the wonderful Anna Picard last Saturday?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017dp3

It starts about 1 hour 40 minutes into the programme.

Interesting selection and I love her deft, understated and often amusing presentation.

[MickyD]

No, I haven't caught up with Saturday's programme yet, Nick, but will do so as like you, I rate Anna Picard very highly.

Extracts from the Rameau disc can be heard here on today's En Pistes! programme on Radio France:

https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/en-pistes/marc-minkowski-revient-avec-gourmandise-a-rameau-6246680

[Bryn]

No, I haven't caught up with Saturday's programme yet, Nick, but will do so as like you, I rate Anna Picard very highly.

Extracts from the Rameau disc can be heard here on today's En Pistes! programme on Radio France:

https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemus...rameau-6246680

Extracts from the extracts, eh? I have just imported both Nouvell . . . and imaginere.

[MickyD]

Extracts from the extracts, eh? I have just imported both Nouvell . . . and imaginere.

Chapeau, Bryn!

[Edgy 2]

Weinberg

String Quartets 1, 7 & 11

Super recording, Vol 2 of the Arcadia Quartet cycle on Chandos

Shaping up to be a set to rival the Quatuor Danel

[Nick Armstrong]

Extracts from the Rameau disc can be heard here on today's En Pistes! programme on Radio France:

https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemus...rameau-6246680

Heard the whole thing via Qobuz on a road trip yesterday - very good though I could have done without the random sung arias which form part of it

[Nick Armstrong]

No, I haven't caught up with Saturday's programme yet, Nick, but will do so as like you, I rate Anna Picard very highly.

I particularly liked her quote from Mrs Pepys, which seemed to take Hannah F’s breath away slightly

[MickyD]

Heard the whole thing via Qobuz on a road trip yesterday - very good though I could have done without the random sung arias which form part of it

Ah yes, I agree with you there. A bit like the Jean Rondeau/Thomas Dunford disc 'Barricades', I wish they had just left it as an instrumental recital.

[MickyD]

Another Ravel recording from Roth and Les Siècles, with Tiberghien playing a Pleyel piano. Looks interesting!

[Pulcinella]

Another Ravel recording from Roth and Les Siècles, with Tiberghien playing a Pleyel piano. Looks interesting!
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Mentioned (by me) in the What classical.... thread (#17361), as it was Presto's recording of the week; Bryn (#17363) concurred with some of my impressions!
Certainly interesting.

[gurnemanz]

Very recent if not brand new is a beautiful Barbara Strozzi selection from mezzo, Renata Dubinskaitė, and the ensemble Canto Fiorito on Brilliant: https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...i-la-voce-sola.

It is one of my favourite recent purchases which I spotted the other day while checking out Presto's enticing summer discount offers.

[teamsaint]

This might be of interest to Satie enthusiasts. Bit outside of Cherry Red’s usual zone.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/erik-satie-old-sequins-and-ancient-breastplates-historical-recordings-1926-1961-4cd-box-set/

[Mandryka]

Lisa Moore plays piano and sings music by Rzewski, including the excellent and eponymous No Place to Go but Around.

https://lisamoore.bandcamp.com/album/frederic-rzewski-no-place-to-go-but-around