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[Joseph K]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...kagel-chorbuch

Yes, I saw this earlier on facebook. Looks good.

[Joseph K]

This is available for streaming on Spotify now - you have to search for Ensemble Miroirs Étendus. I know the music through the release from Ictus, I rather like the music.

I have this on CD but was disappointed with it. Perhaps it's time to try it again.

[Bryn]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...kagel-chorbuch

Thanks, though I must admit I have opted for ordering the SACD for a lower price from another vendor. It seems not to have turned up on QOBUZ as yet but they only offer 2-channels max, anyway. With Carré, one really wants surround sound, if possible. It would be just my luck for it to turn up as a discounted Hi-Def promotion on eClassical, now that I have ordered it.

[Bryn]

Left dumped on the doorstep by Amazon, despite the package being quite small enough to go through the letterbox (I put it through before opening the front door). To add insult to injury, Amazon falsely claimed that the package had been "Parcel was handed to resident." I did not get home from the AMM gig until nearly 2 in the morning and there was the package sitting on the doorstep for any passing opportunist the fright of their life on opening and listening to it.

Not over-impressed with the 5.0 surround presentation but it's better than making do with 2 channels. Strange that two such iconic Stockhausen multi-group works as Gruppen and Carré should each have only been issued once in surround sound.

[Actually, I've now got to Gruppe 57 and that seems better presented in terms of the surround soundstage. I may have been too swift to judgement. I will listen again, later. Oh, and there's a misprint of the duration of the performance of Carré as given in the booklet. There it reads 27:34. It should read 37:24, as given on the back of the packging]

[Mandryka]

I’ve only heard one thing by Ludger Brümmer, The Gates of H.

[Bryn]

As I mentioned this disc on the Earworm thread, I thought I'd mention it here too!
Alkan - The Complete Piano music volume 5 - 11 Pieces dans le stlye religieuses, Op.72, Etude alla barbaro and Etude (from the Encyclopedie du Pianiste Compositeur) - Mark Viner, Piano Classics PCL10197.

Phenomenal playing again from the supremely talented Mark Viner! Very interesting music too, some of the harmonies (especially in the 2 etudes at the end of the disc) are completely bonkers and not the sort of thing you'd expect to hear from a composer who was writing in the mid-19th century.

As an aside, we're off to see Mr. Viner in concert in 4 weeks time at the Wensleydale Concert Series at Aysgarth - he's playing the following programme:
Chopin - Fantaisie, Op. 49
Fauré - 6e Nocturne, Op. 63
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 110
Alkan - Douze Etudes dans tous les tons mineurs, Op. 39 No. 12 ‘Le Festin d’Esope’
Liszt - Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S. 534iii
Liszt - Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S. 407

If you are going, we will see you there!

https://www.mdr.de/kultur/radio/ipg/sendung-776804.html?fbclid=IwAR1c3OUlIDXWe0pGm_9aQSEjWn0P3uoNewR9ZJWXpVfvU0xEFs6nyWMBqac

Scroll down for an extract from Mark's contribution. According to his recent FB post, the full recital will be broadcast later this autumn.

[Mario]

the full rectal will be broadcast later this autumn.

Recital, man! RECITAL!

[Bryn]

Recital, man! RECITAL!

Typos happen. I usually spot and correct them with a 'blue pencil'.

[Mario]

Typos happen. I usually spot and correct them with a 'blue pencil'.

I know you do Bryn. You are quite careful in your use of grammar and syntax. Only trying to cheer myself up after that awful display by THAT team.

[Jonathan]

https://www.mdr.de/kultur/radio/ipg/...0xEFs6nyWMBqac

Scroll down for an extract from Mark's contribution. According to his recent FB post, the full recital will be broadcast later this autumn.

Thanks Bryn - I've not been on FB much recently (we were away visiting family over the weekend) so missed it!

[TBuckley]

Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage
Soloists, LPO, Gardner
LPO, 3xCDs.

A 3xCD issue to avoid the Act II split. Release date : 23 Sept 2022.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tippett-Midsummer-Marriage-Edward-Gardner/dp/B0B5KQ4BR7/ref=sr_1_49?crid=3GG5WHA1HSYIJ&keywords=tippett&qid=1661078856&s=music&sprefix=tippett+%2Cclassical%2C73&sr=1-49

[Bryn]

Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage
Soloists, LPO, Gardner
LPO, 3xCDs.

A 3xCD issue to avoid the Act II split. Release date : 23 Sept 2022.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tippett-Mid...l%2C73&sr=1-49

And to further inflate the price. Over £40 for what would fit on 2 CDs and comes from a BBC recording of a performance broadcast last year, IIRC.

[cloughie]

And to further inflate the price. Over £40 for what would fit on 2 CDs and comes from a BBC recording of a performance broadcast last year, IIRC.

Yes milking it methinks! Should be less than half the price - no real hardship to split the acts - it is hardly going to require splitting halfway through a song!

[Alison]

I’m more into streaming now but that does look
a nice item to have on shelves :-/

[Sir Velo]

I’m more into streaming now

I think I have bought fewer than 10 CDs in the last four years (having previously averaged 150-200 p.a.) since Qobuz upped its game with its Studio hi Res offering. Probably saved at least £1k p.a.!