New releases

[RichardB]

Replacement final movement. No Grosse [/URL]Fuge

Nobody's perfect. I guess their recording of op.133 will follow in due course.

[Jonathan]

I was slightly annoyed to discover that my preorder of the Beethoven / Scharwenka symphonies, vol.4 was apparently cancelled for no reason! I've emailed Somm to ask them if they could investigate. It's probably just a website glitch but the recording is now in the shops and online.


However, they've sorted it all out!

[FRJames]

Hugues Dufourt - Complete Works for Solo Piano
Various Artists
Coviello, 2xCD.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9538669--hugues-dufourt-complete-works-for-solo-piano

Out on 27 Oct 2023.

[Mandryka]

Hugues Dufourt - Complete Works for Solo Piano
Various Artists
Coviello, 2xCD.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9538669--hugues-dufourt-complete-works-for-solo-piano

Out on 27 Oct 2023.

Thanks. It is steaming now and my first impressions are that it easy to listen to. The booklet is here

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/74/000161347.pdf

[Pulcinella]

A sort of new release, as it's the BBC MM CD (December 2023 issue), just delivered.
According to the liner notes, the first 11 tracks were recorded in Salford on 27 September 2023; if true, that's an impressively short production time!

[cloughie]

A sort of new release, as it's the BBC MM CD (December 2023 issue), just delivered.
According to the liner notes, the first 11 tracks were recorded in Salford on 27 September 2023; if true, that's an impressively short production time!

What’s on the CD, Pulc?

[richardfinegold]

What’s on the CD, Pulc?

It was such a short release time that they were unable to place any music on the disc

[Pulcinella]

What’s on the CD, Pulc?

Ballet music

Shostakovich (Age of gold: polka; The limpid stream suite)
Prokofiev (Cinderella, suite 2)
Delibes (Sylvia: The huntresses)

BBCPO/Storgårds

Then there's Satie's Parade, from 2017.

BBCNOW/Yates

[cloughie]

Ballet music

Shostakovich (Age of gold: polka; The limpid stream suite)
Prokofiev (Cinderella, suite 2)
Delibes (Sylvia: The huntresses)

BBCPO/Storgårds

Then there's Satie's Parade, from 2017.

BBCNOW/Yates

Looks like a good listen!

[Pulcinella]

The Eloquence advert in December's BBC MM heralds two new boxes of recordings of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, often praised on these boards.

Vol 1: The complete Decca recordings (including the Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos)
Vol 2: The Philips, Mercury, Accord, and DG recordings

[pastoralguy]

The Eloquence advert in December's BBC MM heralds two new boxes of recordings of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, often praised on these boards.

Vol 1: The complete Decca recordings (including the Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos)
Vol 2: The Philips, Mercury, Accord, and DG recordings

Yes, I’ve been thinking about asking Santa for these…

[FRJames]

Paavo Berglund - Warner Edition (42CD)
Warner Classics

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Berglund-Warner-42cds-Paavo/dp/B0CGXW267X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2W3PCNMYUXVEE&keywords=berglund+wa rner+edition&qid=1698955117&s=music&sprefix=berglu nd+warner+%2Cclassical%2C69&sr=1-1

This set is a combination of Berglund's EMI & Finlandia recordings, all in original jacket format. Release date is currently 19/1/24 with a cost in the region of £100 (based on a quick internet survey).

[prb]

Not (just) new releases, but Hyperion's streaming catalogue is building up - here's a link on Qobuz, but I expect it's the same on other streaming platforms.

[Pulcinella]

Not (just) new releases, but Hyperion's streaming catalogue is building up - here's a link on Qobuz, but I expect it's the same on other streaming platforms.

And in today's releases is a Hyperion release of Steven Osborne playing the Debussy Etudes, recordings/interpretations of which have featured recently on another thread (can't remember which, offhand). (PS: Actually, I now think that the discussion might have been about the Preludes. )

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9530129--debussy-etudes-pour-le-piano

[Nick Armstrong]

The extract played from this on Saturday morning really captured my attention:



The ‘controversial’ approach to tempo & expression seemed to make the music live anew; I wonder if the brief extract flattered to deceive - I’ll be listening to the whole thing to find out…