New releases

[Dave2002]

... and another - http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88883732732

[Andrew Preview]

I see Presto are flagging up Isabelle Faust's new Bartol violin concertos recording with Daniel Harding . I might find that hard to resist.

Faust is certainly a fine player, but I'm not a great fan of her tone. Perhaps it's just the way that the HM engineers capture her sound, but I find it too harsh. It hasn't stopped me from enjoying her recordings altogether, but the pleasure is lessened.

[Tapiola]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but a timely and mouthwatering reissue for Wagnerians of the earliest Bayreuth singers.

I almost paid silly money a couple of months ago for a second hand copy of the original 2004 Gebhardt release. I am glad I waited. Shall report back once I have taken delivery thereof. Anyone else heard it?

[HighlandDougie]

This may have been mentioned elsewhere but, as an adjunct to the big Britten box;

http://www.mdt.co.uk/britten-the-performer-decca-26cds.html

[pastoralguy]

I'm listening to Mitsuko Uchida's new Schumann cd. It's the Waldszenen, Piano sonata no. 2 and the Gesange der Fruhe. Gorgeous playing in music I don't know well if at all.

[amateur51]

I'm listening to Mitsuko Uchida's new Schumann cd. It's the Waldszenen, Piano sonata no. 2 and the Gesange der Fruhe. Gorgeous playing in music I don't know well if at all.

Dame Mitsuko played all these pieces, I think, in her RFH recital earlier in the year. Her performance of the Gesänge der Frühe were the first time I had heard these very late pieces, and most haunting they are too

[PJPJ]

A Morton Gould score resurfaces after well over 50 years.

Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958)

http://www.mdt.co.uk/gould-morton-windjammer-cinemiracle-symphony-orchestra-jack-shaindlin-sepia-2cds.html

Not a film I recall seeing, but it seems highly thought of, and Casals is in the cast (as himself).

A Cinerama Cinemiracle - here's the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFbbeBJDITQ

[verismissimo]

Karen Cargill's Nuits d'Ete: such a wide and constant vibrato, she sounds as though she's trilling. Not my cup of tea in this repertoire.

[amateur51]

Four new EMI Icon boxes plus new boxes of Boult and Berglund recordings ...

http://www.mdt.co.uk/new-releases.html?dir=asc&label=2083&order=name&releaseperiod=7599&utm_campaign=Newsletter-25-08-2013&utm_medium=email&utm_source=September_New_Releases

http://www.mdt.co.uk/boult-sir-adrian-the-complete-conductor-emi-10cds.html

http://www.mdt.co.uk/berglund-paavo-the-bournemouth-years-emi-icon-13cds.html

[amateur51]

Eight new releases from ICA Classics including must-haves from Emil Gilels and Barbirolli

http://www.mdt.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?order=most_viewed&q=ICA+classics&releaseperiod=7599&t=general

Not sure about the Callas

[Black Swan]

I'm listening to Mitsuko Uchida's new Schumann cd. It's the Waldszenen, Piano sonata no. 2 and the Gesange der Fruhe. Gorgeous playing in music I don't know well if at all.

How is the recording. I have her Schubert and Mozart Recordings and would like to have this one too.

[Black Swan]

Eight new releases from ICA Classics including must-haves from Emil Gilels and Barbirolli

http://www.mdt.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?order=most_viewed&q=ICA+classics&releaseperiod=7599&t=general

Not sure about the Callas

I was wondering about the Callas... but thought about buying it.

[Petrushka]

Eight new releases from ICA Classics including must-haves from Emil Gilels and Barbirolli

http://www.mdt.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?order=most_viewed&q=ICA+classics&releaseperiod=7599&t=general

Not sure about the Callas

I would add the Boult Elgar 2 disc to your list of 'must-haves', Am51. I've been hoping that this wonderful performance would appear one day and can't wait to get my hands on it. I vividly recall being bowled over by the R3 broadcast (deferred due to a live Tristan from Bayreuth under Kleiber - happy days!) so alleluias are in order, I think.

[pastoralguy]

How is the recording. I have her Schubert and Mozart Recordings and would like to have this one too.

Very good indeed, blackswan. We've listened on both the big, posh hi-fi and the little Bose system we have in the bedroom and it works well on both. Don't hesitate.

[Black Swan]

Pastoralguy,

Thanks, it's off to Amazon or iTunes, I go.