What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:40 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

I finally took the plunge

Enjoy, Darren....let us have some reactions, in time

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:46 pm

another £1 purchase from Amazon... it's nice to have a 2nd version in my collection, especially with de Peyer & Barenboim performing...

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:47 pm

Fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:

I finally took the plunge
Enjoy, Darren....let us have some reactions, in time

Fergus... its also a set I aspire to owning, somewhere in the mists of time, on the other side of The Creation & The Seasons..

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:25 pm

Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:32 pm

Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend

yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:22 pm

Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend
yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...

Get The Masses, Hickox or Gardiner...

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:34 am

Chalkperson wrote:
Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend
yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...
Get The Masses, Hickox or Gardiner...

I must get the Gardiner.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:35 am

This arrived yesterday, Harnoncourt/RCO perform Haydn's London Symphonies:

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:46 am

Chalkperson wrote:
Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend
yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...
Get The Masses, Hickox or Gardiner...

The Haydn Masses by Bruno Weil/Tafelmusik on Sony are also really very good

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:50 am

Chalkperson wrote:
Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend
yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...
Get The Masses, Hickox or Gardiner...

I had been thinking of asking for the Hickox set (Chandos) for Xmas, actually...

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:51 am

Seán wrote:This arrived yesterday, Harnoncourt/RCO perform Haydn's London Symphonies:

you won't be disappointed Sean... I bought that set when it came out, and I'm quite satisfied...

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:52 am

Fergus wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:Then you also have some really glorious music in store for yourself if you get all three of those, my friend
yes, the Haydn choral works are indeed working their way to the top of my list... an event I am indeed looking forward to, immensely...
Get The Masses, Hickox or Gardiner...
The Haydn Masses by Bruno Weil/Tafelmusik on Sony are also really very good

I agree, and believe me I am not that keen on religious music but Weil and Tafelmusik are really special.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:53 am

Jared wrote: I had been thinking of asking for the Hickox set (Chandos) for Xmas, actually...

I hope that Santa will oblige and not disappoint you

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:53 am

Jared wrote:
Seán wrote:This arrived yesterday, Harnoncourt/RCO perform Haydn's London Symphonies:

you won't be disappointed Sean... I bought that set when it came out, and I'm quite satisfied...

Thanks Jared, first impressions are very favourable indeed, our nut-job does get it right (sometimes).

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:58 am

Fergus wrote:
Jared wrote: I had been thinking of asking for the Hickox set (Chandos) for Xmas, actually...
I hope that Santa will oblige and not disappoint you

one can but live in hope... when I was a kid, I often wondered why the tooth fairy was suffering from the results of an economic slow down, at the precise moment he passed over our house..

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:02 am

But you have come through it all with a smile on your face Jared

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:04 am

Fergus wrote:But you have come through it all with a smile on your face Jared

yes... I'm not sure just how much the 1973 oil crisis and three day week affected Ireland... but it all happened just as was losing some of my milk teeth..

nut-job · Post by **nut-job** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:10 am

Jared wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Jared wrote: I had been thinking of asking for the Hickox set (Chandos) for Xmas, actually...
I hope that Santa will oblige and not disappoint you
one can but live in hope... when I was a kid, I often wondered why the tooth fairy was suffering from the results of an economic slow down, at the precise moment he passed over our house..

In the U.S., the tooth fairy levies a 0.1% excise tax on the sale of toothpaste and toothbrushes. This is a terrible way to do it, because falling sales of toothpaste are correlated with increased tooth loss, and greater outlays by the tooth fairy industry. After the gingivitis crisis of the 70's the tooth fairy administration has used advanced financial instruments to limit exposure to dental fluctuations.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:19 pm

Fergus wrote:The Haydn Masses by Bruno Weil/Tafelmusik on Sony are also really very good

I have never seen those for sale here...

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:45 am

JOHANNES BRAHMS
•Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120/1
•Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120/2
•Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114 *

Pierce-Aomori Duo
-Hideaki Aomori, clarinet
-Joshua Pierce, piano
-*Daniel Barrett, cello

MSR Classics MS-1322, 63:43, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:49 am

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
•Concerto No. 1 in E Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1823)
•Concerto No. 2 in A-flat Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1824)
Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas, pianists
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Bystrik Rezucha, conductor
(Recorded 1995)

MSR Classics MS 1330, 70:27, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:54 am

SOUND OF VERSE
•Boris Pasternak (1890-1960): Piano Sonata in B Minor (1909
•Boris Pasternak: (2) Preludes (1906)
•Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
•Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36

Inna Faliks, piano
(Recorded by Joseph Patrych; r. 2008/2009)
MSR Classics MS 1333, 65:29, DDD

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:33 am

Chausson: Poème; Jolivet: Concerto pour violin
Isabelle Faust
Marko Letonja/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Harmonia Mundi

My Faust collection continues to grow...

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:59 pm

Ken wrote:
Chausson: Poème; Jolivet: Concerto pour violin
Isabelle Faust
Marko Letonja/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Harmonia Mundi

My Faust collection continues to grow...

Her recently released traversal of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas should be the next on your list...

NancyElla · Post by **NancyElla** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:29 pm

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:39 pm

NancyElla wrote:

John Nakamatsu is a superb pianist, check out his excellent disc of piano music by Joseph Wolfl...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Dri ... ame_role=1

thisolehouse · Post by **thisolehouse** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:01 pm

My latest purchase is new release of the music of Arvo Pärt on ECM, ECM 2050. It includes:
In Principio
La Sindone
Cecilia Vergine Romana
Da Pacem Domine
Mein Weg
Für Lennart In Memorium
The performers are:
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
And The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
With conductor, Tõnu Kaljuste.

World Premier Recording of some works by Shostakovich including:
The complete “The Girlfriends”
Salute to Spain
Rule Britiannia!
The 1945 Symphonic Movement.
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
is directed by Mark Fitz-Gerald.
Naxos CD 8.572138

And the secular cantatas of J.S. Bach on Brilliant Classics with the Berlin Chamber Orchestra directed by Peter Schreier. With soloists Edith Mathis, Arleen Auger, Lucia Popp, Carolyn Watkinson, Julia Hamari, Astrid Pilzecker, Eberhard Büchner, Peter Schrier, Siegfried Lorenz, and Theo Adam.

Bill

NancyElla · Post by **NancyElla** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:27 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
NancyElla wrote:
John Nakamatsu is a superb pianist, check out his excellent disc of piano music by Joseph Wolfl...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Dri ... ame_role=1

I heard Nakamatsu and Manasse perform together a year or two ago, and was tremendously impressed by both of them. But Woelfl???? That name I've never heard before! Thanks for the tip.

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:38 pm

RAVISHINGLY RUSSIAN
19th and 20th Century Russian Secular Choral Music

Music by Dargomyzhsky, Taneyev, Rachmaninoff, Cui, Arensky,
Salmanov, Tchaikovsky, Falik, Kalinnikov, Ekimov, Rom, and Gavrilin

Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson, conductor

MSR Classics MS 1311, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:42 pm

Borèalis en Salon
19th Century French Music for Winds

Deslandres • Lefebvre • Onslow • Taffanel

The Borèalis WInd Quintet
-Katherine Fink, flute; Tamar Beach Wells, oboe; Kathryn Taylor, clarinet; Dan Culpepper, horn; Wayne Hileman, bassoon

MSR Classics MS 1250, 69:27, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:52 pm

JAG & JERSEY
WORKS FOR SOLO CLARINET BY BURGMÜLLER, DAVID, FRANCAIX, LARSEN, LLOYD, McALLISTER, REGER & WUBBENHORST

Libby Larsen (b.1950)
•Yellow Jersey (World Premiere Recording)
•Corker (1977)
Max Reger
•Romance in G (1902)
James M. David (b.1978)
•E-Type Jag (1998) (World Premiere Recording)
Norbert Burgmüller (1810-1836)
•Duo, Op. 15 (c.1834)
Thomas Martin Wubbenhorst (b.1952)
•Even' Song (2001) (World Premiere Recording)
Charles Lloyd (1849-1919)
•'Bon Voyage!' Impromptu (1887)
Jean Français (1912-1997)
•Tema con Variazioni (1974)
Scott McAllister (b.1969)
•Black Dog (2001)

LINDA CIONITTI, clariet
Alan Way, clarinet
Natalia da Roza, piano
Maria Gutirrez Springfield, piano
Matthew D. Fallin, percussion
Vocal Octot
Georgia Southern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Robert Dunham, conductor (McAllister)

MSR Classics MS 1329, 61:03, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:56 pm

MELODIE
Music for Violin and Harp

Composers include: D. E. Inghelbrecht, Padovano, Carl Nielsen, D. Scarlatti, Villa-Lobos, Ibert, Mozart, Gluck, Gaylen Hatton, Philippe Sagnier, Debussy, Arli Heimir Sveinsson, Saint-Saëns, Joseph Lauber, Murray Boren

AURORA DUO
-Donna Fairbanks, violin; Lysa Rytting, harp

MSR Classics MS 1332, 69:31, DDD

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:02 am

Chalkperson wrote:
Ken wrote: My Faust collection continues to grow...
Her recently released traversal of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas should be the next on your list...

It already is, though unless I can find it for 3,99€ like I did the above disc, I won't be purchasing it (or any other disc, for that matter) any time soon.

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:03 am

BARBARA HARBACH, Chamber Music 2 [Volume 4]
String Orchestra & Woodwind Quintet

•The Soul of RA for String Orchestra (2005-06)
•Freeing the Caged Bird for Woodwind Quintet (2006-07)
•Transformations for String Orchestra (2004)
•Echoes from Tomorrow for Chamber Ensemble (2006)
•Lilia Polka for Woodwind Quintet (1996) [Kate Chopin, arr. B. Harbach]

Bratislava Chamber Orchestra
Bratislava Woodwind Quintet
Ensemble Istropolis
Kirk Trevor, director

MSR Classics 1255, 69:41, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:06 am

JS Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Ronald Hawkins, piano (Schimmel)

MSR Classics MS 1324, 62:39, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:12 am

TROMBA MUNDI

Jerôme Nauais: Cocktail
Joseph Price: Intrada Dramatica *
Mark Zuckerman: Recollections *
Eric Ewazen: Fantasia
Robert K. Bradshaw: Carillon *
Bernard Andrés: Triforium
Karim Al-Zand: Fanfare *
Verne Reynolds: Music for Five Trumpets
Rob Roy McGregor: Essay for Six Trumpets *
Ronald Lo Presti: Suite for Five Trumpets
Erik Morales: Cityscapes *

* World Premiere Recording

Tromba Mundi Trumpet Ensemble
MSR Classics MS 1320, 71:26, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:58 am

I couldn't be more thrilled by the consummate professionalism
and energetic playfulness that Michelle LaCourse and Martin Amlin
have brought to this music. —James Grant (composer)

James Grant (b. 1954)
•Chocolates (Torch Songs for Viola and Piano)
-Valentine; Bittersweet Triple Mocha Indulgence
•Waltz for Betz
•Stuff
•High Autumn
•Just a Thought
•Endorphins
•Sultry and Eccentric
-Dark Chocolate (sinful); Hazelnut (delectable)

Michelle LaCourse, viola
Martin Amlin, piano
MSR Classics MS 1335, 60:47, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:00 am

Barbara Harbach 3
Toccatas, Flourishes & Fugues
A Celebration of Hymns

24 Tracks
Barbara Harbach, organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (1965)
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Mo.

MSR Classics MS 1254, 65:32, DDD

Post by **Lance** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:02 am

STARRY NIGHT PROJECT
Music Based on Visual Art

Matthew Harris (b.1984)
•Seven Paintings for Violin, Cello and Piano (1984)

Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)
•Art Suite for Cello and Piano (1999)

Libby Larsen (b.1950)
•A Portrait of Six Paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe
for B-flat Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1996)

Andrew List (b.1956)
•Noa Noa: A Gaugin Tableau
for Violin Clarinet and Piano (2008)

Montage Music Society
Sarita Uranovsky, violin; Marc Moskovitz, cello;
Stephen Dyball, viola; Bruce Creditor, clarinet; Debra Ayers, piano

MSR Classics MS 1264, 62:44, DDD

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:34 pm

This afternoon, I picked up a copy of the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & Sudfunkchor, Neville Marriner recording of Haydn's Creation:

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:49 am

Nørgård: Symphony No. 3, Concerto in due tempi
Per Salo (Piano)
Leif Segerstam/Danish National RSO
Chandos

My first venture into Norgard's music, courtesy the leftover credits that I discovered in my eMusic account. Looking forward to digging into this 'disc', which has received top-notch reviews at Amazon.

Post by **Lance** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:55 am

Seán, I hope you have Sir Thomas Beecham's EMI discs of the London symphonies, too! His are kind of a paradigm amongst recordings.

Seán wrote:This arrived yesterday, Harnoncourt/RCO perform Haydn's London Symphonies:

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:55 am

Outstanding pianism: highly recommended!

James · Post by **James** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:59 am

New release from a very distinguished ensemble!
Four chamber works from the 1950s that became cornerstones of the avant-garde,
each illustrating a new phase in Stockhausen's former work.

Content:
KONTRA-PUNKTE for ten instruments (11:51)
REFRAIN for piano, celesta, and percussion (11:52)
ZEITMASZE for five woodwinds (12:47)
SCHLAGTRIO for piano and percussion (15:11)

ensemble recherche / conductor: Rupert Huber
booklet writer: Richard Toop

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:59 pm

Lance wrote:Seán, I hope you have Sir Thomas Beecham's EMI discs of the London symphonies, too! His are kind of a paradigm amongst recordings.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on that, they are stodgy and old fashioned readings that have not lasted well over time, George Szell's Haydn Set is one that Sean should get next, IMHO of course...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/alb ... _id=218044

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:25 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
Lance wrote:Seán, I hope you have Sir Thomas Beecham's EMI discs of the London symphonies, too! His are kind of a paradigm amongst recordings.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on that, they are stodgy and old fashioned readings that have not lasted well over time, George Szell's Haydn Set is one that Sean should get next, IMHO of course...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/alb ... _id=218044

Well gentlemen now you have me in a quandry. I had both sets in my hot little hand yesterday but bought the Marriner's Haydn Creation disc instead. I probably would be inclined to buy the Szell as I like almost everything that the Hungarian maestro did, do you concur Lance?

nut-job · Post by **nut-job** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:33 pm

Seán wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
Lance wrote:Seán, I hope you have Sir Thomas Beecham's EMI discs of the London symphonies, too! His are kind of a paradigm amongst recordings.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on that, they are stodgy and old fashioned readings that have not lasted well over time, George Szell's Haydn Set is one that Sean should get next, IMHO of course...

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/alb ... _id=218044
Well gentlemen now you have me in a quandry. I had both sets in my hot little hand yesterday but bought the Marriner's Haydn Creation disc instead. I probably would be inclined to buy the Szell as I like almost everything that the Hungarian maestro did, do you concur Lance?

I'm sure the Szell is good, if is anything like his Mozart. Not complete, but I've enjoyed the Fey/Heidelberg recordings on Hanssler.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:24 pm

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:07 pm

Fergus wrote:

I'm still slightly on the fence with this one Fergus...what do you think of it?

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:08 pm

nut-job wrote: I've enjoyed the Fey/Heidelberg recordings on Hanssler.

Absolutely, a wonderful series of discs, but, at full price, I was commenting on Szell vs Beecham because of the cost, Fey's are like a breath of fresh air when it comes to Haydn...

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