New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 22nd September 2017
This week's pick of new releases includes duets from Rolando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov, Saint-Saëns from Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano, and French songs from Thomas Hampson - plus collections of Paul Badura-Skoda's Schubert recordings and Christopher Wheeldon's charming ballets.
Duets - Rolando Villazón & Ildar Abdrazakov
Rolando Villazón (tenor) & Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rolando Villazón, Ildar Abdrazakov, and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin present a wide range of French and Italian duets for tenor and bass, including “Au fond du temple saint” from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, and “Je suis Escamillo” from Bizet’s Carmen, alongside popular songs such as "Granada" and "Ochi Chernye".
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra & Mahler: Totenfeier
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin excel in this new recording of Richard Strauss's tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra, alongside Mahler's Totenfeier, which is an early version of the first movement of his Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection".
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Carnival of the Animals
Martha Argerich (piano) & Antonio Pappano (piano/conductor), Daniele Rossi (organ), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano lead the fun in Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals with members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The entire orchestra assembles under Pappano’s baton for another of Saint-Saëns's most celebrated works, the magnificent ‘Organ’ Symphony, No 3.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Thomas Hampson presents his first album exclusively dedicated to French song. The disc includes selections by Bizet, Chabrier, Chausson, Gounod, Magnard, Massenet, and Saint-Saëns, featuring texts written by some of France's most revered writers including Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Rosemonde Gerard, and others.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque bring together compositions by four violinist-composers. United by a reverence for Arcangelo Corelli, and in particular his Opus 5, these works explore the imagination of form that was the Sonata for violin and continuo.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
English composer Christopher Tye is especially bold in his metrical and harmonic experiments. There are pieces depicting the biblical Rachel weeping for her children, an In Nomine counted in lengths of five beats and obsessional works such as Sit Fast which test the rhythmic skills of musicians with passages of dizzyingly modernist metrical complexity.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon (DVD)
Joby Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Prokofiev: Cinderella
Here in all their whimsy and vivid charm is a pair of fairy-tale masterpieces from choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. His brilliant adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s surreal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is coupled with his innovative reimagining of Cinderella to Prokofiev’s celebrated and colourful score, creating a truly magical experience.
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon (Blu-ray)
Joby Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Prokofiev: Cinderella
Here in all their whimsy and vivid charm is a pair of fairy-tale masterpieces from choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. His brilliant adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s surreal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is coupled with his innovative reimagining of Cinderella to Prokofiev’s celebrated and colourful score, creating a truly magical experience.
Available Format: 2 Blu-rays
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