New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 1st September 2017
Cellist Steven Isserlis plays and directs Haydn concertos, violinist Alina Ibragimova continues her Mozart sonata cycle, Martha Argerich presents her latest selection from last year's Lugano festival and Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Rachmaninov's First Symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra in this week's selections.
Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos
Steven Isserlis (cello/director), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
If the two Haydn concertos are the most accomplished contributions to the cello’s burgeoning repertoire written in the eighteenth century, the CPE Bach coupling is scarcely less fine. Two charmingly rococo encores complete this latest essential release from Steven Isserlis.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
With their conductor laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Philharmonia return to disc with a live performance of Rachmaninov’s volcanic Symphony No.1. This is the first release in a new series of Rachmaninov’s symphonies, conducted by Ashkenazy in live performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
This is a series which continues to redefine the standards by which these works should be performed. As before, the music spans most of Mozart’s life, from 1763 - when he was just seven years old - to 1782, and (another) unfinished present written for his new wife Constanze.
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
Pianists include: Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Stephen Kovacevich, Sergey Babayan
Martha Argerich's annual festival at Lugano is well-established as one of the world’s most important music festivals. This 3-CD set of highlights from the 2016 festival includes soloists such as Nicholas Angelich, Stephen Kovacevich, and Renaud Capuçon. Argerich herself features on many of the performances, including Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit and the Piano Concerto in G major.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The Sixteen continues its exploration of Palestrina’s great art with the eagerly anticipated seventh album in the series which includes the Missa Ave Regina caelorum. This volume focuses on some of the pivotal women in Christian history - Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, St Barbara and Susannah.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Szymanowski & Karlowicz: Violin Concertos
Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Tasmin Little joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner in intensely expressive interpretations of the concertos by the Polish composers Karłowicz and Szymanowski. All were written within the space of a generation (1902, 1916, and 1933), and yet they belong to quite different worlds.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The Goldberg Variations - The Complete 1955 Recording Sessions (7 CDs + LP + SACD)
Glenn Gould (piano)
Completed over four days in June 1955, Glenn Gould’s début recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is one of the most successful classical recordings ever. This release features the complete recording sessions on five CDs (including studio conversations between Gould and his producer), the final album on CD and vinyl, an extra CD of audio interviews with Gould, a poster, a 280-page hard-cover book, the complete musical score, and several essays.
Available Format: 7 CDs + Vinyl Record + SACD
Kenneth Macmillan's Anastasia
Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Simon Hewett
Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů. Anastasia tells the story of Anna Anderson who, following the Russian Revolution and the murder of the royal family, claimed she was the surviving Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Available Format: DVD Video
Kenneth Macmillan's Anastasia
Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Simon Hewett
Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů. Anastasia tells the story of Anna Anderson who, following the Russian Revolution and the murder of the royal family, claimed she was the surviving Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Available Format: Blu-ray
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