New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 31st March 2017
This week's releases include Elgar's Symphony No. 1 from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Yeygeny Sudbin completes his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with Osmo Vänskä. Other highlights include Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien continuing their series of Mozart Violin Sonatas on Hyperion and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from Lucy Crowe and Tim Mead, with La Nuova Musica and David Bates.
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
Doric String Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Doric String Quartet joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in the Introduction and Allegro, one of Elgar’s masterpieces. The full orchestra then appears in a passionate account of the majestic Symphony No. 1, a much-loved work ever since its premiere in 1906.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The third of the ongoing series from the partnership of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien. As before, the programme mixes the early - two works by the precocious ten-year-old - with the mature, and includes Mozart’s final violin sonata.
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
On two previous discs, Yevgeny Sudbin and Osmo Vänskä have released Beethoven’s three last piano concertos to critical acclaim. For the final disc in their cycle, they have travelled to Helsinki to team up with the Tapiola Sinfonietta for the earliest two of Beethoven’s piano concertos.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Lucy Crowe (soprano) & Tim Mead (counter-tenor), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
Two of Bach’s finest cantatas, both for solo alto, are coupled with the delicious agony of grief that is Pergolesi’s Stabat mater, an acknowledged masterpiece by one of the 18th century’s most influential composers. On this recording, La Nuova Musica, in its tenth anniversary year, and its two eminent soloists display equal mastery of both idioms.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
This disc contains music of predominantly royal association spanning the reign of Henry V, the Battle of Agincourt and its aftermath, and the coronations in England and France of the boy king Henry VI. The Binchois Consort under Andrew Kirkman bring this music vividly to life.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Franz Schubert´s Winterreise here engages with its audience in a new and unexpected form. Baritone Matthias Goerne, pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and South African director William Kentridge joined forces to trace newly imagined, deeply moving images. In short animated films, Kentridge visualises Goerne’s and Hinterhäuser’s sonic contribution.
Available Format: DVD Video
Franz Schubert´s Winterreise here engages with its audience in a new and unexpected form. Baritone Matthias Goerne, pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and South African director William Kentridge joined forces to trace newly imagined, deeply moving images. In short animated films, Kentridge visualises Goerne’s and Hinterhäuser’s sonic contribution.
Available Format: Blu-ray
Katherine Cooper - Head of Editorial
