Classical Upcoming Releases
Classical Upcoming Releases
The following classical CD titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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BREET DEAN / LUCA FRANCESCONI
Dean: Dramatis Personae / Francesconi: Hard Pace Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Gothenburg Symphony, John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 24/May/2017 ] Ever since his very first disc, released by BIS some thirty years ago, Hakan Hardenberger has earned recognition for his performances of the classical repertory, but also as a pioneer of significant and vituosic new music for the trumpet.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Yegveny Sudbin (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 24/May/2017 ] 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, Sudbin and Vänskä have traveled to Helsinki to team up with Tapiola Sinfonietta, one of... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (recorded in June, 2016) Gerhild Romberger (contralto) / Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink [ BR Klassik / CD - due 25/May/2017 ] "a perfect beauty of a performance, natural sound matching natural evoution and every solo perfectly intoned" BBC Music - Orchestral Choice - May 2017 Five Stars |
MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: For Bunita Marcus Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 25/May/2017 ] 'I have no problem with notes … none at all', was Feldman's cryptic comment on For Bunita Marcus. Throughout the seventy-two-minute duration of this extraordinary work, notes coalesce into wisps of melody which drift softly in and out of an immense... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 7 / Lieutenant Kije Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev [ Sony Classics / CD - due 26/May/2017 ] The first recording of the Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 by DSO Berlin directed by Tugan Sokhiev captured international attention (5 stars from Fono Forum). Now a new recording is being released of Prokofiev's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7 as well as the... |
J. S. BACH / WAGNER
Stokowski conducts Bach: The Great Transcriptions & Wagner: Brünnhilde's Immolation London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - due 26/May/2017 ] |
PAUL HINDESMITH
Hindemith: Complete String Quartets Amar Quartet [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - due 28/May/2017 ] "I found the performance of the Amar Quartet first rate; they certainly live up to the reputation of their namesakes. They manage to bring out the best in this wonderful music." MusicWeb Recording of the Month |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8 Nicky Spence (tenor) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 30/May/2017 ] Roger Vignoles astutely notes that Strauss's songs cannot be played 'without a vivid sense of the orchestral colours and textures that they imply', so how better to conclude our series of the complete songs than with the piano-accompanied versions of... |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony' & 4 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ ONYX / CD - due 1/Jun/2017 ] "This second album [in Manze's Vaughan Williams series] has the same persuasive mix of poetry, raw splendour and poignancy, with exceptional playing from the RLPO." The Observer Five Stars |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL de FALLA
Ravel: Piano Concertos / Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot [ Hyperion / CD - due 1/Jun/2017 ] Steven Osborne's solo Ravel for Hyperion has invited comparisons with the distinguished interpretations of the past; this new recording of the concertos is certain to win similar plaudits. The Falla is a generous and appropriate coupling, perfectly... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Two Sonatas for Two Pianos / etc Ludmila Berlinskaya & Arthur Ancelle (pianos) [ Melodiya / 2 CD - due 25/Jul/2017 ] Firma Melodiya presents a recording of two-piano transcriptions by Franz Liszt and Camille Saint-Saëns performed by the piano duet of Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle. "The unity of beautiful souls," wrote foreign reviewers about the duet.... |
