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Post by julesd68 on Oct 7, 2022 11:36:15 GMT
Let's see if the mercurial HH is at her 5***** best on this new album featuring Dvořák’s and Ginastera’s Violin Concertos as well as Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy. I have high expectations.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 7, 2022 14:12:53 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 7, 2022 16:16:30 GMT
Well I only managed 3 minutes of the Dvorak and that was a struggle.  The performance didn’t tell me anything about the work and sounded somewhat ‘going through the motions’ as if she wasn’t that interested … I'm not tempted to persist with it at present. |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 14, 2022 19:38:15 GMT
A new Beethoven VC from Vilde Frang.
We'll have to see if this can get anywhere close to my favourites from Tetzlaff and Krebbers.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 28, 2022 10:52:04 GMT
A new solo violin release from the divinely gifted Rachel Podger, including a transcription of Bach's most famous Toccata and Fugue - is she peerless with this kind of repertoire?
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Post by Slinger on Oct 28, 2022 12:34:11 GMT
Not actually a "new" new release, but it is the latest freebee from Naxos, and I thought it might interest you guys.  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 28, 2022 12:55:21 GMT
I love Batiz in his Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 perfomance, so this is well worth a try.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 28, 2022 13:43:12 GMT
Batiz is extremely good with 'colour' as I found in his Albeniz recording so Respighi should be his thing too ...
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 30, 2022 18:45:15 GMT
Who needs another Rach PC2?
I do if it's something special - this new release from Anna Fedorova is getting some good press so I'll be checking it out. Should sound good too with the recording on the usually reliable Channel Classics.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 6, 2022 16:01:55 GMT
Not actually a "new" new release, but it is the latest freebee from Naxos, and I thought it might interest you guys. Fantastic opening to Pines. Nice pace and superb wide-screen soundstage with lots of detail. You're sitting around row E, so quite close to the stage. Batiz brings the same excitement as he brings to the Saint-Saens 3rd. The organ is there and audible but not as potent as the Lane/Atlanta recording (but then, nothing is). Otherwise, this is a musical feast with very fine performance and sound. |
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 9, 2022 16:39:33 GMT
New album from last year's Leeds winner must be worth checking out.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 11, 2022 21:04:53 GMT
This is funny as we all seem to have the same opinion of some of Rattle's releases. It's great that he's come good with Mahler's 9th.
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 11, 2022 21:34:41 GMT
I'll have to keep an open mind on this one then!
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 15, 2022 19:26:23 GMT
Have you listened to Rattle's new Mahler 9, Martin?
Dave H makes a very persuasive case for it so I have saved it for later listening.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 15, 2022 19:56:40 GMT
Also saved here for later listening. I don't play the 9th lightly, too emotional and needs my undivided attention.
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 17, 2022 14:57:24 GMT
Now then MartinT I wonder how your speakers will deliver this new recording on BIS of Scriabin's immortal Poem of Ecstasy? Please report back after playing very LOUD. |
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 22, 2022 18:17:41 GMT
I love Mahler 7 so really look forward to this.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 6, 2023 9:46:19 GMT
Devastatingly seductive from Beatrice Rana.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 13, 2023 0:52:26 GMT
Yuja unloading on a track from the forthcoming Michael Tilson Thomas collab.
Brilliant.
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 3, 2023 12:30:25 GMT
Nikolai Lugansky is an absolutely luminary interpreter of Rachmaninov in my eyes, he brings such emotional weight and drama to the music.
Here he revisits the Etudes Tableaux 30 years after first recording them.
Just wonderful.
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