New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 25th August 2017
Pianist Nelson Freire's return to Brahms, Semyon Bychkov's continuation of his Tchaikovsky project, Alexei Lubimov's exploration of C.P.E. Bach on a tangent piano and a box set dedicated to Rudolf Serkin are featured this week.
Nelson Freire made his recording debut with the Brahms F minor sonata in 1967. Now, half a century later, he returns to this monumental work. Still in his prime at 72, Nelson Freire invests Brahms’ music with unrivalled colour and imagination, culminating in a selection of the celebrated late Intermezzi.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky’s epic Manfred Symphony for Volume 2 of his Tchaikovsky Project, a multi-year venture shedding new light on the great master’s major orchestral works. Each recording benefits from extensive preparation time, the best possible recording conditions and Bychkov’s in-depth research on these works.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov responds to the inventiveness of CPE Bach's music by making full creative use of the sonorities of the tangent piano. Briefly popular in the early 18th century, the tangent piano (whose strings are struck from beneath by wood or metal tangents and allowed to vibrate) offered greater expressiveness and intensity than the harpsichord.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Charpentier, M-A: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Robert Getchell (Orphée), Caroline Weynants (Eurydice), Caroline Dangin-Bardot (Oenone), Violaine Le Chenadec (Daphné), Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Charpentier's last short opera constitutes in its breadth and dramatic density a gem of 17th-century French vocal art. It is a poetic experience amid the depths of night, which inspired Sébastien Daucé and his Ensemble Correspondances in this new edition, recorded in Grenoble in January last year.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg Castle, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. This disc marks the 500th anniversary with two Reformation cantatas by J. S. Bach and three works by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Vaughan Williams, each preceded here by the chorale melody on ̀which they are based.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 (DVD)
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), Charles Dekeyse (bass), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Académie Équestre de Versailles, Marc Minkowski
A highlight of Salzburg’s Mozart Week, with horses and riders from the Académie Équestre de Versailles joining forces with the Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski, to place the Requiem into a new theatrical context. By refining the skillfully regulated interactions between humans, animals and music, this production is much more than a great display of choreography: it’s a moving exploration of the interconnectedness of existence.
Available Format: DVD Video
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 (Blu-ray)
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), Charles Dekeyse (bass), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Académie Équestre de Versailles, Marc Minkowski
A highlight of Salzburg’s Mozart Week, with horses and riders from the Académie Équestre de Versailles joining forces with the Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski, to place the Requiem into a new theatrical context. By refining the skillfully regulated interactions between humans, animals and music, this production is much more than a great display of choreography: it’s a moving exploration of the interconnectedness of existence.
Available Format: Blu-ray
Katherine Cooper - Head of Editorial
