New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 28th July 2017
The Royal Opera House's recent production of William Tell, the latest in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series and box sets featuring the pianist Walter Gieseking and conductor Myung-Whun Chung are amongst the highlights of this week's new releases.
Richard Strauss: Tone Poems, Volume 4 - Eine Alpensinfonie and Don Juan
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, François-Xavier Roth
Francois–Xavier Roth is one of the most charismatic and enterprising conductors of his generation. In September 2011 he took on the role of Principal Conductor of the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg with his debut at the Donaueschinger Musiktage.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
The Romantic Piano Concerto 72 - Cipriani Potter
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Volume 72 of Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series comes to the rescue of yet another neglected figure with three first recordings courtesy of Howard Shelley and his Tasmanian forces. Composer, pianist, writer and educator, London-born Cipriani Potter was encouraged by Beethoven and admired by Wagner.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Michael Collins and Michael McHale here present a new volume in their exploration of the lyrical clarinet repertoire. The Brahms-influenced, essentially lyrical and tender works recorded here contrast particularly with the more familiar, contrapuntally rich organ music usually associated with Reger.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Even by the standards of Tudor England, in which masterpieces of choral polyphony appear to have been virtually an everyday occurrence, there is something uniquely and intensely compelling about the surviving works of John Sheppard. This is music designed to be sung by liturgical professionals, and none rise to its demands quite like Westminster Cathedral Choir.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Born in 1963, John Pickard is best known for a series of powerful orchestral and instrumental works. The present disc brings together some of his most recent orchestral compositions, in performances by two of his long-time collaborators: the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Martyn Brabbins.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Walter Gieseking’s Bach interpretations have long been celebrated and are still praised as being modern and contemporary. His legendary 1950 broadcasts, later released on the Heliodor label, included many of Bach’s important works such as [i]The Well-Tempered Clavier[/i], Partitas and Inventions. For the first time, Deutsche Grammophon presents all these recordings, newly remastered, in one original jackets collection.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC
Rossini: Guillaume Tell (DVD)
Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), Malin Byström (Mathilde), John Osborn (Arnold Melchtal), Sofia Fomina (Jemmy), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Rossini’s final opera, here performed in its original French, is one of his most outstanding, and is packed with glorious arias, choruses and ensembles. The exciting young Italian director Damiano Michieletto makes his Royal Opera House debut with a spectacular and thought-provoking production.
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
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