New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 2nd June 2017
Hallé and Mark Elder's Parsifal from the 2013 Proms is amongst the pick of this week's releases, as well as box sets unearthing recordings from Karl Böhm's early years, and celebrating the recording legacy of The Choir of St John's College Cambridge. On DVD and Blu-ray Gergiev conducts Rimsky-Korsakov's Le Coq d'Or, while Danielle de Niese stars in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Wagner: Parsifal
Lars Cleveman (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Sir John Tomlinson (Gurnemanz), Detlef Roth (Amfortas), Tom Fox (Klingsor), Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Hallé present the re-mastered recording of their 2013 BBC Proms performance, recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall. The original multitrack recordings of both rehearsals and concert were edited to eliminate audience noise whilst retaining the sense of place and the staged nature of the performance.
Available Formats: 4 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Stanford retained an enthusiasm for the music of Bach throughout his life, and the two sets of ‘Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte’ are a clear homage to Johann Sebastian Bach’s own ‘48’. Sam Haywood, making his second recording for Hyperion, performs his own selection.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The Austrian conductor Karl Böhm is one of the towering conductors of the twentieth century. This nineteen-CD set assembles all the extant recordings he conducted for EMI (notably its German Electrola label) over the period from 1935 to 1949 in Dresden, Berlin, Vienna and London, and includes a number of rarities and the world premiere release of a version of Mozart’s Serenata notturna recorded in Vienna in 1947.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (DVD & Blu-ray)
Vladimir Feliauer (King Dodon), Andrei Popov (The Astrologer), Aida Garifullina (Queen of Shemakha), Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
A thoroughly Russian composer, Rimsky-Korsakov's music derived much from his country's rich legacy of folk tales, and his lush, exotic orchestration was a strong influence on his student Stravinsky. Completed in 1907, just after the Russo-Japanese war, this opera's depiction of a witless Tsar meant it was initially banned, and Rimsky-Korsakov never saw it performed. Finally staged in 1909, it received its first performance at the Mariinsky in 1919.
Available Format: DVD Video + Blu-ray
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (DVD)
Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Taylor Stayton (Almaviva), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola (conductor)
The visual sophistication of Annabel Arden’s production serves as a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius, featuring Danielle de Niese as Rosina, Björn Bürger as Figaro, and an object lesson in comic understatement from Alessandro Corbelli as Dr Bartolo.
Available Format: DVD Video
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Blu-ray)
Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Taylor Stayton (Almaviva), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola (conductor)
The visual sophistication of Annabel Arden’s production serves as a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius, featuring Danielle de Niese as Rosina, Björn Bürger as Figaro, and an object lesson in comic understatement from Alessandro Corbelli as Dr Bartolo.
Available Format: Blu-ray
Katherine Cooper - Head of Editorial
