At long last! This was recorded several years ago, but funding problems prevented its release. All I can say is it's a must-have if you like his music.
Disc 1, D537 & D568 I decided today to begin a second listen of this set and so far, I am enjoying this more than before. Maybe I am in a more relaxed mood, I don't know. What I do know is that I am glad I learned early on in my collecting to not judge something on just one listen. Heck, I didn't even like Richter (my favorite pianist) very much the first time I heard him. I also read in a review that the superb sound in this set is because it was recorded in the former Teldec Studios.
For some reason, the SACD does not include everything that is on the 2 CD set. It only has the D899 and D935 Impromptus.
So this came for me from Amazon today. VARÈSE: The Complete Works - Royal Concertgebow Orchestra and ASKO Ensemble conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Enjoying this recording from the Amadeus box set this afternoon. Excellent playing and well recorded by DG.
Taneyev Quartet Myaskovsky: Complete String Quartets Nos. 1-13 Northern Flowers, 2019 5 CDs Excellent playing. Recorded in the early 1980's. The quartet was formed in 1946. Three of the original members are on this recording. The cello player had changed in 1967, so even there he had around 15 years experience playing with the quartet. Further experience for the quartet included playing for Mvarinksy in the Leningrad Philharmonic since 1950.
Auber: Overtures I Dario Salvi Czech Chamber Philharmonic Naxos, 2019 I am looking forward to future volumes even if the number of players seems to be somewhat small. Excellent sound. Dario Salvi is an Auber expert.
That's a nice set! Their late 1970s (mostly) recordings of Sergey Taneyev's String Quartets are very good and also released on Northern Flowers. Thanks for the reminder to dig these out later Edit: Recently re-released in a 10-CD set Sergey Taneyev: Complete Chamber Music
Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Theme and Variations; Straussiana. John Wilson Sinfonia of London Chandos, 2019 CD/SACD I was impressed by this recording. Everything seems to have come together for this disc. --Impressive natural sound, acoustics, conducting, and playing. Engineer: Ralph Couzens with CM 402 microphones hand built by the designer, Jorgen Thuresson, in Sweden. The orchestra is a reconstituted Sinfonia of London, a pickup orchestra name also used in 1962 by Barbirolli for some of his wonderful playing on the 1962 LP English String Music. Barbirolli used the Sinfonia for Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Tallis, and Fantasia on Greensleeves, plus Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, and Serenade in E minor. The way Barbirolli handled the strings on the Tallis theme still excites me.
Starting the day with this AP SACD that I picked up last week used. It's my first classical SACD mastered by Ryan Smith (I haven't always enjoyed his non-classical work) and so far I am enjoying this.
Thanks for posting. I was not familiar with this issue( or label). Oh no! There goes the budget-so many interesting releases.
An interesting tidbit about this 1962 Barbirolli recording from the Michael Kennedy notes for a 1998 issue about the acoustics and site for the Vaughan Williams Tallis theme. Barbirolli's 1962 recording (his second, the first dating from 1946) was made in the Temple Church, part of the reason for its success. This venue was suggested by the American composer and conductor, Bernard Hermann, a friend and admirer of Barbirolli since Sir John's years in New York. "There we went for a recording session that started at midnight to avoid any traffic noises," Ursula Vaughan Williams wrote later. "Coats and Thermos flasks were piled round the effigies of Crusader knights. Bernard was there listening to the balance and to the music, and resulting record is by far the best ever made of the work."