Berlin Archive
SCHULHOFF: Concertos [TrackList follows] – Deutsches Symphonie-Orch. Berlin/ Roland Kluttig – Capriccio
It looks like the time for this Dadaist/revolutionary/ jazz enthusiast composer has finally arrived.
Klemperer and Blech conduct RICHARD STRAUSS = Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks; Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils; Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Intermezzo; Death and Transfiguration; Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes – Pristine Audio
For the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss, Mark Obert-Thorn resurrects classic interpretations from the late 1920s.
The Galapagos Affair (Satan Came to Eden), (2013)
A fascinating documentary on a little-known piece of history.
BARTOK: Ferenc Fricsay Conducts the Masterpieces of Bartok – Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 25 May, 1952 – Reconstitution of the Concerto – Praga Digitals
This new release from Praga Digitals is another in the Reminiscences series of archival recordings re-mastered with the latest technology.
Julius Katchen, p. = Works of LISZT, BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, CHOPIN – Audite (2 CDs)
The tragically short-lived Julius Katchen has an expanded discography courtesy of RIAS tapes from his 1962 and 1964 studio recitals.
The Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. II = SCHUBERT String Quartets – Amadeus-Quartett – Audite (2 CDs)
Vol. 2 of a fine series by the Amadeus-Quartet.
BACH: “Bach Concertos” = Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concerto for Violin and Oboe; 2 Violin Sonatas – Janine Jansen and friends – Decca
A most agreeable collection of Bach’s chamber music.
NICOLAI: Mass No. 1 in D; Liturgie No. 2; Psalm 13; Pater noster; Ecce enim Deus; Psalm 84 – Carus
A nice change of pace and a different take on a composer we really don’t know that well.
“Opera Breve” = Works of FALLA, TCHAIKOVSKY, DONIZETTI, GLUCK, ROSSINI, R. STRAUSS, GERSHWIN, SAINT-SAENS, HUMPERDINCK, RAFF for violin & piano – Quint & Maisky – Avanti Classic
Violin virtuoso Philippe Quint pays tribute to the personalities and teaches who nurtured his fine talent, here accompanied in appreciative ardor by pianist Lily Maisky.
WEILL: Zaubernacht – Arte Ensemble – cpo
A world premiere of an early work that might surprise you and force an acknowledgment of yet another side of Weill’s many-faceted art.
JAN SIBELIUS: “Rarities and First Recordings” (TrackList follows) – BIS
Capstone recording to the vital Sibelius Edition well worth having.
HOFMANN: Octet; Serenade; Sextet – Berolina Ens./ MD&G
Expertly played and recorded musical blandishments of a musical conservative.
MOZART: Symphonies Vol. 2 = No. 6 in F; No. 7 in D; No. 8 in D; No. 7a in G, KV 45a; No. 55 in B-flat, KV 45b – Danish Nat. Ch. Orch./ Adam Fischer – DaCapo
The earliest of the symphonies so far, and they are a delight.
‘Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 4’; Ensemble musicFabrik/Schlagquartett Köln/var. soloists (TrackList follows) – Bridge
Latest edition in an interesting series is still pretty heady stuff.
Daniel Hope, “Spheres” = Daniel Hope, violin/various soloists /Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin/ Rundfunkchor Berlin/Simon Halsey – DGG
Sort of an easy-listening new age recital, and totally lovely.
MAHLER: Complete Symphonies 1 – 10; etc. – Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (various conductors), Blu-ray (2013, 11 discs)
This is a quite amazing collection of all the Mahler symphonies, including Deryck Cooke’s revision of No. 10.
DVORAK: Violin Concerto; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 – Julia Fischer, v./ Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich/ David Zinman – Decca
A lovely pairing of two exquisite concertos for violin and orchestra—but again? Such fine talent could be directed to less frequented repertory.
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major; BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Herbert von Karajan – ICA Classics (2 CDs)
Herbert von Karajan leads the Vienna Philharmonic in London, 1962, a concert that critics at the time applauded for its “Noble Height” in Bruckner.
GRIFFES: Piano Music = Three Tone-Pictures; Fantasy Pieces; Roman Sketches; Piano Sonata; De profundis; A Winter Landscape; Three Preludes – Garrick Ohlsson, p. – Hyperion
A glorious performance of these important piano works by one of the finest pianists.
PAUL KLETZKI: Orchestral Variations; Third Sym. “In memoriam” – Bamberger Symphony-Baverian Philharmonic/ Thomas Rösner – Musiques Suisses
Interesting compositions from a talent we only knew as a conductor.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 – Hilde Güden, sop./ Rosette Anday, mezzo-soprano/ Julius Patzak, tenor/ Alfred Poell, bass/ Vienna Philharmonic and Singakademie/ Wilhelm Furtwängler – Tahra
One of four famous Furtwängler traversals of this work, remastered for SACD.
LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz; Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes – Nareh Arghamanyan, p./ Radio Sym. Orch. Berlin/ Alain Altinoglu – Pentatone
A young prodigy with all the right stuff displays hers in this album of warhorses.