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Boxed Set Selections - September 2022
27th Sep 2022
September heavyweights include a refreshed Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition on Warner Classics, Robert Levin's set of the Mozart keyboard sonatas performed on the composer's own fortepiano, and the complete sessions for Glenn Gould's 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on Sony.
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Vaughan Williams: The New Collector's Edition
Vaughan Williams Edition 2022, Malcolm Stewart, Piers Lane (piano), Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin, Norma Burrowes (soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Marie Hayward, Susan Longfield, Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Shirley Minty (contralto), Meriel Dickinson, Gloria Jennings, Ian Partridge (tenor), Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen, Richard Angas, John Noble, John Carol Case (bass-baritone), Christopher Keyte, Hugh Bean (violin), Central Band of the Royal Air Force (military band), Wing Commander Eric Banks, Larry Adler, Philip Catelinet, Stephen Roberts, Britten Quartet, Herbert Downes, Osian Ellis (harp), Gerald Moore (piano), Peter Katin (piano), Christopher Hyde-Smith, Helen Watts (contralto), Orchestra Nova of London, Jacques Orchestra, John Westbrook, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), John Barrow, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Thomas Allen (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), Russell Burgess, Robert Joyce, Music Group of London, Janet Craxton (oboe), Jennifer Partridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison, Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Meredith Davies, Jean Temperley, Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Choir, Ambrosian Singers, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Bach Choir, Choir of New College Oxford, Westminster Abbey Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, York Minster Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Sir Adrian Boult, Constantin Silvestri, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Barbirolli, Richard Hickox, Sir David Willcocks, Edward Higginbottom, Stephen Cleobury, Barry Rose, Norman Del Mar, Sir Simon Rattle, Martin Neary
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New Music Book Publications - 26th September 2022
26th Sep 2022
An exploration of the impact which The Beatles and James Bond had on British culture and constructions of masculinity, the story of the 1957 musical The Music Man and its creator Meredith Willson, an analysis of more than a century's worth of recorded performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, and a brief history of time-keeping devices in music.
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Bjarte Eike on The Playhouse Sessions
26th Sep 2022
Violinist and music director Bjarte Eike talks about his new album and follow-up to the highly successful Alehouse Sessions, drawing further inspiration from the lively nightlife of Restoration England.
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Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022)
26th Sep 2022
The legendary jazz saxophonist, whose career spanned over six decades and was instrumental in the development of the 'spiritual jazz' sound, has died aged 81.
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The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Gato Barbieri (tenor saxophone), Don Cherry (cornet), Jack Jeffers (bass trombone), Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Howard Johnson (tuba), Andrew Cyrille (drums), Carla Bley (piano), Bob Northern (french horn), Kent Carter (bass guitar), Lew Tabackin (tenor saxophone), Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), Charles Davis (baritone saxophone), Bob Donovan (alto saxophone), Lloyd Michels (flugelhorn), Larry Coryell (guitar), Beaver Harris (drums), Ron Carter (bass guitar), Al Gibbons (soprano saxophone), Steve Swallow (double bass), Roswell Rudd (trombone), Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone), Cecil Taylor (piano), Bob Cunningham (bass guitar), Michael Mantler
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Peter Gregson on Patina
24th Sep 2022
As his forthcoming album Quartets: One - Four is announced, the cellist and composer reflects on his previous project Patina (an 'alternative version' of which was released this summer) and why he's keen to move away from 'the Instagram version of music'...
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Patina
Peter Gregson (cello, mellotron, synthesizer, piano, pumporgan, programmer), Warren Zielinski (violin), Magnus Johnston (violin), Matthew Denton (violin), Richard Blayden (violin), James Boyd (viola), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Meghan Cassidy (viola), Stephanie Edmundson (viola), Richard Harwood (cello), Reinoud Ford (cello), Ben Chappell (cello), Tim Lowe (cello), Tom Pigott-Smith (violin), Bryan Senti (violin), Laurence Ungless (doublebass), Daniel Pioro (violin), Anthony Weeden
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Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture in Full Score
23rd Sep 2022
Omni Music Publishing presents the full orchestral score of Jerry Goldsmith's complete music from the 1979 film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Find out more about this and other Omni publications here.
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Leoncavallo's Zingari on Opera Rara
23rd Sep 2022
Carlo Rizzi conducts a scintillating account of the Pushkin-inspired one-act opera from 1912, starring Krassimira Stoyanova and Arsen Soghomonyan.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd September 2022
23rd Sep 2022
Bruckner from Iván Fischer, an impressive, genre-defying debut album from South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage from Edward Gardner, and a sparkling collection of 'lost jewels' from Belgian soprano Jodie Devos.
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Julian Lage, 'View With a Room'
23rd Sep 2022
Julian Lage returns with another trio record, following up 2021's Squint, featuring David King and Jorge Roeder with contributions from Bill Frisell. A diverse set of excellent original tunes make View With a Room a consistently enjoyable and refreshing release.
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RIOPY on Bliss
22nd Sep 2022
The French-born pianist and composer explains how developing a daily meditation practice not only inspired the music on his latest album, but also transformed his life...
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd September 2022
22nd Sep 2022
This week's crop of jazz releases includes new music from Charles Lloyd's trios project, space-jazzers The Comet Is Coming, and a retrospective of Chick Corea at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Sean Shibe on Lost and Found
21st Sep 2022
The guitarist talks about his wide-ranging new album on the electric guitar, taking in Hildegard, Moondog, Chick Corea and more.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - October 2022
21st Sep 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the October 2022 issue include Alina Bzhezhinska and her HipHarp Collective, Samara Joy's sophomore album Linger Awhile, and LongGone by the Joshua Redman Quartet.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - October 2022
20th Sep 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman's 'fabulous debut disc' of arias and duets by Zandonai, Mascagni, Verdi and more on Deutsche Grammophon...
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Fanny Hensel: The Collected Songs
20th Sep 2022
For the first time, the Lieder of Fanny Hensel have been collected together in a single edition. Including nearly one-hundred previously unpublished songs, this three-volume edition for high voice and piano has been curated to guide its user through the rich and diverse song compositions of a long-neglected composer. Find out more.
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Andrew Nethsingha on The Psalms
19th Sep 2022
The director of music at St John's College Cambridge talks about his new album of psalms, and looks ahead to his upcoming move to Westminster Abbey.
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Igor Levit's Tristan
16th Sep 2022
Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th September 2022
16th Sep 2022
Weinberg from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Bruckner from Simon Rattle, a stunning debut of Baroque rarities from Brazilian male soprano Bruno de Sá, and a Disney album from Lang Lang.
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Redman, Mehldau, McBride & Blade, 'LongGone'
16th Sep 2022
Joshua Redman's 1990s quartet reconvene a second time since their 2020 reunion for LongGone, an album of Redman originals.
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Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson
15th Sep 2022
James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.
