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2023-12-18 05:30:00
KN's Favorite Recordings of 2023
[…] top-quality liner notes and cover art that we have come to expect from Hyperion are the frosting on the cake. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Jeunehomme,” K. 271; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491. Lars Vogt, piano and conductor; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Ondine ODE 1414-2. This is one of the final recordings made by the late German pianist Lars Vogt (1970-2022). The CD booklet includes an interview with the recording producer Christophe Franke, a good friend of Vogt’s who points out that at the time Vogt recorded this album, he was already undergoing chemotherapy. “He came to Paris with noticeably less hair, with grey skin, a pale complexion. And yet, or precisely for this reason, Lars absolutely wanted to record this album. For all the unshakable optimism that Lars radiated at all times, he knew that he probably had no chance. But he believed that a miracle […]
2023-10-16 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 61 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringMozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Jeunehomme,” K. 271; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491. Lars Vogt, piano and conductor; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Ondine ODE 1414-2Many music lovers already know that this release is one of the few final recordings made by the late German pianist Lars Vogt (1970-2022). The CD booklet includes an interview with the recording producer Christophe Franke, who was a good friend of Vogt’s. Franke points out that at the time Vogt recorded the album, he was already undergoing chemotherapy. “He came to Paris with noticeably less hair, with grey skin, a pale complexion. And yet, or precisely for this reason, Lars absolutely wanted to record this album. For all the unshakable optimism that Lars radiated at all times, he knew that he probably had no chance. But he believed that a miracle perhaps would occur. This ambivalence was in the […]
2023-04-21 00:00:00
Bruckner, Dvorak, Mahler and Mendelssohn Symphonies [Franz Welser-Möst]
[…] the finest ever recordings of the Fifth Symphony.And I saw and heard Welser-Möst lead a riveting performance of Peter Grimes at Glyndebourne in 1994 in Trevor Nunn's production.Here's another early recording in a rather curious collection; although providing a rare opportunity to hear Okko Kamu as violin soloist in the Sallinen concerto.01 - 04 Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op.88 * [36'52]05 - 06 Aulis Sallinen: Violin Concerto, op.18 ^ [15'42]07 Lars-Åke Franke-Blom: Music for a Mobile ~ [15'37]Okko Kamu- violin^; Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst*, Sven-Gunnar Andrén^ and Jorma Panula~Swedish Society MAP CD9134 [recorded December 1986*, November 1973^ and April 1978~; download issued 2021][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venues: Berwald Hall, Stockholm* and Concert Hall, Norrköping^~, SwedenProducer and Technician: Bertil ÖstbergDownload from Mega.
2022-03-14 05:19:00
[…] on to a little E.T. and a whole lot of Star Wars. Oddly, we don’t get the Jaws theme in this collection at all, odd because it’s not only so well known but because it’s the music that established Mr. Williams as a household name among movie composers. Personally, I would have opened the first disc with Jaws and opened the second disc with the Olympic Fanfare, but, fortunately, no one ever asks me about these things.Producer Christoph Franke and engineer Renee Moller recorded the concert live at the Philharmonie, Berlin in October 2021. The sound is about as one might expect from a live concert, with bursts of applause before, after, during, and in-between practically everything. The orchestral sound is not so close up as we sometimes hear live, but it’s rather one-dimensional all the same, with a touch of fuzz around the edges. Mr. Williams’s introductions, however, are much too close, […]
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