This is something to really look forward to ...
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67931 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67931)
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 60 – Dubois
Begad, YES! (However I half wish I hadn't read this post until much nearer to July!)
Very nice indeed - although we already have a recording of PC2:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Concerto-Frithiof-Overture/dp/B007CMTNG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363266292&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Concerto-Frithiof-Overture/dp/B007CMTNG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363266292&sr=1-1)
And a recording of PC1:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Marc-Coppey-cello/dp/B005CM9DUE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363267406&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Marc-Coppey-cello/dp/B005CM9DUE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363267406&sr=1-3)
But that is surely better than having no recordings of either!
I tend to buy Hyperion even if the works in question have been recorded before.
There is a certain distinctive quality to their sound.
Thal
There certainly is, Thal. It's quite alluring.
I'll be buying the Hyperion CD too - I'm sure it'll be better than what we've already got. My earlier post was merely to point out that PC2 has already been recorded.
And not just the 'sound' - but the musicians invariably involved (I always feel they are chosen with considerable care), the appropriateness of the recording location, the recording itself, the detailed and often illuminating programme notes (surely the best of all record labels?), the inclusion of full texts with translations (where required), the absence of gimmicks in the booklets.....indeed the whole production of the CD.
Across the whole spectrum of instrumental music, chamber, song, choral, orchestral...I can't think of a single Hyperion complete duff. Can anyone? - and heck, please don't try to answer that latter question otherwise we shall have embarked on an endless and pointless thread!
Quote from: petershott@btinternet.com on Thursday 14 March 2013, 19:23
...often illuminating programme notes (surely the best of all record labels?)
They're superb, I agree, but the industry standard is Toccata.
Toccata are excellent, I agree, in almost every way and huge congrats to Martin Anderson. However, their choice of repertoire is often not much to my liking. Notwithstanding some superb chamber music disks of music by Tovey, Thieriot, Jadassohn, Sherwood, etc. I'd like to see more of that repertoire and less of the dissonant (or in some cases frankly dull) crowd.
:o wow really?! I guess I dont have that many Toccata cd to have known that
Gareth, u answered my question, thank u
I agree about Toccata's repertoire, Gareth - not my cuppa tea either. However, I think their booklet notes are the best, bar none.
But I, for one, am profoundly grateful for Toccata's repertoire. Toccata consistently explore areas which other labels do not touch. Yes, indeed, some truly wonderful chamber music by the likes of Tovey, Thieriot, Jadassohn, Sherwood, and not forgetting Gernsheim (that Toccata disc of the two Piano Quintets is among my choice CDs of the decade!). But then there is also some deeply rewarding stuff, most of which has never been recorded before.
For example, a few days ago I received a bundle of Toccata discs - the first Volume of Alkan's Recueils de Chants, Volume 2 of the Stradal transcriptions of the Liszt symphonic poems, Volume 1 of Stradal transcriptions of Wagner, and maybe beyond the interests of this forum, the Glanville-Hicks opera 'Sappho', Volume 2 of Heino Eller's piano music, and more David Matthews. Nothing "dull" about that lot, and where else could one get such music apart from Toccata?
My bundle also included Jonathan Powell's disc of piano music by Egon Kornauth. Now that illustrates perfectly why I hold Toccata to be part of the indispensable furniture of a perfect world. I'd never encountered Kornauth's music before, but had come across some intriguing references to this late romantic figure in my reading. By golly, am I grateful to have got the disc! Just as one example, the Praludium und Passacaglia written fairly late in his compositional career (1939) is a real stunner. Way off thread (from Dubois to Kornauth in the space of just a few posts!), but I just had to wade in, exclaim a heartfelt three cheers to Martin Anderson and Toccata, and stamp my foot down in protest at charges of dullness and not being quite a proper cuppa of tea.
...and so back to RPC vol. 60...
Well, we all gotta be somewhere.......
Has Dubois's music been properly cataloged?
I have a recording of Theodore Dubois 1837-1924, violin concerto. It was composed in 1897 and is on the BNL label. The violinist is Frederick Pelassy with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice. It is a delightful work. Dubois won The Prix de Rome in 1861.
You forgot unwritten but in-practice rule one about this forum, I think- music outside the ambit of this forum may be mentioned, so long as the mention is brief, and more or less negative.
Ah well, erm?
As to the Dubois, it was published in 1897, not sure when it was composed. Seems to be a good piece from the orchestral score/parts (w/o solo part) I've seen, I haven't yet heard it.
Quote from: Alan Howe on Thursday 14 March 2013, 13:04
Very nice indeed - although we already have a recording of PC2:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Concerto-Frithiof-Overture/dp/B007CMTNG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363266292&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Th%C3%A9odore-Dubois-Concerto-Frithiof-Overture/dp/B007CMTNG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363266292&sr=1-1)
The Hyperion recording is not on a period instrument so the sound is [in my opinion.. for the 2nd concerto] way better than the previous recording!
You are probably right. My post was for information purposes only.
Quote from: eschiss1 on Monday 18 March 2013, 12:31
You forgot unwritten but in-practice rule one about this forum, I think- music outside the ambit of this forum may be mentioned, so long as the mention is brief, and more or less negative.
Actually, we'd prefer no mention at all. As for negativity - well, there's plenty of music which I personally like but which falls outside our guidelines. We just want to keep UC within manageable boundaries that conform to our shared preferences...
The excerpts at Hyperion's website sound magnificent. Another must-buy!
The Dubois Piano Concerto on Hyperion is now available for pre-order:
http://www.mdt.co.uk/pre-releases.html?releaseperiod=7536 (http://www.mdt.co.uk/pre-releases.html?releaseperiod=7536)