New Album Releases Project 2020-2-23

NARP, the New Album Releases Project, got its start at NAR, New Album Releases, and back then – January 17,  2018, I had no idea that it would evolve into a project and be still going strong just about two years later. A proper backgrounder can be read here: https://www.dagogo.com/what-is-nar/

In light of NARP’s longevity and my personal/selfish (transparency) predilections, starting on January 4, 2020, NARP will be first published at Dagogo, https://www.dagogo.com, and subsequently, the post’s link will be shared as it always has in/on the NARP Facebook group.

The groupings of New Releases, Re-issues, Re-masters and Miscellany shall stay the same. Within Miscellany one might find all manner of live performances, as well as archival/historic recordings.

Note: entries in both bold and larger typeface particularly drew my attention this week.

The record labels and Gods are keeping me on my toes. Nothing like raising the urinals 5 inches, but damned close. Too close for comfort — mind you, much like the mailman nothing’s gonna keep me from my appointed NARP rounds. 🙂

February 23, 2020

I have BOLDED those selections which caught both my eye and ear this week.

The groupings of New Releases, Re-issues, Re-masters and Miscellany shall stay the same. Within Miscellany one might find all manner of live performances, as well as archival/historic recordings.

Remember to scroll down as Google Docs has some real funky ideas about page-breaks.

New Releases

Agnes Obel – Myopia

Benjamin Grosvenor – Chopin: Piano Concertos

Christoph Spering – Bach: Praise – Cantatas BWV 26, 41, 95, 115, 137, 140

Franz Hauk, Concerto de Bassus – Mayr – Mass in E-Flat Major (Arr. F. Hauk & M. Hößl)

Georges Pretre – The Last Concert At La Scala

Gianandrea Noseda, National SO – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 – Copland – Billy the Kid

Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)

Gryphon Trio – Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 70 No. 1 Ghost & No. 2; Op. 11

Jean Muller, Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg, Christoph Konig – Farrenc: Orchestral Works

Maurizio Pollini – Beethoven The Last Three Sonatas, Opp. 109-111

Morgane Imbeaud – Amazone

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Damian Iorio – Malipiero – Orchestral Works

Pat Metheny – From This Place – 2020

Robert Pechanec, Pavol Breslik – Janacek – The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Staggering Girl

Simone Kermes – Inferno e Paradiso

Sonny Landreth – Blacktop Run

The Vibrators – Live in NYC (At Bowery Electric)

Thomas Albertus Irnberger & Jorg Demus – Beethoven, Demus & Others Violin Works

Thomas Christian, Ensemble der Wiener Hofmusikkapelle – Mayseder: Mass in E-Flat Major & Violin Concerto No. 2

Tippett Quartet – Gorecki: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2

Tony Saunders – Sexy Somethin

Wako – Wako

William Howard – The Piano Music of Howard Skempton

ReIssues & ReMasters & Miscellany

Carlo Maria Giulini, PO – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 Little Russian & Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain (Remastered) (2020) [24-192]

Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida MFSL

Juilliard String Quartet – The Beethoven Quartets 1964-70

Ron Steele – Everybody’s Baby

Sonny Vincent – Diamond Distance & Liquid Fury 1969-76

Van Morrison:

1967 – Van Morrison – Blowin’ Your Mind!

1972 – Van Morrison – Saint Dominic’s Preview

1973 – Van Morrison – Hard Nose The Highway

1978 – Van Morrison – Wavelength

1984 – Van Morrison – Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast

1987 – Van Morrison – Poetic Champions Compose

1990 – Van Morrison – Enlightenment

1993 – Van Morrison – Too Long In Exile

1995 – Van Morrison – Days Like This

1997 – Van Morrison – The Healing Game

1998 – Van Morrison – The Philosopher’s Stone

2003 – Van Morrison – What’s Wrong With This Picture

2006 – Van Morrison – Pay The Devil

2009 – Van Morrison – Astral Weeks- Live At The Hollywood Bowl

2012 – Van Morrison – Born To Sing- No Plan B

Share with your friends, share with your enemies. Music does not discriminate, nor should it.