Mid May and what has NARP learned? Well, I can only surmise from the paucity of releases from one week to the next that the pandemic is indeed taking its toll. Now, let’s do bear in mind that a number of releases are being delayed/postponed. Still, I’ve managed to cull some music for everyone this week.
Quatour Ebene’s Beethoven Around The World: Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets the 20 years of the quartet. Long may they record, providing us with a minimum of at least 20 years more.
And it’s nice to hear from Alice Cooper once even if his Don’t Give Up is but a single.
Les9’s Adaptations is of special and personal interest to me because it includes the fine cellist Vincent Belanger whom a lot of us know from his playing and presentations on behalf of Audio Note. I interviewed Vincent some time back: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rNKRlTlVLhdsU1SsffplAsLfwoHfVrfP/view?usp=sharing
Paul Jarret’s Emma was new to me. And as a result, I’ll be digging around for more of his recordings.
And there’s a perennial favourite of mine, the violinist Nicola Benedetti and her recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto. A fan of not only her musicianship but her giving back to and supporting of the music community.
New Releases
Alessio Bax – Italian Inspirations
Alice Cooper – 2020 – Don’t Give Up (Single)
Amir Katz – Hommage à Liszt
David Tranchina – The Ogre
Dinosaur – To the Earth
Ill Considered – Ill Considered 9. East – West
Ivor Bolton, Sinfonieorchester Basel – The Secret Fauré 3: Sacred Vocal Works
Jeremy Cunningham – The Weather Up There
Joanne Polk – Louise Farrenc: Etudes & Variations for Solo Piano
Lan Shui, Singapore SO – R. Strauss: Macbeth, Rosenkavalier Suite & Tod und Verklärung
Les 9 – Adaptations
Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri – Transylvanian Folk Songs
Moby – All Visible Objects
Nicola Benedetti – Elgar: Violin Concerto
Paul Jarret – Emma
Pimpono Ensemble – Survival Kit
Piotr Beczala – Vincero!
Quatuor Ebene – Beethoven Around the World
Shabaka & The Ancestors – We Are Sent Here by History
Sonia Rubinsky & Fabio Mechetti – Prado” Piano Concerto No. 1, Aurora & Concerto Fribourgeois
Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
ReIssues & ReMasters & Miscellany
Earl Hines – Dreamland
Eddie Harris – For Birds and Bags
Linda “Babe”- Majika – Don’t Treat Me So Bad
Prince and the Revolution – Prince and the Revolution: Live
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