New Album Releases Project 2020-5-16

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