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New arrivals from the wonder that is mdt.co.uk

Posted by srl1 (A) on September 28, 2016 at 15:23:49

Another great shipment from the folks at mdt.co.uk. Here are the highlights:





This is my favorite CD of at least the last six months. JFi and DM-S make a fantastic team and bring great beauty, passion and technique to these wonderful pieces. It's like what JFi said in the liner notes--the cello becomes the left hand of the violin. Excellent sound quality.





I really like these sonatas, especially the Grieg and the Stenhammar, and the Skride sisters work their magic to bring out the great beauty of these pieces. Again, the sound quality is excellent.





The new Arabella Steinbacher on Pentatone is a series of bon-bons for violin and orchestra. Excellent sonics and Ms. Steinbacher seems to be having a good time just letting her hair down for these virtuoso showpieces.





This release on Steinway & Sons is mostly a reissue of music released in 2011 on another label. I somehow managed to misplace the original release so I went for the new one. The new piece is the Balakirev Islamey. According to the liner notes, this piece was "recorded for Steinway Spirio October 6, 2015 on Steinway Model B (New York) 567568" and "Audio playback recorded on Steinway Model D (Hamburg) 519960 May 31, 2016." I guess this means that what I hear on the CD is the German playback from the recording made in New York. All I can say is that Ms. Parenski's Islamey is quite exciting.

The last two discs are of the fun variety. Both are new Copland releases.









The Chados disc is an SACD and is the second release in a Copland series with John Wilson conducting the BBC Philharmonic. I really liked the first disc, so the second was a must-buy. The performances are excellent, and the sonics make the Organ Symphony really stand out. The other lesser-known pieces are a pleasure to listen to. I especially liked the Short Symphony.

The other disc is part of the continuing Copland series with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphonly on Naxos. I had never heard Hear Ye! Hear Ye! before, and although it was okay I probably won't listen to it again. The Appalachian Spring ballet though is very good with excellent sound quality (most of the Detroit Symphony releases by Naxos have excellent sonics). My only complaint, also echoed by Classics Today, is that there is only one track for the whole 38 minute piece which might be a problem for some. I was reminded of the original release of the Dutoit/Ravel Daphnis et Chloe on CD so many years ago. Only one track for the whole ballet! What were they thinking?

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