And then to continue this little arc (of review "copies" -- in 2022,
downloads -- released this week), a contemporary jazz piano trio
led by Leo Genovese, _Ritual_ on Brooklyn's 577 Records:

https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/ritual

(My apologies that the full album is not yet available to the
public....)

Immediately a "bigger" sound....

On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 1:56:16 PM UTC-5, Todd M. McComb wrote:
> Also the new _Blueprint_ album of music by Kapustin on Capriccio,
> Frank Dupree et al....
>
> This is my first audition of Kapustin, a composer with whom I wasn't
> familiar, other than via recent comments on this newsgroup. So I
> thought I'd lend an ear, at least for the moment....

I’ve heard the Dupree recording after D. Hurwitz covered it on his review YT.
You should check out Hamelin’s all-Kapustin CD on Hyperion. It’s as good as it gets!
On Hyperion also is another very fine all-Kapustin recital by the always superb Steven Osborne.

I’d go first with Hamelin then Osborne.

On Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 7:29:45 PM UTC-5, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 4:40:42 AM UTC+11, JohnGavin wrote:
> > Britten - Works for Piano & Orchestra (Steven Osborne- piano - Volkov BBC Scottish Symphony Orch.) Hyperion
> >
> > I acquired this for Steven Osborne who is at the top of my favorite living pianists list. He sounds superb in these works - no surprise to me.
> >
> > It’s the music itself that I’m having a hard time enjoying completely. I’ve known for decades that Britten is very highly regarded in the UK. I’ve never really payed close attention to his compositions before. It’s hard to feel that his Piano Concerto, composed in 1940, comes anywhere close to the two concertos by Ravel who passed away only two years before. Britten seems somewhat contrived to me. It’s clever writing for sure, but not particularly endearing.
> >
> > Are there any Benjamin Britten enthusiasts out here we can talk about the qualities they like and his music? Also is the piano concerto considered one of his better works?
>
> Try the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, a setting of various poems about night. It's one of the best settings of the English language I know. And the string quartets. There's the Folk Song arrangements which are a mixed bunch: try "O Waly, Waly" and "The Ploughboy" and his French settings, e..g. 'La belle est au jardin d'amour':
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13j-npHrfPc>
>
> which is exquisite.
>
> Oh, and of course the Ceremony of Carols.
>
> For a brilliant parody of Britten at his most mannered, which I'm afraid he often was, listen to his (?) setting of 'Little Miss Muffett' from "Beyond the Fringe":
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YqgiOj54Ko>
>
> Andrew Clarke
> Canberra

Thanks Andrew - I will check those out.
I found the Tippett Concerto more inviting. His 1st Sonata as well.

Complete Flanders & Swann (Parlophone)
good fun, not as far off topic as you might think

On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 6:53:52 PM UTC-5, number_six wrote:
> Complete Flanders & Swann (Parlophone)
> good fun, not as far off topic as you might think
Ah yes, when humor was funny, and you needed a decent education to understand it.

Hoffnung's festivals are similar, love their Punkt Contrapunkt. Their composer name Bruno Heinz Jaja is perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxlzXC39zdI

dk

On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 4:40:35 PM UTC-5, Dan Koren wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxlzXC39zdI
>

Another Michelle Cann gem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXRROxWYPQ

dk

Any Lord Buckley fans here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJycYHXDPfo&t=205s

This is the "hip" history of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1510

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvar_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_Cabeza_de_Vaca

Op maandag 17 januari 2022 om 18:58:34 UTC+1 schreef Andy Evans:
> Any Lord Buckley fans here?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJycYHXDPfo&t=205s
>
> This is the "hip" history of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1510
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvar_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_Cabeza_de_Vaca

Thanks! It's certainly historically informed.

Henk

On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 5:13:05 AM UTC-8, sci.space wrote:
> On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 6:53:52 PM UTC-5, number_six wrote:
> > Complete Flanders & Swann (Parlophone)
> > good fun, not as far off topic as you might think
> Ah yes, when humor was funny, and you needed a decent education to understand it.
>
> Hoffnung's festivals are similar, love their Punkt Contrapunkt. Their composer name Bruno Heinz Jaja is perfect.
Have not heard those, but will do so - thanks!

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 9:58:34 AM UTC-8, Andy Evans wrote:
> Any Lord Buckley fans here?
>
As a kid I heard Buckley's Gov. Slugwell on an LP compiled by Frank Zappa.

On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:13:49 PM, number_six wrote:
>
> Just in --
> B Verlet box
>
> on the way --
> Robert Tear Argo recitals box

Interested to know yr opinions of both of these sets.

In article <75b01f46-ae01-42b8-911b-ba704a2a6fben@googlegroups.com>,
number_six <cyberiade@hotmail.com> wrote:
>i've been thinking of revisiting Parker since Melmoth's recent
>mention of his Verve box.

Seeing this conversation from you & others, I noticed today that
Hathut's new "ezz-thetics" series is available to audition on
Bandcamp, including albums by Parker & other classics (Coltrane,
Ayler -- plus some new stuff too):

https://ezz-thetics.bandcamp.com/

In article <ss71cd$ncm$1@hope.eyrie.org>,
Todd M. McComb <mccomb@medieval.org> wrote:
>Hathut's new "ezz-thetics" series is available ... plus some new
>stuff too.

Perhaps I should also add that the "new stuff" includes a piano
album of music by Jo Kondo -- a composer Mandryka has mentioned at
least twice lately....

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:56:08 PM UTC-8, Oscar wrote:
> On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:13:49 PM, number_six wrote:
> >
> > Just in --
> > B Verlet box
> >
> > on the way --
> > Robert Tear Argo recitals box
> Interested to know yr opinions of both of these sets.

will do - Verlet not started yet, Tear expected very early Feb

Verlet tracks are from 1970 - 82; set is about half Bach, half other
disk 1 includes some Chedeville, whom I know only from his Vivaldi arrangement
Looking fwd to hearing this...

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 10:37:05 AM UTC-8, Todd M. McComb wrote:
> In article <75b01f46-ae01-42b8...@googlegroups.com>,
> number_six wrote:
> >i've been thinking of revisiting Parker since Melmoth's recent
> >mention of his Verve box.
>
> Seeing this conversation from you & others, I noticed today that
> Hathut's new "ezz-thetics" series is available to audition on
> Bandcamp, including albums by Parker & other classics (Coltrane,
> Ayler -- plus some new stuff too):
>
> https://ezz-thetics.bandcamp.com/

Cool stuff here, thanks.
Reminds me I have a Don Cherry /Penderecki CD around here somewhere...

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 2:01:18 PM UTC-8, number_six wrote:
> On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:56:08 PM UTC-8, Oscar wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:13:49 PM, number_six wrote:
> > >
> > > Just in --
> > > B Verlet box
> > >
> > > on the way --
> > > Robert Tear Argo recitals box
> > Interested to know yr opinions of both of these sets.
> will do - Verlet not started yet, Tear expected very early Feb
>
> Verlet tracks are from 1970 - 82; set is about half Bach, half other
> disk 1 includes some Chedeville, whom I know only from his Vivaldi arrangement
> Looking fwd to hearing this...

First a note about packaging of the Verlet box. The lid comes all the way off, which is better than being hinged. For some reason the side that would normally face outward on the shelf is blank, but the top and bottom edges of lid are both printed for shelf display. Strange but no big deal.

Disk sleeves are not original jackets but are clearly numbered and have very nice b/w photos of artists on front, contents on the back.

Now the music -- I have heard the first two disks so far and already am glad I purchased this set.

On disk 1 the Chedeville sonatas are pleasing but not particularly weighty; then there's a JSB BWV 1062 with strong rhythmic drive and clear presentation of contrapuntal lines.

Disk 2 -- music for the princesses of France -- also has some gems. Various composers are here, among whom Leclair is probably the best known.