STUDIOSECRETS
We reveal who’s recording what, and where
Jean-efflam Bavouzet has returned to Mozart with the Manchester Camerata and Gábor Takács-nagy, to record Piano Concertos Nos 14 and 15 for Chandos. It’s the second volume in their Mozart series together.
Soprano Joyce El-khoury and tenor Michael Spyres have also been in Manchester to record two discs inspired by leading singers of the bel canto era, Gilbert Duprez and Julie Dorus-gras. El-khoury and Spyres appear with the Hallé and conductor Carlo Rizzi, and their recitals will be out on the Opera Rara label.
Schubert’s song-cycle Die Winterreise is most often heard in German, but Jeremy Sams has recently translated it into English. Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn gave the first performance of this version at the Wigmore Hall last November, and have now recorded it for Signum. It’s the first in a three-cd series called ‘Lost Song Cycles’.
His recordings of Rachmaninov’s First and Fourth Piano Concertos were widely acclaimed; now Yevgeny Sudbin has turned to the Second and Third concertos, recorded at the BBC Maida Vale Studio with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo. It’ll be out on BIS.
Tchaikovsky’s Manfred is often seen as a lesser cousin of his numbered symphonies, but Neeme Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra are heading to the studio to disprove this myth. It’ll be partnered with the Hamlet Fantasy and 1812 overtures, and out on Chandos.