We reveal who’s recording what and where...
Mary and Sophie Bevan are taking up to a dozen members of their family into the studio this month to record together for the first time. The Bevans take on obscure and unrecorded polyphony, traditional choral polyphony and modern pieces, including works by David Bevan. The disc will be released by Signum Classics.
German soprano Hanna-elisabeth Müller has headed to the studio for the first time.
Her debut album for Pentatone, to which she recently signed, is entitled Reine de coeur and takes in German and French art song by Schumann, Zemlinsky and Poulenc. A digital single of Schumann’s Herzeleid is available to stream and download now.
Eric Lu has had a busy time since winning the Leeds International Piano Competition last year. Recently announced as a BBC
New Generation Artist, Lu has recorded his first studio album at Teldex in Berlin.
The recording, which features Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Schumann’s Ghost Variations and a Brahms Intermezzo, will be released by Warner Classics on 28 February.
Terence Charlston has completed the first ever recording on a clavichord of Froberger’s 8 Fantasias and 6 Canzonas. Coming from the Divine Art label in May, the recording features a reconstructed late-17th-century German instrument by Andreas Hermert. There’s more Froberger to be recorded in July for sister label Athene, by Gilbert Rowland, who continues his account of the composer’s Harpsichord Suites.
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet has just stepped out of the studio in East Woodhey, where it recorded quartets by Schubert for Linn Records. They include the composer’s last, in G major, and the unfinished Quartetsatz in C minor. It’s the start of a busy couple of months for the label, with recordings by Duo Pleyel, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan and Robin Ticciati.