Studio secrets
We reveal who’s recording what and where...
Hans-christoph Rademann and the
Dresden Kammerchor have come to the end of a ten-year project recording all of Heinrich Schütz’s music. Across 20 volumes it represents the most complete account of the composer’s work, with many pieces recorded for the first time. The musicians celebrated at the ION Music Festival in Nuremberg by performing Psalmen, which features on the final disc, just out on Carus Records.
Another cycle in the works is Schubert’s complete symphonies, performed by the Kammerorchester Basel under Heinz Holliger. The conductor and oboist celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year, just days ahead of recording the penultimate album in the series for Sony Classical. The fi h and final recording, featuring the ‘Unfinished’ Symphony and the German Dances, among other works, will be recorded in October.
Schubert’s Notturno joins piano trios by Fauré and Brahms in a forthcoming recording from Rubicon Classics. Performed by Trio Isimsiz, it is the follow-up to its 2017 debut album. The trio – Michael Petrov (cello), Erdem Misirlioglu (piano) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (violin) – will record at Wyastone, Monmouth, in November.
Ondine also looks to Brahms with a forthcoming release. Lars Vogt directs the Royal Northern Sinfonia from the piano in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1. It is complemented by the composer’s Ballades. The disc is currently scheduled to appear in November, along with discs of works by Juris Karlsons and Pertuu Haapanen.
October sees the release of the Pavel
Haas Quartet ’s much-anticipated disc of Shostakovich String Quartets. The acclaimed group takes on the composer’s second, seventh and eighth for the release, coming from Supraphon. The quartet’s brilliant album of Smetana quartets is re-released at the same time on vinyl by the label.