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It has been 8 years since the last installment of the Louis Glass symphony cycle was released!
I'm particularly very pleased to see Louis Glass' 2nd symphony on this list! The Todorov recording moves through the work in geological time, and manages to combine this with sub-par sound, so let's say there's room for improvement. The Elverhøj Suite exists in a rather good archival recording by the Odense SO under Ole Schmidt, but the music is charming and a new recording is more than welcome.
Quote from: Ilja on Tuesday 20 October 2026, 16:56moves through the work in geological time
Is that your line Ilja? I may have to steal it.
Thank you emi122 for sharing these release previews. As others said, I am looking forward to the Glass symphony. This would leave numbers 1 and 6, which could both fit on one disc unless there are other orchestral works out there that have been recorded by Raiskin such as Blade af årets billedbog.
Quote from: Justin on Tuesday 20 October 2026, 17:25Quote from: Ilja on Tuesday 20 October 2026, 16:56moves through the work in geological time
Is that your line Ilja? I may have to steal it.
Not confident to claim copyright; I may have picked it up somewhere.
Anyhow, I'm going out on a limb here and guess that Raiskin will do the symphony in around 40 minutes. That's what I sped the Todorov up to in order to sound "right".
The Glass is good news indeed. And I am pleasantly surprised to see the latest volume of the Rubinstein quartets. The Reinhold Quartet's website went dark, so I assumed they had disbanded and that the series had come to an end -- unless this has been sitting in the can for several years, which would not be a surprise given the speed of other CPO releases.
Both the Rubinstein and Glass releases are very good news, but I'm particularly intrigued by the Félicien David one. This 24-piece set seems to have been published for string quintet, but as Paul Meyer is conducting a chamber orchestra, it has presumably been arranged for a larger ensemble. David may not be the deepest composer, but his music is often engaging.