new cpo releases in December 2026

[emi122]

[tuatara442442]

It has been 8 years since the last installment of the Louis Glass symphony cycle was released!

[Ilja]

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.

[Justin]

moves through the work in geological time

Is that your line Ilja? I may have to steal it.

[Justin]

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.

[Ilja]

moves 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".

[John Boyer]

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.

[Mark Thomas]

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.

[Justin]

Movement time comparisons for Glass' second symphony: 

Raiskin             Todorov

I   18:41          19:24
II    9:43          10:33
III   5:24           7:18
IV   9:56          10:59

Total 43:44         49:54

[Ilja]

That's interesting; particularly the adagio is a LOT quicker. Whether that's too fast, we'll have to see; same with the first movement, which is only marginally shorter than the Todorov recording, but where a thirty-second fragment (here's the Presto page) does not really allow for much analysis. And in any case, the execution is clearly in a totally different class from Todorov's Bulgarians. Ordered and paid for!