PentaTone Classics has announced that they plan to release 26 more SACDs between now and the end of the year. The upcoming SACDs will be a mixture of new, original PentaTone Classics recordings and RQRs (Remastered Quadro Recordings) which are sourced from Mutlichannel Recordings made by Philips Classics in the 1970′s (see our earlier stories on the PentaTone RQR series).
As with previous PentaTone Classics releases, these new SACDs will initially appear in PentaTone’s home base in the Netherlands and then later in the balance of Europe. The SACDs will also be released in the U.S. market through PentaTone’s new distribution deal with Telarc International.
Here’s a rundown of the upcoming PentaTone Classics SACD releases (both new recordings and RQR reissues) with the corresponding initial release date for the Netherlands and Europe:
March 2003
RQR — Hдndel: Organ Concertos (Vol.3) by Daniel Chorzempa, Concerto Amsterdam, Jaap Schrцder
RQR — Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by Werner Haas, RSO Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal
April 2003
New — Rachmaninov: Vespers by St.Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev
New — The Mannheim Project (Vol.1); Stamitz / Richter: Sinfonia a Quattro in A & D and Sinfonia a Quattro In B flat & C minor by The New Dutch Academy, Simon Murphy
May 2003
New — Gordon Getty / Prokofiev; Joan and the Bells / Romeo and Julia Suite No.2; Vladimir Chernov / Lisa Delan by
Russian National Orchestra, The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Alexander Vedernikov
New — Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 8 «Pathйtique», No. 14 «Moonlight» & No.4 by Mari Kodama
RQR — Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 by New Philharmonia Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
RQR — Mozart: Symphonies No. 31 «Paris» KV297 + Andante zu KV297; Symphony No.38 «Prague» KV504 by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips
June 2003
New — Mozart / JS & CPE Bach * Britten * Prokofiev Oboe Quartets * Phantasy Quartet * Quintet by Keisuke Wakao, Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra
RQR — Schubert / Mozart Trout Quintet in A, D667 / Clarinet Quintet in A, K 581 by Beaux Arts Trio-Rodes-Hortnagel / Pieterson Quartet-Grumiaux
RQR — Saint-Saлns / Moussorgsky Symphony No.3 «Organ Symphony» & Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) by Daniel Chorzempa, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
July 2003
RQR — Mozart (Vol. 1); Youth Symphonies Nos. 7a, 12, 18 & Symphony in G «Neue Lambacher» by Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
RQR — Wagner: Overtures & Preludes / Siegfried Idyll; (Meistersinger/Tristan/Lohengrin/Flying Dutchman/Tannhдuser);
Staatskapelle Dresden by London Chamber Orchestra, Silvio Varviso / Richard Schumacher
August 2003
New — Serge Prokofiev / Jean-Pascal Beintus: Peter & the Wolf, Op.67 / The Wolf & Peter by Mikhail Gorbachev, Sofia Loren, Bill Clinton, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
New — Haydn: Symphonies 22 «The Philosopher», 44 «Mourning» & 64 «Tempora mutantur by Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra,
Marco Boni
New — Dvorak / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.9 «New World»; Overture Romeo & Juliet by Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg
New — Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto No.1 by Christian Tetzlaff / Nicolai Lugansky, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
New — Border Crossings; Brubeck/Pletnev/Frolov/Jaffe/Desmond; Crescent Suite — Regret / Adagio — Preludia
Divertimento / Who’s on first / Take five by Ensembles of The Russian National Orchestra
September 2003
New — Chopin / Loewe: Piano Concerto No.2 / Piano Concerto No.2 in A major by Mari Kodama, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
New — Prokofiev / Khachaturian / Shostakovich: Romeo & Juliet Suite No.1 / Suite from «Spartacus»; «The Bolt» Concert; Suite from the ballet Op.27a by Russian National Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
RQR — Russian Orthodox Church Music by Russian Orthodox Cathedral Choir Paris, Nicolai Gedda
RQR — Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 by Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
October 2003
New — The Gershwin Album by Vesko Eschkenazy / Ludmil Angelov (piano), Small ensemble
New — Piazzolla: Original Works for Piano Solo by Ludmil Angelov (piano)
November 2003
New — Faurй; Requiem + filler(s) by Limburg Symphony Orchestra Maastricht, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Ed Spanjaard
New — Christmas Concertos & Corelli: Concerti Grossi by New Dutch Academy, Simon Murphy
Sophia Loren in the Studio Recording Narration for PentaTone’s Upcoming Peter & The Wolf/The Wolf & Peter SACD — Slated for SACD Release This August by PentaTone Classics
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