Zinman M8 SACD

[Russ Smiley]

Amazon reports "This title will be released on February 23, 2010"

[John Kim]

Amazon reports "This title will be released on February 23, 2010"

So, this means Zinman's M9th is not too far in the future .

John,

[Zoltan]

Amazon reports "This title will be released on February 23, 2010"

So, this means Zinman's M9th is not too far in the future .
John,

Feb. 19 for Germany! I for one am waiting for the Eighth more anxiously to the Ninth!

Couldn't find any info on the soloists though ...

[Steele]

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Schweizer Chamber Choir
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
David Zinman, conductor
Melanie Diener, soprano
Lisa Larsson, soprano
Juliane Banse, soprano
Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano
Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone
Askar Abdrazakov, bass

Best,

Steele

[Russ Smiley]

This is an odd cover (maybe an "equal opportunity" response to the M5 cover?):

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3719766

[2gus4tav]

Anthony Dean Griffey again?  I know I'll buy this anyway, but aren't there other tenors that are MUCH better suited for this piece?  Does he offer discount coupons on his fee if they choose him to perform M8? 

[Phaedrus]

Hi everybody,

Release in the Netherlands postponed until March 29th.
Best regards,

Phaedrus

[brunumb]

Presto in the UK have this listed for release on 5th April.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCA/88697579262

[Phaedrus]

Hi everybody,

Final word: In the stores from April 2nd.
Best regards,

Phaedrus

[barry guerrero]

That's strange because Alliance - our distributor for Sony/BMG - shows a date much later in April. There seem to be different dates posted all over the place. I guess it shows when it shows.

[Russ Smiley]

I pre-ordered mine from Amazon.  They claim the release date is 27 April.
$13.99 didn't seem like too much to pay in advance of sampling parts of it.

[Zoltan]

My CD just got shipped from jpc.de and (some) samples are finally available (only Part 1): Listen here.

Slow tempi in Part 1 (all of them). Good organ (great pedal in track 4). The A-flat bells one octave higher than usual. Choirs are louder than the orchestra at "Accende ...".

Update: amazon.de has samples from Part 2 as well: Listen here.

Relaxed tempi in Part 2 as well. Instrumental detail is noticeable. For opinion about the soloists I will have to hear them in full (I'm quite picky there); the choirs seem to sing very good.

More when I listened to the whole recording.

[Russ Smiley]

Having listened to samples, I don't have that same eager anticipation that followed sampling M6 and M7.
Anyone do and feel likewise?

[barry guerrero]

It's difficult to tell much from these samples, especially since you don't get to hear the ending to either part. The tempi seem pretty sensible, and there's the usual attention to balances and phrasing from Zinman. From what little there is here, it sounds as though it's not the strongest cast ever assembled. Pater Ecstaticus seems to sound quite a bit better than Pater Profundus. Also, Anthony Dean Griffey is a big turn-off to me. I don't like him on the MTT/SFSO M8 at all. Frankly, I'd rather suffer through Vinson Cole (Schwarz/Seattle). At least he sounds more genuine, and less limp wristed than Griffey. But hey, I've certainly been fooled by these brief excerpts before.

Barry

[barry guerrero]

Zoltan!,

Let's get going on this. Aufgehts! Forget about the singers - they're a necessary evil. Besides, we know that A. Dean Griffey isn't the best. Tell us about the ending to Part II.