Isis - Live IV (self-released)
Igor Stravinsky - Violin Concerto; Circus Polka; Arthur Honegger - Pacific 231; Rugby; Frank Martin - Violin Concerto - Baiba Skride, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thierry Fischer (Orfeo)
Hector Parra - Early Life; Stress Tensor - ensemble recherche; Caressant l'Horizon - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Emilio Pomárico (Col Legno)
Luke Bedford - Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale - Jonathan Morton, Lawrence Power, Scottish Ensemble; By the Screen in the Sun at the Hill on the Gold - Ensemble Modern/Sian Edwards; Chiaroscuro - Fidelio Trio; Man Shoots Strangers from Skyscraper - Ensemble Modern/Franck Ollu; Or Voit Tout En Aventure - Claire Booth, London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen (Col Legno)
Wolfgang Rihm - Cantus Firmus - Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (1st attempt); John Dowland - Lachrimae veræ; Wolfgang Rihm - Ricercare - Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (2nd attempt); Anton Webern - Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; Wolfgang Rihm - Chiffre II - Silence to be beaten; Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kreuzspiel; Wolfgang Rihm - Séraphin-Sphäre - Klangforum Wien/Emilio Pomárico, Sylvain Cambreling (Col Legno)
Richard Wagner - Parsifal: Orchestral Suite - Berlin Philharmonic/Alfred Hertz; Parsifal: Prelude and selections, Acts I & II - Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra/Karl Muck; Parsifal: selections, Act III - Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Karl Muck; Parsifal: "Good Friday Spell" - Fritz Wolff, Alexander Kipnis, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Siegfried Wagner (Naxos Historical)
Richard Wagner - Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber, George London, Arnold van Mill, Hermann Uhde, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra/Hans Knappertsbusch (Naxos Historical)
Derek Rogers - Mist & Drift (Jehu & Chinaman)
Derek Rogers - Saturations (Greenup Industries)
Liars - WIXIW (Mute)
Forma - Off/On (Spectrum Spools)
Richard Wagner - Parsifal - Gary Lehman, Violeta Urmana, René Pape, Mariinsky Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky)
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - The Perennials (Boomkat Editions)
Butch Morris - Berlin Skyscraper (FMP > Bandcamp)
Butch Morris - Conduction #70: Tit for Tat (for4ears)
Nadia Sirota - Baroque (Bedroom Community/New Amsterdam)
Hong Chulki and Choi Joonyong - Hum and Rattle (Balloon & Needle)
Hong Chulki - Amplified WC (Ghost & Son)
Choi Joonyong - Burn Yoido Burn (Ghost & Son)
J D Emanuel - Sound Paintings (Bandcamp)
The Residents - Fingerprince (Tourniquet of Roses) (Cryptic Corporation > MOG)
Yes - Fragile (Atlantic/Rhino > MOG)
Cecil Taylor Feel Trio - "Owele Standing (Small Bird)" from Two Ts for a Lovely T (Codanza > MOG)
Mulgrew Miller - Solo (Space Time Records > MOG)
Richard Wagner - Parsifal - James King, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Matti Salminen, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Tölzer Knabenchor, Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Rafael Kubelik (Arts Archives)
Well you're just having yourself quite the little Parsifalapalooza, aren't 'ya?!
Posted by: Eric Skelly | February 05, 2013 at 10:47 AM
Right you are, my friend. Do you have a favorite version?
Posted by: Steve | February 06, 2013 at 01:17 PM
I don't have a single favorite, oddly enough. I like the Knappertsbusch a lot...but I still really like the much-reviled Karajan (despite the difficult-to-listen-to Parsifal and Kundry), for the diaphonous sonic beauty of the orchestral sound, as well as Kurt Moll's Gurnemanz and Jose van Dam's Amfortas (best ever in my opinion). I'll be very interested to read your conclusions. I've not heard the Kubelik nor the Gergiev that you have listed above, both of which look promising on paper.
Posted by: Eric Skelly | February 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM
So are you doing a Parsifal recording round-up? And will you post it here? I don't want to miss it.
Posted by: Eric Skelly | February 12, 2013 at 10:52 AM
Truthfully I don't consider myself nearly expert enough to undertake a meaningful survey. With clear memories of the Robert Wilson/Christoph Eschenbach version at HGO, and, surprisingly, rather dimmer memories of the previous Met version, I've spent a couple of weeks soaking in the music before viewing the new Met production this coming Thursday. That said, I do need to go back to the Karajan for Moll and Van Dam, but I suspect it's the Kubelik I'll be reaching for most frequently when I just want to hear a sublime performance on disc.
Posted by: Steve | February 18, 2013 at 10:22 AM