Junge

Simply put, this set is a treasure that is also a bargain. Two masterful performances by Barshai and the outstanding Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (a youth orchestra playing like a world class orchestra), both performances among the best available versions of each work. Mahler's unfinished score for his Tenth symphony has been ably projected and realized in performing editions of (most commonly) Deryck Cooke, Joe Wheeler, Clinton Carpenter, Remo Mazzetti, and others. Performances of the Tenth are now commonplace, and there are numerous recordings, many compelling.

The fairy Melinde has for ten years been estranged from her husband, Count Arnulf of Montabaur, as a result of his ambitions for their son: he wished to place the boy on the throne of neighbouring Brabant by usurping his niece, Princess Ida. Melinde has hidden their son from his father to protect him from his bad influence. Although Arnulf believes
she has killed him, the young man is living disguised as a minstrel, Palmerin, who owns a remarkable magic harp.

Auch diese EP enthält einen Mix, der bisher nur auf Vinyl zu bekommen war: den Specially Remixed 7" Edit. Dieser war 1984 lediglich auf einer niederländischen Single erschienen und wurde nun erstmals digital veröffentlicht.

An enjoyable glimpse into a long-defunct genre, Nabal is a pastiche oratorio (or pasticcio) first performed in 1764, some five years after Handel's death. The work was compiled from Handel's music by John Christopher Smith, son of Handel's principal copyist, who inherited the composer's scores in manuscript from his father. Continuing the Handel connection, the libretto is by his old collaborator, Thomas Morell.