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[Moonfish]

But it's only two of the quintets?

I only have 2 CDs of overlap (Hogwood Beethoven), so the box might be essential for me.

Looks like it. They seem to follow the OJ principle with wimpy time allocations on the discs! 

[Brian]

Sound the Penelope Crawford Alert Bells!!!!!



Based on what she told me during the interview earlier this year, I think that Waldszenen might be a reissue of her '90s recording, but the rest is from last spring.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Sound the Penelope Crawford Alert Bells!!!!!

Based on what she told me during the interview earlier this year, I think that Waldszenen might be a reissue of her '90s recording, but the rest is from last spring.

I like her a lot in Beethoven, but most of this is not top-drawer Schumann in my opinion. (I had to study the Papillons as a piano student years ago and thought it an exceedingly mediocre composition.) Has she any plans to do the more ambitious piano works, like the Davidsbündlertänze, Carnaval, Kreisleriana, or the Fantasie?

[Brian]

I like her a lot in Beethoven, but most of this is not top-drawer Schumann in my opinion. (I had to study the Papillons as a piano student years ago and thought it an exceedingly mediocre composition.) Has she any plans to do the more ambitious piano works, like the Davidsbündertänze, Carnaval, Kreisleriana, or the Fantasie?

I certainly hope so, but one of the things she told me was:

"There's so much beautiful music that I'd like to be working on (more Schubert for example) that...I need to make choices about what to concentrate on late in life. We should live to be 150?"

[(poco) Sforzando]

I certainly hope so, but one of the things she told me was:

"There's so much beautiful music that I'd like to be working on (more Schubert for example) that...I need to make choices about what to concentrate on late in life. We should live to be 150?"

I'll settle for 100 (my parents are 89 and 94 now, and though I celebrate their longevity, they are increasingly frail - too frail to play the piano even if they ever did). But who did the cover painting on that Schumann? It's very appealing.

[Camphy]

Presumably the last complete disc featuring violist Friedemann Weigle. I read somewhere that the Artemis were in the process of recording Dvořák before Weigle sadly passed away.

[Wakefield]

Released some months ago, I'm not sure if this 14-CD set was posted here:

Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas Nos. 1-120 (Padre Samuel Rubio Edition)
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord (modeled after an 18th-century two-manual French instrument)

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[Green Destiny]

A new Simon Rattle box: The CBSO years
52 Discs

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[Moonfish]

More pictures from the L'Oiseau-Lyre release... 

[Mirror Image]

A new Simon Rattle box: The CBSO years
52 Discs

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Awesome! Too bad I probably own 98% of that box set already.

[Que]

Released some months ago, I'm not sure if this 14-CD set was posted here:

Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas Nos. 1-120 (Padre Samuel Rubio Edition)
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord (modeled after an 18th-century two-manual French instrument)

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That was new for me - thanks for posting!

Q

[The new erato]

Awesome! Too bad I probably own 98% of that box set already.

Send them to me and you can buy that box. Then it won't be so bad.

[Green Destiny]

Awesome! Too bad I probably own 98% of that box set already.

Yeah I think I own quite a bit of it too (all the Stravinsky, Bartok, Mahler and Sibelius for sure) - it does look like an awesome box!.
No contents list yet as far as I know - its possible I may get it if I don't own half of it

[Brian]

SEPTEMBER



RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3 BALAKIREV Russia. London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev. LSO Live SACD



SCHUMANN Abegg Variations, Davidsbundlertanze, Novellette, Op. 21 No. 2 and 8, Geistervariationen. Imogen Cooper. Chandos



Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)

Orchestra Works Vol 2

Les Cathédrales*
Paysages franciscains, Op. 43*
Poème symphonique, Op. 37*†
Fantaisie-Ballet, Op. 6*†
Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 25*†
Étude de concert, Op. 13†
Nocturne en forme de valse, Op. 40 No. 2†
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano †
BBC Philharmonic * / Juanjo Mena *





Brett Dean (b. 1961)

Epitaphs, Eclipse (String Quartet No. 1), String Quartet No. 2 And once I played Ophelia

Epitaphs for String Quintet*
Eclipse (String Quartet No. 1)
String Quartet No. 2 'And once I played Ophelia'†

Allison Bell, Soprano†
Brett Dean, Viola*
Doric String Quartet



FAURE / STRAUSS Violin Sonatas. Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax. Deutsche Grammophon

[SonicMan46]

Released some months ago, I'm not sure if this 14-CD set was posted here:

Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas Nos. 1-120 (Padre Samuel Rubio Edition)
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord (modeled after an 18th-century two-manual French instrument)

   

Hi Gordo - did not know the Harbach box existed - about $104 on Amazon Prime - will be quite interested in your comments!

Currently, I have 7 discs of Soler's Sonatas, one w/ Cole and 6 w/ Belder (the first three 2-CD volumes), and just checking see that Belder has recorded even more - SO, to continue w/ Jan-Pieter?  If you've heard the Belder, please provide some comparative thoughts - thanks.  Dave

[Que]

Hi Gordo - did not know the Harbach box existed - about $104 on Amazon Prime - will be quite interested in your comments!

Currently, I have 7 discs of Soler's Sonatas, one w/ Cole and 6 w/ Belder (the first three 2-CD volumes), and just checking see that Belder has recorded even more - SO, to continue w/ Jan-Pieter?  If you've heard the Belder, please provide some comparative thoughts - thanks.  Dave

Belder is now complete:

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Q

[Wakefield]

That was new for me - thanks for posting!

Q

Both the harpsichordist and the recordings are new to me, too.

But as the set is a bit expensive (and isn't available via streaming), I'm not planning any purchase until reading some opinions (for instance, the review on Fanfare was positive, but not ecstatic).

We will see. 

[Wakefield]

Hi Gordo - did not know the Harbach box existed - about $104 on Amazon Prime - will be quite interested in your comments!

Currently, I have 7 discs of Soler's Sonatas, one w/ Cole and 6 w/ Belder (the first three 2-CD volumes), and just checking see that Belder has recorded even more - SO, to continue w/ Jan-Pieter?  If you've heard the Belder, please provide some comparative thoughts - thanks.  Dave

Apparently, we will need to wait for a Guinea pig who reports about Harbach. 

I have a great opinion of Belder, maybe even more in Soler than in his previous Scarlatti (also extremely good).

[Mirror Image]

Send them to me and you can buy that box. Then it won't be so bad.

[Mirror Image]

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)

Orchestra Works Vol 2

Les Cathédrales*
Paysages franciscains, Op. 43*
Poème symphonique, Op. 37*†
Fantaisie-Ballet, Op. 6*†
Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 25*†
Étude de concert, Op. 13†
Nocturne en forme de valse, Op. 40 No. 2†
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano †
BBC Philharmonic * / Juanjo Mena *

About time!