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[Daverz]

The Royal Flemish Philharmonic is based in Antwerp (recording location), Ghent, and Bruges, and the main conductors are Edo de Waart, Philippe Herreweghe, and Martyn Brabbins. Cover painting by August Strindberg.

I'm pretty happy with Stig Westerberg on EMI.

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[betterthanfine]

Sweet!

CD 1: Bach, J.S.: Partita No.1 BWV 825; English Suite No.3 BWV 808; French Suite No.2 BWV 813
CD 2: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1; Piano Sonata No.14 Op.27 No.2 - "Moonlight"; Piano Sonata No.30 Op.109
CD 3: Chopin: Fantaisie Op.49; Impromptu No.4 Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"; Berceuse In D Flat Op.57; 24 Préludes, Op.28
CDs 4 & 5: Chopin Nocturnes
CD 6: Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 Op.58; Deux Nocturnes Op.62; Mazurkas No.36-38 Op.59
CD 7: Chopin: Polonaise Op.61 "Fantaisie"; Mazurkas No.39-41 Op.63, Mazurkas No.45 & 47, Op.67, Mazurka No.51 Op.68; Waltzes No.6-8 Op.64; Cello Sonata Op.65
CDs 8-13: Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Fantasias K.397, 475
CDs 14-19: Schubert (Fantasy For Piano D.940 &  Grand Rondeau D.951 for piano duo are included)
CD 20: Schumann: Waldszenen Op.82; Romanzen Op.28; Arabeske Op.18; Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 / Brahms: 3 Intermezzi Op.117

I have the Mozart sonatas, most of the Chopin, and some Schubert, but I waaaaant this. Gah.

[North Star]

I have the Mozart sonatas, most of the Chopin, and some Schubert, but I waaaaant this. Gah.

I have the Nocturnes, but can donate some shelf space for the other items you would be duplicating 

[Drosera]

After Heifetz, it now appears that the Horowitz (Complete) Original Jacket Collection is getting a rerelease.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vladimir-Horowitz-Original-Jacket-Collection/hnum/7954840

This time 'round I'm certainly going to get it. (Even though I own about half the discs already.)

[Octave]

After Heifetz, it now appears that the Horowitz (Complete) Original Jacket Collection is getting a rerelease.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vladimir-Horowitz-Original-Jacket-Collection/hnum/7954840

This time 'round I'm certainly going to get it. (Even though I own about half the discs already.)

Thanks for that, Drosera.
I vaguely remember someone commenting that the recent Heifetz big box reissue was inferior in some way, but now I cannot find such a post.  A knock-off reprint...?  Just asking in case this is true and applies to the Horowitz reissue as well.

[Drosera]

Thanks for that, Drosera.
I vaguely remember someone commenting that the recent Heifetz big box reissue was inferior in some way, but now I cannot find such a post.  A knock-off reprint...?  Just asking in case this is true and applies to the Heifetz reissue as well.one member

As far as I know, there was one member who held that opinion.  I haven't seen similar claims from others. It would be odd to see a knock-off sold by so many official sellers.

EDIT: There is a mention of a fake version bought from a Chinese seller in 2012 here.
I already ordered mine. If it turns out to be a knock-off, I'm sure to let GMG know. And JPC has excellent customer service, so I'm not really worried.

[Moonfish]

I noticed that Pires's DG recordings release has been listed, but I came across a new release of her recordings for Erato today. It will be released on June 24, 2014 in the US. How do these recordings compare with her DG years?

Maria-João Pires: Complete Erato Recordings [17 cd]


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[Moonfish]

After Heifetz, it now appears that the Horowitz (Complete) Original Jacket Collection is getting a rerelease.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vladimir-Horowitz-Original-Jacket-Collection/hnum/7954840

This time 'round I'm certainly going to get it. (Even though I own about half the discs already.)

That is really great news. I have it from the last batch, but considering the extreme prices in the MP this release is definitely welcome.  I wonder why they never re-released the earlier Gould set? Perhaps that will happen now after the Heifetz/Horowitz trend..?

[The new erato]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/ferenc-fricsay-complete-recordings-on-deutsche-grammophon-vol-1-orchestral-works/hnum/5121748

[Todd]

Geez, didn't her Dvorak just get released?  Well, this isn't due until October.  It does have some Bright Sheng on it, so who knows . . .





Don't know about that cover.  I also don't know if I need the two piano version of Le Sacre; I heard it in person once, and that may be enough.

[Brian]

Alice Sara Ott is the pianist I saw in London playing the Grieg concerto the night when, mid-concerto, a friend texted me saying that there were riots happening on my street and I needed to stay somewhere safe.

[Artem]

Those are some pretty bad CD covers.

[HIPster]

Just released:

Gloria Dresdensis
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Looks interesting and I have wishlisted it.

From amazon:

Dresden was a music capital of European rank during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which means that this German city and baroque music have a common history. It was in Dresden that important composers and musicians of the time lived and worked. In 1991 graduates of the Dresden College of Music discovered their shared interest in this musical epoch and founded the Dresden Baroque Orchestra. Its members are committed to offering energetic interpretations on baroque instruments in keeping with the tenets of historical performance practice and to the rediscovery of forgotten works from the collection of the Dresden court chapel - top priorities for them that have also become their trademarks. >>Considering the international significance of the Dresden court chapel during the first two thirds of the eighteenth century, it is particularly fortunate that a substantial part of the performed instrumental musical repertoire continues to be extant today in the form of approximately 1,800 music manuscripts. These music sources were catalogued after the Seven Years' War and deposited in Schranck No: II in the Catholic Court Chapel, where they were neglected for almost a century. It was first during the years around 1860 that this cabinet was rediscovered, and its contents have received increasing attention from researchers and musicians above all during recent decades. This collection contains numerous works by composers famous far and wide such as Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, and George Frideric Handel and by musicians known today only by name and from a few pieces of information pertaining to their lives. In accordance with the demands of 'mixed taste,' the most important genres of Italian and French instrumental music from this time - the overture suite, instrumental concerto, sinfonia, solo sonata, and trio sonata - are represented in various individual forms and shapes

[Drosera]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/ferenc-fricsay-complete-recordings-on-deutsche-grammophon-vol-1-orchestral-works/hnum/5121748

That's amazing! Just a few months ago I said on another forum that I thought this would never happen. And yet, here it is.

Okay, I'm getting superstitious about this now. I'm now going to state here that I think a complete (including live recordings) George Szell Edition will never ever happen.
I expect an announcement from Sony within the next few months.

[Ken B]

That's amazing! Just a few months ago I said on another forum that I thought this would never happen. And yet, here it is.

Okay, I'm getting superstitious about this now. I'm now going to state here that I think a complete (including live recordings) George Szell Edition will never ever happen.

AND it will never ever be priced under $100.

[Moonfish]

AND it will never ever be priced under $100.

ahh, wishful thinking....

[Mookalafalas]

That's amazing! Just a few months ago I said on another forum that I thought this would never happen. And yet, here it is.

Okay, I'm getting superstitious about this now. I'm now going to state here that I think a complete (including live recordings) George Szell Edition will never ever happen.
I expect an announcement from Sony within the next few months.

  How complete does "complete" have to be? I have a Sony George Szell box (via Korea) that I bought last year.  It's 49 CDs, I think. It was $150 in my local shop (I live in Taiwan). It has a fair amount of live stuff....

[Drosera]

  How complete does "complete" have to be? I have a Sony George Szell box (via Korea) that I bought last year.  It's 49 CDs, I think. It was $150 in my local shop (I live in Taiwan). It has a fair amount of live stuff....

Simply at least as complete as the Rubinstein or Heifetz boxes, for instance. I found the George Szell Edition rather frustrating: they could have gone all the way and given us a complete edition. As it is, I have virtually all the recordings in that box already. (Oh, the trials of the collector...  ) It also has rather glaring omissions, such as leaving out virtually all the concerto recordings.

And yes, I'm a total completeness whore. 

[Mookalafalas]

Simply at least as complete as the Rubinstein or Heifetz boxes, for instance.

And yes, I'm a total completeness whore. 

OK, that's pretty complete
   As all I had was the 10 disc membran box when I bought the big Sony, I was pretty happy, but I can see that from where you are coming from it must be pretty unsatisfactory.

[prémont]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/ferenc-fricsay-complete-recordings-on-deutsche-grammophon-vol-1-orchestral-works/hnum/5121748

I wonder if a "vol. 2 orchestral works" is going to appear later, or if this is meant to contain all the orchestral works.