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jlaurson

#10740
March 24, 2009, 01:46:58 AM Last Edit: March 24, 2009, 02:07:15 AM by jlaurson
Donwyn, Renfield, you are both silly gits.

Because of a silly whim I got this:
[directly from Japan, though].


Beethoven, Symphonies 1-9,
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, P.K.

This better stun me, sound great, iron my shirts, and make me breakfast in the morning.



Post Scriptum: Due to the cheapo Super-Saver shipping option that CDJapan offers (which I always take them up on), I won't be having/hearing this set for weeks... maybe months. Although in a bad economy, left-over cargo space should be plentiful, so I'm hoping to hear this within a fortnight.

DavidRoss

#10741
March 24, 2009, 01:53:37 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 24, 2009, 01:46:58 AM
Donwyn, Renfield, you are both silly gits.

Because of a silly whim I got this:
[directly from Japan, though].

This better stun me, sound great, iron my shirts, and make me breakfast in the morning.
Let us know what you think.  I hardly need yet another Beethoven cycle, but if you're stunned, well fed, and nattily dressed, I just might give it a go.  You and Don both have very high batting averages (which is why your differing views on the Hagen 127/132 damn near demanded a listen!).
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

George

#10742
March 24, 2009, 03:16:50 AM
Quote from: donwyn on March 23, 2009, 04:55:01 PM
Should we be disagreeing amidst all this saluting?



With all that drinking, there's bound to be some disagreeing.  ;D  ;)

Brian

#10743
March 24, 2009, 06:34:20 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2009, 09:37:37 AM
Already have it: bought it at an honest-to-god store, occupying actual ground and space! Yeah, I know...what are the odds?  ;D  I'll post a report once I listen to it. Been listening to the New Year's Concert all afternoon...makes me feel good  8)

Sarge
Whoa! A genuine store? Who knew! :D

Brian

#10744
March 24, 2009, 06:36:53 AM
Quote from: Daverz on March 22, 2009, 11:15:58 PM
Latin American Classics on Naxos.  This is actually labeled Volume 1.  I guess there was never a Volume 2.
Which is a pity, because that is a fantastic disc.

mc ukrneal

#10745
March 24, 2009, 07:27:32 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 23, 2009, 06:32:46 AM
At long last, pulled the trigger for these:







Very much interested to hear what you think of the Egyptian Nights disc. I've eyed it on and off now for some time.
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Renfield

#10746
March 24, 2009, 08:42:24 AM Last Edit: March 24, 2009, 09:11:40 AM by Renfield
I'm resisting the temptation to continue the Kletzki madness, as I've something potentially even more interesting to post about: I was tipped off, today, about a Greek Mitropoulos edition, which I rapidly secured from a Greek source. It does not appear to be internationally available.

The contents are as follows (via copy/paste):


Volume I



CD 1
     JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - 1685 - 1750
  1. FANTASIA AND FUGUE IN G MINOR BWV 542
      ARRANGED BY DIMITRI MITROPOULOS
      MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1942
     FREDERIC CHOPIN 1810 - 1849
     CHOPINIANA
  2. ETUDE N 12 IN C MINOR OP 10 'REVOLUTION'
  3. NOCTURNE N 13 IN B MINOR OP 48/1
  4. MAZURKA N 25 IN B MINOR OP 33/4
  5. WALTZ IN E MINOR
  6. POLONAISE N 6 IN A FLAT MAJOR OP 53 'HEROIC'
     SELECTED PIANO SOLO MUSIC ARRANGED BY
     DIMITRI ROGAL-LEVITZKY
     ROBIN HOOD DELL ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA 21/9/1945
     ERNEST CHAUSSON 1855 - 1899
     SYMPHONY IN B FLAT MAJOR OP 20
  7. LENTO ALLEGRO VIVO
  8. TRES LEHT
  9. ANIME
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1939
     
CD 2
     GUSTAV MAHLER 1860 - 1911
     SYMPHONY N 1 IN D MAJOR 'TITAN'
  1. LANGSAM SCHLEPPEND IMMER SEHR GEMACHLICH
  2. KRAFTIG BEWEGT DOCH NIGHT ZU SCHNELL
  3. FEIERLICH UND GEMESSEN OHNE ZU SCHLEPPEN
  4. STURMISCH BEWEGT
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1940
     SERGEY RACHMANINOV 1873 - 1943
  5. THE ISLE OF THE DEAD OP 29
     SYMPHONIC POEM AFTER A TABLEAU BY ARNOLD BOCKLIN
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1945

Volume II



CD 1
     ALEXANDER BORONDIN [sic] 1833 - 1887
     SYMPHONY N 2 IN B MINOR
  1. ALLEGRO
  2. SCHERZO PRESTISSIMO
  3. ANDANTE
  4. FINALE
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1941
     CEZAR FRANCK 1822 - 1890
     SYMPHONY IN D MINOR
  5. LENTO ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO
  6. ALLEGRETTO
  7. ALLEGRO NON TROPPO
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1945
     
CD 2
     CAMILLE SAINT SAENS 1835 - 1921
     
     PIANO CONCERTO N 2 IN G MINOR OP 22
  1. ANDANTE SOSTENUTO
  2. ALLEGRO SCHERZANDO
  3. PRESTO
     PIANO ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1952
     ALBAN BERG 1885 - 1935
     VIOLIN CONCERTO'TO THE MEMORY OF AN ANGEL
  4. ANDANTE ALLEGRETTO
  5. ALLEGRO ADAGIO
     VIOLIN JOSEPH SZIGETI
     NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1945
     MAURICE RAVEL 1875 - 1937
     'LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN'
     SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA
  6. PRELUDE
  7. FORLANE
  8. MENUET
  9. RIGAUDON
     MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1941



I always knew Greece would finally be useful to me, one day. 8) ;)

Wanderer

#10747
March 24, 2009, 09:30:42 AM
Quote from: Renfield on March 24, 2009, 08:42:24 AM
...which I rapidly secured from a Greek source.

Have you purchased anything from studio52 before, are they reliable? The site looks OK.

Que

#10748
March 24, 2009, 10:04:38 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 24, 2009, 01:46:58 AM
Donwyn, Renfield, you are both silly gits.

Because of a silly whim I got this:
[directly from Japan, though].


Beethoven, Symphonies 1-9,
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, P.K.

This better stun me, sound great, iron my shirts, and make me breakfast in the morning.




Good move... 8)

Q

Kullervo

#10750
March 24, 2009, 10:24:35 AM
Quote from: erato on March 24, 2009, 10:12:38 AM


Comment please when you have the chance. :)

Dancing Divertimentian

#10751
March 24, 2009, 09:24:47 PM
Have an itch to try some more of the Hagen's late Beethoven. Hoping for the best (they're capable).


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#10752
March 24, 2009, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 24, 2009, 01:46:58 AM
Donwyn, Renfield, you are both silly gits.

Because of a silly whim I got this:
[directly from Japan, though].


You're a lucky man. But *wow* that's an expensive import. Why not simply Amazon? Much cheaper.

QuoteThis better stun me, sound great, iron my shirts, and make me breakfast in the morning.

Will you settle for floss?
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

jlaurson

#10753
March 25, 2009, 01:41:08 AM
Quote from: donwyn on March 24, 2009, 09:33:32 PM
You're a lucky man. But *wow* that's an expensive import. Why not simply Amazon? Much cheaper.

Will you settle for floss?

A good floss... but it'll have to be raspberry flavored.

Amazon with free shipping (to my US address) would have been more expensive than importing this set from Japan and having it shipped to either of my addresses. Or are you saying: Why not the three individual boxes?? True... but if I had bought those new from Amazon, it would only have saved me three or four bucks, and I thought that was worth having the integral set.

prémont

#10754
March 25, 2009, 06:38:40 AM
Received from JPC to day (quite a Beethoven feast):


LvB:       Symphonies complete / Buno Walter  (United Archives)

LvB:       Symphonies  complete/ Paul Kletzki  (Supraphon)
I do not posess the patience to wait more than ½ a year to recieve my orders whatever the cost.

LvB:       Symphonies complete / Arturo Toscanini (RCA , studio version)

LvB;       Symphony no 9 / Ferenc Fricsay (DG)

LvB:       Symphony no 9 / Otto Klemperer (Allegro - live recording with London Philh.)

LvB:       Symphony no 9 / Otto Klemperer ( Medici Masters - live recording with Kölner Rundfunk SO)

LvB:       String Quartets / Bartók Quartet ( Supraphon)

LvB:       String Quartets / Taneyev Quartet ( Boheme)

LvB:       Violin-piano sonatas cpt. / Schneiderhan & Kempff (DG)

Bach:     Brandenburg Concertos (AAM / Egarr)

I expect to ask for admission to the Kletzki fan-club soon. Who is the president?

Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

DavidRoss

#10755
March 25, 2009, 07:22:30 AM
Quote from: premont on March 25, 2009, 06:38:40 AM
I expect to ask for admission to the Kletzki fan-club soon. Who is the president?
Donwyn, I believe.  Admission requires that you post reviews (or at least impressions) of at least the 3rd, 6th, and 7th from the set. 
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Renfield

#10756
March 25, 2009, 07:25:59 AM
Quote from: premont on March 25, 2009, 06:38:40 AM
Received from JPC to day (quite a Beethoven feast):


LvB:       Symphonies complete / Buno Walter  (United Archives)

LvB:       Symphonies  complete/ Paul Kletzki  (Supraphon)
I do not posess the patience to wait more than ½ a year to recieve my orders whatever the cost.

LvB:       Symphonies complete / Arturo Toscanini (RCA , studio version)

LvB;       Symphony no 9 / Ferenc Fricsay (DG)

LvB:       Symphony no 9 / Otto Klemperer (Allegro - live recording with London Philh.)

LvB:       Symphony no 9 / Otto Klemperer ( Medici Masters - live recording with Kölner Rundfunk SO)

LvB:       String Quartets / Bartók Quartet ( Supraphon)

LvB:       String Quartets / Taneyev Quartet ( Boheme)

LvB:       Violin-piano sonatas cpt. / Schneiderhan & Kempff (DG)

Bach:     Brandenburg Concertos (AAM / Egarr)

I expect to ask for admission to the Kletzki fan-club soon. Who is the president?



I think it must be either donwyn or Que, though the latter has shown little interest in the fan club's proceedings. ;D


And, a feast indeed!

I'm interested in your take on the Medici Masters Klemperer 9th. I bought (and listened to) it last month - but I wouldn't want to bias you. :)

Dancing Divertimentian

#10757
March 25, 2009, 08:18:22 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on March 25, 2009, 01:41:08 AM
Or are you saying: Why not the three individual boxes?? True... but if I had bought those new from Amazon, it would only have saved me three or four bucks, and I thought that was worth having the integral set.

Yes, I meant three individual two-fers, though I should have specified the Marketplace, not Amazon proper.

But yes I can see the allure of an integral set.
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#10758
March 25, 2009, 08:23:54 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 25, 2009, 07:22:30 AM
Donwyn, I believe.  Admission requires that you post reviews (or at least impressions) of at least the 3rd, 6th, and 7th from the set. 

That's fair.

As President I heartily endorse this action. 0:)
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Sergeant Rock

#10759
March 25, 2009, 09:01:24 AM
Mullova in leather...how could I resist? Found a used copy in excellent shape fo 5 Euro (an Amazon seller). Thanks to donwyn for bringing this CD to my attention:



Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"
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