Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Kullervo]

We'd be glad to have you.

Thanks to you, I now have two more avatar options:

I didn't know you were a Malkovich fan.

[George]

Would like to know what the Gavrilov is like as I do like his playing.  In fact I have just been listening last week to the 7 Bach Keyboard concertos with Gavrilov and ASMF, wonderful.

Will post my thoughts in the listening thread soon, buddy.

[George]

I didn't know you were a Malkovich fan.

[Kuhlau]

Kuhlau introduced me to this recording about a year, year and half ago and the pleasure still persists.

Are we talking about the Ashkenazy Isle of the Dead, et al, on Decca? If so, warmly recommended. Most moving performance I've heard of that work. Symphonic Dances are also excellent.

(And hello, Tony. Must catch up on MSN soon. )

FK

[Kullervo]

Browsing the "Snowshoed Sibelius" thread has made me realize I've been neglecting my favorite composer as of late! So I filled in some of the gaps with these:



I went ahead and got the complete set instead of cherry-picking for the pieces reputed to be the best. I figure I love Sibelius's music enough that even the mediocre pieces will be at least charming.

Also:



...and another set of the symphonies:

[Brian]

I went ahead and got the complete set instead of cherry-picking for the pieces reputed to be the best. I figure I love Sibelius's music enough that even the mediocre pieces will be at least charming.

Any reason not to get this one?



I happened to see it today and it has the most glorious/lavish booklet notes I've ever seen. Not sure about the playing, though.

[Kullervo]

Any reason not to get this one?



I happened to see it today and it has the most glorious/lavish booklet notes I've ever seen. Not sure about the playing, though.

Price is often the deciding factor in my purchases. 

[Lethevich]

The Sibelius by these performers are real hidden gems (the Naxos less so nowadays)

If you like the Sakari/Icelandic SO box, their Lemminkäinen Suite is on the same very high level.

[karlhenning]

Landed today:

[Bogey]

Features 13 discs worth of live performances by such performers as Pablo Casals, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Rudolf Serkin, Arthur Grumiaux, and Sandor Vegh.

From the web:

Five years after World War II had ended, Casal's friends were determined to find an honorable way in which to break the cellist's silent protest against Franco and those who supported him, to bring once more the great man's art before the public. Between them, the pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski, whose friendship with Casals dated back to 1906, and the violinist Alexander Schneider devised a scheme which they hoped would bring the "Hermit of Prades" back to the concert platform, a series of all-Bach concerts at Prades marking the 200th anniversary of Bach's death. Would Casals attend? Would he play "in honor" of his revered Bach? Casals eventually capitulated to the persuasive arguments of his old colleagues and a thirty-piece orchestra with Schneider as concert master was assembled and rapidly fashioned by Casals into an homogeneous ensemble. The greatest wonder was when Casals opened each of the six major programs with a Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suite. Casals, aged 73, was silent no more. This collection features the best public performance recordings from Prades and none of these performances appears on the recent Pearl collection.

[rubio]

You gotta feel sorry for the mailman sometimes .

         

[George]

That Janet Baker looks nice! Also that Benno CD. Can you post your thoughts on the Benno when you get a chance?

[Que]

 

Your feedback on that one would be most welcome!

Q

[Que]

Features 13 discs worth of live performances by such performers as Pablo Casals, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Rudolf Serkin, Arthur Grumiaux, and Sandor Vegh.

I have many of those recordings on two 4-CD volumes in an earlier incarnation on M&A.
Wonderful! Though I'm still in doubt if I should go fot the more extensive re-run...

Q

[jlaurson]

You gotta feel sorry for the mailman sometimes .

         

Yes. Without you, he'd be out of a job. 

[rubio]

Your feedback on that one would be most welcome!

Q

It will advance in the listening queue. His Testament 4th and 5th (Philharmonia), the 1961 9th (Philharmonia) and the Danish Eroica are also on the way .

[Bogey]

I have many of those recordings on two 4-CD volumes in an earlier incarnation on M&A.
Wonderful! Though I'm still in doubt if I should go fot the more extensive re-run...

Q

From the little I have listened, I am definitely in line for Vol. II.  Just great playing.

[The new erato]

[Coopmv]

You gotta feel sorry for the mailman sometimes .

         

You keep him employed.  Here in the US, he gets even by delivering a crushed box ...

[Renfield]

[Re Klemperer, Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2, 7.]

Your feedback on that one would be most welcome!

Q

It will advance in the listening queue. His Testament 4th and 5th (Philharmonia), the 1961 9th (Philharmonia) and the Danish Eroica are also on the way .

I've had both for a while, and consider them just below the 1957 9th in quality. In other words, they are excellent, structured and driven performances, hallmark Klemperer, and I am willing to bet especially the 2nd must be comfortably better than the studio version.

(Though I only have the 3rd, (mono) 5th, 6th and 7th, from his studio efforts.)

So all in all, I would urgently recommend them to Klemperer fans - while, though the 5th and 7th aren't quite as good as the studio version from the EMI GRotC issue, the 2nd and 4th are generally well worth having; and all the performances are excellent.


P.S.: Some great discs there, rubio!