Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Does that Britten box have his complete recordings (at least in stereo) on EMI? I'd assume it doesn't, since it isn't stated on the front.

Regardless, that's a nice purchase!

Not much with Britten himself in this box.  A 1942 recording of the Opus 22 Michelangelo Sonnets, and a 1947 recording of the Opus 35 John Donne Holy Sonnets (both with Pears, of course);  one of the Purcell realizations (The Queen's Epicedium); and a set of five folksong arrangements.

[SonicMan46]

Well just a small Amazon order (well a box that has long been on my wish list!):

Bach, JS - Goldberg Variations w/ Catrin Finch (harp transcriptions) on DG - Dark Angel recommendation

Eichner, Ernst - Symphonies w/ Werner Ehrhardt & L'art del mondo on Capriccio - Fanfare recommendation (Jan-Feb '10)

Lefevre, Jean Xavier - Clarinet Quartets 1-4 w/  Brunner et al on Tudor -  Fanfare recommendation (Jan-Feb '10)

Scriabin, Alexander - Solo Piano Music (8 CDs) w/ Maria Lettberg on Capriccio - wish list long time - 'pulled the trigger'


 

 

[jlaurson]

Bach, JS - Goldberg Variations w/ Catrin Finch (harp transcriptions) on DG - Dark Angel recommendation

Too bad for Catrin Finch that a month before her recording came out--to much fanfare--, this recording snuck out in France:
(...which [not only] I think is pretty obviously superior to Finch's.)

Bach Goldberg Variations for harp, arr. Blassel Sylvain Blassel Lontano

Listen what the cat dragged in: R.Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie and the work by Strauss most mispronounced by English speakers: Til Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Semyon Bychkov, WDR SO Cologne PROFIL Haenssler  SACD German link UK link

Some really gutsy playing from the LSO... trombones that go all out. Quite raunchy for a Haitink recording.
Now listening to Bychkov and his "Heldenleben Orchestra".

[SonicMan46]

Too bad for Catrin Finch that a month before her recording came out--to much fanfare--, this recording snuck out in France:
(...which [not only] I think is pretty obviously superior to Finch's.)


Bach  Goldberg Variations for harp................................

Jens - well, if I'd waited a day, maybe the above would have been in my order rather than Catrin Finch; but I suspect that from DA's comments and the reviews that I read on her performance before ordering that I'll enjoy her harp transcriptions; plus, can always add the other one in the future.  Thanks for bringing my attention to this alternate disc - I don't own that many transcriptions, but do enjoy good ones on instruments that we enjoy (which include the harp and the guitar).  Dave 

[karlhenning]

Cor, I feel I made out like a bandit on some singletons. More later . . . .

[MN Dave]

[listener]

at my downtown b&m  at clearance prices
survey of Sicilian organs, and Bach, Grigny and Couperin  on the organ at Bourges.

[karlhenning]

$9.99 apiece:

[Lilas Pastia]

A couple more Eileen Farrell  'pop' albums. The Johnny Mercer one, and that titled 'Torch Songs' (apparently that's the white american woman's answer to blues). I just wrote about Farrell's art in the thread about Netrebko's tits and underwear. Like the greatest blues and pop vocalists, she holds me spellbound from first track to last. And of course: what a voice for a woman of 70 !

[George]

$9.99 apiece:

That last one looks tasty. 

[Lilas Pastia]

From Haydn House, a bunch of LP to CD transfers:


that's George Tzipine and Marius Constant, Conductors - Orchestre National
   ANDRÉ JOLIVET: Symphonie Nº 1
TOLIA NIKOPROWETZKY: Hommage à Antonio Gaudi*


Peter Maag, Conductor - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
ROSSINI OVERTURES
   La Gazza Ladra: Overture
   Semiramide: Overture
   Cenerentola: Overture
   Guillaume Tell: Overture


Paul Paray, Conductor -Detroit Symphony   

FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor
WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, Lohengrin Preludes 1 & 3,
Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I, Tannhäuser Overture



Max Rudolf, Conductor - Cincinnati Symphony
BRUCKNER: Symphony Nº 7 in E Major


Willem van Otterloo, Conductor - Hague Philharmonic
FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony Nº 3 in C Minor "organ"
Feika Asma, organist

[MN Dave]

[pi2000]

Just received..
Sibelius-Violin Concerto
Bronislaw Gimpel-Violin
Eugen Jochum-conductor Berlin 21/22 IV 1956
"It is the high time to rediscover the art of Bronislw Gimpel"-claims the text inside..

Yes! But we need more of his recordings..

[jlaurson]

Robbie Schumann Scenes from Goethe's Faust Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt with: Christian Gerhaher, Werner Güra, Birgit Remmert F.J.Selig et al. RCO Live 2 SACDs

Anton Bruckner Symphonies 3 & 4 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons RCO Live 2 SACDs

[The new erato]

Snapped up vol 1 of Ives' symphonies at Hyperion's half price sale some time ago, now I picked up the other.

[Sergeant Rock]

Brahms, Fauré, Tchaik., Moniuszko
Piano Duo Anna & Ines Walachowski
Oehms
(Not yet released outside of Germany?)
Knowing a bit about Sarge's "musical"
predilections by now, I'd think this is a
recording he might like to consider. 

Hmmm, one blonde, one brunette, middle/eastern European...yes, my kind of music 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

This arrived in todays mail, so it's definitely the years last aquisition.

I'm currently reading a biography of Clara (Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman by Nancy Reich). This would make a good companion. Have you heard it all yet? Worth the 39 Euro asking price at JPC?

Sarge

[The new erato]

I'm currently reading a biography of Clara (Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman by Nancy Reich). This would make a good companion. Have you heard it all yet? Worth the 39 Euro asking price at JPC?

Sarge

I got it at 15 £ or thereabouts - admittedly VAT free - at prestoclassical; don't know if the offer is still available. I've heard discs 1 & 3; slightly variable, at its best moments quite up to the quality of her soulmate's works (the music is VERY Schumann), at other moments slightly more threadbare; again just like Robert's. Gramophone Editor's choice in some 2007 issue. At 39 Euro slightly expensive (but that depends whether you need the money to heat your house), at the price I paid no need to hesitate.

[Sergeant Rock]

I got it at 15 £ or thereabouts - admittedly VAT free - at prestoclassical; don't know if the offer is still available. I've heard discs 1 & 3; slightly variable, at its best moments quite up to the quality of her soulmate's works (the music is VERY Schumann), at other moments slightly more threadbare; again just like Robert's. Gramophone Editor's choice in some 2007 issue. At 39 Euro slightly expensive (but that depends whether you need the money to heat your house), at the price I paid no need to hesitate.

Thanks for the reply. I can't find it at Presto so I assume it sold out at that price. I think I'll order the CPO set instead...



...it's much cheaper than the Hänssler. Did Gramophone compare them?

Sarge

[The new erato]

...it's much cheaper than the Hänssler. Did Gramophone compare them?

Sarge

Not that I'm aware of. I used to use Gramophone's reviews database occasionally, maybe the answer could be found there, but after the recent changes to their web presence I don't know quite if they are available any more. I can find old articles, but the real interesting stiff, old reviews, seems unavailable. More whizz and less substance, just like the magazine.