Past Purchases (CLOSED)

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Found this obscure Marco Polo recording:


Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Westmoreland," Andrew Penny, National Symphony Orch. of Ireland

[Henk]

FURRER, BEAT Orchestral Works. Nicolas Hodges, WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln / Peter Rundel. Kairos

PARRA, HECTOR Knotted Fields, Impromptu, Wortschatten, L'Aube assaillie. Ensemble Recherche. Kairos

TAKEMITSU Orchestral Works. Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra / Takemitsu. Brilliant Classics 2cds

ESCAICH, THIERRY Orchestral Music. Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon, Orchestre National de Lille / Paul Polivnick, Michiyoshi I

BEETHOVEN Piano Trios Vol. 2: Opp.70 / 1-2, 44, 97 Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy EMI Gemini 2cds

NANCARROW Pieces Nos. 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra, Tango, String Quartet No. 1. Continuum, Cheryl Seltzer, Joel Sachs. Naxos

TAKEMITSU, TORU Toward The Sea, Rain Tree, Rain Spell, Bryce Robert Aitken, New Music Concerts Ensemble Naxos

TAKEMITSU, TORU A String Around Autumn Dukes, Bezaly, Ogawa, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka BIS

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On the way....






 

Can't wait to hear these. Finally received Segerstam's 7th in the mail today and listened to it and I'm hooked. I've been looking at this cycle for a while now. Glad, I finally bought it.

Also just bought this, which I have been waiting a LONG time to hear Schreker's Chamber Symphony:

[Brian]

I found this in my mailbox today, meaning I'm one step closer to completing the Lloyd symphony cycle:




Sarge

Whoa! I'll have to investigate this - the prospect of two Lloyd symphonies being able to fit on one disc is exciting.

Brian,  I remember you recommended that redbook CD set a while back.  Since I already have 3 of the disks on SACD, it makes more sense for me to buy the rest in SACD instead of the redbook set to avoid the duplicates and to get better sound.  But BIS redbook CD's generally sound great anyway.

So, the clock is ticking for your trip to the other side of the pond ...     

Yes, and yes ... 29 days!

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Whoa! I'll have to investigate this - the prospect of two Lloyd symphonies being able to fit on one disc is exciting.

The problem with this disc, for me, is at the time I purchased it I didn't know Lloyd's 10th symphony was written for brass only, which I was pretty disappointed about, but the 6th symphony is a fun listen.

After listening to Pettersson, Lloyd sounds rather trite, but I realize both composers were different. Lloyd was a very backward-looking composer for his time.

[karlhenning]

Landed yesterday:

Arnold Schoenberg – Chamber Music for Strings

[Sergeant Rock]

Delivered today, Lloyd Third Symphony and Previn's VW Fifth on Telarc, recommended enthusiastically by MI.



Sarge

[abidoful]

In the mail today, Bruckner piano pieces:




Sarge

Am I to be thanked for this one? How do you like 'em?

[George]

k a rl - how much was that set?

[karlhenning]

Found it "Used - Like New" for $45, George.  Condition does indeed answer that description.

[Sergeant Rock]

Am I to be thanked for this one? How do you like 'em?

Yes, you are to be thanked. I wasn't aware of the disc until you pointed it out. I had planned to quote your post but was in a bit of a rush that day and didn't have time to look for it. I agree with what you said about the music and performance. I like the chronological programming, and like the way the music progresses from the dancehall to the intimate salon, the music growing in depth and interest. I love that little Klavierstück...and the Fantasie (starting at 1:26 we hear the future Bruckner). And the sound of that period Bösendorfer!...transports me back to the 19th century 

Sarge

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Landed yesterday:

Arnold Schoenberg – Chamber Music for Strings

Is that your first set of the quartets, Karl? Glorious music.

Sarge

[Henk]

I've been collecting Steve Reich's music off and on for about 6 years. Interestingly enough, he was one of the first contemporary classical composers that made me sit up and take notice. I've had periods where I absolutely hated his music while at other times I was in love with it. My impressions today are positive as I have come to accept his music on its own terms. For me, he was always more more interesting than Glass whose music does little for me.

Strange thing that in periods you like some music very much and in other / later periods, you can't connect to it and the experience of liking it get totally lost and it seems to be almost impossible and highly questionable you've had that experience of liking it in the past.

I like Reich also. I have the Nonesuch box-set of his works. Listened to "Electric counterpount" a couple times lately, a very nice work imo.

Henk

[karlhenning]

Is that your first set of the quartets, Karl? Glorious music.

My second, Sarge . . . I've long felt I should like a second, and all the "fillers" on this set made it all the more attractive to me.  My first set is the New Vienna Quartet (and Evelyn Lear in the Opus 10).

[Coopmv]

Just ordered the following CD's from across the pond this morning ...

[Harry]

Yes, you are to be thanked. I wasn't aware of the disc until you pointed it out. I had planned to quote your post but was in a bit of a rush that day and didn't have time to look for it. I agree with what you said about the music and performance. I like the chronological programming, and like the way the music progresses from the dancehall to the intimate salon, the music growing in depth and interest. I love that little Klavierstück...and the Fantasie (starting at 1:26 we hear the future Bruckner). And the sound of that period Bösendorfer!...transports me back to the 19th century 

Sarge

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SOME TIME AGO..................................................... I mentioned it on these pages........

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30 minutes after the the hardest working woman in the Bundespost (yes, she's back on her beat after a few week's holiday), a man from the UPS showed up with a package from an Amazon seller containing the Thomson VW cycle. I recall four or five years ago paulb waxing eloquent (in his inimitable way) in the Gramophone forum about these performances. And recently MI has re-ignited my interest. Surely now that I've paid a small fortune, Chandos will bring out a budget box. Those of you who have been waiting as long as I have can thank me later    The symphonies are distributed between one standard jewel case and a double box:






Sarge

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SOME TIME AGO..................................................... I mentioned it on these pages........

Harry, you mention and own every CPO recording. Thanks to you go without saying 

Seriously, I must have read it but then promptly forgot as my very old brain fixated on something else.

Sarge

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Strange thing that in periods you like some music very much and in other / later periods, you can't connect to it and the experience of liking it get totally lost and it seems to be almost impossible and highly questionable you've had that experience of liking it in the past.

People's tastes change, Henk, believe it or not. What I liked 10 years ago, I don't necessarily enjoy today. Reich was one instance where I liked his music at first, then I became disenchanted with it over a period of time, then so many years later, I finally just put all my feelings aside about Reich and accepted his music for what it is. Is Reich someone I listen to on a daily basis? Of course not and he's far from a favorite of mine, I just enjoy something different every now and again, and Reich certainly fits that bill quite nicely.

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30 minutes after the the hardest working woman in the Bundespost (yes, she's back on her beat after a few week's holiday), a man from the UPS showed up with a package from an Amazon seller containing the Thomson VW cycle. I recall four or five years ago paulb waxing eloquent (in his inimitable way) in the Gramophone forum about these performances. And recently MI has re-ignited my interest. Surely now that I've paid a small fortune, Chandos will bring out a budget box. Those of you who have been waiting as long as I have can thank me later    The symphonies are distributed between one standard jewel case and a double box:






Sarge

A lovely set right there if I do say so myself.

I do feel, however, that it is strange how Chandos split up the recordings: one chubby box and one single disc jewel case. If it ever gets reissued I'm sure Chandos will opt for a cardboard box with sleeves.