Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Jared]

Last Christmas truly was a white Christmas in Germany. Heavy snowfall that lasted a month and as cold as I ever recall in the twenty years we've lived here. I prefer the current tropical heatwave 


Sarge

Yes, I spent three days in early December 2011 in Munich... the city park was beautiful to walk round, but my goodness was it cold!

[Lisztianwagner]

Unfortunately they are part of my Christmas presents and I can't listen to them till tomorrow:

   

[Geo Dude]

The last last order of the year:

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[Opus106]

The last last order of the year:

You still have your final, ultimate and last-est orders left, correct?

[Jared]

Wooohooo... someone put a New & Sealed one on this morning... over £10 cheaper than the next cheapest price!   



it's been on my 'watch-list' for some time now, so I simply couldn't resist... 

anyway... while I was mooching around, I also came up with this one for 70 pence plus P&P:

[Coopmv]

Wooohooo... someone put a New & Sealed one on this morning... over £10 cheaper than the next cheapest price!   



it's been on my 'watch-list' for some time now, so I simply couldn't resist... 

Merry Christmas.

I bought this excellent Bach set by Richter early this year.  While not HIP in the usual sense, it was very well done ...

[Jared]

Merry Christmas.

I bought this excellent Bach set by Richter early this year.  While not HIP in the usual sense, it was very well done ...

Merry Christmas to you too!

I must admit, I normally tend toward HIP performances in Baroque, but Richter's interpretations seem to be so indispensible to so many knowledgable Bach lovers, that I felt I had to own a set... 

[PaulR]

Got an Amazon Gift Card for X-Mas.  Already used it 

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[Lethevich]

Got an Amazon Gift Card for X-Mas.  Already used it 

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The ones on that list that I don't yet have, I also really want.

The Weinberg/Toccata disc is the best single recording of his music that I have heard.

[Brian]

Received as Christmas gifts!!

Pierne: Cydalise et le chevre-pied. Luxembourg Philharmonic; David Shallon
Brian: Symphony No 1, "Gothic." BBC Proms
Tango: Zero Hour

[PaulR]

The ones on that list that I don't yet have, I also really want.

The Weinberg/Toccata disc is the best single recording of his music that I have heard.

It was either that or the CPO disc that had the 5th Sonata on it, looks like I made the right choice

I'm still looking to get the CD of the solo viola sonatas, but whenever I want to buy music, the price really makes me lean away from it, as I want to get as much as I can.  One of these days, I'll just have to bite the bullet, and get it 

[Papy Oli]

Couple of used purchases...

I already have Sudbin, Tipo and Horowitz in some sonatas... just wanted to hear how it sounds with Scott Ross following the numerous recommendations on his version :

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For RvW, I only had a twofer with chunks of this boxset, just curious to discover the symphonies in their entirety :

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[Geo Dude]

You still have your final, ultimate and last-est orders left, correct?

Apparently so, because there is no way in hell that I was going to pass up this set for under $15 (plus shipping):

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There's still one left, by the way.

[flyingdutchman]

I find it a bit funny about people who love music (as we all do) somehow get music for Christmas.  I admit, I used to.  However, I think unless it's very rare stuff, my wife would simply rather not buy any music (she knows I'll get it anyway at some point), but get me other things I want.  This year, she gave me a Seattle Mariners jacket.  Love it, never would have bought it for myself, but that's fine. 

[PaulSC]

The only music-related gift my partner got me this Christmas was a large-capacity hard drive that I will use to keep an extra backup of all my digital-format music. Meanwhile, I've handled the music purchases myself. The latest batch:

Scriabin piano works by Igor Nikonovich, Varley Kastelsky, and (Scriabin + Medtner) Vladimir Tropp.
Samuil Feinberg piano sonatas. Clementi by Olivier Cave (modern piano) and Edoardo Torbianelli (fortepiano).
Handel organ concertos by Dantone/Accademia Bizantina. Bach cello suites by Quirine Viersen.

[Lethevich]

Whenever I see these, I wonder whether Bis was having an in-house contest to see who could design a cover that would be the least appealing to impulse-purchasers.

Amazing music, but whenever I see the graphic pop up on my media player when I open the album it's never a positive experience

[Mirror Image]

For RvW, I only had a twofer with chunks of this boxset, just curious to discover the symphonies in their entirety :

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A fine choice, Papy Oli. Andrew Davis's RVW cycle is definitely one of the more consistent ones available. This set, which I own as well, will also give you a chance to hear Job, A Masque for Dancing, which I consider one of his finest works.

[chasmaniac]

An old-fashioned Boxing Day sale at the local L'Atelier Grigorian produced this fine lot. Viva Haydn!

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[PaulSC]

Whenever I see these, I wonder whether Bis was having an in-house contest to see who could design a cover that would be the least appealing to impulse-purchasers.

Amazing music, but whenever I see the graphic pop up on my media player when I open the album it's never a positive experience

:-) True, they're not pretty. (But as you say: amazing music!)

[Karl Henning]

Merry Christmas everyone & God bless you all!

!!!