Past Purchases (CLOSED)

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  Thanks, John. What are your favorite Zemlinsky's CD ?

That Conlon set you bought on EMI. It's excellent throughout. My favorite performance of the Lyrische Symphonie though is this one:

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Serious table pounding for the Leifs. I really like that Prokofiev VC recording as well.

[trung224]

 Thank

Good haul, indeed, of an excellent composer.

Further reading that might be of interest:

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/04/dip-your-ears-no-56.html
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/07/dip-your-ears-no-67.html

Only one bit of Zemlinsky I disliked, and that was a performance of Der Zwerg... for a variety of reasons that included having felt let down by the music.

Thank jlaurson and John for all your excellent recommendation.

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Thank   Thank jlaurson and John for all your excellent recommendation.

You're welcome, trung.

[The new erato]

But we're back to normal now.

Normal in your case being (you fill in the blanks .......)?       

Well; seems you have a great dad.

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Normal in your case being (you fill in the blanks .......)?       

Well; seems you have a great dad.

Back to normal as in our collections are now properly distributed. My Dad is a huge audiophile. He collects vintage amplifiers and has been known to blast some Mahler through a Marantz amplifier with his customary JBLs or Polk Audio speakers. The man loves his Mahler that's for sure.

[Coopmv]

Back to normal as in our collections are now properly distributed. My Dad is a huge audiophile. He collects vintage amplifiers and has been known to blast some Mahler through a Marantz amplifier with his customary JBLs or Polk Audio speakers. The man loves his Mahler that's for sure.

Nice to hear this.  I am a collector of vintage audio gears as well - over a half dozen amplifiers (some in boxes), 4 Nakamichi cassette decks and few others, 3 open-reel decks (Tandberg, Revox and Akai). a half-dozen turntables that allow me to play my 4000+ LP's and over a half dozen of headphones (Sennheiser, AKG, Beyerdynamic).  My lateset addition was an internet tuner ...

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Nice to hear this.  I am a collector of vintage audio gears as well - over a half dozen amplifiers (some in boxes), 4 Nakamichi cassette decks and few others, 3 open-reel decks (Tandberg, Revox and Akai). a half-dozen turntables that allow me to play my 4000+ LP's and over a half dozen of headphones (Sennheiser, AKG, Beyerdynamic).  My lateset addition was an internet tuner ...

Nice! I've heard my Dad talk about Nakamichi cassette decks a good bit. I think he owns one internet tuner. I forget which one he owns. I think the most recent electronics he bought was a Pioneer SACD/CD player. Not sure the model he owns.

[Coopmv]

Placed an order on the following DVD's cnd CD set with Presto Classical this evening ...

   
     

[Gurn Blanston]

A couple of new ones rode into town today;

This, by John Khouri, played on his own 1801 Broadwood. This pianoforte would have been current with the works on the disk (Op 26, 27#1 & 2 & 57). Op 57 uses every available key and Khouri reports that it tests the instrument to its fullest (even breaking hammers!!), exactly as Beethoven was said to have experienced with his own instruments. Many non-period instruments fans take Beethoven's quotes out of context and claim that he was frustrated with the sound of the piano; no! He was frustrated with the physical limitations of the engineering whereby he would break hammers and strings with his playing style. In any case I am quite looking forward to this disk, as Khouri is a very stylish player and really knows his way around the pianoforte!





And this one, which I have been hunting for quite some time on a rec by Que. Thought it might be unobtainable, but finally found it in a shop in Prague that is now selling on the Amazon US Marketplace. So regular shipping, $2.98, airmail from Czech Republic, got here in 2 weeks, brand new!  Another disk I have high hopes for, we will be discussing these works in Da House soon.   

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bought used at Sikoras this afternoon when I couldn't locate a train with an interesting consist that passed by me
ROUSE:  Symphony 1, Phantasmata
Baltimore Symphony Orch.    Davis Zinman, cond.
I don't expect it to sound like Koechlin
LYATOSHYNSKY: Symphony 4 in bb, op. 63  Symphony 5 in C op. 67 "Slavonic"
Ukranian State Symphony O., Theodor Kuchar, cond.
VIERNE: Violin Sonata in g,  ROPARTZ: Violin Sonata no.3 in A  MESSIAEN: Theme and Variations
Anne Robert, violin    Sylvia Deferne, piano

[Marc]

I simply couldn't resist these deals! 



£3.00 + shipping = £4.82

 

£4.00 + shipping = £5.82

Amazon.co.uk marketplace (seller Harmonia Mundi)

Tasty!

A couple of new ones rode into town today;

This, by John Khouri, played on his own 1801 Broadwood. This pianoforte would have been current with the works on the disk (Op 26, 27#1 & 2 & 57). Op 57 uses every available key and Khouri reports that it tests the instrument to its fullest (even breaking hammers!!), exactly as Beethoven was said to have experienced with his own instruments. Many non-period instruments fans take Beethoven's quotes out of context and claim that he was frustrated with the sound of the piano; no! He was frustrated with the physical limitations of the engineering whereby he would break hammers and strings with his playing style. In any case I am quite looking forward to this disk, as Khouri is a very stylish player and really knows his way around the pianoforte!

Cover looks familiar .... and, whilst listening to this disc, you can easily imagine this Heathcliff aus Bonn hammering away.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning: chamber works by Wuorinen, including the Third String Quartet and the Violin Sonata. Recommended by the Whirlygigers.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

This, by John Khouri, played on his own 1801 Broadwood. This pianoforte would have been current with the works on the disk (Op 26, 27#1 & 2 & 57). Op 57 uses every available key and Khouri reports that it tests the instrument to its fullest (even breaking hammers!!), exactly as Beethoven was said to have experienced with his own instruments.

Here's hoping they had the recorder on when the instrument crashed. It would give us a truly authentic, historically accurate experience 


Sarge

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My Dad is a huge audiophile. He collects vintage amplifiers and has been known to blast some Mahler through a Marantz amplifier with his customary JBLs or Polk Audio speakers. The man loves his Mahler that's for sure.

Would he like a little Chinese girl calling him Grandpa? When Kimi grows up if we take her to Georgia she might just get a chance to do that.


Now:
Per Kimi's request as pre-bedtime music:
Mahler 1 (Lenny, NY, SONY)

[Gurn Blanston]

Here's hoping they had the recorder on when the instrument crashed. It would give us a truly authentic, historically accurate experience 


Sarge

Authenticity at its truest!   

In some of Khouri's other recordings, like Hummel, Dussek & Cramer, you can plainly hear that the piano is really working hard. I know you laugh, but that was part of the adventure of music then. Personally, it not only doesn't bother me, I actually like it! 

[jut1972]

Nice to hear this.  I am a collector of vintage audio gears as well - over a half dozen amplifiers (some in boxes), 4 Nakamichi cassette decks and few others, 3 open-reel decks (Tandberg, Revox and Akai). a half-dozen turntables that allow me to play my 4000+ LP's and over a half dozen of headphones (Sennheiser, AKG, Beyerdynamic).  My lateset addition was an internet tuner ...

Nice! I've heard my Dad talk about Nakamichi cassette decks a good bit. I think he owns one internet tuner. I forget which one he owns. I think the most recent electronics he bought was a Pioneer SACD/CD player. Not sure the model he owns.

I knew a guy who had a nakamichi tape deck in his car...  It was probably worth more than the car was..

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Would he like a little Chinese girl calling him Grandpa? When Kimi grows up if we take her to Georgia she might just get a chance to do that.

Ha! Sure, why not!

[madaboutmahler]

Had enough money left over from Christmas to allow myself this impulse purchase. I call Pärt one of my favourite and most inspiring living composers, so I should definitely start getting more of his music into my collection! These pieces are all wonderful as well.

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Had enough money left over from Christmas to allow myself this impulse purchase. I call Pärt one of my favourite and most inspiring living composers, so I should definitely start getting more of his music into my collection! These pieces are all wonderful as well.

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Excellent, Daniel. You can't ever go wrong with Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten or Tabula Rasa. I would, however, look into the ECM recordings. Those are quite special recordings as many of them had involvement from Part himself.