Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[kishnevi]

Sorry about the migraine, Jeffrey! In my defense, all I can say is, my enthusiasm for the piece is genuine : )

Very glad that the String Quartet &c. serve as an ingratiating Plan B!

At the very least, Mr. Jack van Geem (the percussionist) certainly deserves the individual credit he gets in the track listings.

I remember Wanderer being an advocate of this concerto a year or so again, so you're not alone.  And the migraine is not unprecedented with me:  a number of 20th century works induce the same reaction, including most of Ligeti. It's apparently a physiological response to the multiplicity of voices and dissonances.

[Karl Henning]

On the upside: your socks are safe! : )

[not edward]

At the very least, Mr. Jack van Geem (the percussionist) certainly deserves the individual credit he gets in the track listings.

I remember Wanderer being an advocate of this concerto a year or so again, so you're not alone.  And the migraine is not unprecedented with me:  a number of 20th century works induce the same reaction, including most of Ligeti. It's apparently a physiological response to the multiplicity of voices and dissonances.

My wife is synaesthesic and finds both Scelsi and Webern make her physically ill. Yet she's not *that* conservative in her tastes, having enjoyed works by the likes of Henze, Rihm, Feldman, Norgard, Ligeti and Carter.

Not sure exactly why this should be.

[Karl Henning]

Just listened to this on Spotify, the Mozart is quite a different breed. Considering it for sure.

Really quite brisk for the  Adagio, wasn't it? Felt like Allegro to me . . . .

[JerryS]

I received this today:


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To my surprise I found myself absolutely spellbound by a performance of Bach's cantata Widerstehe doch der Sunde, BWV 54

Next up is Richard Strauss. I'm looking forward to the violin sonata with Oscar Shumsky!

[Coopmv]

Hey Sarge, my Dad owns a Nakamichi cassette tape deck as well. I believe this is the one he owns:

The DR 1-3 were models in the last Nakamichi cassette series, the CR series preceded them.  By that time, Nakamichi had already gone into the steep decline and might actually be owned by some Malaysian or Hong Kong company that did all it could to milk the name Nakamichi.  I have the Dragon as well and Dragaon was made when Nakamichi was top of the game in the mid to late 80's owned by Japan ...

[Mirror Image]

The DR 1-3 were models in the last Nakamichi cassette series, the CR series preceded them.  By that time, Nakamichi had already gone into the steep decline and might actually be owned by some Malaysian or Hong Kong company that did all it could to milk the name Nakamichi.  I have the Dragon as well and Dragaon was made when Nakamichi was top of the game in the mid to late 80's owned by Japan ...

This good to know. I don't ever listen to cassette tape so these dinosaurs are virtually useless to me. I prefer MDs over everything else.

[Octave]

[asin]B00021T5TO[/asin]
Dvorák: 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - THE GREAT SYMPHONIES etc (Warner, 5cd)
For a good deal on three discs worth of Harnoncourt/RCO #7-9 and symphonic poems, which have been packaged variously before.  The other two discs are things by Zinman, Masur, and Armin Jordan, and I don't know a thing about these performances.  (The only place I've seen with a clear listing is Arkiv's page on the box.)  I wish Harnoncourt's Slavonic Dances had been included, but no go; I think they are on the companion Warner box, with concertos, requiem, etc (this one), but I can't find proper listings of personnel-to-works anywhere.

[asin]B008XKWAXE[/asin]
SACRED BAROQUE MASTERPIECES (Naive, 6cd)
Looks like another Naive "rush box", but as with many of those, not a bad deal.  (A while back I got another one with a couple Handel recitals by Piau/Bayo and Alessandrini's ballyhooed TRIONFO by Alessandrini, and I have gotten a lot of pleasure from all three of those.)  I got the present set for three things I already wanted: Minkowski's Bach Mass and two by Alessandrini: Monteverdi's VESPERS (recommended by a few GMGers recently) and Stabats Mater by Pergolesi/Scarlatti.

[asin]B0017PB290[/asin]
Handel: TESEO, AMADIGI, TRIONFO [all by Minkowski] (Warner, 6cd)

[asin]B003TLRKAA[/asin]
Ockeghem by Orlando Consort (a Brilliant reissue of an Archiv Produktion release)

[asin]B000PMGBXI[/asin]
Haydn: MASSES etc [Harnoncourt w/CMW + Schonberg Chor - Warner, 6cd]
For everything, but maybe especially for the orchestral/choral SEVEN LAST WORDS, hat-tip Haydn Haus thread. 
The one with the ASIN link above is a 2011 edition which includes Schubert's "Magnificat" D486 and "Intende voci" D963, for whatever reason; only maybe ~20+ minutes of music.  A very-similar looking edition does not include those two piece but has all the Haydn.  It looks like this:




ARRAU SPIELT LISZT [aka "Die Klavierkonzerte" according to Amazon UK] (Eloquence, 6cd)
Not offered by Amazon US, apparently.

[asin]B00030B92K[/asin]
Enrico Caruso complete recordings (Naxos Historical, 12cd - chez Ward Marston)
Thanks MCU and Jeffrey.

[asin]B003Y3MYYU[/asin]
Wagner's RING by Böhm.  Something I have more or less wanted even longer than I've liked Wagner.  Now that I've heard it by other means, I know I am into it.   
I bought this mainly because there was a price drop at Amazon UK and I got it for ~$28 all in; Sarge made a comment about not minding the putatively-distracting prompter-murmer that I found quite funny; I think I agree with him about that, and about Gould's murmuring, and other marginalia (Celibidache grunt, etc).  Speaking of which...

[asin]B005HYNCSG[/asin]
Celibidache: when it's performed for the cult, it's all sacred.
The last of the four boxes from ~2011 that I needed.  You know, I always approach him with dread but I have never been sorry yet; to the contrary.  Not with the Brahms symphonies (which I was warned about), not with the Beethoven. 

[Mirror Image]

[asin]B00021T5TO[/asin]

Dvorák: 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - THE GREAT SYMPHONIES etc (Warner, 5cd)
For a good deal on three discs worth of Harnoncourt/RCO #7-9 and symphonic poems, which have been packaged variously before.  The other two discs are things by Zinman, Masur, and Armin Jordan, and I don't know a thing about these performances.  (The only place I've seen with a clear listing is Arkiv's page on the box.)  I wish Harnoncourt's Slavonic Dances had been included, but no go; I think they are on the companion Warner box, with concertos, requiem, etc (this one), but I can't find proper listings of personnel-to-works anywhere.

Pounds the table until it breaks! Awesome set! Harnoncourt's Dvorak is incredibly good.

[North Star]

Nice haul, Octave!
That Sacred Masterpieces set must be great, I have the Pergolesi, and have heard the others online, all are top-notch.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning, music by composers new to me (recommended by MI): Bo Linde (Symphonies and Concertos) and Jon Leifs (a disc of short works).






Sarge

[Octave]

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Ameling vs. Demus
I understand that some of her later recordings of both composers might be even ~better; but I wanted this earlier one first, for that famed "Shepherd on the Rock" at the very least.

[asin]B000AL8ZFG[/asin]
Emma K vs. Hogwood (Eloquence reissue)

[asin]B00008Y179[/asin]
Parrott/Tallis (Virgin Veritas, 2cd)
There are two single Tallis SACDs, on Linn and Naxos resp., that I might be even more curious about; but I've liked Parrott so much in his Monteverdi (VESPERS), Handel (ISRAEL), and Bach, and I've heard many good things about his Tallis.

[asin]B0040HPKFY[/asin]
Coin vs. cello (Naive, 4cd)
Includes one disc that seems to have made the rounds (w/49, 115, 180).  A couple other discs with Coin/Limoges and one with Colmar/Amarillis.
I listened to the Coin/Hogwood Haydn cello concertos again very recently and I just love that disc; I hope I'll like his way with Bach.  I don't think all his Astree Bach cello/cantata recordings are included here, and that's too bad.  Such a collection might have been a more natural and valuable doorstop, though maybe I'm wrong about the number of them on record.

[Mirror Image]

Arrived this morning, music by composers new to me (recommended by MI): Bo Linde (Symphonies and Concertos) and Jon Leifs (a disc of short works).






Sarge

Nice little haul, Sarge. Hope you enjoy the Linde and Leifs. Surprised to find out that Leifs is a new composer for you.

[Opus106]

Ameling vs. Demus

Curious choice of word: versus.

I wanted this earlier one first, for that famed "Shepherd on the Rock" at the very least.

It's high on my wish-list for that very reason. I came across the work for the first time in this version, and I've been in love with it ever since.

Oh, and for contents of that Dvořák Concertos box, click here. I have and enjoy the music in both boxes.

[Karl Henning]

Surprised to find out that Leifs is a new composer for you.

A curious thing, that this should surprise you, John.

[DavidRoss]

John Cage
"Journeys in Sound"
A Film by Allan Miller and Paul Smaczny
accentus DVD & Blu-ray[/url]
German link - UK link
Terrific, terrific, terrific. Touching, funny, entertaining, informative, and educational. A real joy to watch....

Just curious ..does it follow the typical pattern of everything else I've seen where it's mostly blah, blah, blah and very little actual music?
Try getting a DVD that presents the inverse of that and see if you have the same reaction.

Leaving aside the fact that I can't possibly know what you have already seen...

if it were "mostly blah, blah, blah and very little actual music", I'd have written that. There are four, five pieces of music added as a bonus (incl. 4'33" - which includes an interview with David Tudor, its original performer)... but -- and perhaps that's what you mean -- it is a film, not a music-DVD/Blu-ray. It's a very good film, though, not just adulating senselessly... made with a good deal of warmth and humor, much like Cage had. Great usage of archival footage, too... much of which I'm willing to bet that you have not yet seen.

Thank you, gentlemen, for this telling illustration of what William Paley described as "Contempt prior to investigation" -- an epidemic human fault that guarantees small minds will remain small. And thank you, Jens, for calling our attention to yet another film that sounds likely to be interesting, informative, and entertaining.

But note, however, that in spite of your terrific track record as a critic, I will postpone forming any opinions about the merits of this movie until after seeing it for myself.

RE THREAD DUTY: No CD purchases so far in 2013! The question is, can I extend this record while still popping into GMG from time to time? Y'all do know how to tempt a fella -- especially when there are pictures along with the pretty sounds!  Hmmmm....  Will DVDs and Blu-Rays count against my "No CD purchases" record?

[The new erato]

I oredered this from amazon UK:

[asin]B009P4LVUK[/asin]

CD 1-2:
Das Rheingold / The Rhine Gold
Werner Uhde, Ira Malaniuk, Wolfgang Windgassen
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(122 Min, 1952)

CD 3-5:
Die Walküre / The Valkyrie
Martha Mödl, Leonie Rysanek, Ludwig Suthaus, Gottlob Frick, Erika Köth
Vienna Philharmonic
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
(228 Min., 1954)

CD 6-9:
Siegfried
Wolfgang Windgassen, Paul Kuen, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(233 Min., 1953)

CD 10-13:
Götterdämmerung / Twilight of the Gods
Max Lorenz, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(233 Min., 1953)

We'll see how these works out. Extremely cheap!

[Karl Henning]

Thank you, gentlemen, for this telling illustration of what William Paley described as "Contempt prior to investigation" --

(* chortle *)

[The new erato]

And I threw in this to make the total amount worth the work:

[asin]B007O3QCDA[/asin]

The whole EMI Electrola reissue series of German lighter opera plus some operetta as well, seems very worth aquiring.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

And I threw in this to make the total amount worth the work:

[asin]B007O3QCDA[/asin]

The whole EMI Electrola reissue series of German lighter opera plus some operetta as well, seems very worth aquiring.

With the Wagner I wish you strength and patience, Martha is beautiful, this i would enjoy too!