Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Kullervo]

More! Today is one of those rare occasions when I get to splurge.





Inspired by the Sibelius thread.




I don't have any Weber and I've heard good things about his works for clarinet.




First complete set of Scriabin sonatas (I have most of them from other recordings).




Complements the disc with the 1st and 3rd quartets.

[Brian]

Kemal Gekic: Live in Japan
the last copy Amazon had.

[Mark]

Nice call on the Maggini Quartet disc, Corey. I really love their love - haven't heard a recording of theirs that I didn't like.

[Mark]

Incidentally (and now that we're 3265 posts on), shouldn't this thread properly be on the Great Recordings board?

[Kullervo]

Incidentally (and now that we're 3265 posts on), shouldn't this thread properly be on the Great Recordings board?

Would that make every recording a great recording? 

[Don]

Incidentally (and now that we're 3265 posts on), shouldn't this thread properly be on the Great Recordings board?

No.

[Don]

There wasn't much tempting material at the local Borders, so I picked up the Brahms symphonies from Alsop.  Now I'll know what stinks about them (if all the negative chatter is on target).

[Mark]

Would that make every recording a great recording? 

You think every recording discussed on the other board is great. I'd beg to differ.

No.

But it's about recordings, right? I'm surprised Lis hasn't moved it, TBH.

[Novi]

These arrived in the post today:





I've only listened to the Ancerl so far. Wow! I love the Glagolitic Mass - that mad organ and those robust soprano voices.

Mahler 7, I've had difficulty in the past with. I'm hoping to see how I go with Abbado and the CSO.

Moravec and Chopin ... need I say more? 0:)

[Mark]

There wasn't much tempting material at the local Borders, so I picked up the Brahms symphonies from Alsop.  Now I'll know what stinks about them (if all the negative chatter is on target).

It's probably because I read the biased British press (that old chestnut), but I've not heard any 'negative chatter' about Alsop's cycle. Most reviewers have generally given it a 'thumbs up'.

[sidoze]

Kemal Gekic: Live in Japan
the last copy Amazon had.

after hearing this, you really get a sense of how overused terms like "master" and "expert" and "musician" are (not to mention genius). Technique and insight like what you'll hear come along once a generation.

[Lilas Pastia]

Is it this one?



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivaldi-Masterwork-Antonio/dp/B000NVL49C
http://www.amazon.de/Masterworks-Vivaldi-UK-Diverse-Klassik/dp/B000NVL49C
http://www.amazon.fr/Les-Chefs-DOeuvre-De-Vivaldi/dp/B000NVL49C
http://www.amazon.com/Chefs-Doeuvre-Vivaldi/dp/B000NVL49C

http://www.buywell.com/cgi-bin/buywellic2/12096.html
http://www.crotchet.co.uk/4429337.html?id=IU25Krh7
http://www4.fnac.com/Shelf/article.aspx?PRID=1976350&Mn=654&Ra=-29&To=0&Nu=17&Fr=3

French amazon seems the cheapest.

Yup, that's it. I guess 40 euros isn't so bad, it's par with the price I paid. I guess it would depend on the shipping costs. Not a problem when you walk out of the store with it

[Don]

You think every recording discussed on the other board is great. I'd beg to differ.

But it's about recordings, right?

Not really.  It's about the acquisition obsession, one that I fully possess.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Incidentally (and now that we're 3265 posts on), shouldn't this thread properly be on the Great Recordings board?

Move an icon??

[Brian]

sidoze - thanks for that, now I am truly excited for the disc to get here.

It's probably because I read the biased British press (that old chestnut), but I've not heard any 'negative chatter' about Alsop's cycle. Most reviewers have generally given it a 'thumbs up'.

For a "one thumb up, one thumb down" assessment my reviews are probably a good start: Second, Third, Fourth (and summary of first three). Or here's a summary: I called the First "special" and "truly top-rank", the Second "slow and painful" and a case of "artistic narcolepsy", the Third "the kind of recording which makes me picture Brahms as a charmless, emotionless old codger", and the Fourth "a general success, and almost a great one." My summary was that Ms. Alsop delivered 1.5 great performances out of 4.

[Mark]

Not really.  It's about the acquisition obsession, one that I fully possess.

Fair enough. That answer satisfies.

[Peregrine]

And this beauty:



An Electrolux 'Cyclone Power', Much better than my previous Dirt Devil. £60 well spent

[Que]

Just ordered.



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[rubio]

Some discs that arrived the last days:

Schubert, Piano Sonatas in a, Op.42 {rec.3/2/57} & D, Op.53 {8/11/56}. Schumann, Noveletten Op.21, #'s 1, 2 & 8 {9/23/60}; Fantasiestucke Op.12, #'s 1-3, 5, 7 & 8; Humoreske Op.20 {1956}. (All w.Sviatoslav Richter, piano) (Living Stage)

Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 and 10 with Mitropoulos/NYPO (CBS Masterworks)

and

[George]

But it's about recordings, right? I'm surprised Lis hasn't moved it, TBH.

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