Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[rubio]

Nice! 

Yes, I have high expectations for these two boxes, and what a price!!! . Any performances that are especially notable?

[George]

Yes, I have high expectations for these two boxes, and what a price!!! . Any performances that are especially notable?

I enjoyed the Chopin discs quite a bit. 

[Solitary Wanderer]

I've just received the book Berlioz's Memoires. I bought it on Amazon but didn't notice it was in French! I [wrongly] assumed I was getting the English translation 

I will need to return this and try again 

[The new erato]

+ Tallis; the complete works on Brilliant

[Harry]

Erato, I would be very interested in your findings about this box.
Had my eye on it also....

[The new erato]

I've listened to CD 1 in background mode. Good sound, and the performances seemed clear and pure (FWIW). No booklet, but a CD-ROM which I haven't tried is included.

[Harry]

I've listened to CD 1 in background mode. Good sound, and the performances seemed clear and pure (FWIW). No booklet, but a CD-ROM which I haven't tried is included.

Well if you are ready for it, tell me a bit more in detail......

[Henk]

[hautbois]

Durufle, Requiem. Maurice Durufle, Chorales Philippe Caillard Er Stephane Caillat, Orchestre de L'Association des Concerts Lamoureux. (Erato)

Mendelssohn, Bruch, Octets. Kodaly Quartet, Auer Quartet. (Naxos)

Pergolesi, Stabat Mater. Sebastian Hennig - soprano, Rene Jacobs - contra tenor, Concerto Vocale. (Harmonia Mundi)
Purcell, Theatre music. Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik. (Sony)

Suk, Epilogue. Vaclav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra. (Supraphon)

[rubio]

Some goodies arrived today .

Karel Sejna's Martinu symphony no. 3 (anybody heard Sejna's Dvorak symphonies?):



Klemperer:



Some Beethoven by Szell:

[Lilas Pastia]

Symphonies 6 and 7 by Sejna: both are powerful and uniquely personal. Not as refined as Talich (7), but revelatory nonetheless.

[gmstudio]

This is the set I cut my teeth on...it's still the cycle that's closest to my heart. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

[George]

This is the set I cut my teeth on...it's still the cycle that's closest to my heart. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Ditto all that! 

[Daverz]

Great finds!  Did you find those used?  The Sejna is the  best recording of the Double Concerto I've heard.

[rubio]

Great finds!  Did you find those used?  The Sejna is the  best recording of the Double Concerto I've heard.

Yes, I found them both used at Amazon marketplace. The Klemperer was cheap and the Sejna a bit more expensive. I look forward to hear the double concerto!

[PerfectWagnerite]

One of the highlights of my recent purchases:



featuring the complete symphonies, the Manfred Overture, and the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann as well as the songs of Clara. Can't wait to listen to them.

[Bogey]

Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46 by César Franck
Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124 by Franz Liszt

Have only listened to the Saint-Saëns piece, but was VERY pleased with that alone.

[12tone.]

+ Tallis; the complete works on Brilliant

Wow!  What is that box like?

[The new erato]

Wow!  What is that box like?

Well I've already answered this earlier: "I've listened to CD 1 in background mode. Good sound, and the performances seemed clear and pure (FWIW). No booklet, but a CD-ROM which I haven't tried is included."

So the only thing I currently can add to your question is "It's rectangular".

Joking aside, I've listened somewhat more closely to CD nr 2 with (among others) The 4 voice Mass, and it seems like a mighty fine performance. This is the Signum recordings which I'm sure can be found at Gramophones Gramophile, Gramophone liked the series a lot (but then it's British Music).

[Harry]

This recording from 1959 made it on my list, and I ordered it.....