Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[springrite]

You bought more discs in one go, then I will buy this year, so my crown is yours Paul
It was too heavy anyway.

Well, it will take you more than a year just to sort through those 30,000+ CDs. I trust that your pursuit will continue once that part of the work is done!

PS: I would never consider wearing a crown that has the name HARRY etched and engraved on it. I will settle for a badge.

[Harry]

Well, it will take you more than a year just to sort through those 30,000+ CDs. I trust that your pursuit will continue once that part of the work is done!

PS: I would never consider wearing a crown that has the name HARRY etched and engraved on it. I will settle for a badge.

Well I am afraid that will take me much longer. Anyway I hired a music student that will sort them and produce a comprehensive list, for me to consider how to distribute what is double, or not to my taste.
A badge it is then!

[Opus106]

They are all ordered from Berkshire. Yes, they are all new.

Thanks for the info.

[karlhenning]

Yes, that had all the earmarks of a BRO haul! 

[jlaurson]

I just acquire this recording of some of John Rutter's orchestral music --

Wrong thread, Feanor! This one is about classical music!

[gagging sounds emitting from back of throat.  ]

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Just ordered:


Symphony No. 3, H. 299 (1944); Symphony No. 4, H. 305 (1945) - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek


WORKS INSPIRED by JAZZ and SPORT: Various Artists


BOHUSLV MARTINU: Ensemble Pieces for Harpsichord (Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, Promenades, Two Pieces for Harpsichord, Sonata for Harpsichord, Two Impromptus for Harpsichord)
MANUEL DE FALLA: Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Violin and Violoncello


# String Quartet No. 1 (1918, H. 117); String Quartet No. 2 (1925, H. 150): String Quartet No. 3 (1929, H. 183); String Quartet No. 4 (1937, H. 256); String Quartet No. 5 (1938, H. 268); String Quartet No. 6 (1946, H. 312); String Quartet No. 7/Concerto da camera (1947, H. 314)Panocha Quartet: Jiri Panocha, 1st violin; Pavel Zejfart, 2nd violin; Miroslav Sehnoutka, viola; Jaroslav Kulhan, cello


# The Epic of Gilgamesh, Cantata on the Words of the Old-Babylonian Epic for Soloists, speaker, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1954-1955, H. 351)Marcela Machotková; Jirí Zahradnícek; Václav Zítek; Karel Prusa
Prague Philharmonic Choir/Josef Veselka; Prague Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek


# Spalicek, Ballet in 3 Acts; The Spectre's Bride (ballade based on K.J. Eben's poem); Romance of the Dandelions, cantata; The Primrose (five duets on texts of Moravian folk songs)Soloists; Kantilena Children's Chorus; Kühn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Frantisek Jilek; Prague Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek


# Three Madrigals (Duo No. 1) for Violin and Viola, H 313 (1947); Duo No. 2 for Violin and Viola, H 331 (1950); Sonata for Viola & Piano No. 1, H 355 (1955); Chamber Music No. 1 for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp and Piano, H 376 (1959)Alexander Besa, viola; Bohuslav Matousek, violin; Petra Besa, piano; Ludmila Peterková, clarinet; Jan Talich, violin; Jiri Barta, cello; Jana Bousková, harp; Karel Kosárek, piano


FIRST TIME ON CD
Nipponari – Cycle of seven songs for female voice and small orchestra, H 68 (1912)
Magic Nights – Three songs on Chinese texts for soprano and orchestra, H 119 (1918)
Czech Rhapsody – Cantata for baritone, mixed choir, organ and orchestra, H 118 (1918)
# Dagmar Peckova, soprano; Lubica Rybarská, soprano; Ivan Kusnjer, baritone
Kühn Mixed Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra/Jirí Belohlávek


La Jolla (Sinfonietta La Jolla for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, H 328)
Toccata (Toccata e due canzioni for Small Orchestra, H 311)
Concerto Grosso (Concerto grosso for Chamber Orchestra, H 267)
# Josef Hála, Petr Jiríkovský, piano
Prague Chamber Orchestra/Ondrej Kukal

[marvinbrown]

  I am going to have to agree with Novi  on this one  ! Orders from 2002 just arriving now GOOD LORD  !  If it had been me I would have forgotten what I had ordered springrite  I really admire your patience.....and I wish I had your patience  0:)!

  marvin

[George]

  I am going to have to agree with Novi  on this one  ! Orders from 2002 just arriving now GOOD LORD  !  If it had been me I would have forgotten what I had ordered springrite  I really admire your patience.....and I wish I had your patience  0:)!

  marvin

He said first significant order since 2002, not an order from 2002.

[Fëanor]

{re. John Rutter:}  Wrong thread, Feanor! This one is about classical music!

[gagging sounds emitting from back of throat.  ]

...

Well OK, you're right.  Rutter falls into that category which, to quote myself again, I named "classicalish", along with, say, Andrew Lloyd Weber.

I have listened to a couple of pieces from the Distant Land album, I must tell you that my expectation have been met -- though not exceeded. 

[Bu]

Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor (Kubelik/VPO), In the steppes of central Asia (André Cluytens/Philharmonia), Prince Igor: Overture (Constantin Silvestri/Philharmonia), Polovtsian Dances (Karajan/Philharmonia), Polovstian March (Paul Strauss/ Liège Philharmonic Orchestra):

[Daverz]

Just ordered: [Supraphon stuff]

Some nice Supraphon suggestions there for the MDT Supraphon sale, particularly that complete Spalicek.  I just went ahead and picked up the Valek Symphonies set.

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[Sergeant Rock]

SK Berlin.  And I already marked off the time of all of the Sunday performances which start at 2 PM. 

Good thinking, Bunny. You don't want to make my grievous error 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Ah, sorry not to have replied. That question had escaped me. Yes, thank heavens not the NYP but the StKB. :-)

I wish the cycle were later in May. I'll be in the States at the end of the month (will be seeing W-M in Cleveland conduct M6).

Although what would be nice is a meeting of four, five orchestras, each doing a few. My dream: Berlin Phil (Simon will do), Concertgebouw (under Haitinki, not Jansons), Cleveland O (since I just changed my mind on the NYP, I can have Boulez here), New York Phil (only if they promise to be energized! Maybe under Boulez. No... under Muti!), and Leipzig Gewandhaus (Chailly, I ♥ you!) in a Transatlantic Mahlerfest.

I like your wishlist 

Sarge

[George]

Nice grab, Bu!

My understanding is that this is the best mastering of this material on CD! Of course the performance is legendary!

[Daverz]

Well, have not received them yet, but my first significant order since 2002 has been shipped. I figured I'd post them now!

Since I am copying/pasting from the invoice, sorry some of the info is not complete. But most are here:

I'm simply in awe of this 88 CD BRO order.  I usually order about 15 CDs at a time.  I wonder if they'll ship it in a one giant box with their pantented bomb-proof packaging. 

[Bu]

Nice grab, Bu!

My understanding is that this is the best mastering of this material on CD! Of course the performance is legendary!

Thanks, buddy!   Was happy to see this at a local Borders store (along with his version of the Schuman PC, which I also bought but forgot to post).  Look foward to hearing both records later and just relaxin'.

[springrite]

I'm simply in awe of this 88 CD BRO order.  I usually order about 15 CDs at a time.  I wonder if they'll ship it in a one giant box with their pantented bomb-proof packaging. 

Apparently it is in one box, weighing 29 lbs. Once I had a 220 CD order and that one weighed about 50 lbs, in one box as well.

[George]

Just grabbed the last copy of this that wasn't over $125. Mine was $30. I read good things about these performances and the sound, so I had to have it.

[Brian]

3.    97412-2-ERATO
    Liszt, Piano Sonata in b; Deux Legendes {Saint-Francois "the Piano Destroyer" Duchable...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.99 ($3.99 ea.)
    Code: 139923

"The Piano Destroyer"?

[springrite]

"The Piano Destroyer"?

Yes, I added that line because of how he retired -- by destroying his piano over a lake or something to highlight his distaste for the state of the music business today.

[jlaurson]

Just grabbed the last copy of this that wasn't over $125. Mine was $30. I read good things about these performances and the sound, so I had to have it.

Wow... I remember throwing those into the cutout bins at Tower going, at various points, for as little as 99 ct per three (!) discs. Needless to say that at 33 ct., I was tempted enough to buy most of these discs or whichever ones I did not already have on the Korean label from which I think these were taken.