Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[SonicMan46]

Saw this beautiful box of 6 cd's for little money.
But who is still interested in this kind of music?
Well I am obviously.

Harry - please provide more info on this box set!  Josquin des Prez, probably the foremost composer of the early-middle Renaissance, is a favorite - but I have only about 4 CDs of his music (and two discs mixed w/ others); I would be quite interested in what is included & your impressions - no, hurry, mi amigo (hey - the only foreign language I studied @ U of Michigan) -  Dave

[Harry]

Harry - please provide more info on this box set!  Josquin des Prez, probably the foremost composer of the early-middle Renaissance, is a favorite - but I have only about 4 CDs of his music (and two discs mixed w/ others); I would be quite interested in what is included & your impressions - no, hurry, mi amigo (hey - the only foreign language I studied @ U of Michigan) -  Dave

The link to begin with, and I send the order out this morning, so in due time there will be info Dave!
"A sei Voci is my favourite choir for this repertoire.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/8339430/rk/classic/rsk/hitlist

[Maciek]

My favorite set!

(OK, the only one I have, actually... 0:) But I'm VERY happy with it.)

[Maciek]

I'm in a bit of tight spot but I couldn't resist getting this: an enormous selection of Moniuszko's songs (144 of them) in one very large volume (almost 400 pages of a format much larger than A4). I got it used but in excellent condition for 20 PLN (that's 7 USD/5 EUR/3.50 GBP!!!), including shipping. The new edition has been divided into 6 much thinner volumes, and each one costs three times as much (65 PLN)!!! I'd say that was the deal of the year so far...

[George]

I'm in a bit of tight spot but I couldn't resist getting this: an enormous selection of Moniuszko's songs (144 of them) in one very large volume (almost 400 pages of a format much larger than A4). I got it used but in excellent condition for 20 PLN (that's 7 USD/5 EUR/3.50 GBP!!!), including shipping. The new edition has been divided into 6 much thinner volumes, and each one costs three times as much (65 PLN)!!! I'd say that was the deal of the year so far...

Especially if that lighter came with it. 

[karlhenning]

My favorite set!

(OK, the only one I have, actually... 0:) But I'm VERY happy with it.)

I haven't heard his entire survey . . . but the Eighth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth are excellent (apart from Fischer-Dieskau's Russian pronunciation in the last), and the Sixth, Seventh and Twelfth are very good.

[George]

For .99, new!

[Sergeant Rock]

Some minor Elgar arrived in the post today. There's been talk recently, both pro and con, about the Bavarian Dances. Had to hear them for myself. The Froissart Overture is an early work but is unmistakably Elgar. One of my criteria for determining the worth, indeed greatness, of a composer is whether they have a unique, instantly recognizable sonic signature. Elgar does, and in my opinion, he is definitely in the Pantheon.






Some major Elgar. I'm hoping these performances do the works justice:




Bach cantatas the way I prefer to hear them: no boy brats, no bargain-counter tenors (well, not among the soloists anyway:




Sarge

[Harry]

Ordered it in a local shop.

[karlhenning]

Some minor Elgar arrived in the post today. There's been talk recently, both pro and con, about the Bavarian Dances. Had to hear them for myself.

I await The Ruling, Sarge :-)

[Harry]

Some minor Elgar arrived in the post today. There's been talk recently, both pro and con, about the Bavarian Dances. Had to hear them for myself. The Froissart Overture is an early work but is unmistakeably Elgar. One of my criteria for determining the worth, indeed greatness, of a composer is whether they have a unique, instantly recognizable sonic signature. Elgar does, and in my opinion, he is definitely in the Pantheon.


Some major Elgar. I'm hoping these performances do the works justice:



Sarge

All these recordings I have Sarge and they do Elgar justice, at least in my book.

[George]

Some minor Elgar arrived in the post today.

Shame on you, Sarge.

There is no minor Elgar! 

[karlhenning]

Shame on you, Sarge.

There is no minor Elgar! 

You mean, there is major Elgar, and then, there is cheese?

Perhaps you're right, perhaps you're right at that.

[Sergeant Rock]

I await The Ruling, Sarge :-)

Listening to the Bach now, Karl, but I'll hear the Elgar later today and then render my verdict.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Shame on you, Sarge.

There is no minor Elgar! 

That's what I'm here for George, to determine whether that's true or not. And of course my verdict will become law on the forum 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Ordered it in a local shop.

The Roussel looks mighty tasty, Harry. I may have to order that one myself.

Sarge

[Harry]

The Roussel looks mighty tasty, Harry. I may have to order that one myself.

Sarge

Well not at JPC, they don't have it, for some funny reason yet!
Its cheap and it got very good reviews.

[Sergeant Rock]

Well not at JPC, they don't have it, for some funny reason yet!
Its cheap and it got very good reviews.

Where did you find it?

Sarge

[Michel]

A Sizeable order for me today:

# Tchaikovsky, Symphony 4-6 - Mvarinsky
# Strauss, Salome - Karajan
# Shostakovich, Lady of Macbeth - Rostropovich
# Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Karajan
# Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov - Cluytens (Christoff)
# Gounod, Faust - Cluytens (Christoff)
# Wagner, Parsifal (Highlights) - Mixed Historical conductors, but principally Karl Muck, with little bits from Siegfried Wagner and Alfred Hertz
# Beethoven, Symphony 5 & 7 from 1936 - Toscanini
# Pagaini, Caprices - Perlman
# Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Mehta (supposed to be a cracking recording)
# Schrecker, Die Gezeichneten, De Waart
# Rachmaninov, Preludes - Ashkenazy
# Rimsky Korsakov, Scheherazade, Stravinsky - Song of the Nightingale - Reiner (Classic!)
# Sarasate stuff, Perlman
# Complete Schumann Symphonies - Szell
# Complete Brahms Piano Music - Katchen
# Complete Beethoven String Quartets - Alban Berg
# Mixed Arrau CD, mainly from the 50's
# Dvorak/Schumann Cello Concertos + some Rach stuff - Rostropovich
# Beethoven, Late Piano Sonatas - Uchida
# Nielsen, Complete Symphonies - Kuchar
# Stokowski: Decca Recordings, 1964-1975 inc Beethoven 5,7&9, Schubert 8, Brahms 1, Wagner Highlights, Rimsky's Scheherazade, Russian Showpieces

[Sergeant Rock]

A Sizeable order for me today:

# Tchaikovsky, Symphony 4-6 - Mvarinsky
# Strauss, Salome - Karajan
# Shostakovich, Lady of Macbeth - Rostropovich
# Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Karajan
# Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov - Cluytens (Christoff)
# Gounod, Faust - Cluytens (Christoff)
# Wagner, Parsifal (Highlights) - Mixed Historical conductors, but principally Karl Muck, with little bits from Siegfried Wagner and Alfred Hertz
# Beethoven, Symphony 5 & 7 from 1936 - Toscanini
# Pagaini, Caprices - Perlman
# Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Mehta (supposed to be a cracking recording)
# Schrecker, Die Gezeichneten, De Waart
# Rachmaninov, Preludes - Ashkenazy
# Rimsky Korsakov, Scheherazade, Stravinsky - Song of the Nightingale - Reiner (Classic!)
# Sarasate stuff, Perlman
# Complete Schumann Symphonies - Szell
# Complete Brahms Piano Music - Katchen
# Complete Beethoven String Quartets - Alban Berg
# Mixed Arrau CD, mainly from the 50's
# Dvorak/Schumann Cello Concertos + some Rach stuff - Rostropovich
# Beethoven, Late Piano Sonatas - Uchida
# Nielsen, Complete Symphonies - Kuchar
# Stokowski: Decca Recordings, 1964-1975 inc Beethoven 5,7&9, Schubert 8, Brahms 1, Wagner Highlights, Rimsky's Scheherazade, Russian Showpieces

Trying to beat Harry at his own game, eh? Give it up, dude. You'll never beat him

Sarge