Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Brian]

One of the best mail deliveries I've ever received ... and a Beethoven 6 absolutely beyond criticism.

[The new erato]

Seems to me that, though wildly uneven, Koechlin is one of the great, undiscovered masters, in his late works anticipating much of Messiaens style:



Since I already have Haitink, Klemperer and alter in this, there was time for something completely different:

[Henk]

How do you like it?

It's really nice. Possibly it will be one of my favourites albums in my collection.

Henk

[Sergeant Rock]

Mostly Mahler from JPC today:

I have most of Lenny's DG cycle already. Recent mentions and recommendations by members here reminded me I still needed this one:




I had bits and pieces from Sinopoli and Bernstein's Sony cycles; thought it was time to indulge in the boxes. I threw in Neumann on a whim:








Celi and the Munich Phil, live from Tokyo, 1986:




I needed a HIP version of the Mozart Horn Concertos. The Weil/Koster is OOP and relatively expensive. The Harnoncourt/Baumann will do. This is, I think, the pioneering recording:




And for something completely different: Winterreise, orchestrated by composer/conductor Hans Zender:




Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

And for something completely different: Winterreise, orchestrated by composer/conductor Hans Zender:

Sarge

I know this. It was performed during the Holland Festival years ago. I thought it was very good, and really illuminated the piece in a very original way.

[Bogey]

I needed a HIP version of the Mozart Horn Concertos. The Weil/Koster is OOP and relatively expensive. The Harnoncourt/Baumann will do. This is, I think, the pioneering recording:



Sarge

Drasko hitched me up with this many moons ago Sarge.  A very nice set of performances.

[Sergeant Rock]

I know this. It was performed during the Holland Festival years ago. I thought it was very good, and really illuminated the piece in a very original way.

It's interesting how "modern" Schubert sounds in this guise. Frequently reminds me of Mahler or Kurt Weill.

Sarge

[longears]

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

It's interesting how "modern" Schubert sounds in this guise. Frequently reminds me of Mahler or Kurt Weill.

Sarge

I remember having exactly the same associations. And what what very surprising to me also was the fact that Zender's very intelligent additions didn't seem alien to the piece stylistically. Expressive content transcending time and period style, I suppose.

[Sergeant Rock]

Drasko hitched me up with this many moons ago Sarge.  A very nice set of performances.

Hey, Bill. I vaguely recall the reviews when this was originally released more than thirty years ago. I'm sure I'll enjoy it. The rough, astringent sound of the CMW in the old days is something I've always enjoyed.

Sarge

[Harry]

These two niceties...

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

These two niceties...

I know that Second Violin Concerto, op. 21, the 'Military' (thanks to the greatest ambassador of Polish music the world (or this forum) has ever seen) - a very attractive piece.

[Harry]

I know that Second Violin Concerto, op. 21, the 'Military' (thanks to the greatest ambassador of Polish music the world (or this forum) has ever seen) - a very attractive piece.

Yes, the samples that I heard are indeed fine....

[Gustav]

[M forever]

I am surprised, I would have thought you already had all of the above. In any case, these sets all have a lot of interesting stuff in them. You chose wisely.

I wonder how this sounds. I often complain that the recordings released by EMI do not reflect the sound of the MP under Celibidache very well. It would be nice if you could post a sample of that in the Bruckner thread (where you can also find a complete 5th I posted which I think reflects the orchestra's sound rather well, although the recorded sound is not "ideal" either).

Have you ever heard the MP under Celibidache live?

[not edward]

Some less well-known Prokofiev:



(Rozhdestvensky conducts On the Dnieper and The Year 1941.)

[bhodges]

Sciarrino: Nocturnes (Nicolas Hodges, piano)



Schönberg: Moses und Aron (Gatti/Vienna State Opera, DVD)



--Bruce

[PaulR]

Atterberg:  The Symphonies Rasilainen/NDR-Radiophilharmonie/Radio-Sinfonieorchester stuttgart des SWR/Radio-sinfonieorchester Frankfurt
PDQ Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities Wayland/Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic
Durufle: Requiem, Mass-Con Jubilo, Motets Plasson/Toulouse Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphonies #2 and #5 Abbado/BPO (DVD)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #1 in Eb Major Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante Rostropovich (DVD)
Arensky: Piano Concerto in F minor Fantasia on a Russian Folk Song, for piano & orchestra, Op 48   Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 16 Coombs/Maksymiuk/ Glasgow BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Came today! 

[longears]

And in addition to the Bach sets posted above, the rest of my Christmas booty:




(I must have been very good this year!)

[bhodges]

(I must have been very good this year!)

No kidding!  That's a big heap o' Nørgård...please post impressions.  I have heard a good bit of his chamber music and choral pieces but none of these pieces yet.  I'd also be interested in that performance of the Ligeti Violin Concerto, since I don't know that violinist.

--Bruce