Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Brian]

Finally a complete set of Tchaikovsky's piano music from Warner for a good price.

Look forward to your thoughts on this, Harry!

[Que]

  Got the chamber music bug Que??  I am currently infected with the opera bug and I hope I don't recover any time soon.  Happy Listening  !!

  marvin

Thanks marvin.
I'm afraid I have all kinds of bugs at the moment - a Bach bug of course, but also historical recordings, Early Music, Baroque, chamber music, HIP.....

I'll be interested to hear just how much they trim off the top on this one.

I hope the transfer is as successful as the GROC issue of the LvB/Schubert trios with Casals/Cortot/Thibaud.
I couldn't suppress my curiosity!  Will post a report soon, comparing it with the transfer on Pearl.

Q

[71 dB]

Apart from the 37 volume, its a solo album with Robin Blaze...........
In the first volumes Mera is the countertenor, sigh.....I do miss that guy enormously.

I will eventually buy them ALL, Robin Blaze or not. He's not a crappy singer to my ears. It's Bach's music, Suzuki conducting, BCJ playing, BIS' engineers recordings and from vol. 28 onwards multichannel SACD!

At the moment I have volumes 1-14, 16-20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28-33.

0:)

[George]

I hope the transfer is as successful as the GROC issue of the LvB/Schubert trios with Casals/Cortot/Thibaud.
I couldn't suppress my curiosity!  Will post a report soon, comparing it with the transfer on Pearl.

Q

Wait, you have the Pearl set? You're not happy with it?

[Sergeant Rock]

Some Strauss, bought at MediaMarkt yesterday: Ashkenazy's Alpensinfonie has interesting, rare fillers, works featuring Barry Tuckwell's horn: Andante for Horn and Piano op. post.; Introduction to the closing scene of Capriccio; "Alphorn" op.15/3 for Soprano, Horn and Piano; Introduction, Theme and Variations for Horn and Piano.




This 1964 Die Frau ohne Schatten was Karajan's last production at the Staatsoper as its director. The legendary cast, the Vienna Phil, and Karajan's way with Strauss make this a must own for me despite the disfiguring cuts.




Sarge

[sound67]

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Válek

[samuel]

idk why sony wont reissue the bruno walter edition versions of these (being sold used for ridiculously high prices) as opposed to the $130 "famous mahler and bruckner symphonies box set" but thankfully after several months of checking and re-checking i finally found the columbia legends box set for $25 on amazon marketplace!

[Haffner]

Some Strauss, bought at MediaMarkt yesterday: Ashkenazy's Alpensinfonie has interesting, rare fillers, works featuring Barry Tuckwell's horn: Andante for Horn and Piano op. post.; Introduction to the closing scene of Capriccio; "Alphorn" op.15/3 for Soprano, Horn and Piano; Introduction, Theme and Variations for Horn and Piano.




This 1964 Die Frau ohne Schatten was Karajan's last production at the Staatsoper as its director. The legendary cast, the Vienna Phil, and Karajan's way with Strauss make this a must own for me despite the disfiguring cuts.




Sarge

WOW, those look SEHR gut! Am dying to hear about them.

[Que]

I was so much impressed by the recording of Franciso Guerrero's Requiem by the same performers (also on Glossa), that I needed a sequel:



Q

[Novi]

Can't wait to watch this - this is only my second opera DVD purchase (the first was Monteverdi's L'Orfeo) :


I'm a bit late to the party with this one as it seems like almost everyone has heard it:

[Renfield]

I'm a bit late to the party with this one as it seems like almost everyone has heard it:

Better late than never!

Besides, it won't be long before someone (most likely I) will start pestering you about the Gielen now, if you haven't heard it.

[Haffner]

Can't wait to watch this - this is only my second opera DVD purchase (the first was Monteverdi's L'Orfeo) :


I'm a bit late to the party with this one as it seems like almost everyone has heard it:

Cool Mahler, it's the only Resurrection I own now.

Very curious as to the Rosenkavalier.

[Novi]

Better late than never!

Besides, it won't be long before someone (most likely I) will start pestering you about the Gielen now, if you haven't heard it.

Hehe, actually, I'd almost forgotten that I have the Gielen Resurrection on its way.

I've been coveting the Gielen set for a long long time now, ever since hearing his #6 on the radio a couple of years ago. I've decided to go the piecemeal route for the fillers and figured that if I pick up a disk here and there, I won't realise how much more it's going to cost than just getting the boxset. I'm easily fooled . I don't know the Kurtag, but the Schoenberg that comes with the #2 is a favourite.

Incidentally, which ones in the Gielen set do you go back to the most?

[FideLeo]

Inspired by Que. 

[prémont]

Inspired by Que. 

Who has not heard it...

[FideLeo]

Who has not heard it...

He wants your report on the recording...NOW! 

[Que]

Inspired by Que. 

Who has not heard it...

He wants your report on the recording...NOW! 

Oh my, we have a small upheaval in the HIP camp on our hands! 

I'm innocent!! 0:)

Q

[FideLeo]

I'm innocent!! 0:)

Q

Oh, we know that well enough...but wouldn't you want to read Premont's
often very insightful review asap? 

[Que]

Oh, we know that well enough...but wouldn't you want to read Premont's
often very insightful review asap? 

Any valuable insights of you both are most welcome. 

Q

[Bogey]

     

Thank you very much George.  They arrived in perfect shape thanks to your careful packing.