Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Wanderer]

Very, very interesting! 
Thanks for pointing that one out. Dantone has been absolutely great in Bach sofar IMO.
Will be most interested in your findings.
BTW: is this a new L'Oiseau Lyre release? Or a reissue of a recording I did not know it had ever existed?

Que, it's a new recording. And I should hope it will be followed by a second volume.
Will report back upon delivery!

That's a barn-burning Chopin PC. Probably my favorite Pogorelich disc.

My anticipation heightens. 

[M forever]

Even more Rachmaninoff for M arrived today! And there are some more orders still pending. Will this madness never end?

[Valentino]

For you? No.

[PerfectWagnerite]

I bought my first archiv cds today:



from the used cd store. I must say I am impressed. Other than the little logo that says Archiv cd the cd artwork, and booklet looks just like the EMI issues. Archiv music has come a long way to making these products more professional looking.

[Opus106]

I bought my first archiv cds today:

from the used cd store. I must say I am impressed. Other than the little logo that says Archiv cd the cd artwork, and booklet looks just like the EMI issues. Archiv music has come a long way to making these products more professional looking.

Archiv or Arkiv? (Archiv ~ DG, isn't it?)

[PerfectWagnerite]

Archiv or Arkiv? (Archiv ~ DG, isn't it?)

Sorry. my fault, I mean't cdrs made by archivmusic.com.

[M forever]

Sorry. my fault, I mean't cdrs made by archivmusic.com.

You probably mean Arkivmusic.

For you? No.

Really looks like that. This came in today:

[marvinbrown]

  I finally did it!  I pulled the trigger on this set.  £30 for 50 CDs was far too inticing to pass up:

 

  Yes i am aware of the less than stellar quality of the symphony cycle but I already have the Wand cycle.  I am missing the songs, many piano compositions etc.  This set should do the trick! ......I hope  !!

  marvin

[Renfield]

  I finally did it!  I pulled the trigger on this set. 

Let's hope no innocent musicians were harmed in the process!

(I'll also be going downtown tomorrow to have a look around for some of Cortot's Chopin. This could count as a "[likely] purchase tomorrow". )

[Sergeant Rock]

I bought my first archiv cds today:



from the used cd store. I must say I am impressed. Other than the little logo that says Archiv cd the cd artwork, and booklet looks just like the EMI issues. Archiv music has come a long way to making these products more professional looking.

EMI is reissuing this box next month, at least in Europe:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/4541624?rk=classic&rsk=hitlist


Sarge

[Renfield]

Interesting, Sarge. Is his Haydn comparable to his Mozart in calibre?

[Sergeant Rock]

Interesting, Sarge. Is his Haydn comparable to his Mozart in calibre?

It is, and has all the Klemperer touches: incisive rhythm, divided violins, prominent woodwinds. Who needs HIP? 

Sarge

[Renfield]

It is, and has all the Klemperer touches: incisive rhythm, divided violins, prominent woodwinds. Who needs HIP? 

Sarge

Will investigate, then, next month!

[Papy Oli]

a couple of maiden works bought today :

[marvinbrown]

Let's hope no innocent musicians were harmed in the process!

(I'll also be going downtown tomorrow to have a look around for some of Cortot's Chopin. This could count as a "[likely] purchase tomorrow". )

  Renfield HMV has massive sales these days.  They are beating amazon.co.uk marketplace prices on quite a few recordings....its a wonderful time to shop for cds and bargains!

  marvin

[Renfield]

  Renfield HMV has massive sales these days.  They are beating amazon.co.uk marketplace prices on quite a few recordings....its a wonderful time to shop for cds and bargains!

  marvin

So it seemed to me when I visited one again, last month!

And I assure you, they'll get rather more frequent visits from me following my upcoming move.

[ezodisy]

  Renfield HMV has massive sales these days.  They are beating amazon.co.uk marketplace prices on quite a few recordings....its a wonderful time to shop for cds and bargains!

  marvin

They are not beating them on regular full-price CDs however. BBC Legends, £13 today, I can get it from the Amazon marketplace for a little more than half that. Maybe it's because I'm jaded but I think sales were actuallly better 2-4 years ago. Now I often see just the same dross over and over again (and I mean Brilliant boxes and some other surplus stuff, whereas before it seemed every label came up for sale).

[marvinbrown]

They are not beating them on regular full-price CDs however. BBC Legends, £13 today, I can get it from the Amazon marketplace for a little more than half that. Maybe it's because I'm jaded but I think sales were actuallly better 2-4 years ago. Now I often see just the same dross over and over again (and I mean Brilliant boxes and some other surplus stuff, whereas before it seemed every label came up for sale).

  Actually I think you will find some GREAT deals on a lot of EMI Great Recordings of the Century recordings especially operas and symphonies, some DG recordings like Schubert's songs.  Most surprising was the Harnoncourt Complete sacred cantatas (60 CDs) for £100  .  I did a quick check on amazon.co.uk marketplace and found the same set retailed for 1.5 times that amount.  Check it out you might find something you like!!

  marvin

   

[Wanderer]

[ChamberNut]

Wagner

Der Ring Des Nibelungen

James Levine
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon

OK....I so wanted my first Ring Cycle purchase to be the magnificent Solti/WP set....but.....I couldn't pass this one up.  Only $40 at McNally Robertson.  Not only the price being great, from alot of the comments on GMG, this seems to be another highly tauted set. 

I'm super excited for having a full Ring Cycle, forever, in my home!