Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[rubio]

Some more purchases from the dying Cracow CD-shops.

       

[Haffner]

Heyyy, Bohm and Domingo doing the Ludwig 9th. Now that's interesting!

[Lilas Pastia]

Assuming that this is with the winds of the Czech Philharmonic, you must have had quite a treat!

Howard

Yup. It's the CzPO wind section soloists. And members of the Suk Quartet. It is indeed quite a treat. These wind players are inimitable. They play like finely honed opera company members.

[Bu]

[loud clearing of throat, uncomfortable stare onto tips of shoes]

One wishes not to take away a bone from a dog... nor unduly influence before hearing. But if you hear anything special in any of the Rattle recordings with the BPO, do let me know. [I've not heard the Brahms and Bruckner, admittedly, but I simply didn't feel like even giving them a try.] I've heard SirSimon and his band live, since, and enjoyed their performance (Turangalila and Wagner - T&I Prel.&LoveDeath) very much. But the recordings sound so...  so interchangeable.

After listening to that record several times last night/earlier today I can't say that it reveals anything to me. The Mussorgsky is fine--perhaps a little boring and uneventful at times--but I don't feel its the worst version I've bought so far.  The Borodin symphony was a little too dull and slowmoving for me--the first movement especially and its string sections, were somewhat of a disappointment, considering other versions in my collection); it seemed the third, slow movement benefitted best from Rattle's approach. Overall, certainly not a bad record (it might even grow on me), but for both pieces there are others out there that I still prefer.

[George]

And Volume 3. 

[Novi]

Peregrine, please say a bit more about this one when you get the chance. I was thinking just yesterday that I'd been neglecting Scriabin and put on his 58 recital .

And Volume 3. 

Ditto, George! I like the little I've heard of Cortot in Schumann. I have his A minor concerto on Naxos and that's gorgeously splotchy and heartfelt . Also one of my favourites for Kreisleriana and Davidsbündlertänze too (on Pearl) - I alternate between Cortot and Anda .

[George]

Ditto, George! I like the little I've heard of Cortot in Schumann. I have his A minor concerto on Naxos and that's gorgeously splotchy and heartfelt . Also one of my favourites for Kreisleriana and Davidsbündlertänze too (on Pearl) - I alternate between Cortot and Anda .

Hey Novi! I decided it was time to upgrade my old Classico D'Oro Cortot Schumann CD. I happened upon Volume 3 in the Biddulph set for $10 and then got the other two volumes on amazon for $20 each, one of them new. I am really enjoying his Chopin as well.   

[Opus106]

Heyyy, Bohm and Domingo doing the Ludwig 9th. Now that's interesting!

RUN!!!

But take your time, that one's not all that fast.

[Haffner]

RUN!!!

But take your time, that one's not all that fast.

I've got Furtwangler's classic 1942 LvB 9th on deck today (my favorite).

[ChamberNut]

Haydn

String Quartets, Op. 20 (4, 5, 6)

Kodaly
Naxos

Shostakovich

String Quartets, Vol. 3 (SQ#3 and #5)
String Quartets, Vol. 6 (SQ#10, #11 and # 13)

Eder Qt
Naxos

Vaughan Williams

Complete symphonies, and other orchestral works

London Philharmonic Orchestra/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
EMI Classics Box Set

Wagner

Tristan und Isolde

Karl Bohm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Nilsson - Isolde
Windgassen - Tristan
DG


Wagner

Parsifal

Christian Thielemann - conducting
Bühnerorchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Placido Domingo
DG

Wiener Staatsopernorchester

[eyeresist]

Recent purchases:

Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 8 / Tennstedt,BPO,LPO (EMI)

Bruckner: Symphony 7 / Solti,VPO
Bruckner: Symphony 8 / Solti,VPO
Rimsky Korsakov: Antar, various suites (2 discs) / Ansermet
Glazunov: Seasons, two waltzes, Stenka Razin (Stinkin' Raisin); Glinka Overtures etc. (2 discs) / Ansermet
All on Australian Decca Eloquence

Flanders & Swann: At the drop of a hat (!)

[Wanderer]

[jlaurson]

I listened to that a couple times just last night, switching back and forth between Kennedy and Shaham. It's a pretty rollicking account of that work, alright. Might have looked good on the CSO ReSound label, too.

[Wanderer]

I'm not sure if I'm altogether in love with the piece, which might be a little bit too meandering for my taste, but if the recording approximates the performance I heard, you have a fine source indeed from which to sample it. Are you following their cycle?

No, but I might if this recording (my first acquaintance with the piece) proves to be agreeable enough. 

I listened to that a couple times just last night, switching back and forth between Kennedy and Shaham. It's a pretty rollicking account of that work, alright.

Kennedy is my benchmark in this concerto, as well. Your description fits well with the impression I got from the samples. And I do tend to enjoy Shaham's interpretations more often than not.

[jlaurson]

Kennedy is my benchmark in this concerto, as well. Your description fits well with the impression I got from the samples. And I do tend to enjoy Shaham's interpretations more often than not.

Kennedy/Rattle, I assume? Either (Handley being the other) are great. It's the one piece that I truly admire Kennedy in, and he could easily be said to "own" the concerto. Interestingly it is the Handley that made it (from CfP) onto a EMI GRoC re-issue, and the Rattle EMI recording is currently oop.

 

It's too early to say, but I am reasonably confident that the Shaham recording could easily be named along the two Kennedys as a top choice. So what if it's a tad brash. It's the CSO, after all... they know how to juice things up. And it's none of that tasteless glare'n'blare that they often fell back to in the Solti years. (I'm talking about recordings, only, since I never heard Solti live with the CSO.)

[karlhenning]

Kennedy/Rattle, I assume? Either (Handley being the other) are great. It's the one piece that I truly admire Kennedy in . . . .

I like the Kennedy/Rattle, aussi;  haven't heard the Handley, but shouldn't mind, I am sure.

Did Kennedy ever record the Elgar Violin Sonata?  That was half of the one program I heard him play live, and it was magnificent.

[Lethevich]

Did Kennedy ever record the Elgar Violin Sonata?  That was half of the one program I heard him play live, and it was magnificent.

He has on this disc:



Shamefully, I haven't bought it yet since (IIRC) Poju recommended it.

[Dundonnell]

A good day-

[Dundonnell]

yet more-

[Daverz]

Archiv is having an Albany sale, $10/CD.

Lees, Shawn: Piano Concertos; Et Al / Hobson, Oppens, Et Al
Mennin: Symphonies 5 & 6, Moby Dick, Etc / Miller, Albany So
Gould & Harris / David A. Miller, Albany Symphony Orchestra
William Schuman: Credendum, Concerto For Piano, Etc
Diamond: String Quartets, Etc / Potomac Quartet, Et Al
Don Gillis: Symphony No 7, Etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia