Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[haydnguy]

They need some dancing smilies on here. I have Karl Richter on the Bach Organ Works on CD. Can't wait to see and hear the others also.

[Coopmv]

They need some dancing smilies on here. I have Karl Richter on the Bach Organ Works on CD. Can't wait to see and hear the others also.

I have rediscovered the artistry of Karl Richter.  Many of his critics considered his conducting style stiff and non HIP.  However, I read an article that raised the factor that as the son of of a Lutheran minister, Richter was steep in the Lutheran tradition, the very tradition that JS Bach no doubt had adhered to in all his sacred works.  Bottomline, who can convincingly conclude Karl Richter's interpretation of Bach sacred works were off the wall or inauthentic?  I have a few of Bach's Passions on DVD and a number of them on CD as well as on LP by Richter and have truly enjoyed them ...

[Elgarian]

You'll likely be even more impressed when you hear the performances - the best Ariodante on the market.

You're right. Sunny afternoon, comfy chair, mug of hot chocolate, sheer genius emanating from the headphones. Act I. So far, so wonderful. Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson! Wow!

[Lilas Pastia]

I have rediscovered the artistry of Karl Richter.  Many of his critics considered his conducting style stiff and non HIP.  However, I read an article that raised the factor that as the son of of a Lutheran minister, Richter was steep in the Lutheran tradition, the very tradition that JS Bach no doubt had adhered to in all his sacred works.  Bottomline, who can convincingly conclude Karl Richter's interpretation of Bach sacred works were off the wall or inauthentic?  I have a few of Bach's Passions on DVD and a number of them on CD as well as on LP by Richter and have truly enjoyed them ...

The lutheran tradition doesn't have much - if anything - to do with the musical evolution that took plave in the last 250-275 years (instruments, performance practice etc.). If Richter's first Christmas Oratorio recording is any indication, he had veered so far away from Bach's times as to make the work a travesty. He did change his ways quite radically over the course of his long carreer, the sure sign of a fine musician who didn't close his ears and mind to his time's changing aesthetics. I much prefer the Richter nouveau to his old self. The musical tradition he was brought in hailed from the interwar years, not that of Bach's time. Interestingly, I think this period saw a revival of La Querelle des anciens et des modernes, with conductors such as Foster, Ramin, Mengelberg, Furwängler pitted against the mavericks Strauss, Weingartner, Böhm, Abendroth. Richter in the period 1920-1940 no doubt was influenced by both sides. He started an Ancien and ended up a Moderne.

[Fëanor]

Completely on a whim, I bought these at the local bricks and mortar bookstore:

Alwyn

String Quartets 1-3, Novelette

Maggini Quartet
Naxos

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Thanks for mentioning this, ChamberNut.  I was unaware of it and I am a big fan of Alwyn's quartets.

[ChamberNut]

Thanks for mentioning this, ChamberNut.  I was unaware of it and I am a big fan of Alwyn's quartets.

I love making completely blind purchases, and they work out great.  That's twice I've done it with the Maggini Quartet (Vaughan Williams' string quartets.....and now Alwyn's SQs!  )

[Coopmv]

I love making completely blind purchases, and they work out great.  That's twice I've done it with the Maggini Quartet (Vaughan Williams' string quartets.....and now Alwyn's SQs!  )

I have had similar experience ...   

[nut-job]

Warner Messiaen Edition:

[haydnguy]

Warner Messiaen Edition:

Nice purchase, nut-job. I still haven't decided on my complete set yet.

[nut-job]

Nice purchase, nut-job. I still haven't decided on my complete set yet.

The best price I've found for the Warner Set is at Berkshire Record Outlet.  I was temped by the EMI set which is cheaper but smaller, and the Hanssler orchestral music set.  But ultimately I passed on Hanssler  because I liked the idea of having mostly French performers.  Now I have to see if I actually like Messiaen.  If I don't, I suspect I can wait for the set to go safely out of print and sell it for a good price anyway.

[FideLeo]

Performed on a Graf fortepiano.

[George]

Thanks to Jens glowing endorsement, I just grabbed a nice cheap copy ($5) of this on amazon. 

[Holden]

This nis the e280 which is an 8Gb MP3 player with an expansion slot for a 2Gb micro SD card taling total memory to 10 Gb. This is to replace my Samsung K3 4Gb which was stolen a month ago. So far it seems to work very well and only cost me $100. As I've discovered, 8GB at 192 kbps is an awful lot of music.

[jwinter]

[SonicMan46]

Put in a small MDT order from 'across the pond':

I wanted the Bach Violin Concertos w/ Suwanai & the newest Clementi Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 w/ Shelley, but needed to add a few more selections to obtain a decent S&H price, so added a couple Brilliant Classics boxes - expect to enjoy these latter selections, but will report later! 

[Coopmv]

I have the CD by Mullova.  The CD by Andrea Marcon looks very interesting ...

[haydnguy]

 

I have the CD by Mullova.  The CD by Andrea Marcon looks very interesting ...

Ditto to what you said, Coopmv.   

[haydnguy]

The Schumann was via download.

[The new erato]

The Schumann was via download.

Superb disc IMHO.

[Kullervo]

You're going to like this.