Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[George]

I just got off the phone with Marston records. All 4 of the released Hofmann titles are currently available. They repressed volumes 5 and 6 due to high demand. Currently, these are only available through Marston directly but the good news is that they are only $32 each. I've seen these sell for more than three times that over at amazon, so pianophiles should take notice. Marston has one to one personal customer service and take orders over the phone.

Marston's Website

[George]

Very interesting, George. Although I'm not a historical recordings person, I think I might make an excuse for such a collection. Where did you get it from?

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[Opus106]

Just scroll down  

Ah, I think I've been to the site before. It was in relation to a recording, originally intended for a non-commercial purpose* like the Grieg and Saint-Saens ones, that they were trying to revive, or something like that. Thanks.





* Where did I get that from!  

[George]

Ah, I think I've been to the site before.

They got a lot of cool stuff. Excellent quality transfers by Ward Marston, extensive liner notes, even the paper they use for the booklet is high quality. They are my new favorite label. 

[Bogey]

Just scroll down 

George,
I know it is a pain, but do you mind posting posts such as these on the Historical Thread from time to time?

[George]

One more for my Marston order.  

"Ernst Levy was a remarkable musician and yet, few were familiar with Levy prior to our two previous releases. On this two-CD set, Marston presents the fiery pianist in "live" performances. These recordings are from performances in the Boston area during the 1950s and are in excellent sound. Levy brings his unique interpretive skills to bear on Beethoven sonatas including the "Waldstein," Op. 10, No. 3 and Op. 28, as well as Schumann's Symphonic Etudes and Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel. Greg Sandow of the Wall Street Journal refers to Levy as the "triumphantly rediscovered pianist.""

[George]

George,
I know it is a pain, but do you mind posting posts such as these on the Historical Thread from time to time?

Believe it or not, I don't even like posting stuff once in this thread, as for me getting the images, etc, takes the fun out of a large hunting spree. I usually only post highlights here. You are free to copy any info to the historical thread though.

[Bogey]

Believe it or not, I don't even like posting stuff once in this thread, as for me getting the images, etc, takes the fun out of a large hunting spree. I usually only post highlights here. You are free to copy any info to the historical thread though.

I was not referring to your purchases, but rather when you find Historical sources that you have had luck with.  I will copy your link over for future reference.

[George]

I was not referring to your purchases, but rather when you find Historical sources that you have had luck with.  I will copy your link over for future reference.

Oh, I see what you mean. Sure thing! I forgot about that thread because it doesn't get bumped very often.

[jlaurson]

Believe it or not, I don't even like posting stuff once in this thread, as for me getting the images, etc, takes the fun out of a large hunting spree. I usually only post highlights here. You are free to copy any info to the historical thread though.

You're attitude is laudable in comparison to the (purely theoretical) attitude of liking to post here too much, even without images, nor in fact any relevant things to say. (Almost like this very post.  0:) ) Restraint is a noble thing; verbosity not so much.

But you don't get a little wee bit of the fun of the original hunting spree in tracking down the images? (Which is so easy, really, with Amazon or Arkiv.) And with a little insightful or perhaps fun and apropos statement here or there, it can go much beyond a brag-and-show kind of thing.

[George]

But you don't get a little wee bit of the fun of the original hunting spree in tracking down the images?

No, it feels like a homework assignment most of the time, so I usually don't do it. Besides, it surely ends up getting posted in the listening thread anyway.

[DavidW]

But you don't get a little wee bit of the fun of the original hunting spree in tracking down the images? (Which is so easy, really, with Amazon or Arkiv.) And with a little insightful or perhaps fun and apropos statement here or there, it can go much beyond a brag-and-show kind of thing.

Well this is not a review thread, how is one supposed to have something witty to say about a recording when he/she just bought it, i.e. before listening to it?  I don't see this is as a bragging thread, I see it as show-and-tell.  We want to share with each other what we're buying, it's not an ego thing.  I want to know what Dave, George, Gurn and others are buying.

I'm perfectly fine with George not posting cover art, because the cover art has nothing to do with the music itself.

[haydnguy]

Well this is not a review thread, how is one supposed to have something witty to say about a recording when he/she just bought it, i.e. before listening to it?  I don't see this is as a bragging thread, I see it as show-and-tell.  We want to share with each other what we're buying, it's not an ego thing.  I want to know what Dave, George, Gurn and others are buying.

I'm perfectly fine with George not posting cover art, because the cover art has nothing to do with the music itself.

I get a lot out of seeing what others are buying. I do appreciate the cover art because a lot of times I will investigate the CD in question and the cover art is a good verification that I am looking at the correct one.

[Coopmv]

I get a lot out of seeing what others are buying. I do appreciate the cover art because a lot of times I will investigate the CD in question and the cover art is a good verification that I am looking at the correct one.

Absolutely, I am in total agreement with your statement, BaxMan.  Why should any of us be so parochial to feel that those who share a lot of their recordings and their respective cover arts as showy?  Then there are some who behave as if they have the final words on any recordings of a specific era or style - HIP vs non-HIP, etc.  Some individuals even denigrate the likes of Penguin in the grand self-delusion that they are the new Karl Haas.  Gimme a break ...

[Lilas Pastia]

Mahler symphonies 4 and 5, Bruno Walter and the NYPO.
Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, the first Karajan recording (EMI) with Schwarzkopf and Streich.
Bartok: Violin concerto no 2, Menuhin and Furtwängler. Also, the Concerto for Orchestra, Karajan's Philharmonia account (EMI, his first of three recordings).

[Coopmv]

Just placed the order at MDT for the following CD's ...

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today from Amazon:



Bought the Glière based on Moldyoldie's glowing review  

Sarge

[Drasko]

Just bought this american CD of brazilian pianist from french seller on german amazon and had to address the order to a friend in England.

Debout, les damnés de la terre
Debout, les forçats de la faim...

[Elgarian]

  There is nothing I want to buy in today's new 'bottom ten' CD bargain list at the Hyperion website. 

[Harry]

Some more music from the Straus Family, always a welcome guest, especially when Boskovsky is conducting.
6 cd's in a nice coloured box.