Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:

[Mirror Image]

Bought this today. This will be my last purchase for a while as I still have a ton of new music to absorb:

[mc ukrneal]

This will be my last purchase for a while... [snip]

Famous last words! 

[canninator]

Bought this today. This will be my last purchase for a while as I still have a ton of new music to absorb:

Simpson symphonies, we have a winner. Problem is, I bought the same set and then just had to get the SQ's and assorted chamber music  Fortunately the Simpson CDs often appear in the Hyperion bottom 10 sale so I picked up all the discs pretty cheap that way over a year.

[Sergeant Rock]

In today's mail from Amazon: Thibaudet's Satie:




Sarge

[kishnevi]

To be technical, purchased yesterday:



Concertos 24 and 26 were never released previously because both pianist and conductor were not really satisfied with the acoustics, and never took the project beyond the initial edit.   Decca has now done post production work to remedy the acoustics and secured permission of the heirs to release the recordings.    A first listen through did not reveal any glaring flaws, but did provide some very lyrical slow movements.

I might add that next month EMI is releasing a new group of their Icon sets, one of which will be Sra. De Larrocha's complete recordings on that label (almost completely Spanish composers, it seems, and including a recital in which she partnered with Victoria de los Angeles).

[Daverz]

[Scarpia]

Arrived today:

[Franco]

That Gielen Stravinsky disc has some of my favorite works - let us know how you like it.

[The new erato]

I find the Gielen a superb disc. Add the Ancerl disc on Suraphon:



STRAVINSKY Les Noces, Cantata, Mass. Libuse Domaninska, Marie Mrazova, Czech PO / Karel Ancerl. Supraphon Ancerl Gold Edition volume 32


and you've got my two favorite discs of late (OK les Noces is not exacty late) Stravinsky.

[jlaurson]

Sh*t n'stuff picked up and/or piled up while I was in Salzburg:


A.F. Titz
String Quartets (volume 3)
Hoffmeister Quartet
Profil



A. Bruckner
Symphony No.8
C.Thielemann / Dresden Stakap.
Profil SACD



J.S. Bach
Matthew Passion
Philippe Herreweghe
Bostridge, Selig, Scholl, Guera, Henschel, Rubens
Harmonia Mundi

Love these classy re-issues; better looking booklet-type boxes than most label's new recordings.




A. Bruckner
Symphony No.7 (live)
C.M.Giulini / Berlin Phil.
Testament



M. Musorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Jansons, Concertgebouw
RCO Live SACD



R. Strauss
Alpine Symphony
Marek Janowski / Pittsburgh SO
Pentatone



B. Bartok
String Quartets 1-6
Hagen Quartet
newt on

A whole new line of re-issues from the Universal vaults. Less expensive than Testament.



F. Schubert
'Favorite Lieder'
Die Schoene Muellerin
Gerard Souzay
newt on



Duparc, et al.
Melodies
Gerard Souzay
newt on



L.v. Beethoven
Piano Sonatas opp.27/2, 13, 79, 53
Steven Osborne
hyperion



B. Bartok
44 Violin Duos
Angela & Jennifer Chun
Harmonia Mundi USA



Ludovico Einaudi
Nightbook
Ponderosa Music & Art



Friedrich Cerha
Spiegel - Monumentum - Momente
SWR SO BBF / S.Cambreling
ORF RSO Vienna
D.Russell Davis et al.
Kairos



Elena Mendoza
Diptico / Akt Zeichnung / Contra-diccion /
Nebelsplitter / Lo que nunca dijo nadie /
Braviario de espejismos
various artists
Kairos

Arrived this morning.

Gosh.

Why on Earth the CD version???

Best Ring Cycle if you include video... without visuals... hmmpf. Not bad but...

The Chéreau Ring Cycle - From Making Of to Götterdämmerung
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/09/chreau-ring-cycle-das-rheingold.html

[George]

In today's mail from Amazon: Thibaudet's Satie:




Sarge

Do tell. 

[not edward]

Some random second-hand acquisitions today:



(The Bavouzet Debussy disc is the one with the Etudes and Images.)

[SonicMan46]

In today's mail from Amazon: Thibaudet's Satie:

Sarge - will look forward to your upcoming comments - I'm still sitting on the fence!  Dave 

[George]

Sarge - will look forward to your upcoming comments - I'm still sitting on the fence!  Dave 

FWIW, Dave, it has my seal of approval. Great sound and performance. 

[Scarpia]

Decided to take the risk that it would be too weird.

[Daverz]

Decided to take the risk that it would be too weird.

Well, some of it is too weird for me.  But some of it is also weird and wonderful.

[Scarpia]

Well, some of it is too weird for me.  But some of it is also weird and wonderful.

How else will I know if it is too weird or not.  At 5CDs for $25, can't go too far.  Plus there's the chance that it will go out of print and become one of those CDs that everyone is looking for.  Then I will clean up!

[SonicMan46]

FWIW, Dave, it has my seal of approval. Great sound and performance. 

George - you're on the back of my mind, as usual - but being a medical writer, SDs (i.e. standard deviations always affect my decisions) - if both you & Sarge feel that this is a superb set, then SOLD!  Dave 

[Antoine Marchand]

George - you're on the back of my mind, as usual - but being a medical writer, SDs (i.e. standard deviations always affect my decisions) - if both you & Sarge feel that this is a superb set, then SOLD!  Dave 

... I agree with George: that set won the prestigious Golden Antoine some years ago. 

BTW, how is the sound quality of Ciccolini's recordings on EMI? I am considering this 5-CD set: