Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[jlaurson]

Listen what the Arlington Cat dragged in :
(Part 17 of ~30 of stuff found in the sofa cushions)


J. Haydn (1732 – 1809),
String Quartets op.50
Tokyo Quartet
DG

Still my favorite of the now 10 sets of that opus that I have. They seem to hit all the phrasings just the way I like it.

Someone told me about it and said it was a *must* to listen to if I was to do a review of op.50; a music critic acquaintance... I forgot which one. Can't really be included so long as it is oop... but it's bound to be re-issued soon. As soon, at the very least, as Harmonia Mundi records Haydn with the Tokyo Quartet. 

[Sergeant Rock]

In the mail today, music ranging three centuries: the Christian Zacharias Scarlatti box; Telemann featuring the recorder playing of Dorothee Oberlinger; a box of Liszt Symphonic Poems performed by the Budapest SO; Bantock (a slim box with cardboard sleeves that retain each CD's original artwork--nice); and a disc with music by Cyril Scott: my first.








Sarge

[prémont]

Listen what the Arlington Cat dragged in :
Brahms (1833 – 1897),
Symphony No.7

A wonderful cat, really. 

[Gurn Blanston]

Still my favorite of the now 10 sets of that opus that I have. They seem to hit all the phrasings just the way I like it.




Someone told me about it and said it was a *must* to listen to if I was to do a review of op.50; a music critic acquaintance... I forgot which one. Can't really be included so long as it is oop... but it's bound to be re-issued soon. As soon, at the very least, as Harmonia Mundi records Haydn with the Tokyo Quartet. 

Ooh, that long, eh?  Damn the luck. OOPness is the stake through the heart of so many good recordings. And the reason that I bear so little love for the big record companies. Meanwhile, Arkiv is burning licensed copies of that set for $35 (last time I looked) and quite happy to be dealing with boneheads.

[Brian]

J. Brahms (1833 – 1897),
Symphony No.7
Furtwangler / BPh - 1951 (Rome)
Archipel [/url]

Um... kishnevi beat me to this, but you have a weird cat. 

[jlaurson]

Um... kishnevi beat me to this, but you have a weird cat. 

(Part 17 of ~30 of stuff found in the sofa cushions)

corrected


A. Bruckner (1824 – 1896),
Symphony No.7
Furtwangler / BPh - 1951 (Rome)
Archipel


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Manuel Blasco de Nebra (1750 – 1784),
Piano Sonatas
Javier Perianes
Harmonia Mundi

[Gurn Blanston]

(Part 20 of 27 of stuff found in the sofa cushions)


Manuel Blasco de Nebra (1750 – 1784),
Piano Sonatas
Javier Perianes
Harmonia Mundi

I have that disk. Blasco de Nebra is a hard composer to find, but worth the effort. Even played on a modern piano, the music doesn't lose its wonderful individuality. Good stuff!

[marvinbrown]

  My first purchases of 2011  !  I have not bought much in 2010 but after hearing the Jarvi set of Sibelius' tone poems I needed to hear more, so I bought these and I can not wait to hear them:

   

 

 



  marvin

[SonicMan46]

I have that disk. Blasco de Nebra is a hard composer to find, but worth the effort. Even played on a modern piano, the music doesn't lose its wonderful individuality. Good stuff!

Guys - never heard of this short-lived Spanish composer but the description of his keyboard works will likely intrigue me - any information of the disk below, which is w/ harpsichord & fortepiano (or other recommendations for that matter)?

[Gurn Blanston]

Guys - never heard of this short-lived Spanish composer but the description of his keyboard works will likely intrigue me - any information of the disk below, which is w/ harpsichord & fortepiano (or other recommendations for that matter)?

Dave, that disk is newly available and in my basket now. I have other disks by Cerasi, she is an excellent keyboardist.

It is hard to think of an apt comparison, because he is clearly not any stripe of Baroque, but he doesn't put you in mind of the Viennese at all. I would say that he has some influence of CPE Bach's Treatise on the Art of Playing the Keyboard, but with an Iberian touch.

[MishaK]

These:

[jlaurson]

(Part 21 of 27 of stuff found in the sofa cushions)


F. Schubert (1797 – 1828),
Winterreise
M.Padmore & P.Lewis
Harmonia Mundi

[jlaurson]

(Part 22 of 27 of stuff found in the sofa cushions)


Franzi Danzi (1763 – 1826),
Symphonies
O.d.Svizzera Italiana / Griffiths
cpo

[Gurn Blanston]

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Franzi Danzi (1763 – 1826),
Symphonies
O.d.Svizzera Italiana / Griffiths
cpo

Interesting, that one. I have 15-20 disks of his music, but no symphonies. Just a couple of sinfonias concertantes and some concertos. Curious your take on it. He hadn't struck me as a symphony guy, but I would love to be wrong.

[Bogey]

Both vinyl:



and a nice Japanese pressing of:

Chopin
Alexis Weissenberg
PC's 1 and 2
EMI/Angel

[karlhenning]

What's that first one, Bill?

And good evening!

[jlaurson]

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R. Langgaard (1893 – 1952),
Music of the Spheres
DNSO / Dausgaard
Dacapo

[SonicMan46]

Interesting, that one. I have 15-20 disks of his music, but no symphonies. Just a couple of sinfonias concertantes and some concertos. Curious your take on it. He hadn't struck me as a symphony guy, but I would love to be wrong.

Gurn - I have only about a third the number of Danzi discs that you own - mine are all chamber works, mostly wind stuff which I love!  I would be quite interested in Jens thoughts on the Symphonies?  Dave 

[Coopmv]

Placed orders on the following CD's this evening ...

[Sergeant Rock]

Three items in the mail today. Simpson quartets which were part of the Hyperion "please, someone, buy me" program. Good prices, free shipping. Also bought Pfitzner's opera Die Rose vom Liebesgarten. I don't know it and have read contradictory opinions, including this from Jens:

I'll be the first to admit that Pfitzner was an uneven composer with some obvious clunkers. ("Die Rose vom Liebesgarten", anybody? Yikes.)

On the other hand, Mahler said the first act was the most beautiful music composed since the first act of Walküre. He did conduct it multiple times. In any case, this version is so cheap nothing will be lost if it is a "clunker" and I will have added to my knowledge of a fascinating period in music.






Sarge