Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Brian]

For 2,99 euro a piece, I could not let this go, right?

My roommate last year counted those as some of his favorite CDs.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Where, Harry?

JPC de my friend

[The new erato]

I believe all those discs from Brilliant, Naxos and Chandos

Hyperion?

[Antoine Marchand]

JPC de my friend

Thanks, Harry. I can't deny it, those discs look very appealing at that price.

[Scarpia]

Thanks, Harry. I can't deny it, those discs look very appealing at that price.

I'm trying to figure out if I am missing volume 7.  In any case, they want 15 bucks for them in the US, and jpc shipping is no bargain.   

[Antoine Marchand]

Hyperion?

That's right, Shelley is recording on Hyperion. I'm buying the Naxos and Brilliant series, but not the Hyperion series on modern instruments. 

[mc ukrneal]

That's right, Shelley is recording on Hyperion. I'm buying the Naxos and Brilliant series, but not the Hyperion series on modern instruments. 

Oh - the Shelley are excellent.  I don't always post, but they get fairly regularly listening. I am only up to volume 4, but I can't wait to hear the rest.

[Antoine Marchand]

... and jpc shipping is no bargain.   

Yes, I need to do a really big order to compensate that charge (28 euros).

[Gurn Blanston]

I would bet digipack; they did the same with Haydn's string quartets, first fat jewel cases and digipacks at the middle of the road. BTW, few days ago I thought it's quite impressive how Clementi's image is changing these days. I believe all those discs from Brilliant, Naxos and Chandos (without to mention some outstanding single contributions, as for instance Colladant, Alvini or Staier) are building a completely new image of this composer, so neglected in the past, when he was merely considered as the author of some good piano exercises.

Well, Vol 1, 2 & 3 are digipaks and Vol 4 is a chubby jewel box. I posted an extended rant about that here a few weeks ago. I love consistency...



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[Gurn Blanston]

Thanks, Harry. I can't deny it, those discs look very appealing at that price.

I bought all 8 volumes of that set as they were released, and for a whole lot more than €2.99!! They are now among my prized possessions. Strongly recommended at the price Harry points out!   



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[Scarpia]

I bought all 8 volumes of that set as they were released, and for a whole lot more than €2.99!! They are now among my prized possessions. Strongly recommended at the price Harry points out!   



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There's a volume 8?

[SonicMan46]

For 2,99 euro a piece, I could not let this go, right?

   

Harry - I love Trio 1790 but unless CPO puts these discs into a small box w/ sleeves, then not an option for me; also, I already own 2 excellent sets of these trios (pics inserted above) - SO, much for us music lovers to make a choice(s) - Dave 

[Daverz]

Too much of a good thing for me.  I have the Beaux Arts set of the Haydn Piano Trios but never listen to it. 

I'm perfectly happy with the 2 discs that Schiff and friends did (Australian Eloquence).


(You can find the second volume under "Frequently Bought Together".

Here's another set on period instruments by the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt:

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//161PHOENIX.htm (1 box)
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Klaviertrios-Vol-1/hnum/4579924
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-S%E4mtliche-Klaviertrios-Vol-2/hnum/1409147

[Gurn Blanston]

There's a volume 8?

'fraid so.



It is a double disk (may be why it isn't in that sale?) with 6 early trios played on harpsichord instead of fortepiano. Perfect for me, but you might want to evaluate your personal opinion on harpsichords in classical era music before purchasing.  Thousand don't like it. Beautifully played, of course, but harpsichord nonetheless




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[Gurn Blanston]

I'm trying to figure out if I am missing volume 7.  In any case, they want 15 bucks for them in the US, and jpc shipping is no bargain.   

Oh, just an additional bit on that topic; you would remember Vol 7 if you had it, since it is on harpsichord also.



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[Scarpia]

Oh, just an additional bit on that topic; you would remember Vol 7 if you had it, since it is on harpsichord also.

Checking my shelves, I do have volume 7.  I remember being bewildered because they were progressing towards the more mature Trios as the volumes continued and when I though they were done they issued volume 7, reverting to the very early ones.  Perhaps it would be better if I didn't know about volume 8 (it is hard to resist completing the series).  It is not so much that I object to the harpsichord, as that I am much more attracted to the late Trios which feature truly independent violin and cello parts, in contrast to the early trios, where the strings have a role which is more subservient to the keyboard (as I recall).

[Opus106]

[A]nother set on period instruments by the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt:

Don't think so. They wouldn't feature the keyboard of a concert grand on the cover if they were playing on period instruments. But given their name, one might think that they were using PI.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I oversaw the 8th issue, so I have redressed it, though its 9,99 for two cd's so slightly more expensive.

[Daverz]

Don't think so. They wouldn't feature the keyboard of a concert grand on the cover if they were playing on period instruments. But given their name, one might think that they were using PI.

Yeah, sorry, I made that exact assumption.  From the review in Fanfare:

"The playing by all (Harald Kosik, piano; Verena Stourzh, violin; Hannes Gradwohl, cello) is expert and effortless. Kosik's Steinway D is warm and brilliant, but he holds it within reasonable 18th-century bounds. The overall results are similar to those of the Beaux Arts Trio, although the Eisenstadt usually chooses more relaxed tempos for Allegros (their Vivaces and Prestos are fully up to pace); both groups ignore a repeat here and there, which may be a matter of the scores they follow. The apparent ease of these performances may contribute to the sense that a few movements succumb to routine, as the pearly tones roll along. The (studio) recordings, made during the annual Haydn Festspiele Eisentstadt from 1998 to 2007 in the now familiar Haydnsaal of Schloss Esterházy, reflect that hall's lovely acoustic, including its excess reverberance, which is at times too much for the piano. Nevertheless, the instruments have a more distinct presence than those in the admirable 1970s Philips recordings of the Beaux Arts."

So they were recorded in Eisenstadt.

[Gurn Blanston]

Checking my shelves, I do have volume 7.  I remember being bewildered because they were progressing towards the more mature Trios as the volumes continued and when I though they were done they issued volume 7, reverting to the very early ones.  Perhaps it would be better if I didn't know about volume 8 (it is hard to resist completing the series).  It is not so much that I object to the harpsichord, as that I am much more attracted to the late Trios which feature truly independent violin and cello parts, in contrast to the early trios, where the strings have a role which is more subservient to the keyboard (as I recall).

Just a guess, but I think they didn't want to start at the beginning, and for exactly the reason that you cite here. I like them a lot, but hey, that's just me.

As for the harpsichord, I personally had a grand distaste for Classical Era music being played on one, even though intellectually I knew it was correct. But I got these, and also the Schornsheim box where the early sonatas are played on harpsichord, and after listening for a while I realized that the music was just more idiomatic and appropriate on the harpsichord than on the fortepiano. And more on the clavichord than any of them. So yes, it grew on me.     The fact that it had to tells me I'm not the only one out there with that issue.

I will say that I can't tolerate earlier music on anything but a harpsichord...    0:)