Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[KeithW]

10/10 review at Classics Today


Sarge

That's the best opening line of a review that I have ever read.

[Sergeant Rock]

That's the best opening line of a review that I have ever read.

"Rued Langgaard was, as we now know, basically nuts."

Yes, that cannot be improved upon 


Sarge

[The new erato]

"Rued Langgaard was, as we now know, basically nuts."

Maybe that's why he fits in so well here.

[Karl Henning]

Meets the facts, and is relevant to appreciation of the music.

[kishnevi]

Impulse buy off the GMG banner,  remembering what's been said about it here, and seeing the price would be under $9 including s/h.
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[Sergeant Rock]

Impulse buy off the GMG banner,  remembering what's been said about it here, and seeing the price would be under $9 including s/h.
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That's the best Beethoven VC in existence. You done good 

Sarge

[North Star]

That's the best Beethoven VC in existence. You done good 

Sarge

This is most likely true.

[Uncle Connie]

This is most likely true.

Or perhaps arguable?  I offer this as my pot-of-gold choice:

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which has as a bonus factor a cadenza reworked from the one Beethoven fashioned for the piano version of this concerto.  With timpani. 

There's also a Schneiderhan recording with Celibidache in Italy which I didn't even know existed until I went looking for the ASIN for the above.  I think I'll invest; I'm in one of those "let's buy something" moods.  Cheapie Italian label, might be sonic crap, but what the hell, it's tax day....


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[KeithW]

There's also a Schneiderhan recording with Celibidache in Italy which I didn't even know existed until I went looking for the ASIN for the above.  I think I'll invest; I'm in one of those "let's buy something" moods.  Cheapie Italian label, might be sonic crap, but what the hell, it's tax day....


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This one is probably my favourite.  I have many, many Beethoven VC recordings and this is one of the three I turn to most frequently (the others being the first Faust - although this year's Berg coupling is good - and the Zehetmair which Sarge promoted as the greatest.  I also rate Hilary Hahn's recording very highly).

[Uncle Connie]

This one is probably my favourite.  I have many, many Beethoven VC recordings and this is one of the three I turn to most frequently (the others being the first Faust - although this year's Berg coupling is good - and the Zehetmair which Sarge promoted as the greatest.  I also rate Hilary Hahn's recording very highly).

Thanks for the thumb-up; apparently I haven't wasted my money on rubbish, because I threatened to order it and I did....

[kishnevi]

Or perhaps arguable?  I offer this as my pot-of-gold choice:

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which has as a bonus factor a cadenza reworked from the one Beethoven fashioned for the piano version of this concerto.  With timpani. 

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So does the Tetzflaff/Zinman recording on Arte Nova--and, (just checked) according to the customer review on the Amazon page,  so does the Zehetmair!

ETA: On a completely unrelated note, this landed today,  a purchase off my wishlist originally prompted by a post in the SDCB thread (like several of my recent purchases, come to think of it.  Better start avoiding that thread for a bit!)
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[jlaurson]

So does the Tetzflaff/Zinman recording on Arte Nova--and, (just checked) according to the customer review on the Amazon page,  so does the Zehetmair!

So he does, Zehetmair, that is. Tetzlaff is a splendid recording, but Zehetmair (see links) rocks my world. It's like hearing Beethoven for the first time again... not because it's so different, but because it's so exciting.
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/01/dip-your-ears-no-50_25.html, http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-recordings-of-2010-4.html

That Schneiderhan plays the "61a" cadenza(s) shouldn't come as a surprise: He adapted them for the VC in the first place, and they're often referred to as the "Schneiderhan cadenzas". Another very good recording that uses that (my favorite) cadenza is Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Philip Herreweghe, O.de Champs-Élysées, on naïve.
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-recordings-of-2008-almost-list.html

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning from JPC: Haydn op.76, 77, 42 and 103 performed by the Auryn Quartet. I'm close now to owning their complete Haydn cycle.




Sarge

[PaulR]

Got a lot of Gubaidulina:

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Also (Not pictured):  Gubaidulina Double Bass works on Neos

[kishnevi]

Landed this morning

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and also one of the other boxes in this series,  Bach Cantatas and Motets(1 CD each of cantatas led by Leonhardt, Bernius and Bruggen, and a Bernius led performance of motests) which, after trying a half dozen combinations,  Amazon refuses to show me.


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to avoid any confusion--Magnificat is the name of the choral group

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[Conor71]

Just ordered this :

[DieNacht]

It is very rare that I buy former library stuff, but today these, 6CDs for 4 Euros totally:

- Leifs: String Quartets /BIS
- Nørholm: Piano Trios /kontrapunkt
- Holmboe: String Quartets 7-12,18-20 /dacapo 3CD ( I think these quartets could need an alternative to this Kontra4 set, though)
- Poulenc: Ensemble vocal works etc./Dutoit,LeRoux/decca (Great works among them which I know from LPs)

at another place I got these LPs for 6 Euros:
- Beethoven: Symphonies/Karajan DG 196x set (didn´t have them all, I have begun preferring them to the 197x set. His last DG or the early EMI set I don´t like)
- Beethoven: 5 Piano Concertos/Kempff,Leitner (didn´t have this box set and, to my surprise, the 1st Cto with these forces either. The 4th and the 5th Concertos are the highlights of the set, though, and I find the 3rd disappointing)
- Boulez: Le Marteau/Boulez,Cahn. The original French Vega mono LP with a cover by the artist André Masson.

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:

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(This will be my third set of Saint-Saens piano concerti.)

[classicalgeek]

Just bought:

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(This will be my third set of Saint-Saens piano concerti.)

Nice to see you're back to your old self, M.I. - you had us worried with your recent 'farewell' post

Also nice to see someone with some love for the Saint-Saens concerti - I think they're underappreciated by many, especially #1, #3, and (my favorite) #5 - the latter being, in my opinion (and in spite of #2 being the most popular), the best of the five!

[madaboutmahler]

Nice to see you're back to your old self, M.I. - you had us worried with your recent 'farewell' post

Also nice to see someone with some love for the Saint-Saens concerti - I think they're underappreciated by many, especially #1, #3, and (my favorite) #5 - the latter being, in my opinion (and in spite of #2 being the most popular), the best of the five!

Yes - I knew it wouldn't be long before John returned to this thread...

I also love the Saint-Saens concerti. I am glad you pointed out no.3, which has a first movement I particularly love.