Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[listener]

a couple of LP sets yesterday at Sikoras:
FIBICH: Sarka        and ERKEL  Lazslo Hunyadi
and  a  2-cd set of LEONI Violin Sonatas  and the George LLOYD   3rd Symphony

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Don't discount the recommendations for Baudo, Abbado, etc., but go for Karajan too. It's only €12.50 new at Amazon IT. While I agree with DD and Octave that the Baudo is more idiomatic (and the ancient Désormière even more so) what Karajan does with the score (a Pelléas for Bayreuth? ) is ravishing orchestrally, unique interpretively and, I think, should be heard (especially by a fan of Karajan). Frederica von Stade is my favorite Melisande.

Sarge

But that's just the thing about the Karajan that bugs me. If I want to hear Wagner I'll listen to Wagner.

It isn't anything personal, mind you. I just have a heart for Debussy's desire to write something "not Wagner" for the theater and still be a success, back in a time when Wagner was everywhere.

Not that a Baudo/Karajan combined purchase would be a bad thing at all. The price is right! 

[Lisztianwagner]

Don't discount the recommendations for Baudo, Abbado, etc., but go for Karajan too. It's only €12.50 new at Amazon IT. While I agree with DD and Octave that the Baudo is more idiomatic (and the ancient Désormière even more so) what Karajan does with the score (a Pelléas for Bayreuth? ) is ravishing orchestrally, unique interpretively and, I think, should be heard (especially by a fan of Karajan). Frederica von Stade is my favorite Melisande.

Sarge

Thank you, Sarge.
Wow, is it so cheap? How great! Being a huge fan of Karajan, I will certainly get his recording of Pelléas et Mélisande at some point. I've found on youtube an excerpt from the 2nd act I'm listening to now.....

[Brian]

Whoops! I had to make one more round before the year ends. Here's hoping I can make it deep into 2013 without indulging again. 

From ArkivMusic a twofer for $4.99:



From Presto a twofer for $15.37:



From ImportCDs for $26.72:



EDIT: The list prices for these on Amazon USA are $8, $40.31, and [unavailable, $68 new on Marketplace], so I saved $70!

[The new erato]

Whoops! I had to make one more round before the year ends. Here's hoping I can make it deep into 2013 without indulging again. 

From ArkivMusic a twofer for $4.99:



From Presto a twofer for $15.37:



From ImportCDs for $26.72:



EDIT: The list prices for these on Amazon USA are $8, $40.31, and [unavailable, $68 new on Marketplace], so I saved $70!

If you buy more, you save more.

[DavidA]

Beethoven Piano Concertos 1&2 / Argerich

[The new erato]

I feel we're getting close to the final order of the year. 

Found this at a wonderful price at amazon.es, so here goes:

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[mc ukrneal]

Whoops! I had to make one more round before the year ends. Here's hoping I can make it deep into 2013 without indulging again. 

From ArkivMusic a twofer for $4.99:

My first ever Haydn Quartet disc - good enough to keep me wanting more.

[Mirror Image]

I feel we're getting close to the final order of the year. 

Found this at a wonderful price at amazon.es, so here goes:

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AWESOME!!!! Fantastic set. I hope you enjoyed as much as I have. The only negative thing I have to say is I didn't like the performances of string concerti with Yehudi Menuhin. I've never been fond of his violin playing and thought the recording was quite dated. Supplement with Tasmin Little/Mackerras.

[North Star]

Some Christmas money spending...

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[PaulR]

Some Christmas money spending...

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All great recordings, especially the Khovanshchina recording

[Mirror Image]

Some Christmas money spending...

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A great haul, Karlo!

[North Star]

All great recordings, especially the Khovanshchina recording

Good to hear, Paul. (IIRC you advertised that one in the Mussorgsky thread, too)

A great haul, Karlo!

Yes, a lot of stuff there.

[listener]

GLUCK: Paride ed Elena,  the third in the series of heroic tragedies, after Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste
La Stagione       Michael Schneider, cond.

[Octave]

@North Star, I got three of your Martinu records (GILGAMESH, OPENING OF WELLS, VIOLIN CONCERTOS w/Suk) just in the past month or so, and I just loved them.  I cannot imagine living without them now.  Martinu is a new passion of mine.  I also enjoyed this very much, which is out of print now (though I think one disc of it is in-print from....Apex?) but can perhaps still be had cheap:

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though I see the Amazon MP price is up to US$13+shipping now for used copies, maybe not quite a great deal; I understand there might be other, preferable performances of all these pieces.

Martinu will be someone I will be digging into more deeply next year, definitely.

[North Star]

@North Star, I got three of your Martinu records (GILGAMESH, OPENING OF WELLS, VIOLIN CONCERTOS w/Suk) just in the past month or so, and I just loved them.  I cannot imagine living without them now.  Martinu is a new passion of mine.  I also enjoyed this very much, which is out of print now (though I think one disc of it is in-print from....Apex?) but can perhaps still be had cheap:

though I see the Amazon MP price is up to US$13+shipping now for used copies, maybe not quite a great deal; I understand there might be other, preferable performances of all these pieces.

Martinu will be someone I will be digging into more deeply next year, definitely.

Cheers!
Martinu is a relatively recent discovery for me, too - I got the Apex disc of Conlon in October (Double Concerto, Concerto for SQ & Orch. & 3 Ricercari) - brilliant disc. Yes, there are recordings on Supraphon on that material - no doubt those are splendid recordings, too. In fact, I'll spin that disc now.
Passion, indeed. It doesn't help (financially) that he was so prolific, either.

[Brahmsian]

Yesterday's mini-haul from my local McNally Robinson bookstore:

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[mc ukrneal]

Yesterday's mini-haul from my local McNally Robinson bookstore:
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This is a good one. Not my favorite, but it's among my preferred versions.

[mc ukrneal]

My final purchase of the year....for less than $7, and in this year where I went crazy with Haydn, it is fitting that I bought...Haydn!
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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

My final purchase of the year....for less than $7, and in this year where I went crazy with Haydn, it is fitting that I bought...Haydn!
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Oops Bartoli, that is a acquired taste, she drives me nuts in 10 seconds, tops!