Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Mirror Image]

Recent Cat Draggings from Scotland, England, and Austria:


Arcangelo Corelli
12 Violin Sonatas Op.5
The Avison Ensemble
Linn SACDs
German link - UK link
Spirited, technically flawless, in superb detailed and properly resonant sound, with a continuo band that provides variety and texture...


Ricky Wagner
Die Walküre
V.Gergiev / Mariinsky /
A.Kampe, J.Kaufmann, R.Pape, N.Stemme
Mariinsky Live SACDs
German link - UK link

Certainly the NAMES of the front-lineup (all the rest are Mariinsky singers) is top notch. Stemme and Kampe? Sign me up!


Den Männern ebenbürtig
("On a Par with the Men / égales aux hommes")
Ethel Smyth - Louise Farrenc - Pauline Viardot-Garcia - Lili Boulanger
T.A.Irnsberger / B.Moser
Gramola SACD
German link - UK link

Europe only, so far.

You posted the same message twice, Jens.

[kishnevi]

Classico is a Danish business, which only releases their own produced recordings. Membran is related to Classico in that way, that Membran releases some licenced Classico recordings. I have noticed, that the sound quality of the Membran releases uses to be better than that of the Classico releases, which means, that Classico has given Membran access to the primary source material.

Thanks for the explanation.  The information on the box is extremely minimal,  merely indicating with symbols that Classico and Membran have some sort of copyright on the recordings,  but no copyright dates or anything else, for that matter, beyond the performers and the year of the recording.

[The new erato]

You posted the same message twice, Jens.

And for good measure you quoted it so we could see it yet again.

The Corelli is simply superb and the projected complete series will be something to look forward to. The op 5 will be released in a couple of months.

[Fafner]

This just arrived:

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[mc ukrneal]

This just arrived:

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Always interested to hear what people think of the Ring they just got!

[Fafner]

Always interested to hear what people think of the Ring they just got!

I have yet to listen to this particular recording, but I should have probably paid a bit more and waited for the more lavish packaging. This one is just 14 cardboard sleeves stuck in a box. Not even an itsy bitsy booklet with a few words. I guess you get what you pay for.

[The new erato]

I have yet to listen to this particular recording, but I should have probably paid a bit more and waited for the more lavish packaging. This one is just 14 cardboard sleeves stuck in a box. Not even an itsy bitsy booklet with a few words. I guess you get what you pay for.

The other version is significantly more expensive though, and I guess most of us already have multiple versions of the libretto?

[Fafner]

The other version is significantly more expensive though, and I guess most of us already have multiple versions of the libretto?

True enough. I could always use the booklets from the Neuhold sets, which I probably won't be listening to very often.

[Karl Henning]

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Curious about this 'un, whenever you may report your impressions.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today after a rather lengthy trip from the UK: Feldman's Crippled Symmetry, recommended by Karl and springrite.




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Arrived today after a rather lengthy trip from the UK: Feldman's Crippled Symmetry, recommended by Karl and springrite.

You know, Sarge, just seeing that cover brings me straight into the piece's soundworld. Behold the Power of Art.

[The new erato]

Ordered from presto:

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Ordered from presto:

The Kalman is one of my favourites.

[springrite]

As someone who has not committed to refraining from CD purchase, I just placed the following order:

1.    V 4992-NAÏVE
    Mozart, Piano Concerti 12, 21 & 23. (Fazil Say w.Zurich C...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $7.99 ($7.99 ea.)
    Code: 126109

2.    CDA 67595-HYPERION
    Sterndale Bennett, William [1816-1875]: Piano Concerto #4...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154162

3.    V 4954-NAÏVE
    Say, Fazil: 'Silence of Anatolia' and 'Obstinacy' for Pia...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $7.99 ($7.99 ea.)
    Code: 126227

4.    APR 5671-APR
    Chopin, Twenty-Four Preludes, Op.28 [rec. 1955]. Liszt, G...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154959

5.    RRC 1247-REGIS
    Rachmaninov, 'The Isle of the Dead' Symphonic Poem; Symph...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.99 ($3.99 ea.)
    Code: 133071

6.    APR 5665-APR
    Chopin, Piano Sonata #2. Rachmaninov, Preludes, Op.3 #2 a...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154258

7.    APR 5670-APR
    Beethoven, Piano Sonatas 12 ['Funeral March'], 28 and 29 ...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154958

8.    CDA 67506-HYPERION
    Bach [tr. Goedicke], Preludes and Fugues, BWV 539 and BWV...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154901

9.    ARN 68694-ARION
    D'Hervelois, Louis de Caix [1680-1756]: Assorted 'Pieces ...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 149186

10.    CDD 22054-HYPERION
    Bortkiewicz, Sergei {1877-1952}, Piano Music: Lamentation...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $7.98 ($7.98 ea.)
    Code: 148908

11.    CDA 67556-HYPERION
    Mozart, Piano Trios, K.502, 542 and 564. (The Florestan T...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 152612

12.    SIGCD 188-SIGNUM CLASSICS
    Mahler, Symphony #9. (Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-Pekka S...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154982

13.    APR 5547-APR
    Medtner, 'The Complete Solo Piano Recordings of Nicolas M...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 138938

14.    APR 5672-APR
    Chopin, The Four Impromptus; Polonaises, Op.53 ['Heroic']...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154960

1 "Percy Grainger in Performance" (Grieg PC, etc.) Grainger, Percy; Audio CD; $11.81

1 "Piano Concerto / Prelude Theroigne De Mericourt" by De Boeck; Audio CD; $12.08

1 "Jon Leifs:Hekla and other orchestral works" Leifs, Jon; Audio CD; $12.76

1 "Kodaly, Haydn & Toch : Works for Violin and Cello Schoenfeld Duo .LP" Vinyl; $9.49

1 "Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 16" Haydn;Fey, Audio CD; $9.99

1 "Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 17" Haydn; Fey, Audio CD; $9.96
 
1 "Stravinsky: Three Greek Ballets (Apollo, Agon, Orpheus)" Stravinsky, Igor; Audio CD; $6.12

1 "Bo Linde: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto" Linde, Bo; Audio CD; $6.12

1 "Charles Wuorinen: On Alligators" Wuorinen, Charles; Audio CD; $9.79

1 "Leos Janacek: From the House of the Dead - Festival Aix-en-Provence 2007" Olaf Bär; DVD; $14.54

1 "Fazil Say Plays Bach" Bach, Johann Sebastian; Audio CD; $10.80

1 "Wheeling Symphony" Copland; Audio CD; $2.99

[North Star]

Looks like an excellent purchase, Paul, although I can't tell what some of those are (performers, rest of the pieces).
Do you have other recordings of that Janacek piece? I've only heard Neumann, superb piece, and performance, too.

[kishnevi]

Looks like an excellent purchase, Paul, although I can't tell what some of those are (performers, rest of the pieces).

To misapply a favorite phrase of Sherlock Holmes, that list certainly has some points of interest.
Who are the performers in the Beethoven and Chopin recordings?

[TheGSMoeller]

It has begun. I've heard this 4th, with its universe-expanding coda, but not yet the 6th.

[kishnevi]

Arrived today:
1) a package with six of the seven recordings I ordered from Arkivmusic over the weekend
2) an email from Arkivmusic explaining that the seventh item has been cancelled due to being "discontinued by the distributor".  It would of course be the one I was most interested in getting: Christie's recording of Handel's Serse, with van Otter.

[madaboutmahler]

Was paid for my triangle playing last week, and purchased:

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[North Star]

Excellent!