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[Daverz]

Directed by Stanley Kubrick?

[Fafner]

Directed by Stanley Kubrick?

No, that was good ol' Ludwig Van.

[Coopmv]

I just could not resist any longer and I bought the large Wagner - Solti box from Presto Classical:

I bought the Ring a little over 2 years ago and it is still in shrinkwrap.  My set cost about $84. 

[The new erato]

I bought the Ring a little over 2 years ago and it is still in shrinkwrap.  My set cost about $84. 

Then you should have no problem reselling is as "As New".

[Florestan]

Hi Andrei - I own the Mancini - you should enjoy!

As of late I've been quite a sucker for Baroque flute / recorder music so I have high expectations about it.

I'll be interested to hear your comments on the guitar transcriptions of this composer.  Dave

Will post them in WAYLT thread as soon as I listen to it.

[Lisztianwagner]

I just could not resist any longer and I bought the large Wagner - Solti box from Presto Classical:

I haven't listened to all the recordings included, but it must be certainly a great box; Solti's performances of the Ring Cycle, Tannhäuser and Parsifal are absolutely gorgeous.

[Coopmv]

I haven't listened to all the recordings included, but it must be certainly a great box; Solti's performances of the Ring Cycle, Tannhäuser and Parsifal are absolutely gorgeous.

I only have the Solti's Ring and Tannhauser.  I am happy with the Parsifal by Karajan and Kubelik.  I may also have the Parsifal by Kempe on LP IIRC ...

[Lisztianwagner]

I only have the Solti's Ring and Tannhauser.  I am happy with the Parsifal by Karajan and Kubelik.  I may also have the Parsifal by Kempe on LP IIRC ...

I have Solti's Ring, Tannhäuser, Parsifal and Der fliegende Holländer; although I prefer Karajan's recordings (except for Tannhäuser, which I've never heard performed by the austrian conductor yet ), I think Solti was an excellent wagnerian interpreter too. In particular, the first three are some of the finest versions I've ever listened to.....very beautiful, powerful and with a great sound quality.

[Coopmv]

I have Solti's Ring, Tannhäuser, Parsifal and Der fliegende Holländer; although I prefer Karajan's recordings (except for Tannhäuser, which I've never listened to performed by the austrian conductor yet ), I think Solti was an excellent wagnerian interpreter too.

I do not have Der fliegende Holländer on CD but am pretty sure I have it on LP.  My understanding is the only Tannhauser Karajan ever conducted was a live performance.  However, the overall performance was not that great because the fellow that sang Tannhauser was not well when he performed - I read about this anecdote in the biography - Karajan, A Life in Music by Richard Osborne ...

[Coopmv]

No CD deliveries for those who live in the New England states as USPS suspended all mail deliveries for today ...     

[Fafner]

I haven't listened to all the recordings included, but it must be certainly a great box; Solti's performances of the Ring Cycle, Tannhäuser and Parsifal are absolutely gorgeous.

I have only heard Solti's Das Rheingold so far, so I am rather excited to hear what's in the box. I own several complete Rings, but I do not have any other Wagner operas on CDs (with the exception of Furtwängler's Tristan). I might as well fill that gap with Solti.  It's definitely not the last Wagner box I'm buying.

[The new erato]

Some Naxi from amazon.es as they were only around 4 Euros (after VAT deduction):



A cheap way to get a V-L symphony series, event though they are somewhat variable in quality (the IRR reviewer called the final movement in one of these a bloody mess).



I don't have any Busoni concerto work  except for the monster piano concerto, and the La Vecchia series of modern Itlaian music overall are pretty fine.





Listende to Diamond's 8th a while ago after some discussions on this board, and became convinced I needed the rest of the series (I have nr 2/4 in its Delos guise).

[Lisztianwagner]

I have only heard Solti's Das Rheingold so far, so I am rather excited to hear what's in the box. I own several complete Rings, but I do not have any other Wagner operas on CDs (with the exception of Furtwängler's Tristan). I might as well fill that gap with Solti.  It's definitely not the last Wagner box I'm buying.

That's great, Furtwängler's Tristan is absolutely awesome; the most beautiful, passionate performance of that opera ever recorded in my opinion! I hope you will enjoy the rest of the Ring Cycle as well as the other operas included in the box.

[Lisztianwagner]

I do not have Der fliegende Holländer on CD but am pretty sure I have it on LP.  My understanding is the only Tannhauser Karajan ever conducted was a live performance.  However, the overall performance was not that great because the fellow that sang Tannhauser was not well when he performed - I read about this anecdote in the biography - Karajan, A Life in Music by Richard Osborne ...

Really? I didn't know that, thank you for the feedback. Hmm, I thought Karajan conducted Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival too....

[Brian]

I don't have any Busoni concerto work  except for the monster piano concerto, and the La Vecchia series of modern Itlaian music overall are pretty fine.

Good choice. I enjoyed this and wrote a pleased review. Here's a very abridged version:

I always thought of Ferruccio Busoni as a very serious, somewhat dour composer, maybe because he lavished so much time on transcriptions and arrangements of Bach, and maybe because on top of that his most performed original works are the Berceuse elégiaque, the Fantasia contrappuntistica, and the massive hour-long Piano Concerto. My mistake! This is the lighter, wittier side of Busoni, and it is a truly delightful CD.

Nothing here is very serious at heart, but it's all astonishingly well-done. Aside from Martucci's Tarantella and a few bits of Casella, this is my favorite discovery so far in Naxos' Italian Classics series; the woodwind soloists are closely spotlit and the sound is a bit crude but suits the music's vivaciousness. The Rome Symphony and Francesco La Vecchia give high-spirited performances which are very confident indeed, and a booklet note is highly informative, although the descriptions of the music leave little to the imagination.

Read more: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Sept12/Busoni_orchestral_8572922.htm#ixzz2KVpny2oe

[Coopmv]

That's great, Furtwängler's Tristan is absolutely awesome; the most beautiful, passionate performance of that opera ever recorded in my opinion! I hope you will enjoy the rest of the Ring Cycle as well as the other operas included in the box.

I have the recording on an EMI Electrola LP set ...

[Coopmv]

Really? I didn't know that, thank you for the feedback. Hmm, I thought Karajan conducted Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival too....

I wish Karajan had made a studio recording of Tannhäuser ...

[Coopmv]

Really? I didn't know that, thank you for the feedback. Hmm, I thought Karajan conducted Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival too....

This Tannhäuser set by Karajan was available for under $30 a few years ago but is now too pricey since it is OOP and DG may not bother to re-issue it ...

[Coopmv]

Made the following small purchase yesterday after I had finished cleaning up my driveway after teh the nor'easter - 18" of snow ...

[Karl Henning]

DG not bother to re-issue an HvK recording? Are you listening to yourself here? That's crazy talk ; )